The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-01-26
ROBERTS DENOUNCED
IN SCATHlAG SPEECH
Lands of Indiana Against
Seating Utah Man.
HE CREATES A SENSATION

Scores PoIysanlsts AID Mormons In
Grurrnl ard Convu's's tho House
With His Su; ;cIsn,-Snodsrass OF
Tennessee Al . Sp 'uks.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81 The house re.
sumel the debate on the Roberts case at
IL O'Clock tolay. The galleries were
aca;n well filed, most Of tho occupants,
az on yesterday, being ladies Some
minor business preceded the resumption
of the debate.
Mr.. Powers of Vermont was the first
speaker. H. argued i'll behalf of eX-
clusicn of Mr.. RoEcrts. The cortci:-
tiou OF the minority for expansion, he
said, ran up against the very precedents
wE;c!i we're c.;ed III its support Ii was
,he universe! rule that member COZ d
not be expelled Tor an offense coE mltiei
prior to election While it might cc
argued in Mr.. Roberts case thai polyG'
amy was = continuing status, the crime
| itself, the initial act. TOOK place io"S
| before Mr.. Roberts was elected.
eve aro not separating vito from
husband" said Mr.. Powers. comment
ing on Mr. Roberts speech OF yesterday.
"Polygamy has never been legal IN
Utah. either be fore or after her admis-
sion into tho Uni in. Polygamy was H.
legal under the common law OF Eng
land. Tho n:o:ioH. he took wife No. :
the marriage was VOID. Mr.. Rooerts
knew the law. lie cannot now p!oad
the baby act against the law and storm
Justice"
Mr. Suo! grass OF Tennessee followed
Mr.. Powers, supporting the views OF
the minority in favor of seating and
then enrolling Mr.. Roberts. Ii we We're
not to become the opponents or the
French system OF justice. which nre'
sumed guilt until Innocence was proVeu,
he said, Mr.. Roberts must be accorded
his prima facie right to his seat before
being ousted.
Lundis For Exclusion.
Mr.. lands OF Indiana, q member o!
the Roberts com umittea who signed the
majority report, argued that Utah had
violated her compact with the United
States. There had been universal RS.
joiciug in the land IN 1886. he said
when Utah had been admitted into tbs
Union. The people Of the United States
tnought that the birth of the s:G;i
worked tho death of tho system vi
polygamy Yet, they were startled K
learn in 1898 that Utah had elected q
her sole representative in the house ;
polygamist, aud that he was moving
upon Washington with plurality o
, wives aud multiplicity OF children
= Laughter.
Mr.. Lands went over the records O
the apostles of the Mormon church t
0 show tina: most of them were guilty C
+ ae4hf;isppsfa ae 4h;sp: Y: ,pY8lY6amous practices: Som
scored the Church for its aiiet9gRaH est9RHi iu1ta q
arouSiug great enthusiasm by his sea th
ing uenunciaIiOu.
At times he couvulsed the house wit
his sarcasm. Of the 10 apostles of tn
9 church when the proclamation WA
Q issued. ho sad. ! wego open violator
OF the law aud three had uudoubtedl
+ taken plural wives since it was promu
1 gated.
. Mr.. lands said he beloved, and tina
" Mr.. Roberts had not denied. that Mar
garet @. Shipp had become his plura
wife since Utah was admitted in 1896
He paid high tribute to the Christial
;. missionaries who had worked anon
the people OF Utah.
. Mr.. Roberts, he said, had boasted TIM
he had received the votes Of the gen
1 tiles III his district. That, Mr. Landi
said, was because he ran as O Democra
as we'll as q Mormon and because hi
opponent had been a DANTE who ha
{ killed his man"
, Adv.co to Polygamists.
. In conclusion he adjured the 400
polygamists in Utah to take care O
) their plural wives, but in God name I
. refrain from multiplying their MIA m
by brin ging more children into tn
world.
Mr.. lands expressed his pity for tn
poor women who ministered TO the rot
ten and lustful notions of the Mormo,
priesthood. He ridiculed the PROPOSE
tion TO admit Mr. Roberts and then {
turn him ont. The trainers of tho con
} stitution in statuary hall would ge
down off their pedestals and laugh q
. such n procedure.
{ 1t would be a burlesque on law an
precedent and an outrage on common
sense Not only should Mr.. Roberts b
turned back, but also Utah. whose pec
pie. he said, had solemuly lied to til
. COZ gross of ihe United States in 1890.
In his peroratlon. Mr. lands Or,
tested against Roberts admission in ui,
4 nGa,o of tao motherhood OF the Ian
and Of the pitiful innocents doomed Z
I the shame Of illegitimacy. He got
l whirlwind cf applause when he sn
down. The speech created u sensat tion
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