The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-24
llllE OPENS
on ROBERTS CASE.
continued from Page One.

~ hS-svlaen. ,hs hadrock an which
tn9A 1s.,,,,t,on. rast. thew nrecede
M1llen 49, constitutions assume their
1etutusions' ana ths,r nernetnal exist-
He-exlsses 80 ,rs,ttutionaJ
~; my e.e c-.. $3.50
/ 06antisetIonA
II The Federal consultation mao eA
nlfcitly declared that al persons shouiu De
sIlaible for representative IN coneress VINO
asnied that tne eonsti,u..om was .ne su
urene law OF the ianu tnat instrument anu
uot have endured single gay. A ionows
lhet II such specihc oeciarhuon couio NY
havo been maue ~ eahnot pe iupi'eu.
NdthSr the presence NOT me apsehee VI
certain words "a the instIuneht can iinpy
certain meaning, : 20 anpossip.e .'ia'
acA meaning couiu have pevn eNpiuasss.
IT ~ csaimant W u.is sea. - ensioie
No eu9ipso because .hc eons.,e.,on %
makes nun. eitner " its express iahsu'so
Of " necessary innpnca.ioh.
Ihe WORDS necessary impnca.loM mean
~ tne iranss y. .nu .ous'.'.'ion nas
mmo ."e s,,na .ha,, ,.,c;,,d ~ tha
~ wcros are appneu .msy wouu' ~ .ne
pFopostion was app'oseu sy $500
nfe the corsu' , 'he "o'os "iie'i a'e
nec.sny .,e..., .rs,. ,,
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tmons ~ ,ne ~, - .. III $500
vhich snali oe maue ~ purs" sa ne,eol'
shelI % .no SUP e.ie Va nS isu
~ the lnenaue. REPRESENTATIVE. Ian z Us
NN 2 70 . p.se ~ ~. ooneres 49,.
thm ioI 'le puap o.s.,,,,a., s.h =. ~
- my .ns roaS. o' o'"ei WINS q
s,No person shall be n representative
m congress unless he shall have attained
10 the age OF 70 years ana been seven
years citizen OF the United States, and
whc shall not wnen eiected pc an inhapi-
tsnt OF that state in winch ne shall be
cheeen, provided no person shall be In
eligible to seat as such representative
who hi form and substance, in word and
act in life and practice. defies the con-
aitution and the laws, and denies their
validity and supremacy,
IT matters not whether this proviso
be attached TO the clause referred to or
to some other. IT must be written into
Tho constitution somewhere, IL the claim
ant Ii eligible. and my friends on the
other side of the question will not deny
4
Thus stands the case, them II the
minority be right. the trainers of the
constitution. If they had foreseen the
Roberts incident. with its defiance of
tho constitution and the law and its de-
nial Of their validity and supremacy as
to him. would have said Brigham II.
Roberts Is eligible and must be seated IL
elected.
7 say that not such provision could
hare been adopted. and, If 1t could not,
Il cannot be implied.
vyIl Not Arrue The Moral our.tion.
.,.
.een .s salo 1pous the horai rue
y ,nls aussuom. Dououess II mas such
sae' 1iu = INA. were the oniy consul
sIs'soH reioIe vs. ths mousse Hhsh. tahe
~ san,e ac.lon !. VIII take.
out oo NOT mere now, IN the race OF
~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iact Vi Vie
vssn =. law, p.us auoactvus uenance
~ - csle ~ asser. .ne Morai srounu.
Il cpeAAe. : 20 nos nestate 10 sur
~ ~ ~ uls pIopoSluon 70 tn1 mempers OF
Wy .SuSo anu ueiofe ING oar VI His,ory.
~ az proiounoIy convinced ina, IL -
nsn,, ana tnat history VIII 50 declare it;
no sao nus Jus 's -. nore SAFELY ss par VIII
10y po~e, ~ poSsTsSes Inns .oucheS
certain conceivable instances absolutely
y. nou. power; But we are toio tnat
800. ~, ~ ho,,ma .a.. ~. 4. 10.
~ ~ some time ah,,sads yvhat hrancb
81 the government Is it that having
power, has not at some time abused 1t?
What man, what body of men. clothed
WIN little nrief authority, has been
ee from an unwise abuse or tnat au-
49,. nu shaii uiey' enereioie' NC
~ 1. ,,,obt,, r,,as.,o, =, a. y ,as
ton OF governmental life II is not n
10 lightly dealt with or fnconsiderately
answered. The case of Roberts sinks into
msiEnifcance In its. presence. should
cIse so,emn,tv ~ The rieht ~ eyn,,sicp
after admission was absolutely clear. If
se DO not exclude this man we strike
Dsn one OF me most vital ana necessary
90 u''t oeiohss 70 great iesisiative
/, NJ, NC rao,, -. .,,na t,,at 800. ra,r,
while the spirtt Of civi,iza,ion dominates
this republic. will any defiant violator of
law under color Of religion, or any other
calm, whether polysamist or murderer
s'oen LOT ADMISSION at the dooor OF the
'''A''''dh eonsress'
Exclusion the Proper Remedy.
Mr.. Taylcr was emnhatic In his asser-
tons that exclusion was In harmonv with
precedent. exnnlsion In violation of n He
ampli6ed the thraaa grounds for Mr.
Roberts exclusion. FIRST because Of his
violation Of the Edmpnds act. second he-
cause he was living In omen eaoran+ and
notorious violation of the statutes Of the