The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-03
NATIONAL CAPITAL GOSSIP.
UTAH's NEW CONGRESSMAN is A
MORMON MEMBER.

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MORMON MEMBER.
Roberts Expelled Not Because He
Was a Mormon But Because He
Was a PoIygnmist-CannOn Inter-
ested in Liquid Air - POpuIists'
Plan to Nominate Bryan in Adj
vance Does Not Worry the Demo-
crats-senator Hanna's Explana-
ton.
Washington, May 2.-The popular i'm
preston that the late lamented Roberts
of Utah was expelled from the House Of
Representatives because he was a Nor
mon, found expression several times dur
ing the House debate the other day upon
the anti-polygamy amendment proposed
to the constitution. When men supposed
to be lawyers make that mistake it is
not surprising that the laiety should fall
into a similar error.
AS a matter of fact, the House now has
a Mormon member and nobody has ever
thought of making any point on his adj
mission. He is Judge King Of Utah, who
comes as Mr.. Roberts successor. Judge
King was member of the last Congress,
where he made an excellent impression.
He declined to stand for reelection be-
cause he was a candidate for the Sem
ate to succeed Frank Cannon. When the
Legislature assembled, King had ma
jority either pledged to him in person or
instructed for him by their constituents.
He was beaten on account of a deadlock,
which was brought about-a rather
strange coincidence-by q man who is as
ISOLATED with Senator Clark of Montana
in mining operations. 1t was another
case of a barrel The McCune barrel
was not as successful as the Clark bar
rel, but it was large enough to prevent
any election at all.
This failure to elect by a Legislature
which was overwhelmingly Democratic,
has hurt the party in the state great
deal, but Judge Kings victory in the
congressional race 10 fill the vacancy Gre
ated by the expulsion of Roberts seems
to Indicate that the state will go for
Bryan
Cannon and Liquid Air.
Former Senator Frank Cannon, who
was one of the Republicans who followed
Senator Teller and went out of the Re-
publican party, is now making his head
quarters in New York, where he is inter-
eSted in the promotion of liquid air. In
Utah it is expected that when Frank has
got together pile" he will go back and
re-enter politics. The little band Of free
silver Republicans is much interested in
the outlook in Idaho, for victory of the
silver forces will mean the return 20 the
Senate of former Senator Fred Dubois.
Should that happen and should the DEM
ocrats by any chance succeed in electlng
Towne of Minnesota to the vice presi-
dency, the band of martyrs" will begin
to think that they were not martyrs in
vain.
Does Not Worry Democrats.
The fact that the Populists are going
to nominate Bryan in advance of the
Democrats does not seem to worry the
Democratic managers here at all. Sena-
tor Jones is quoted as saying that the
Democrats don't care if all the National
Conventions nominate Bryan-that it Will
njt reduce the Democratic loyalty at ALL
even if he were nominated at the Phil
adelphia Convention 1t would not embar-
rass US" says the Arkansas sage. He
thinks all the people ought to agree on
Bryan, but does not think they will.
How Hanna Explained.
The return of Senator Aldrich of Con-
necticut brought about an immediate gath
ering of the wise heads of the Senate in
a way to indicate that there was some
! thing brewing. Aldrich and Allison and
Wolcott and Lodge had their heads to-
| gether after the manner or those plotting
mischief. 1t was after one of these con-
situations that Senator Wolcott wandered
| carelessly over to where Senator Hanna
| sat. The two men had not met since the
| vote on the Quay case.
What I want to know, Hanna" said
| Wolcott. is Just the difference-the con-
| stitutional difference-between the Corbett
| case, where you voted TO seat the Govern
| or's appointee and the Quay case, where
YOU voted against eating the appointee.
| AS great constitutional lawyer, you"
! "Oh, you go way" said Hanna, Il
know all right enough, but"
| And then they went together down to
| the Senate restaurant, where Hanna did
| the paying.