The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-22

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. H.-(Spe-
cial.)-Brigham H. Roberts has by no
means given up the hope that he may
be permitted to take his seat as a mem
Der Of the house of representatives from
Utah. The committee has made a report
against him, but tn -..rurIty report
gives another phase to his case While
the majority of the members of the house
do not desire to vote to give HON his seat,
1t is not entirely impossible that this
action may finally be taken.
Mr.. Roberts, in discussing the adverse
report Of the majority of the committee,
said: 'I contend that the only subject
of inquiry which was properly before the
committee was the question whether I
possessed the qualifications for a repre-
sentative in congress required by the con-
stitution. If mere moral defects are to
be inquired into in the consideration Of
cases of this kind, the result will be
chaos. The committee admitted I pos
sessed all the requisite constitutional
qualifications, Upon that statement Of
fact 1 am entitled to a seat.
1.-The house must yet act,'' he added
land l have by no means abandoned my
fight for what 1 believe to be my rights
and the rights of the people L represent %
Mr.. Roberts emphatically declared that
he would remain in Washington during
the remainder of this session of congress
whether or not the seat was given to him.
II Is impossible at this time to forecast
the action of the house of representatives
in dealing with this matter, but it would
not create great surprise if the majority
of the members consider his case from a
constitutional standpoint and consent
that he occupy his seat during this ses-
sion of congress, although his enemies
insist that this will not be the outcome.
OUT FOR HEATWOLE.
There is a rumor which seems to have
some foundation in fact to the effect that
Representative Heatwole, of the Third
Minnesota district, Is Senator Nelson's S
favorite for the governorShip in Mime
sofa. Minnesotans here who know some
thing about the situation, believe that
some sort Of a compact has been made
by Nelson and Heatwole, by which the
former is to 81 pport the latter for the
governorship, and in return for this sup
port the Third district representative is
to do his best to assist Mr.. Nelson in
bringing about his reelection to the
United States senate.
There is some foundation for this ru-
NOR, without doubt, for the reason that
Tams Bixby not long ago announced that
Heatwole had entered the fight for the
governorship, and this statement upon
the part of the former chairman of the
Minnesota Republican state central COM
mittee foreshadowed some deal of this
kind between Nelson and Heatwole.
Whether or rot Heatwole will be able
to capture the nomination is question
of the future. 1t is certain that if he
is able to discover in, advance that he
can win the prize he will make fight
to get it. If he finds, however, that it
will be impossible to secure the nomina-
tion he will not come to the front as a
candidate, and if he decides to stay out
of the contest Capt Van SAINT, of Vino
ma, it is believed here, will be nominated,
and will be defeated at the polls by the
present governor, John Lind.
j. S. Van Antwerp.