Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-24
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE.

at II o'clock to-day.
Mr.. Powers of Vermont argued in be-
half of the exclusion of Roberts The
contention of the minority for expul-
sion, he said, ran up against the very
precedents which were cited In its sup
port. 1t was the universal rule that a
member could not be expelled for an Of
fense committed prior to his election.
While it might be argued in the Roberts
case that polygamy was a continuing
status, the crime itself, the initial act,
took place long before Roberts was
elected.
Mr. Snodgrass of Tennessee followed
Mr.. Powers, supporting the views of the
minority in favor of seating and then
expelling Mr.. Roberts. "If We were not
tenn of justice, which presumed guilt
until innocence Is proved he said,
Roberts must be accorded hi4{prima
facie right to his seat before being
ousted"
Mr. Landis Of Indiana, member Of the
Roberts committee who signed the ma
jority report, argued that Utah violat-
ed her compact with the United States.
There had been universal rejoicing in
the land in 1885," he said, when Utah
had been admitted into the Union. The
people of the United States thought the
birth of the state worked death to the
system of polygamy. Yet they We're
startled ito learn in 1898 that Utah had
elected as her sole representative in the
house polygamist, and he was NOV
ing upon Washington with a plurality
Of wives and multiplicity of children"
(Laughter.)
Mr.. Landis went over the records of
the apostles of the Mormon church,
most of them being guilty of continued
polygamous practices. Some of his
statements were sensational. He scored
the church for it's alleged faith, arous-
ing great enthusiasm by his scathing
denunciations. At times he convulsed
the house with his sarcasm. "Of fifteen
apostles of the church when the proc
lamation was issued" he said, eleven
were OPEN violators Of the law, and
three undoubtedly had taken plural
wives since it was promulgated" Mr..
Uandis said he believed, and Roberts
had not denied, that Margaret c. Shipp
became his plural wife since Utah was
admitted in 1895. He paid a high tribute
to the Christian missionaries who work.
ed among the people Of Utah. Roberts,
he said boasted that he received votes
of Gentiles in his district. That, Mr..
Landis said, was because he ran as a
Democrat as we'll as a Mormon, and
| because his opponent 'had been Dam
lite, who killed his man" In conclusion
he abjured the 1000 polygamists in Utah
to TAXI ,ars of their plural wives, but
in God $ lame to refrain from multi
plying their irrralny by bringing more
! children into the world.
SENATE.
| Washington, January 24-The senate
convened to-day. Mr.. Hale reported
from the appropriations committee ar
urgent deficiency bill, and gave notice
that he would call 1t up tomorrow.
Mr.. Allen offered a resolution calling
upon the secretary for information ant
correspondence relating to the admins
tration of customs affairs in Porto Rico
Cuba and the Philippines since the wa
with Spain. Objection being made, i
went over.
Mr.. Pettigrew of South Dakota offeret
resolution declaring that the Unitet
States government could not recognize
the right of any nation to declare a
contraband and to seize food product
as such, and any such seizure would b
an act unfriendly to the United States
The resolution went over under tn
rule.
The resolution offered yesterday b.
Mr.. Pettigrew, calling upon the presi
dent for the report of General Bate
concerning the treaty made with tn
sultan of Sulu, was considered. The res
olution recited the salaries paid the sui
tan and his officials, and inquired wha
| LullU OA0J "SAV PNiV AAShAt SAN0 '>s@'
services the officials rendered. Mr.. Pet
tigrew said that slavery in its wors
form existed in the Sulu group of Is
lands, and the treaty itself provide
that every slave could purchase hi
. freedom at the regular market prize
He said the amount of salaries paid tn
sultan and his officials under the treat
was 1920, yet the Spanish governmer
paid them only $500. The translatio
} Of the treaty, he said, was withheld
, from the people until after the Obi
election. This was merely policy
1 concealment and censoring adopted b
E the administration. ts
Mr.. Spooner of Wisconsin asked M
( Pettigrew If he meant to hold the pres
e ident responsible for the slavery claus
4 of the Sulu treaty.
e ."I do" Mr.. Pettigrew replied.
. Mr.. Spooner denied this.
Mr.. Pettigrew said there was no as
surance that the presidents statemer
| would ever reach the sultan. He d.
. clared 1t simply case of double dea
> ing.
The resolution was adopted.