Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-25
Utah HAS NOT r
BROKEN COMPACT
l,., Ardent Opponent q q Roberts Robe.
81 CHS ). pr,,lrieptor Lands Down.
r,,H ACTED IN GOOD FAITH
>, idaho aud nIer' Of i"a''
all''" ,..,,.lm Loyalty OF This
Lacey'' claim

,,.,,oD Jan. gi,-The debate on
Vasa'rs ,, ease continued to adjourn
be h0Os .,.rJay afternoon. Mr. Roberts ,'
pen' YEN ,De House when Mr.. Lanals
eske Lawn argued in behalf
W Lon .,ooosidon for the expulsion Of
d d. y'ss without swearing him H.
~ NV 10y driven to choose between
! . s,o ssl raised by the majority I, !,
u :, ~ minority, he would vote lor i. 'ns
,. W. on the ground that exclusion
' TsIs he was speaking Mr.. clark Oh
enD, Interrupted to say that II ne
!, esn Mr.. Roberls's legal adviser ne e
"a have had him on the first day
- s.sslon object to every member
r,me was on the roll, He would
h,e bad the Nuo'o 49,, =, oaaaa
d. aid Mr. clark. But" he ADDED
=. -. neither his legal or spiritual ad-
w. ,.,. .,,,anen,
,,.x that the members on the ron
slsye passed upon each objection
\. vsrs of Indiana, a member OF
r,rlal committee, supported 'he
" VI resolution. lie denied vlSor-
,sat The people OF Utah were 70
|. =. ss,rsed with disloyalty TO thels
s.-a.ei With the Union. SO far as ine
~. $40 uas concerned, polygamy, he IN
~. vas dead. IT,.
W Mcpherson Of Iowa, another
,.-ts OF the committee, also advo-
"a me adoption Of the majority re.
"a Ne said the minority could not
-, 5own the objection TO Roberts on
- ,S mound that Utah had violated her
800 with the United States. ana
'.s,s1 A decision OF the late Chief JUS
Y. chase 10 the effect that a state
"a Violate her compact TO such an
nj mat Congress could deny her
cmss4n,stlon. Mr.. Mcpherson de-
',,S mat once seated, Mr.. Roberts
rsS never be expelled. He devoted
rs6 q his time to answering the ar
rnsnl Of Mr. Mttleheld. AT times he
vs exceedingly caustic,
M Crumpacker OF Indiana was IN
AZ 10 agree with the resolutions or
sAher branch Of the committee. lie
waited the majority report amended
y a. to require a two.thirds vote to
siopi them.
M Wilson Of Idaho challenged some
q, The statements made against the
Mormon people. He said he repre-
xnisa 5000 "Mormons, and In ell
bat made good citizenship they were
be equal Of any constituency In the
country. He affirmed that the Nor
mon" Church abandoned polygamy as a
doctrine In 1890 In good faith, and he
klIered they had lived up TO their
promise Upon his responsibility as a
member be stated that polygamy was
10, being entered into IN Idaho and
he Church had recently issued q proc
knaion against II which he had read.
He was opposed to polygamy as much
y any member. and he repudlated the
rsiement that the Church was teach
hg advocating or advising its prac-
tee Al SIS the House adjourned.
Springfield, Ills, Jan. 25.--The State
Register publishes the following COM
nlaicatlon from President Herzer OF
Cstcordia Lutheran College in this
city;
Brigham II. Roberts, the Mormon
representative from Utah. mIsquotes
.lher as defending and tolerating
Nygamy Roberts claimed this In his
seeoh Of defense. The following quota
~ nom Luthers writings against
gsygamy VIII refute the false lmputa-
u.s q this Mormon
mus speaks DR.. Martin Luther on
" Aeobulo-this was a book favoring
rggamy' written In Luther's time:
Whosoever follows this knaye and
.nA ana thereupon takes more than
y, VIE and wants II to be right, 10
~. !, may the devil bless the bath in the
asyss Of hell Amen.
=. L Z, Vol. g., page 200.
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