Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-02-01

! limit II to that language, that Is undoubt-
! edly right; but, sir. there is such a thing
! as contract of good faith on the part of
! the people OF a State when 1t comes to
the doors OF Congress and asks admission.
/ We have the right to hold them to an
observance of plighted faith: and that Is
the point that insist we should do to-day
by repudiating the representative they
I have sent here, sending him back to them.
asking them in some more positive way to
show their faith In the promise which they
made TO us whcn they were admitted into
the Union.
Now, then. the remedy which the minor
ity propose is expulsion. Expulsion Is q
matter that Is wholly connected with and
relates to the representative himself. 1t
Is personal to him and docs not touch the
constituency. You can not expe a man
Tor anything except, In the language OF
the constitution, for mishehavlor. dis
/ orderly behavior are the very words
adopted BY the constitution. Therefore 1t
mas hcen held repeatedly, and think. al
most universally that there must be some
disordcrly behavior on the part OF the rep
ressiative after he becomes clothed with
the trust, not necessarily after he Is
sworn In, but after he has been selected
i'e must do something within the compre-
hcnsion of the words "disordorly behav
ios" IN order to warrant the House in taxi
ing notice Of IT.
why. sir, man may comm the crime
or MURDER that crime may he enown to all
men IN the state, and yet Ii afterwards
thcy, knowing these Facts, proceed aud
sehd MIN mere as their representative. ths
Rouse IL absolutely powerless to deal with
the matter FOR that crime Ana, as sug-
Beted ny my friend from Pcnnsyvania
tMr. crow VINO sits beside me, fortioii
is TINS so II they once admit him to scat
on this moor. But SIR, We are not seeking
70 PUNISH ms man Tor otsorderly behaN-
Wlthin the range or that clause OF the
constitution that gives the House right
TO eXpel. II must be lodged somewhere
eIse ana l propose IN the brfef time
nave 10 attempt TO snow that II Is lodged
not under the clause Judging OF this man s
auahilcat'ons-tnat Is 10 say. the coiletltu-
uonaI qualhcations OF age residence
ci''zehship' ana inhaotancy- 1t reach
IS p"'k 10 the orig ual election oil IN"
man
II Is there tnat You are 10 pant your
E'ouuu LOT ehciuulhG MN from taxing ne
o"'H' me constituency that sehds nun
mere are Iile ones we shonid crlucise' thelr
"ct,Vl IS inc aclioh we can IN queNlleh
ana NOT Tn" dlSoFderly pehaNlor or RoD-
CTS unoer the othor cIause 81 tie con-
Stlu,'oh giving the House the riSht 10
eApe'
90 mat Mr. Speaker the result IN TINS
N"at nus, ny iorce Oh I'M" reason VIZ Ne
cNc,uSlon or not ning' We are confronted
win Just mat dire necessity we must
say elther TINS man may De sworn IN ana
say III. because we nave no riRht 10 eNpci
ior d cause mat existed long peiore' or
we must eNciuoe MN now ana accomplish
What the people OF TINS Union are de-
hnrding at our hands.
.put we are toId pv inc gentleman from
~" cHpeNiaiy' ana IL mas peeu h'Hteu
from other sources that II we cohstrue
, e.aoi'llG act 10 mean sohne,hlns more
ril"h me ceif'Iauo'i OF a'i hltsai mar
I'ase' we are breaking up famlly mousse
uoluS' we are tearing away the VIE from
tlIe husband. i oehy H. SIT VIC are not
ic"N'He up HouSe"olu' we are not year
S ""u! ,'iV WIG nom he' IuSna''"
Io,ysamy mas never been legal IN Utah'
e.,ner as territory or as state Even
oeiore she became territory. the com
I,'on Id" Oh fhglahd that was III iorce
, t,eIe as eVery"here. mace poIygarny IL
iesal i. mas never peen .eeaizeu on the
~ 'ca" co'itniei''' ana therefore the
'i'onlent 'ooei' took wiie NO . ne hau
"a marriage thst was uhder the raw as IL
'nen , $1,000, apSolu.eIy ana uhquaiihedy
Noio. W men ne TOOK "lie 20. s. that mar
'isSe was aosoiu'eiy ana uhquahneuy
wy" Do'h ol t"e''i were contrary 10 inc
i'w vi tie iaHu u'lner "h'ch ne ives
Nv men. we are no, preakthg uP a
fanny because no !egai fanny existed +:
~ H,tEai marriage couid make a regal
49, 0'''N 80 80
Mrlcl' arc portrayed oy 'he gentleman
mn, IAN CEASE 10 rH'St' we are SIM
I'N "l''hi"t Up asi 'llesdl Te"toh' noun
r'S 'Hoie' 'lo'hIHs leSs II Is not there-
l'rc' question Of sentiment; II is ques-
t,on OF strlct law ana OF stern justice.
p"'' SIR Mr. honertS l. emitted TO 20
Co''Siuera'ioh' because ne kne" what the
"a" was Every man IS pound 10 know
the Jaw utoer "hich ne IlVes' ne can not
cone mere 'hcrelore' ana pI'"o the paoy
ac' ny SAYING mat he ac'H" u. good talth,
auI ne doeS not 40 that lie comes here
ana 'eaoS that ne actea under the hlSh
"eheSt OF the chur'h TO whose creed ne
subscribed he puts II on the ground OF
relelous ceremony, OF rensious lnsu-
tutloh, ana Justlhes his action on that
ground an' that alone
NOW. tho', nave alre21y SAID mat the
peop'" ~ me Stste or ttah nave broken
tne'r pIixh-'d fhith "hen they assured Us
ut the Tune OF the passage or the enabling
act ana ny the adoption of their own
state constitution that this institution
the Union and when they were admitted
into the Cnios1, Mr.. Speaker. they pledged
themselves within that sweeping language
IN the preamble to the constitution, "N e
, the people In order to form more per-
feet union, etc. adopt this constitution
They stand precisely to-day AS though
they had been one of the thirteen States
, that originally adopted that constitution.