New Ulm review., 1900-01-31
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s1SEl DeEISss doElnOgHEeI
reese ntat TIN ON lItta lhich has
oesuI soff lion off
the house ince a pf con
decided duh sel the
1atlop d # q res llutio on fo zelaide
tes 5of 26s cts u
sof the rsso Oh
aad ircsillst tancsss
from ne stat
not to have Or sho a eat sin use ot
repre- d tiYes. al id hat The seat tof hich
he as Y LED Is mere bss deeI ared Vacant 81
il tess Ana 81 e d.
1lt sto oberts|
sWit hout attn iill oiffered
ont q "a poiIat or
der, and house Ilsoh the
reso olufionss of the ma jorii an q minor
eat
and then exr pei oberts is;
defeated, zA 4 al al
vote shows 20 ubIicans 772E
democrat Isl and ists voted
against and 7l a mocrats s., 6repub-
slicans, 2 popu lists and 81 q iilver-repub-
5licans for he ma 81
10 exclude Robe 8 and declare The
seat vacant a was adop 26s to 50.
The afiirmativ vote was iVided as fol-
lows RepubIi leans, 16s; snnocrats,
96: popnlists and u NE gattiye vote.
5democra 81 vel leans, q;
populist s,
No Conflict Fof Opini Ion.
There was no conflict ofs opinion as
to the desira aBiliit Of ec1aring his seat
vacant, but there we're 10 any members
of house who felt. that by
acguie scing in he osittiio "a of the
tmmajority m Of the special commit ttee lot
inyestig il tigatioI ecedent would
be esta abished which would pr que ffu- flul
ture houses. s sspeaker Herr der-
son announced the decision there
a faint ortt at VI demo tiion on
the repubican side but III. fell Hat as
sall 5;Gl seemed to ppreciate the gravity sof
the situation
Many Speeches.
There were over u score OF speak kers
q T:hIrsaa and the closing speeches on
each side were part u1ar1 u Bile j.
ELanham Tex. closed Tor the ma
sjority and AArrn ond No. for
the nino Roberts was pres
seIt .sl It hro,lgh nd only left
the hallafter the result I 8off TIL lastyote
had been announced. AS he did So he
ave out asst tif his re-
tention of his plural wives on the
ground hat his moral obi ton was
more bind ling upon his sconsciencet than
technical N II obed dlience to- q tutory law,
and saying that there Was little excuse
for the extraordi mary efforts to crush q
system already abando doned and ~ 81 ac-s
teal dead. He said he was "a mar tyrz
to .sspasm Of prejjuidi ice. IIe would.
not, he said, tempt to run rS
gress again, al though he woul 20 back
home wit u St. conf con dent of
the ture. 5Ss
Thin - % taf Win al ct 81 . III y. s
ashing ton, j an I. Roberts of
35Utah, said Frida That when the demo-
crats Of his Est ate ZONE toI nominate
his sue ccessor they vii select i'll an
prob ps1l a bility il Richa oung or-
mon NOR Sb'lt q lolyga oung
served IN the q tan ah bat ttery hat went
to.the IPhilipp had 4 good record as
a#soldieT and as popuI ar a on q the
demo raj III Of his tate. NE. Roberts
could not soon omina ton
would he mad may be the
demo % to cons tent
Wit he post
will not consid he Sc al vacant, and;
they na tpones lIEs be-
Iclloic oi ct his uccessoT TN tiI the SUI
premeS eSco1lrt passes ls s Roberts
appe
III q Iaysd ons II ONE : j
Washing ton, AZ. III o1iysit thstars1-
ing fact that Who rs sun-
dertook the ffunis he Layyiogn home: ne:
have recently reeIinq uiished furt her ef-I
forts ins thai dIiirect ion the fund ITSELF
conntinues q grow Arolg con,