New Ulm review., 1900-01-31
'U0 QD ROBERTS.
The House Memb bers Decide That the
Utah Congre ressman Snail Be Ex-
eluded from the Bod s. s.
REPORT WINS BY A BIG VOTE.
No Conflict OF Opiraion as to DesIra-
can 1.-THE Re ejected PoIysan mist De
ciares That He Is q Martyr to g
Spasm of Prejudice. .Sss

Ss Vas hin gton, Jan. 26.--Ihe case OF
4 Brigham 81. il Roberts, the Mormon rep-
resentative from U tab, which has
occupied so much Of the attention of
R5the house since the assembling of con
gress, was decided Thursday blythe
adoption Of resolution to exclude him
by a vote. of 26s to SO. The exa ct Ian
qua ge% Of the. resolution was as follows:
s& 'aThat under the facts and circumstances
of the case, Brigham H. Roberts, represents
not to have or hold "a seat in the house of
representa- tives, and that the seat to- which
he was elected is. hereby declared vacant. !"
~ 4 The Vote AnaIyzel. En-
The amendment to Sexpel Mr.. Roberts
without seating him, offered by Mr..
Lacey, was ruled out on a point Of or
der, and the house only voted upon the
resolutions Of the majority and minor
ity of the committee. The elatter-tol seat
and then expel Mr.. Roberts was
defeated, 81 to 244. An analysis Of this
vote shows that 40 republicans, ~
democrats and two populists voted
against it, and II democrats, repub-
licans, populists and 2 silver-repub-
licans for it. The ma jority resolution
to exclude Mr.. Roberts and declare the
seat vacant-was adopted, 26S to so.
The affirmative vote was divided as fol-
lows: Republicans, 1853; democrats,
90: populists, Y, and the negative vote,
democrats, AZ; silver-repubIcans, 2;
populists, 1. ~ ...t
No Conflict of Opinion. 4-
so+ of &C
to the desira bility of declaring his seat
vacant, but there were many members
of the house who felt that by
acquiescing in the proposition Of the
| majority of the special committee of
investigation that a precedent would
be established which would plague fu-
ture houses. When Speaker Herder-
a faint effort at demonstration on
the republican side, but it fell fat, as
all seemed to appreciate the gravity of
the situation.
Many Speeches.
There were over score of speakers
Thursday, and the closing speeches on
each side were particularly able. Mr..
Lanham (Tex.) closed for the ma
jority, and Mr.. De Armond< (Mo.), for
the minority. Mr.. Roberts was pres
ent throughout the day, and only left
the hall after the result of the last vote
had been announced. AS he did so he
gave out a statement justifying his re-
tention of his plural wives on the
ground that his moral obligation was
more binding upon his conscience than
technical obedience to statutory law,
and saying that there was little excuse
for the extraordinary efforts to crush a
system already abandoned and prac-
tically dead. He said he was martyr
to ''spasm of prejudice" He would
not, he said, attempt to run for con-
gress again, although he would go back
home with a light heart. confident of
the future. s'..~ r.: .s'..
Thinks Utah Will Elect Young
Washington, Jan. 27.-Mr Roberts, of
Utah, said Friday that when the demo-
Gratis of his state come to nominate
his successor they will select, in all
| probability, Richard R. Young, a Nor
mon but not polygamist. Mr.. Young
served in the Utah battery that went
| to the Philippines, had good record as
soldier and was popular among the
| democrats of his state. Mr.. Roberts
could not say how soon the nomination
would be made. It may be that the
democrats of Utah, to be consistent
| with the position taken by Mr.. Roberts,
will not consider the seat vacant, and
they may postpone action upon the
| choice of his successor until the su-
preme court passes upon Mr.. Roberts
appeal. 4%. T.. E.9. /: i. ...5... - :. y