The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-25
MAJORITY GAINS STRENGTH.
snuE TELLING ARGUMENTS MADE
AGAINST ROBERTS.

1tah's star Has Fallen, Says Lands
Of Indinna-He Gave List of
prominent Utah Polygamists and
Arrnigned Roberts as n ViOIater of
the Law-What Clark of Missouri
would Have Done-Other Speeches
Made.
washington, Jan. A.-The second days
donate in the House upon the Roberts
ease was less dramatic than that of yes
terday The galleries were almost as
crowded, but the ladies were less demon
s,rative.
Mt Roberts was not present during the
day Had he been he would have heard
me most scathing excoriation of the Nor
mons ever delivered upon the floor of the
House.
Mr.. Lands of Indiana, the young orator
who distinguished himself during the last
Congress in an oratorical duel with Mr.
1onnson of his state, won new laurels to-
dav. He charged that Utah had been
admitted to the Union as a result of Nor
mon conspiracy, and reviewed the his
tory of the apostles of the Church, whom
he charged with living in open and fla
grant violation of the statute against
polvgamy, to show that they had basely
broken their solemn pledge to the gov
ernment.
The other speakers to-day were Messrs.
Powers Republican, of Vermont, and
Niers. Democrat, of Indiana, for the ma
iority resolutions; Messrs. snodgrass,
Democrat, of Tennessee. and WILSON Sill
yer Republican, of Idaho. for the minor
itv resolutions; Mr.. Lacey, Republican, of
Iowa for his proposition to expel without
swearing in, and MIR. Crumpacker. Repub
lean of Indiana, for exclusion by two
thirds majority.
The speeches to-day greatly strengthened
the majority resolutions, which seemed in
danger of failing after Mr.. Littletield's
snsech yesterday, and Chairman Tayler
was confident tonight that they would
he adopted when the House votes to-mor-
row afternoon.
Mr. Powers of Vermont suggested that
we are not separating wife from hus
band' as polygamy has never been legal
in Utah. being illegal under the common
law of England.
Landis' Strong Speech.
Mr. Lands commended that Mr.. Roberts
was not entitled to admission, because he
had violated Utah's compact with the
United States.
Mr. Lands resented as unworthy of be-
lief the charge made, he said, by Senator
Rawlins that the President had appoint
ed notorious polygamists. The Senator
might as we'll accuse the House of in
dorsing polygamy since it had passed a
bill appropriating $4,000 for the Agricul-
tural College at Logan, Utah.
The President of that college," said he,
a n0lVVa mist living in omen and no.
torious polygamy with three wives. One
Of his leading professors is a polygamst,
living with two wives. The trustee is a
polygamist living in open and notorious
polygamy with seven wives. Oaughter.)
And they have blessed him with thirty
| nine children. Oaughter)
He further asserted that three of the
members of the first presidency and ten
Of the twelve apostles who signed the pc
tition for amnesty were polygamists.
"Of these fifteen leaders who solemnly
pledged their honor and faith for the fu-
ture obedience to the law of the Church
Of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints,
three have probably kept their pledges
namely, Wilfrsd Woodruff, Franklin d.
Rogers and Anthony H. Lunn.
George Cannon, first councillor to the
president of the Church, also is morally
guilty, and he and all his wives live in
a suburb known as Cannonville."
ia IN = star mas Falleh.
After detailing the polygamous relations
of other Mormon leaders, he continued:
Pages might be written of the viola
ton of the compact by which Utah was
given a star. Mr.. Speaker, that star
is fallen star; it does not shine with
the brilliancy and duster of her sister
stars 1t shines by cunning and by de-
ceit, by treachery, by fraud. 1t speaks of
crime and a violation of the most SOL
emn covenant ever made between
territory and the Union. (Applause)
We have as a representative from
Utah a man with three wives the last
one taken, the report says as near as we
can ascertain, before 1890, 1 believe. And
he did not deny That that woman became
his plural wife after Utah was taken into
the American Union And 1 charge here
that Utah came in as the result of a de-
hberate conspiracy 10 free that people
from the heavy hand of federal authority.
and linen enable to live their religion I'M
hndered In 1896 Mr.. Roberts was can
ddate for Congress and the Church dis
cplued and defeated him, because the
time was not then ripe for a polygamist
to come to the American Congress. He
became a candidate in 1898, and the man
who placed him before the conyention
stated that he ran by permission of the
church. In 1898 we were engaged in
war with a foreign foe. American man.
hood was away from home and all alb
sor0ed in country Valor was at war.
and virtue was a prayer. The North and
me South under one flag They hoped in
lns general condition of magnanimity to
come back, and it was then this perjured