The age-herald., 1900-01-06
ROBERTS SPOKE
 FOR FIVE HOURS
His Argument Will be Conclud-
 ed Today.
MAKES VEHEMENT CHARGES
He Said Utah Had Been Denied the Right of Representation-T of Plural Was Mandatory
 in His Religion

Washington, January 1.-The Roberts in- vestigatlng committee continued it's session today. Miss Roberts. the daughter of the Utah member-elect sat near him.
 Chairman Taylor of Ohio, stated that he received from ex-Seeretary John G. Car lisle a letter giving his views on the case. MT. Carlisle was unable to make an oral argument at this time, owing to illness. As to the case he said:
 Ut seems to me that the question of citi- zenship has been abandoned or at least nothing is said about it in the testimony. Thesrecord of Roberts application and ad- mission toscitizenship does not comply with the law as I understand 1t, and l do not think he will be allowed to vote in any state upon a certificate based upon that record.
 ..trhe resolution under which the commit tee'i proceeding directs it to ascertain and report. not only upon Roberts prima facie right but upon his final report"
 This MT. Carlisle discusses on the evl- dence and says: "He is at this very mo- ment polygamist, not having at any time abandoned or renounced the relation assum- ed by the plural marriages and co-habita- tfon with alleged wives is not at all neces- X sary The question: therefore, is whether the committee will decide on the question of final right that an undoubted polygam- ist who justifies the doctrine and practices of polygamy shall be allowed to hold a seat in the house.
 It was determined by the committee to ask MT. Carlisle for his views more at length on the general rights of congress to exclude member.
 Roberts Begins His Arguments
 Mir Roberts then began his argument. He read typewritten statement reviewing in detail the proceedings of his case up to date. It said in part:
 "rhe questions to be considered are the prima facie and final right of B. H. Rob- erts, representative elect from Utah. to a seat in the house of representatives to which he was elected in the month of No- yemlber, 1898, by the people of Utah; the electorate of said state gave him a plural ity vote of 5665. It is a case in which there Is no contest, and where it appears so far as the proceedings before the committee Is concerned. the representative-elect pos sesses all the qualifications prescribed by the constitution of the United States. and where there Is no statute so far to be made to appear before this committee, either in Nhe state of Utah or the United States, | applicable to the case which disqualifies the representative-electf from Utah for the office of congressman in the lower house of congress. 2
 | Mr. Roberts dwelt with special emphasis on the right of constituency to determine upon the moral character of a member. "It is left to those constituents to determine" he said, what shall be the moral status of the man they wish to send to congress as their representative and not to the houses of congress.
 , In support of this, he read with emphatic and approving comment congressional re- port signed by B. F. Butler, Daniel ". Voorhees and others in the course of which it is said that the house of representatives shall be composed of members chosen by the people of the states and not by the representatives of other states "according to the notion of the necessities of self-pre- seryation and self-purification,' which might suggest themselves to the reason or caprice of members from other states in any process of spurogation or purifica- tion.''
 Denied Representation MT. Roberts declared that Utah, one of the great silver producing states, had been denied representation of late, while the im- por.r.s financial bill vitally involving Utaf's silver mining and silver industry was considered and passed.
 He analysed the evidence of other wit nesses and in general questioned the di- rectness and conclusiveness of the testi- mony.
 Tt has not even been established" he