Show WOMANS HAND IN ROBERTS CASE I I j Wives of Representatives Petition Pe-tition Their Husbands Jj j J THY WAT THE UTAH CONGRESSMAN OUSTED I More Than 100 Have Enlisted Ia j the Crusade I i Senator Rwl Wl Tae A A lye Par I Robe BehalfIn j dctions A That Republicans Are Preparing to Make the Matter I Mat-ter a Partisan Affair I Which I Case the Democrats Will Army Themselves on Side of Utah Man 0 1 Special to The Herd Washington Nov 27cator Rawlins Raw-lins has arrived and has established hImself temporarily at the Richmond His family will join him here later He may not remain at the Richmond after their arrival but the mate 1s not yet determined The senator says he eXIts a very interesting session of congress and looks for the cnsd eraton ot many Important legislativa problems He believes that Rr sntto Roberts wi reIn his st without difficulty and will take a a tve part in his behalf The principal development or the Roberts case is tHe assertion on the part of some prominent RepublIcans that they mean to make the cong mans expulsion a partisan question Sever Republican leaders are exam ining the case It is sad that the Republican Re-publican caucus may take the matter up on Saturday and pass some rolu tion on the subject Democrats Will Std Dy H I can e positively stated that It any such course is tae all doubt about Mr Roberts retention hi the house wi nromth vanish for when It becomes a partisan Instead of a question oc alleged = lege religious principle the Democrats wi vote with practical solidity fo 11 him Mr Roberts said to The Herald this evening that he did not intend the j question should be made a partisan Jl one and that he believed he would b supported in his right to a seat by a number of the best lawyers in the house The Star tonight says Those who have the case ln charge are now pursuing her investigation In a flea drctot that is whether this should be a against thenrepaesen tn1 r in cnf s or the sate > of Utah rather than a personar fight on Roberts Rob-erts This llhe t Investigation aas recommended by a ni mbr of the com mitee which passed on the act admit ring Utah as a state Women Tae a Hd n was suggested that it would be suge I well to see if Utah baa not violated the compact wUh thit general government whe the territory was promising all sorts of thIngs to ginto the UnIon and if the seat or the representative in congress from Utah could not be vacate va-cate on such a ground lore than 100 wives of representatives representa-tives have signed a petition to their husbands and the house against the seating of II Roberts The number satng has sInce increased and the Detition which is being circulateby Mrs Joy Joy of Missouri wife of Representative Isouri is rapIdly fillIng up with the names ot representatives wives |