Show = = THE ROBERTS DISCUSSION Before Mr Roberts left Utah and Us easy atinoBphero of home llfo his golf I Justification had t hp remblanco of man llnpss When a man sold Mr Roberts hen sn1 S has contacted a plural marriages under I tho sanction of his church and In accordance accord-ance with tno lawn of hIs communlt ho I has no moral right when church and I State with Irnw this sanction to cast ore I women and Children KO bound to him I Now the 1ouso Investigating committee I at Woxhlngtop net out to tt < = k a few OUOF lon mere ly as to fact No more pcena of mornl obligation como from air l Pobcrtss corner a1on his labor now Is to I throw dust In witnesses eyes to sidetrack I side-track spcclHc charges to prevent proof Ills whole conduct during the nvestfga lon bespeaks him a pitiful thing New j York Press I I 1 Ii Mr Roborls of Vtnh Is practically out Tho committee report does tho work and I thin polygamous member might as sell 1ohsamous I give up the light and scott consolation around tho trlplo hearthstone of his plural I I hOI Spokano SpokcsmanRevlow I 0 a I II According to the findings of the com I mlttoo having the Investigation of the I I matter In charge BrIgham II Roberts of Utah Is the husband of three wires and C I the father by iwo of them of twelve I children Whether to seat him for tho I rlghlrouu purpoc of Ignominious rxpul slon or peremptorllv to deny him n seat In tho UOUMO of Representatives 1 Iho question now under consideration Either I method of procedure will accomplish a result re-sult eminently satisfactory to the decent lawabiding people of tho country who I Imvo good reason to congralulalo themselves them-selves upon the victory they havo won Tho pow r of public opinion has hen clearly demonstrated II I tho result o this CINe now clearly foreshadowed Ore gonlan 9 4 Well goodbye Roberts Take ca yourself your-self Denver Post 4 I Tho Investigating commlllco horn decided atnS cided PItlsburg that Roberts Telegraph Is l a misrepresentative 0 Mr Roberts max now gel a llltlc conso lation out of singing There aro no places like homes Sioux City 0 Journal Mr Roberts of Utah and Mr Clark of Montana will pass through Denver In a few days en route homo after a brief so I journ In hlnglonDcnvel 40 Post Well BrIgham Roberts will say to hhz wives when ho gets buck to Utah you are to blame for tliisNew York Advertiser Adver-tiser it 4 I Mr Roberta wants comfort let him go to Ito book agents Any one of these enterprising en-terprising and Indofallgablo liusilers will tel him that It Is I far better tu havo the door slummed in ones face than to be admitted and subsequently ejected wIth a swift hickSloux 1 0 CHy 0 0 Journal No polygnmlsis need apply Brigham may now do the martyr act 1 will bo tho shorest term on record if tho Mormon Is seated and then bounced Roberts will have bin hands full when ho gets back to the twins Ilushabye babies out near Salt Lake papa Is coming and thats no mistake bo it over so humble theres no place like homo aCer being fired out of Con gross PItlsburg ChronicleS Chronicle-S 0 0 ROBERTS IS OUT Tho commlllCG investigating the statue of Brigham II Rooerts announces Its readiness to report to the House on Saturday Sat-urday Tho announcement f accompanied accompa-nied by the information thai two reports will bo submlllcd that of the majority favoring exclusion of the Utah man that of Iho minority recommending that ho be seated and then expelled The vote In committee vas 7 to 2 I Is thus apparent there Is no hope ror Roberts The only oucstlon Is a technl I cal one whether ho should bo refused a seat upon his credentials or ht given tho I scat to bo thrown out Immediately afterward 1 after-ward This result has boon expected from tho first and Roberlss arguments In his own behalf have not strengthened his case Public opinion Is overwhelmingly I against permitting him to share In the deliberations of Congress Tho IIouso has felt It necessary to have something more than sentiment on which to base Its action and tho hearing bolero commIttee his been conducted to formally advance legal arguments it burg Dispatch 0 > 0 ROBERTS IS DOOMED Roberts of Utah will n tle allowed to take ti Heat In the House of Repre entn lyons This Is made plain by the action acton of iho special committee which has been luvlstlgatln his case The commlllec llnds that ho Is living with three wives That fact wan brought out by the examination exami-nation of witnesses at which Roberts himself was present and whom he cross examined but as the commltlee slates Roberts declined to place himself on tho witness stand The entire commit tee certifies to this fat but It divided on the course which tho House uticht to have token Six members of the committee Indorse the actIon of tho llcuso In bailing Roberls at the door Two members Lllllelleld of Maine and Do Arinond of Missouri say Roberts should havo been admitted and then expelled It Is probable however lrOblble that tho Utih man will have about as lit the interest In this point o detail as n man condemned to tho gallows would have In tin > question na to whether the Inquest should be held on him Immediately Immediate-ly before execution or Immediately afterward after-ward Robertas ultimate fate would bo the SOTIO In eIther case When the mat tor comes up for action In the IIouso next Tuesday that chamber will undoubtedly accept the committees findings and keep Roberts out This decision ought to have JL vital I Interest In-terest for Utah It will shut out known polygamlsts from nomlnrilon for Con press by any party The committee bays that polygamy was publicly charged against Roberts In Utah during tIne campaign cam-paign In which ho wns elected and It was not denied by him 11 Is pretty sao lo predict lhat this defiance of the public opinion of Iho country will not be repeated re-peated The precedent which Is going to ho established bv tho Roberts case will undoubtedly stand Persons publicly charged with polygamy If I elected to Cong Con-g ess will bo stopped at the door until Invesllgallcn Is made and thon If I the I charge be sustained they will bo kept out Utah has a law against polygamy Tho course of the IIouso of Representatives Representa-tives will constrain the people of that Stat to tako especial pains to enforce It particularly agalnut men who are ambitious am-bitious to go lu Congress Until a new choice is l made by Utah that State will bo unrepresented In thft popular branch o Democrat tho national LegislatureSt Louis Globe ROBERTS SHUT OUT Tho special committee of tine House of Representatives appointed to Invesllgato ujpolnlCt nloLeg t Ito case of Brigham H Roberts tho memberelect from ttuh have reached a conclusion which will shut that gentleman gentle-man out of Congress Tho only dlnerenco of opinion among the member or tho j committee 1 amonS HI to whether Roberta should be excluded or expelled riiej unanimously timid aa u fact that ho Is I a 1 polygamlst but site divided t to whether ho should be kept oul entirely or allowed to take his seat on his credentials and then bc expelled t as a person unlit to bo a mom bJI of limo body because of his polL amous nnd unlawful practices Tho practical I < effect of the action will be IfcOl cnse but Mr Do Ar tho name In ultlier hit 11 CJ tlo ctll of the mond on behalf of LImo minority o committee Iwn sumo technical aeniiles commlllc however hat us the polygimlhl 1 shut out find not permitted to become a loKlslator1 Use country will be satlBncd far Tine decision of the commUte so lhlon is an kpcnln RobtrlB oul of Congress Ul krcll be sus concerned will unquestionably uq House nnd the action will wined bv the Ilol Ind arlon Utah that boa notice to the Mormons ot Lucy hI coi lot thrust polygamy clown time polSn throat of tho American people Minneapolis Minneap-olis Tribune ROBERTS REBUKED BY SNOW Tin jrullrlcys loronzo Snow presldcnl gulple15 has Saints lAttorilay of the gmiiieItS lutrtny ulCI5 of r Sent moinorliil to Senjuor Kawllns sent a mClnrll1 Sen10I en inn t Utah n ml tIme Sonntoi hits presented 011 memorial I memorial to tho Senate Tho mlmorlnl r lionito Uie declanitlon that polygamy f rClortNI t mar r K not taught nor Is I polygamous lno allowed by L Slow cliuich I ningo if alowed Roberts cuso which Impelled I forth this doLumem I i miMizo Snow to nut LOlmzo 1 tho man that the Mormons elect Q I obtain and who failed to Congress d to Itl anl fulcd MrinilBflloii to whom those words iply v2r the church advise or cncour does Nor unluwful colmbltatlon on tho part of age meniberns If Uicreforc any mumber its melbert r hercofc ilSObCY tho law either ns to poiygnirnnY unlawful coh bllatlon ho mUtt bear collblatlon or buiilen or In other words be wures hIs own hll < I imiserabIe to tint tribunals of the land llo tl ul action pertaining Hereto hH fee Iclln perLalnlnJ twrew mndo two ereiii errorho Roberts nlul < 1 OCI tr tilled 10 get hun0 th IJouse of Rnure le ath lit cuknOlfdll mis ntnllvl ulc 1 Lor6nzo Snows mQorlul lletcrnort havo been written u Roberts would never IJlt bpt1 writen > > 0LT tine seated In Mormv mi eyes beii ttd llrlH etN had ben te found out omnlv sun In polvgamy hI being out I 011 81 and as RobcllS hits beemm found ou n J ti4 saInted failed to get Into Congress salnl he with n recoIl or niiio vies gIcs Snow 1artlng kckPittnburg Chronicle him 1 p1tlns ItlckPll urS Telegrulh 0 0 uoDEirrs MUST I co flriglmimt H Roberts will not represent the nrhdlli IHll of Utah < lii l thu lower houic of Is tine dc JfIttyn4xtlt Honstusa This tho fJ fnsrIN i clslon oC lho Committee that has been Investigating I In-vestigating his case imd there is not Iho SllehlPSt I I doubl coo 1nd the Ilouao I itself when It takes w I action upon tho matter wl reach tho tuune conclusion t Jto the faiLs In the case tile committee commit-tee wruj unanimouH and the llndlng which I It adopted In regard to them was ns iifl I equivocal a verdict ax could bo desired I WIthoU beating about i tho buSh the com I mllloe In the mOt coldbloodnd manner declunM I that Mr Roberts Is a polygamIst I Micro Is not tho fillntC4 l suggestion or any doubt about the matter rise committee com-mittee says Hint the Utah rtcprwntallve I reel thaH three wives nun practiced po lysimy for yonr and practices It mow The only point aa to which there IB any or difference of opinion amonG members the committee Is as to the proper method o getting rid Of Mr Roberta Six members mem-bers think he should not UP permitted to take his seal Three hold that ho should bfi seated and Immediately expelled Tho soniiil public however caroitnuiona to gonrll which course Is I taken Tho main rposcs or the crusade against Mr Roberts werp to Save thl the Nation from the srwmc 1 f hn II Naton with ino inn a notorloim lawbreaker serve I Iriwmaklns body and to deprive Mormon DolVKiimlsta of the substantial aid which they would receive from ono 01 their member recognized an qualified to sit In ibtr recognl Congress This later purpose was the paramount one nnd HO long as It IH I attained at-tained nobody cares greatly Just what technical procedure Is employed J maY bo sucKCJUod however that the IIouso will nol add to Its dignity by l enacllnp tho farcrt of Bwearlnc In a member merely for tho purposo of expelllnc him If ho Is unworthy to sit In that body he Is unworthy un-worthy to be received Into membership for even om hour But whatever course may be taken the outcome will Lit a distinct victory for tho moral sentiment of tho country which has shown UH power In this matter as it has rarely dono In tho history of the Na tlonS1I1 Diego Union |