Show I PREFERS TO BE KICKED OUt r Brigham H + Roberts Chooses this Method of Leaving Congress in Preference to Tendering Resignation + He Talks of the Two Reports to be Made Bearing f Upon His CaseMr Schroeder Will Appear Before House Postoffice Committee to Testify Regarding Polygamous Postmasters in Utah k TRIBUNE BUREAU 601 Fourteenth street Washington D C Jan IS 1900 BrIgham H Roberts who has chosen to get kicked out ot Congress rather than anticipate the certain action f ac-tion of Congress by resigning when asked as to his view of the two reports of the special committee bearing upon his case today said The minority report follows all the law there Is bearing on the subject and I believe that the House will be compelled to accept that view and t permit me to be sworn in so that the case may be decided on the question of expulsion So far as the majority report is concerned I have no opinion to express pave that it Is based upon prejudice and not law If the House adopts It I will have to go But he was asked docs not the minority report indicate that the signers simply want to take what they deem the regular and lawful way to get you out and Is there anything in hat report to give you any hope of being permitted to retain your seat T recognize that after I am sworn In the chances arc strong for my cx pulBloa I do not Intend to resign and If i have to go my preference Is to at least get out according to law POL7GAMISTS POSTMASTERS t WhnethcrehaB not been muchpoli tics in the Robert case yet in some Republican Re-publican quarters there has been a disposition to hold the Democratic part responsible for the election oC a polygamist to Congress To offset this The Democrats In the House are crowd fug1 their charges that McKinley with knowledge of the facts appointed several sev-eral polygamists to pOBtmastershlps in Utah This is the particular hornets nest stirred up by Roberta The House referred these charges to the Committee Commit-tee on Postoffice and Postroads I which committee has had several meetIngs j meet-ings without making much headway SCHROEDER TO AID LENTZ I In the meantime Mr Schroeder has lieen Informing himself to details and tomorrow Is expected to appear before j the committee to tell what he know as to the truth of the charges against the President and inform the committee commit-tee where evidence can be obtained Mr Lentz expects to be able to sustain his charges through Mr Schroedere aid DIVIDING UINTAH RESERVE Senator Rawlinss bill for the division divi-sion of the Ulntah Indian reservation and the sale of a portion of the lands was up before the Committee on Indian I Affairs but no definite action was taken The bill is of the utmost Importance Im-portance and It is a comparatively law measure for the committee Consequently I Con-sequently was deemed inadvisable to take action until the committee is more fully informed as to the situation on I the reservation the desires of the Indians I In-dians affected and the views of the Interior In-terior department The committee therefore decided to refer the whole question to a subcommittee consisting consist-Ing l of Senators Thurston Quarles and Jones of Arkansas to fully Investigate and report upon the facts concerning the reservation The Commissioner of Indian Aftalrfa and Secretary of the Interior will probably appear before the committee before any action is I takenRURAL RURAL FREE DELIVERY Should the Senate acquiesce Ir the action of the House in Increasing the amount of the appropriation for the rural free delivery service it is likely that Idaho will be one of the first States to benefit thereby Within the past few weeks Representative Wilson has asked the Postotfice department to establish the service in two of the tons of the State But aalong the 25th of last October Assistant Postmas terGeneral Heath In response to a personal per-sonal request of Senator Shoup replied that it was then Impossible to establish the rural free delivery service from Boise and Caldwcll because the appropriation appro-priation for the current fiscal year had been already fully apportioned Senator Sena-tor Shoup will naturally have the first null and while he will undoubtedly aid Mr Wilson to secure the service for such towns he is most interested In the I Senator will probably Insist on Boise and Caldwell because of their prior application ap-plication shall be first considered CAUCUS POSTPONED The declination of Representative Sherman of New York of the offer of the Secretaryship of the Senate has resulted I re-sulted In a postponement of the pro posed caucus of Republican Senators It was expected that this caucus would be held tomorrow but up to a late hour tonight Senator Allison had failed to call It J S Clarkson is still talked of as a possibility but it is almost al-most certain when the reorganization occurs Daniel Ransdell of Indiana will be elected sergeantatarms to succeed Col R J Bright SUBSTITUTE CARRIERS Amos L Stone and Frank W Lewis appointed substitute carriers at Ogden Utah ROBERTS WILL TALK He will be Given Opportunity to Speak in His Defense Washington Jan IS Chairman Tay ler of the Roberts committee and Representative Rep-resentative Littleficld of Maine are busy preparing the majority and minority mi-nority reports respectively In the Roberts Rob-erts case They will be filed together on Sunday It Is not expected that the case will be called up In the House until un-til Tuesday or Wednesday or next week The debate Is expected to occupy two or three days Mr Roberts will be given an opportunity to be heard on the floor in his own defense Mr Littlefield and Mr De Armond of Missouri who will sign the minority report are hopeful that the mode of procedure which they favor to allow JMr Roberts to be sworn in and then expel him will be followed The majorlfy of the committee on the other hand are confident that their reports re-ports will be adopted and that Mr Roberts wiLl be excluded without being sworn In PostmasterGeneral Smith will tomorrow to-morrow appear before the House Committee Com-mittee on Postotfices and Postroads to answer Inquiries In regard to the alleged al-leged appointment of polygamists as postmasters In Utah The Postmaster General will only repeat statements made by him In a letter to the committee commit-tee to the effect that if the persons mentioned were polygamists the President Presi-dent had no knowledge of the fact at the time of appointment that one of the offices was vacated last spring and that as the other postmaster Is under Indictment for the crime mentioned no action will be taken until his guilt Is passed upon by the courts |