Show AN APPEAL TO LAVA I LAV-A dispatch to the Herald announces that Mr Roberts will push his claim to Q pent In Oongrrews to the utmost and hints that as a last resort he will I appeal to the courts We cannot quite ace under what form he could proceed In order to get n hearing In any court and cannot quite see what court would assume jurisdiction In the case Of course he would set up that all the reaulremcnts of the Constitution Constitu-tion have been met that his age his citizenship and his election arc all right and that he Is wrongfully denied de-nied his seat But suppose the House f agrees to all thnt but says for private reasons of our own we decline to give I the ffentlcmnn a seat under what form of procedure can any court Inter fere fereAgain Again the first requisite of an applicant appli-cant to have the equities of his cause administered upon Is that the appli cant must go Into court with clean hands J Mr Roberts appeals to any court he will have to say in effect Personally I do not respect the laws of the United States enough to pbey them I follow a higher law but at the same time I appeal to the courts I to set me right before the world and to secure to me the olllce which the olce voters of a sovereign State have declared I de-clared shall be mine In the name of the State I appeal and you must heed I the demand of a sovereign State I What will any court be liable to do If thus approached We are afraid that a cold shoulder will be turned upon that kind l of an appeal I is rather a cheeky performance perform-ance to In the same breath declare that a man is a lawbreaker but that lmt he demands thp full protection of the laws We suggest to Mr Roberts Unit the best thing he can do is to start on a lecture tout II has been much advertised ad-vertised he ought to draw well |