Show ROBERTS MUST HAVE HIS HI RIGHTS r His Statement Before the Commit Committee tee Affects Public Sentiment IN THE COMMITTEE TODAY Mr Rob lias a hearing and od llis Rights 1 MASS MEETING IN i Jre Against Adieu nt lUr Robert Hober Schroeder SPECIAL TO TIlE THE N NEWS WS Washington D C Dec Tho sen sea against Representative Is slowly but surel dying and Ind att after r I hi his statement to the committee thIs denying nil all charges against him It Is admitted by IL a large number ot of who rated for tor forthe the Taylor resolution n thab he has a 11 strong trong case and will ultimately be ai 11 lowed to take his scat scatA A T P Schroeder ot of Salt Sail Lake gave gao tes testimony before the committee Among his suggestions Is one that the commit committee tee go 10 to Utah and take testimony there but this Is not possible It If the tho committee desires witnesses who are resIdents of Utah they will have to corne comae to SPECIAL TO TUE Washington Dee was WIS be belore before lore fore the committee today lie He pleaded not guilty guilt to all charges charge and demanded the right riCh t to be tried for tor the alleged offense as guaranteed In articles five and six ot of the UnIted States lion lie He claimed his prima fade right to a seat leat was established as fur tur us as known that the charges Are y She rhe committee meets meet again this af afternoon Public sentiment tn In the EAst ce cr Is ta i i iTha The Tha pr ss is III nearlY s 8 sn n arbitrary action and dem 18 that proper r be followed A mass meeting Is tu tube be held In Dos Doe Doston ton next Tuesday let In furor tavor of at Roberts rights tB Roberta is confident of success Washington Dee Dec considers tion ot of the case ot of Mr Roberts of Utah was resumed nt at 10 this morning by the House investigating committee f Mr Roberts beIng present to plead to certaIn specific interrogatories which b had been framed The proceedings continued to be be behind behind hind closed doors Mr vos first asked It If he con conceded conceded ceded the existence of the court record wherein he pleaded guilty la in under the law ThIs he con coit conceded ceded lie wis next asked whether r about or r since 1690 he had married plural wives and hall had lived with thorn them since ln ot that time as wives To the whole of this thi charge chorge Roberts pleaded not guilty and then demurred to the jurisdiction ot of the committee for tor the following reasons First on the ground of 01 constitutional rights In that It attempt attempted ell ed to tr try him for tor a crime without pre pra presentment ot of Indictment b by grand grond jury jur and without trial by jury and without due pr process ot of law Second that It was on nfl attempt to tIt de deprive vrle him ot of vested property that h hold In tIme the emoluments of an office for tor forthe the tho full tull term Third that the only evidence that could bo be rightfully considered In the tho committee was a court record and tho the tho guIlt confessed or Proved ot of the re arid that the committee has no right to con cun ider an any other evidence Fourth that the crime alleged l name namely I ly that ot of unlawful li liI i I it proved would not constitute n a BU suf sufficient crime to bar a member or do de him of hi his seat because of polygamy or cohabitation I is nowhere enumerated In the Constitution tion ns as n ft qualification for tor the tho ot of member ot of nor Is It named tm III an United States law applicable to Utah or any other State Mr argued th these se points for tor nearly two hours referring to law books and answering que queries Ie It was 1 a legal controversy throughout the acts not being gone gono Into at length Mr r Roberts by asking that his hla prima aria right to a seat hoat once considered as AI the present status denied to a 11 sovereign state represents tion In the at a time when in injurious jurious leg legislation affecting that State Stat might take place At the conclusion ot of Mr Ir statement the committee held an cx session and then adjourned un Until til Z I p m The Tho chairman announced that meetings would ha bl open ollen nn and publicity also aho was ns given to the official stenographers report ol of time the morning At the afternoon session ot of the Rob nob Roberie erie erts Investigating committee Mr Ir Hob cuts erts created n a by denouncing A T F Schroeder one ot of the GentilO delegation rota Utah Mr Ir was about to the committee when Roberts Roberta waving his hand In no test said saidI I object I object to witness It If Ithe he cornell comes hero here as an attorney I object to hIm It if he comes ns as a witness on the round ground that he Is unworthy ot of coat conn dence and because he is II a common swindler And I 1 pro propose Osato to establish by the records of the Supreme Court CourtS S J i of Dt that h t he I Is utterlY unworthy ot of 1 I t bellet belIet 4 I After lr dr Schroeder u d der r Va ai to III nt Ir Schroeder dOII A lit It be b that HObert no now i is oll of M I that children had n born boru to hIs w Iv amoD 2 beIng twins born to Rub nub Rubn n I er cr II 11 1897 It ft could aio aile rt rc bo be hwn ho id lie he hall had b en eno II 10 o oui ut Pr Dr I IW o I While hUe b hlll Q a ra f r In n the th person of Smith H I The rhew Mr Ir t br der id could b 11 a 8 In Utah Utahn n After Mr Ir Roberts had the ibe committee a ruling on his hi d dIh Ih tt and an to the th hearing was Id ad adit it ju until 10 next Mr Taylor Ohio submitted the In 4 to Mr Jr nb Itt In the ty C t of theM thee hl he Mid MidCh Ch are mad that you OU were ere convicted In 1 ot of nn J that ine thin you have co 0 ben n G oC the tho mime e that yearn ago ogo you antI over th then haY have miI Uh he Mr Tayler Ohio also alro I 0 I a baIe for Cor th inquiry One ot of the m m re teral facts te tO 0 ho I is a as to tole le let or oi not you YOI a an n carl ni ne 1887 plural and hive have 0 maintained ever r re reI I lotion with th theae plural wives Ivl th rho r committEe Instructs r to IY say that It If YE VI you u wish to make mak any statement abt about I thIs or M any other matter which I charged OU ma may do so oo In your our own I 11 way ec Mi tI nobe t the at on fe file on which the foregoing were made lila answer al substantially J jig hs hae n given Ghen In the written rUten text bhim a as tot tol lows J tt no concedes the tact fact 0 ea t by the ot of the Third States t curt court In Inand ad and for tor th Territory ot of Uth Utah submit te ted for Cor his liI to wi that In ssI 1559 In the Territory ot of Utah he plead pleaded ed git guilty to the he charged against c him ot of unlawful cohabitatIon I Second In the tho submitted ft s S nowhere that there Is 13 any t I t or t C th that a about ut Ii tt or or to tc Octor October 19 1190 or 01 contracted plural marriages further It than may b be inferred from his conte t Ilon don to the tho of at unlawful U U In ni na se set CUt out In the I court records and therefore on that thata I a point he enters no ao plea there 0 1 n l charge or testimony allegIng I It Thir Third In the tho papera r submitted N d to the lol and chares charges agaInst Roberts I It 1 appears that there Is nn an al aft l davit or that either Ii tore or inee Ince 19 1890 contracted plural J but 18 as to tle the Inquiry ot of the I committee on this he specially r 18 that sinca Qt Oct 19 lie he hM has cn con no plural marriages I I Fourth to the tho cha charge e that ocr ever sInce when pleaded Buly guilty to un n 8 lawful cohabitation 11 Ira the then then Torl Tern TernI I I tory ut Qt Utah that lie he has lived In 11 o relations In viola violation Uon ot of law M lie pleads not guity guilly Demurrer y Deurer y f Hoort demuN demure to the 4 instituted grounds ly b the tho corn on these tho 1 the tho committee ha has no 4 jurisdIction over m me to tr try me me for Cor the 4 alleged or the charged 4 Second further demur demurs to toI the evidence and further demura to tot I 1 t the Ivl evidence ICO nad papers upon whIch cC e the char charge e Qt f continued living is 18 bIC baaed u upon ol the tho around ground tat tate that eJ said papers and 10 do not state facts in e rt to cn constItute lute I a charge d nc that Is 18 In 10 any way a regular or ten tenable d tle able or Dr sufficIent to me of t thY prima prima facto right to take the oath of oC 10 and occupy tl the It gent In the e iO 10 ot at to whIch I haQ haV haVA A ben been dul duty and lealy legally elected an whIch election and rIght Is not con contested II tested I II Third that sid said papers antI and evidence Ii 12 are ambiguous and In ii complete and ot of sch chara ter as to 12 2 make the nt not w rth to fo be cn con 13 by the committee and I ask 3 13 that m my prima fade right to my sot bl be nw now consIdered u SPECIAL TO TUE NEWS Washington on D I C C De Dec tiLl Tuesday The They Io to submit his hiM arguments on lIe do mutter to the jurisdIction ot of I commIttee and competency tency and ot of dence etc tito In wrItIng In addition to 10 tob b the verbal toda today fame Some ot of 2 the he think It laity b ho nece nece sary to go 0 to Utah or to bring to determine the rOe case flIrt ot et nl at were ivere In th the committee room thu afternoon rom Schroeder stated what the thought they thoY could prove end and I i ed cd Utah Ulah no a metho for doing e eo to go to Roberta Hobert to II ap In case either Ither ni as attorney wItness or II In any ony on tb the I II that tie bo Is II unworthy the conn I or of the tho committee le lie II s do de doa dea a lIned cloned to bo be n a swindler and guIlty ot of conduct b by the Supreme A I court or of Utah ISee Young vs vi I der Tenth Utah 1 affidavits or of Bran t r ddn or of It et ai a late dated lat last lasta a February sll said ho WR wat homo home eight months oter after thIs and why dId not the they prosecute Instead ot of the cm corn Ic t I mlee going wet west |