Show n COMPACT M PACT WITH THE NATION Was Curried Out in the flue Constitutional Provision that No More Polygamous Marriages Should be Contracted o Requirement by Congress that flint Previously Contracted Matrimonial Mat nial Associations Should he be Interrupted Statement Present Presented ed Today by Utah Constitutional the Sensational Cru sade Made Against Home Not in Danger from of tim the Mormon to Citizenship Rests on His liis Being a Closes the lie Hearing SPECIAl TO TIlE THE NEWS Washington Ii D C Jan GArgu In tile case are aro ended nd ld th the hut has adjourned un unI I ten te Wednesday morning ho was wa taken In order lot at Ir Carll Carlisle sit have havo the Ume nfl an argument Mr Roberts will with a cOP COD EO 60 that ht n submit n written argument In I re reI reThe r rl l I The committee expects to have hao Its 19 re crl Cad liy by the tho The committee met at ten orning and Mr Roberts Roberta concluded his lie Ho spoke poke for tor n nearly two ours and was followed by Attorney Mr Roberta said Utah had ot broken Its It compact with the Unit d 11 States Stales on the question ot of polygamy nd iid read from th the official reports ot of othe lie he In the tho Constitutional con can to show how that polygamous mar loges lages had been n forever prohibited The 1 le ot of Utah ho said never under od IOd that the were to abandon their wives taken prior to the Ion ot of tM the Slate Into th the Union lie saId there was wa no flaw In his citi that th tim tUt s und r hleb chich i Md b ien re by ti amnesty und and the tho Enabling Act giving Statehood to the Territory There had been no trouble between Mormons and Gentiles since Utah became a State Slate until a sensational sh sheet t In the East had started u a crus crusade ode ade against him lIe Ho said Ins were received In society and were treated with respect by the community In which h lived lIe denied the power ot of the House to add to or take from the tho qualifications ot of members as expressed In the Constitution and he mid he possessed all 1111 constitutional re reqUirements In closing his argument lIe he paid a glowing tribute to the loyalty pa patriotism ot of the people ot of Utah and told how ow hey had responded to the vail ot of the President lor volunteers when their was WIlS Itt war with Spain I It was clear that Mr Roberts hail made c most favorable Im on the members ot of the committee In replying to Mr dl Roberts rent Mr Schroeder said that It If the IUs refused to swear him In or IX cx 1 1 him because h was a poll polygamist hn h n ho hoped the gentleman from tab tah could bo seated Mr r Schroeder that Utah had broken her United States and there ther ore the House hall had a right tl t deny Ad ision to her representative who was lr Ir eld Of bt the committee want l Mr Schroeder to state slate how tar far the Went and It It had been brok broka n a what ss as th the recourse ot of the United States Mr Schroeder did not care to brUff the tho but expressed the that the tho States could take cognizance ot of It but did not say Ju just t how lIe He made no new nel points but bUI practically covered the same ground ns as In his argument Washington Jan the Rob committee resumed Its sessions to today today day Mr Ir Roberts went on with his meats begun yesterday lie reviewed the action ot of the Constitutional Con ot of Utah urging that car nod out the requirements ot of the Con Congress gress creu for the admission of Utah as II a State namely that polygamous mar marriages should no longer be contracted there was no requirement by Congress or In the Constitutional Convention that previously contracted as associations should bo be Interrupted In the course ot of his argument Mr Roberts said ho had observed that the ladles involved In this question ot of plural al wives were quite generally received In the circles of Gentile ladles ladies In Utah lie He vehemently denounced what he characterized as the sensational crusade made against him and also the effort to arouse public feeling b by saying The American hoTe was In danger daller It If he hc excl exclaimed II j dould call attention to thousand evils which th 9 r Q the State ot of Utah In closing Mr said the patriotism Of the Mormon Church to toward ward sard the country could not be ques When n a fund was raised for tor the survivors ot of tm Maine the I Mormon lormon Church had contributed one filth fifth of the entire amount When the In the Philippines was guns handled b by Utah men hail had been II lit the forefront ot of the tho tr fry fryM M Ir Schroeder der the Gentile representative tive stated that no further point would be m made dc on naturalization papers as It was desired to exclude him from Congress specifically and ly on the ground ot of his being II a pol poly gambit Alter After the arguments closed members ot of the committee attached some Im Importance importance to the question asked by Chairman Tayler ot of Roberts relative to the latter being amenable while In the District ot of Columbia to the Edmunds act It Is understood special attention ma may be given by tim tho committee to this feature At the arguments on both sides were closed and the committee went ent In Into into to hessIon bession At the session It was W i de decIded decided to close the hearings and the testImony unless Carlisle desired to be heard further The committee then adjourned until 10 n a m in next Wednesday There was no vote yoto or other action on the final dla dia position ot of the c case se |