Show OBJECTION MADE TO ROBERTS I 1 utah congressman asked to stand aside pending an investigation I 1 taylor of ohio made the objection charging roberts with polygamy and ineligibility mr ir mcra sicilia of achan tan supported tho tile objection introduced I 1 referring the tire matter latter to a committee of r nine I 1 no to be mamad by the tire action on resolution post postponed ponce until after 1 received nash washington lington pee dec 6 wl le a the clerk tailed the name of representative robert roberts to appear at th the e bar of the hou couo to take tile oath of office represents Ke Re presenta live raylor 1 oi 01 ohio objected to hil hi I 1 being sorn in aler ne of arkansas kanins Ar I 1 sc ic the request I 1 I 1 mr ir I 1 aylor thou joffere I 1 a resolution authorizing 1 the speaker to appoint a committee of nine in member embers to investigate the tire chir charges pre ernd ferrid against mr air and to report the name same to the tile house rhe resolution was laid aside binti after alie message la Is reab 4 beldom if ever have buch u enormous croda alarmed tl about tile house to witness the opening scenes of the sea u aion ion us as besieged ged the tile door doors yesterday the as assembling of thu tile new congress cen tres a attract s s a lie big attendance and the proceedings in the case of depre sen clea elect roberts which prom abed to be exciting and probably sen sea national kat bat ional blied an additional attraction shortly before I 1 11 I 1 0 clock mr air roberts in bilk hit fiat and binck frock uit suit made his ills way ay through the crowd to the member a private lobby here be he met I 1 mr air richardson and the two held a 1 i hort conference confer enco as to whether sh ether mr It would deerk to address the house A buizon comment followed the pen gen from utah wherever he went but then therL was no diar ful demon arlion tr lion ery cry early in the day a monster petition baad to 0 o consist of keven million lomeli prot pro Ustin cating against t the seating of mr liberts ans v its brought into the hall it had hall been collected by a new ew lork ott L r it consisted of twenty I 1 eight rolls of names each about two feit fett in dia diameter mettr encased in th ameri amerl ian can flug thase roll rolls were stacked up in the area in front fron t of the clerk dek desk and were ore vie el with great curiosity I 1 ater major mcdowell cDowell NI clerk of the boase bordere I 1 all except two of the rolls taen talen out into the lobby senator rawlans of utah came over from irom the tile fenste ing and held an earnest conference with mr air roberts Ko berts mr air lentz of ohio took part in the cn c n terence aca ct iv tas vas over the report was circulated that mr bic roberts would wo uld not present himself tobe to be sworn ID in bi t 6 this vas tas immediately denied mr I 1 blun himself elf said lie he had not decided 1 what t bathe be would do but that he be might desire to be heard when hia its case came up lie took a beat to the right of the main aisle and soon became the ayno I 1 sure of all eyes ilia ills daughter sat in the members gallery mr air Tayler of odilo who depre represents ants president mckinley i u district who was to conduct the u case against mr roberts w as conferring w ith bis ills colleagues on oil th the e lean bide As the minute bund hund of till clock of 01 prate p alte the speakers cr a rost rostrum ruria overcool OTer over toot tool the tile hour hand lit it noon the ravel gavel of the clerk of the last house major mcdow ell cecen led with ith abang the indescribable buzz ceased the members at once arose and the tile ecta tors in the galleries bowed their I 1 leads tails in this hie the voice of the I 1 had chaplain kv hr K v henry condon of olf michigan was elevated and his hill prayer made the tile occasion reverent after tire ali invocation the reading 1 clerk began calling the tle roll and a win vite later the buzz bad had recommenced making a noisy background for the bt beauto auto voice of the clerk as be he called out ou tin tilt names mr roberta roberts eat sat listening intently for abir his name and hen it was called he ded I 4 here in a loud lond voice but he looked nervous and ill at it ease there were no demonstrations due du inythe lag the roll call 11 ben hen it was con COD eluded clerk mcdowell announced that members had lad answered to their name a quorum the next thing in order announced the cerk clerk I 1 Is the election ofa of a speaker henderson enderson ll rep of iowa lowa richard of tennessee hell iop of colorado and newlands ew landa silver rep of nevada were weris pineal in nomination the roll call re faulted bulted henderson 1 17 Ill richardson chardson 13 bell 4 emiela eMin la 2 the clerk thereupon aut the election of mr air ll enderson amid preal great republic in applan he lie designs 1111 mr mr bell and mr air new fw lands and as ft committee to ewort the speaker 10 tl ti e chair ahen hen the ome name of brigham II 11 pol erts wae was resi reached ched in the house roll calet call the utah trie member niber elect proceeded alone to the areas u in front of the an aker a desk still 1 aal awaited ted tho the ad ministration ot of the oath at the sunn sum olm I 1 tailor of ohio secured recognition and an J amid brantl lebs interest In I 1 ro tested against Bg airet the la in of roberts IC on the ground 0 of lil li Is being a polygamist and not a properly naturalized ameri amerl can citizen mr air tailor poke spoke calmly and ly BI mr r roberts stood gazing intently at him 1 and not once morad a muscle throughout the protest mr taylor said I 1 do so 0 o mr air ili Bp eaher oo 00 my sivility lity as a of this house and ani because fl serious and apparently well ell grounded grou abed charges of Inell gi bailit y are made against jilin A iran trans of the tl proceedings of court la in a nil 11 of 0 which I 1 now present to this house from over seven million ameri amerl can men and women protesting against the entrance of this tills representative elect from at the conclusion of 0 mr nir Tal tailor orare ft in marke arks mr ir mcl mel ae dim ark briefly expressed I 1 is concurrence in the pro test of mr air taylor if the charge charges hanging ofir the licad of the tile depre cleat were arc true ho jill a said a id tile ill being bling sworn in mould be an assault upon every american home lionie it true he lie said sald mr ali hubert robert sas guilty of it violation of the las 1 of the united beates and of L altah tah anil and the lie charge charges a should hould bo if they were proven prove tillie lie baid in con clu elusion slon there should not dot be vote tote ta 10 tile house in favor ut of aito log him eat seat in this bo TO meantime Meant tine mr me I 1 ubert ha ila I 1 advanced to the head of the aisle slid ethod there Irre lr tely in view of the tile objection said the tile speaker a film the gentleman n will ill tcp step aside I 1 do to replied mr nir robert will the understanding that by my action I 1 n waive alve none of iny my right the tile gentle maWs right rights will be lot aid said the sl aud sail mr ait roberts thereupon to hie his beat heat there was no di demonstration cither either on tile floor door or in the galleries the remaining members bere ere then sworn in after which mr air taylor of 0 alred lile ills tu to refer the cne cave of mr heberts to a R special 11 committee the rt WH WRO all a fullow 11 beress lie reas it Is 1 charged cli arged that liBin II 11 robarta a representative to the tile I 1 fifty efty sixth congress from the bbate of L laati tali Is ineligible to a seat in tl tie a h house 0 u S e 0 of f representative representatives and miernae Mier cae buch a charge Is I 1 made through a member i if f the house on his responsibility as su i and on the batis basis as a he arsts ass ts of public records atil datts and slid papers evi enece dete ing such ineligibility resolved solved Ite that the question of the prima fal falle le right of brigham 11 II roberts to be sworn in as e a representative be referred to a special committee e of nine member members of the house to be ip op 1 v t 11 i cep a I 1 I 1 I 1 i 4 I 1 1 J 1 I if it f r I 1 I 1 I 1 ri 71 I 1 W 1 ip V I 1 I 1 11 VP I 1 I 1 I 1 M I 1 I 1 11 I 1 it AF 11 t va X t 1 az ail I 1 9 4 1 g 1 IX s Z V W pa P a 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 IT 16 i ift 11 I 1 i 01 11 11 ag i 1 V t I 1 r I 1 P JP J N 1 e I 1 d i 1 ai d I 1 M f A T 16 I 1 N vol I 1 7 I 1 1 4 I 1 J 1 W X I 1 it k T A X W Q I 1 00 D B II 11 ROBERTS OF L rah utah evide evidence tile fact that he lie claimant was in ISS convicted or that he be pleaded guilty of the crime of unlawful cohabitation affidavits and oher papers in my indicate that ever since then he has been and Is n now a polygamist I 1 if this transcript trac script and these affidi v tits its and piper papers tell the truth the tile member elect from utah Is in my judgment le to be a member of this house of represent re presen tallies athes both because of the disqualification of the lemund law and for higher and graver and quite as a bound sound reasons I 1 ought also to say in addition to what I 1 have jut just said that I 1 have in in my y possession a certified copy of the entry under which the claimant to this eat seat was seized and that eminent counsel absorb that if this be the record in the case thia this claimant is not a citizen of the tailed states I 1 offer and express oo 00 opinion upon that proposition mr speaker it if it were possible to cur the of these charge and the that is at this moment imposed upon tills this house we will tind stitt emphasis in the tire memorials at small part an t of which could be physically ard carcil for in tills this hall ball but pointed by the speaker and until such committee shall report upon and tile bouse house decide such question and rl lit the bald 11 II aberts it bb beall all not be avorn in or bo be permitted to a beat in tills this house and said commit tee shall have power to send tor for per son sous and papers and examine witnesses on oath in rehi tion to the th subject matter of this resolution I 1 gora ON ER A JL DAT DAY an agreement wa was then retched by which consideration of the reso resolution lutio a should be postponed until after the reading adloff re ot of the president a message to morrow the excitement thereafter subsided and many spectators left the galleries |