| Show R 3 BERTS 3 S log lea 0 letter RC dist att taken la in mi case washington dec dee 8 mr robert of utah haa brud the following signed statement I 1 th the action of the hour in my case was not ot a surprise to me the whole matter wals ara evidently prejudged and the mind minds of member members made up to folio lov the cour course that had ba been outlined when the question lon come comes to be ered by member members of tb th house after the pressure pre eur of public opinion is removed 1 I think the cic case will tand stand as a vicious violation of the well prec dents which have fixed the rule rules of the bouie bouse the foundation Is now laid for coo con furlou hio hoc and revolution in the or of the lecuse acu and the tb ight of member members therein A precedent he has been established which will yet ex x cuse the same me dental of rights to a roman catholic a Presbyter fau an agnostic Ago ottic or any ant one who may be unfortunate fortun kte enouch enough to tand stand under con dem nation of a popular sentiment lashed lathed into a breazy by tion and falsehood falee bood as a in my instance 1 I was luct at the very bar of the bouie house and denied the protection granted by the rules rul of that body and the constitution of the united St ostel be cause I 1 wag a I member of an ulm unpopular popular church against which there rt rests a sectarian ec tarlan bate baite the matter of denying delaying me the rint risen to bf be worn sworn in is not in itself a very important im portent matter so 0 o far as a affecting me r la Is concerned lut but it is I 1 a fact that tbt right of representation of a sovereign fate state ban ha been denied by thia this action I 1 I 1 have dot not yet formed forio ned any ny plan plans concerning what coure course I 1 shall follo follow vor before the committee I 1 chall shall devote my attention to it assiduously for by no meane means do I 1 consider coot der my claa c laa lost brigham IR representative elect from utah |
