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Show t ROBERTS WILL CARRY THE : : CASE INTO. THE COURTS : t , t- Special to The Herald.) Washington, D. C, Jan. 17. Representative Roberts was seen at the f Metropolitan hotel this evening by The Herald correspondent. He said: "Notwithstanding the decision reached in the special committee to- f day, I am still confident that I shall be successful. I fully expect to be ' f sworn in as a member of congress and to retain my seat after being- f sworn in. My confidence is due to the fact that it is believed the mem- ( f bers of the house desire to do justice, and I am certain that if they are T ' just they cannot fail to seat me and to retain me in my seat. i i "I have not yet considered what course I shall take in the event 'that f the house ultimately votes against me, but I shall certainly carry my f battle for recognition as the duly elected representative from Utah f to the last possible limit. If this means carrying my case to the courts, " f I shall do so. " ; "The people of Utah elected me to congress; I owe it to them to do j f my utmost to see that my rights are established, whether it be by vote 4. i 4- of the house or otherwise." Washington, Jan. 17. The final report I in the matter of the Roberts investiga-! investiga-! tion will be made on Saturday. The majority report will recommend his exclusion ex-clusion and will probably be accepted. The minority report, in which Repre-pentativca Repre-pentativca Littlefield and De Arm-ond and perhaps Miers will join, will favor his being sworn in. The committee voted today on conclusions. There was a unanimous vote on several sev-eral propositions. The committee decided de-cided without cissent that Roberts is J a full citizen of the United States and I that he is guilty of polygamy. The members of the minority of the com-! com-! mittee, although favoring his being sworn, believe that he should be ex-j ex-j pelled after receiving the oath, on the j ground that he is a polygamist. I It is the purpose of Chairman Taylerj to bring the matter before the house ! next week and to devote about two j j days to the consideration of the report. There will probably be a great many. Logan. Jan. 17. Tha efforts of Post-mastor Post-mastor General Smith to shield the McKinley administration from blame in the Orson Smith matter appears positively ludicrous to people in Logan, Lo-gan, Republican and Democratic alike, for there are but few here that do not believe that the President was fully advised of Orson Smith's standing when he appointed him. As a matter of fact. Congressman Roberts has within his power, if he elects to use j them, the means of positively establishing estab-lishing this fact to the investigating committee and thus making good the charges he made on the floor of tha house. There are pwple here who, having no desire to enter the controversy, have offered no word of what they know concerning the matter, but if put upon the witness stand under a subpoena they woufd reveal some startling facts. The postmaster general asserts that no papers mentioning Smith's disqualification disqual-ification were filed with the department 1 : speeches on the case, a large number : against Roberts and a few notable ones for him. ; Under all the circumstances there -seems to be little doubt that the final : vote will be against him, although he : will receive a much larger vote now ; than he had in his favor on the first : vote in the house. If an unprejudiced : vote could be had in the house, Mr. ; Roberts would certainly receive exten- ; sive support, perhaps even enough to Z retain his seat. But while it is certain that his case Is now much stronger s than it was at the beginning of the S session of congress, many of the con- ditions then existing still govern, and Z it is a safe prediction that a consider- able majority of the house will vote! z against him. ! z Representative Roberts iu personally i much stronger than he was at the be- r ginning of the session, and many of -the men who will cast their votes in 1 " opposition to him will do it with much s misgiving. , I until after th$ latter's appointment, which, he -says, occurred on Nov. 19, i 1S97. . There is in Logan at least one letter I E which I saw today, and which is dated j at the executive mansion on Nov. 4, 1897, and is an acknowledgment by the ZZ president's secretary of the receipt of j a protest against Smith, which protest E the letter states had been filed .with the postoffice department. EE Then the sworn protest circulated by E. W. Nelson of this city and signed by r ; many citizens, was received by the de- j partment before Smith's confirmation, 5: and this led to a fight over the con- ZZ firmation, which, upon the authority ZZ of a western senator, was settled by ; Frank Cannon's assertion that Orson zs Smith was not an active polygamist. S "Of course, we could not refuse to take ; the word of a colleague," is the explan- ( ation that this senator gives of the . S5j matter. The proof of all this, and much more, is here in Logan and couid ZZ doubtless be secured if properly looked , after. |