Show ON ROBERTS testimony Te simony in and argument of prosecution begun by the salt lake lawyer ex sec carlisle failed lo 10 appear schroeder tries to draw a parallel between huberts and a crazy man or a leper knocking for admission to congress claims ane utah congressman has admitted the Hura lity ot his marriage relations washington jan 4 the roberts committee resumed Us sessions today for of hearing arguments and bringing the inquiry to an early conclusion it was expected that ex secretary john G arlisle would bo present to sum up the case against roberts and that mr roberts personally would make the argument in ahls own behalf word came from mr carlisle however that bo bad not understood that his personal presence was desired but he was ready to submit written arguments only on tha questions involved chairman tayler of ohio stated that the statement of a witness absent in utah had been received but as mr roberts declined to admit testimony in an informal manner the matter would have to be taken up later 1 sir roberts said ho wished to pro sent matters tending to show the un worthiness of tho witnesses appearing against him it included a published card signed by thomas J brandon disclaiming having given out certain information relative to roberts also court records in which roy brandon was a party mr roberts also offered a telegram from the proprietors of the salt lake herald concerning the testimony off sir mcdaniels McDani eIs mr tayler excluded the telegram however saying there was no color of right or propriety in receiving a telegram as testimony in view of mr roberts refusal to admit the statement of the absent utah alt nesses mr der head of tho gentile delegation here to oppose roberts then opened the argument against roberts argument was largely technical and was divided under three general heads viz first whether or not the member elect has the constitutional qualifications including citizenship second whether or not the constitutional provisions as to citizenship includes one who has impaired bis citizenship by crime or unlawful status and whether mr roberts has so impaired his citizenship third whether n member elect has the statutory qualifications ficat ions and whether the House inas the power to establish qualifications beyond those in the constitution mr schroeder read from many law books concerning these propositions the evidence clearly shows proceeded mr that since mr roberta has been in the status of a polygamist and the question Is as to the effect of this status he said that white utah was a territory there was no doubt as to roberts disfranchisement under the edmunds tucker law and when utah was admitted to statehood mr schroeder contended that mr roberts citizenship was still impaired the status of polygamy was such that roberts could not relieve himself from it without some affirmative act As to the right of the house to exclude roberts mr schroeder said suppose a raving maniac should present himself at the bar of the house and ask admission on proper credentials could not the house in self pro lection deny him admission suppose a man afflicted with leprosy presented himself would not the house have power to keep him out mr der said roberts bad admitted his relationship with his plural wives he had publicly said he would be it he would give up his wives this was an offense against the public morals as against the law and mr roberts should be excluded from a scat in tho house at this point a recess was taken to 2 p ra |