Show ROb trio mikio kapl washington jan 5 the robeila committee continued us bes slun today miss roberts ibe daughter of the biah member e et adi sdi beai him chairman bayler staled a the that he had received tx carlisle a letter giving iia views on the case mr carlisle said i wio n om i cola anu hiis 10 make an urai argument at iab ilme AS to the case he said it t me tuat ahe question ot citizenship aas beau or ac leas lo 10 k in the tea i me icdora or roberts appi guiou anu 10 ily abua not comply with tue law as i un 11 ana I 1 do not think he muaia be avowed to voie in any stall a based upon that ord ahe resolution under which ane committee is working directed it to in and report not only on mr enma facie right but also on his general right chis mr carlisle discusses on the evidence and says he is at this very moment a polygamist not having ai any time abandoned or renounced relations assumed by plural marriages and cohabitation with tha alleged wives Is not necessary the question wherefore is whether the will decide on the question of huai right that an undoubted polygamist ano justifies the doctrine and pra cices tices of polygamy shall be allowed to hold a seat in the house it was determined by the committee co ask mr carlisle for his views more at length on the general right of the house to exclude a member roberts then began his argument mr roberts read a typewritten statement reciting in detail tho of his case up to date it said iti part the questions to be considered are the prima facie and final right oi ri H roberts representative elect from utah to a seat in the house ot representatives to which he was elected in tho month of november by the peonie of utah the electorate ui said state gave him a plurality vote of it is a case in which there is no contest and no one appears so far as the proceedings before the committee is concerned the elect possesses all the qualifications prescribed by the constitution of the united states and where there is no statute so far as made to appear before the committee either in the state of utah or the united states applicable to the case which disqualifies alic representative elect from the office 0 congressman in the lower house of the american congress mr roberts dwelt with special emphasis on the right of a constituency to determine on the moral character of a member it Is left to those constituents to determine he said what shall be the moral status of the man they wish to send to congress as their representative and not to the house of congress in support of this ire read with emphatic and approving comment a congressional report signed by ben F butler daniel W vorhees and others in the course of which it is said that the house of representatives shall be composed of members chosen by the people of the states and not by the rep ic of other states according to the notion of the necessities of self preservation and spit purification which might suggest themselves to the reason of caprice of members from other states in any process of purgation or purification mr roberts declared that utah one of the great silver producing states had been denied representation of late while the important financial bill vitally involving silver mining and silver industry was considered and passed he analyzed the evidence of other witnesses and in general boned the directness and conclusive nass of the testimony it has not even een established he said that B 1 I roberts was ever married to margaret C shipp roberts how do you account for your picture being found in her bouse inquired chairman tayler 1 I dont know how to account for r answered roberts in the main the evidence was as to general repute he contended which atas short of that conclusive proof required he challenged the charge that he biad contracted three polygamous marriages mr tayler said ho had never heard of such a charge as polygamous marriages would mean tour marriages in all 1 I challenge this said mr roberts because it is one of the charges on which excitement has been worked up mr roberts was still arguing when a 1230 a recess was taken until 2 p m |