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Show ODJECTION MADE TO nOOEHTS. Her.re.fnt.il.. Taylrr of Ohio, Charge lllm Hltl. l-olygamy, Washington, Dee. . When theclerk called the naraeof Hcpresentnllve Itoberta Itob-erta to appear at the bar of tho house to take Ihe oath ot office. Ileprrsenta-tire Ileprrsenta-tire Taylor of Ohio objected to hi being aworn in Itcprcsenlallve Mollae of Arkansas seconded the rerjuest. Mr. Taylor then offered a resolution authorising the speaker to appoint n committee of nine members to Invcstl-gnto Invcstl-gnto the charges preferred against Mr. Itoberta. and to rrjiort the same to tho house. The resolution was laid asldu until after tho president's message li read. Very early in tho day a monitct petition skid to consist of seven million names, protesting against the seating of Mr. Itoberts, was brought Into thi) hall. It had been collected by a New York newspaper, ltconsistcdof twenty-eight rolls of names each about two feat In diameter, encased In the American Ameri-can flag. Thcsa rolls wcro stacked up In the area In front of the clcrk'a desk and were viewed with great curiosity. Lnter, Major McDowell, clerk of tho house, ordered all except two of the roll taken out Into tho lobby. After the Invocation the reading clerk began calling the roll and a minute min-ute later tho burx had recommenced, making rt noisy background for tho staccato voice of tho clerk aa he called out the names. Mr. Itoberts sat listening Intently for his name, and when it waa called he responded "Hero" In a loud voice. Hut he looked nervous and ill-at-case. When the name of llrlgham II, Itoberta waa reached In the house roll cnll, the Utah member-elect proceeded alone to tho area in front of tlio apeaker'a (leak, and awaited the administration ad-ministration ot tho oath. At tho samo time Ilcpresentatlve Taylorof Ohio secured recognition, and amid breathless Interest protested against tho swearing in of Itoberts, on the ground of hla being a polygamlst and not a properly naturnllzed American Ameri-can cltlrcn. Mr Taylor spoko calmly and dispassionately. Mr. Itoberta stood gailng Intently at him and not once moved n muscle throughout the protest. Mr. Taylor saldi "I doso Mr. speaker, on my responsibility respon-sibility us n member of this house, nnd because specific, serious and apparently appar-ently well-grounded cltargcauf ineligibility ineligi-bility ara made against htm, A transcript trans-cript of the proceedings of court In Utah evidences tho fact that he, claimant, claim-ant, waa In 1859 convltcd or that he pleaded guilty of tha crime of unlawful cohabitation Affidavits and other paper in my possession Indicate that ever since then he haa been and Is now a polygamlst. At tho conclusion of Mr. Taylor's remarks, re-marks, Mr. Mcltae (Dcm., Ark.) br Icily expressed hla concurrence In the protest pro-test ot Mr. Tuylor. If tha charges bunging over tho head of the reprc-svntutlvr-clccl were true, hu said, hit being anorn In would be an assault upon ervry American home. If tide, he said, Mr. Itoberta was guilty of n violation of tho Ixw ot tho United States uud of Utah and the charges should tie Investigated. If they wcro proven, he anld emphatically in conclusion, con-clusion, there should not be a vote In the houaa In favor ot allowing him n Mat In thla body. nunbiira askkii tu btami asihr. Meantime Mr. Itoberta had adranced to the head of the alsla nnd stood there Irresolutely. "In view of tlie objection. objec-tion. ' said the speaker, addressing him, "tha gentliimtui will step aside," 'I do so." replied Mr. Itoberts, "with the understanding that by my action I waive none of my righto." "None of tlie gentleman's rights will be lost," said tho speaker, and Mr. Itoberts thereupon retired quietly to his seat There waa no demonstration cither on the Uoor or In tho galleries. |
