Los Angeles Herald, Number 67, 6 December 1899 — TIIE ROBERTS RESOLUTION 1% Is Passed by the House Almost Unanimously THE CASE REEERRED TO COMMITTEE Senators Give Perfunctory Attention to the Reading of the President's Message and Adjourn out of Respect for Memory of Senator Hayward [ARTICLE]

TIIE ROBERTS RESOLUTION 1% Is Passed by the House Almost Unanimously THE CASE REEERRED TO COMMITTEE Senators Give Perfunctory Attention to the Reading of the President's Message and Adjourn out of Respect for Memory of Senator Hayward

Washington, Dec. s.—After an Interest- ( ing debate of three hours, the house today, by a vote of 3t>2 to 30, adopted the resolution offered yesterday by Mr. Tayler of Ohio, for the appointment of a special committee to investigate the charges against Brigham 11. Roberts, the Mormon representative-elect from Utah. Previously the house had rejected a substitute resolution offered by Mr. Richardson, the leader of the minority, to allow Mr. Roberts to be sworn in and to send the whole case to the judiciary committee. This substitute resolution, however, by no means commanded the full Democratic strength. Only 57 members voted for it. Of the 30 who then voted against the Tayler resolution, all were Democrats except two, Mr. Loud of California, a Republican, and Mr. i Newlands, a Silverlte. from Nevada. By ! the terms of the resolution Mr. Roberts is not only excluded from all participation in the proceedings of the house until the committee reports and the house passes upon his case, but he is denied a seat in the hall. Whether this will be interpreted to deny him admission within the chamber pending the disposition of his case is yet to be de- : cided. The reading of the president's message ! was completely overshadowed by the dra- 1 matic proceedings which resulted in the action of the house today. The galleries were thronged with spectators, mostly j women, who sat patiently through the | three weary hours that preceded the debate ! and then waited three hours more until j it was concluded. The most remarkable ; feature of the debate was the fact that Mr. Roberts' presentation of his own case,which i lasted almost an hour, became so absorb- I ing that he won the sympathy of many of ' those in the galleries, and was several i times showered with applause. It was ev- | ldent that he realized that the house was | overwhelmingly against him, and at times ! he spoke fiercely and defiantly. Mr. Tayler conducted the case upon his side, while Mr. Richardson championed his resolution. During tihs debate Mr. Grosvenor, Rep., of Ohio, rose to indignantly repel an insinuation that the president had knowingly appointed men guilty of polygamy to federal offices In Utah.