1899-01-25-New York Sun-Wants Roberts Expelled

New York Sun, January 25, 1899, p. 7

Wants Roberts Expelled

The Rev. W. R. Campbell Speaks Against the Utah Representative in Brooklyn.

The Rev. W. R. Campbell, who has spent the past twelve years as a Presbyterian missionary in Utah, was the principal speaker at the massmeeting held in the Washington Avenue Baptist Church in Brooklyn last night to urge the expulsion of Mr. Roberts from Congress. He said in closing:

"Mr. Roberts claims that he is entitled to a seat in the House of Representatives not withstanding his continuing to live in old polygamous relations. He claims that the law against living in such polygamous relations is unconstitutional, therefore null and void. If he is permitted to sit in the House of Representatives, no matter what excuse Congress may give for its action, the Mormon people will understand it to be a vindication of Mr. Roberts' position, and in the very near future the Legislature of Utah will repeal the said law 'against unlawful cohabitation.' Then the Mormons will be perfectly free to practice polygamy without running the risk of even a prosecution.