Show LENTZ IS l House Honse Committee Co Trying to Protect Postmaster r Graham Grall m STILL HOLDING HOLD G OFFICE t REFUSES TO CALL AN N IMPORT V ANT WITNESS wriN ss f ft fF V t F Declares That Majority Does D Not Want Want to Hear HeaT Dr Clemenson son Who He Be Says can L Give tIve Give Some In Interesting Intel tel Testimony 1 Mr Camp Campbell Campbell Campbell bell of Salt lake on S Sand e Special l to Tho Th Herald Horald Washington March Z fhe investigation gation gallon of or the charges charses tl rh postmasters were appointed in hi Utah U ah proceeded today before the house com corn committee committee on and post roads ro roL I L resulted In some Very ery sensational developments V Representative Lents Lentz f Ohio ap appeared appeared Reared before the committee at Its in invitation Mr Lents Lenta was the author of the resolution under un er which the Investigation Investigation gation has been had The Ohio con congressman congressman congressman gressman expressed expresS his surprise and Indignation that the Rev Kev N X NE E Clem Clemenson enson of Logan who had d written sev soy several several eral letters to the president in opposition opp isi tion to Orson Smith SmithS had not been called as a witness although o gh it Is cel known that he was willing to t be sum slim monad m ned and that the minority o of the committee was desirous de of having him bim called He fIe ie s d the majority at f the I committee appeared to have been heen wholly ly unwilling that Dr Clemenson should be ho summoned V V I Mr Ir Lentz Lenta also called attention to I the thO th fact that Orson Smith was not re no removed moved moed until after the resolution for tor in tn investigation n had been lleen Introduced and that Graham was wa still holding his office although ug It was long Ions after the action actton of the house reIn xela relative tive tire to polygamous members He presented to the committee c I the fact that Nov 22 1837 1891 months ago Dr Clemenson wrote the president that at the present hour Smiths second and wives are nursing young y ung babies and by both precept pro pt and example Smith Is Ih encouraging en encouraging ur aging polygamy as the highest ec er ecclesiastic e eat at the Mormon ormon church hurc has in Cache Kev R W R It Campbell of Salt Lake also appeared before the committee co today to today today day and testified that ir if yas as a matter I of common knowledge In Utah that both Graham Gr aham and Smith were re polygamists POI polygamists mists and sustained polygamous rela reIn relations relations The ff was directed mainly to showing that th t the witness wl J had no personal al knowledge of or the tite facts and spoke only from general hearsay He presented two copies of or letters signed by Private Secretary Porter ac no acknowledging acknowledging the receipt of fl letters from the tha Rev Re Mr lIr Clemenson of Logan L an Utah protesting to In tha th h president pr against the t Mr r t Porters stated that the t letters had bad been to t the tha postmaster general The final reports of the committee are not likely to be presented time |