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Show I' M H M M H M H M H M t M H m it M M t t t t -H- t M M H H H M M t H I M M M t M M Ml H M U t M H H M H M M I H M M i M M M M M t H H H M H H I I 1,1 M it M It ( I t M I It I t M H HH f 'I ( luf Some of the Mormon Apostles and Other fjt .1 i j 1 (fo) ! . ' Notables Who Figure In the Smoot Trial po) 11 I President Smith, Head of the Church, Has Astounded the World by Admissions Made Before the Senate ) Committee and Has Let the Public See What Has , Heretofore Been a Sealed Book. I! I A LITTLE less than two years ago cV v Senator Reed Smoot made public p . Ij announcement that he was desirous of I , becoming a United States Senator. The I : l statement was made at a meeting' of t- the Ladles' Republican club of Provo f,; ' May 14, 1002, and In the brief remarks p j In which he announced his candidacy, ' Apostle Smoot said that while he had N ' f been criticised for his political ambl- tions, he was a Republican before be was an apostle, and his' church calling had not changed his attitude on political politi-cal matters. All during the summer It was known that Apostle Smoot was actively engaged en-gaged In campaigning, and at the convention con-vention of Republicans held In Ogden In September, 1902. not one of the politicians politi-cians of the State was more irt evidence . Joseph F. Smith, President of the Mormon Church. Jw-h-h-h--h4-h-h j , JitJJ IIIHIIIMIIIIimil H-W-H--H-H-H-I I I I I II I II I t--H- 1' l I I Rudgor Clawson, Apostle. i f4tllHHIHIIHU HHHt-H--H-1 IHIUII IHIHHIHIIr4 ; t; 4-iinnntnmiiMinini -h4-hh-w imiMiium 'jjwlj Eov. Wm. 1L Paden, Member of Ministei-ial Association. jjj H jy -imtiiiiiimiiiimtini k tinmiiini m i Hunt than ho. His work was kept up until the State election, and In the light of what ha"s taken place since, a brief review re-view of the case will be especially interesting in-teresting at this time. a On November 4, 1002, the Republicans of Utah had a sweeping victory and the men who later elected Senator Smoot to ofllce were elected to the Legislature. Tho Republican members of the Senate, Sen-ate, Including hold-overs, were: H. S. Larsen, E. L Allison, Jr., David McKay, Mc-Kay, S. 1L Love, George X. Lawrence, Hoyt Sherman, William N. Williams, C. E. Loose, Henry Gardner, C. P. Larsen. Lar-sen. Willis Johnson, A. B. Lewis and B. R. McDonald. Tho Republicans In the House of Representatives were: W. H. Barratt, F.'W. Flshburn, D. R. Roberts. Rob-erts. T. H. Merrill, W. W. Hall, Edwin C. Lee, Joseph E. Johnson. Alfred Luther, A. Mollneaux, Morgan Richards. Rich-ards. Jr., Isaac H. Grace. H. S. Cutler. C. W. Watts, James Anderson, William E. White, Willard Done, Thomas Hull, James N. Haslam, John. J. Stewart, Albert Al-bert H. Nash, Hcber A. Smith, James W. Cahoon, Daniel McRae, Charley Brink, A. L. Hamlin, William Metcalf, Lorenzo Peterson, Asa R. Hawley, E. P. Evans, William Spry, S. L. Chlpman, John Q. Stone, George Austin, Charles A. Tietjen, James B. Wilson, Mrs. Chester E. Coulter, A. S. Condon, Arch McFarland and John C. Child. November 24, 1902, the first formal protest against the election of Apostle Smoot to the oHlce of United States Senator was made by the Ministerial association, and thousands of copies of the protest were distributed in the State. Readers of The Tribune will remember remem-ber the sensation, which was caused by a publication in these columns on the morning of January 9, 1903, of an Interview In-terview which Senator Kearns had with President Roosevelt, In which the latter, lat-ter, among other things, said: "The election to the United States Senate of an apostle would work greilt harm to the State. It would certainly lead to contentions and strife and bitterness bit-terness here (Washington) if not In Utah, and would unquestionably be a misfortune to those who are interested in all that goes to make the State of Utah prosperous and great. I desire you to place me on record as kindly, but firmly, advising against the election elec-tion of any apostle to a United States Senatorship." But the advice of President Roosevelt was ignored in the same manner as the protest of the Ministerial association, and on the evening of January 1-1 th the Republican members of the Legislature held a caucus and nominated Reed Smoot on the first ballot, he receiving thirty-eight out of the forty-five ballots? bal-lots? cast. On the following day the members of both branches of the Legislature met and rati lied the work of tho caucus, Apostle Smoot receiving forty-six out of tho sixty-two votes cast, O f The last act of the Senatorial drama, so far as Utah -was concerned, was enacted en-acted the following day, when the Senate Sen-ate and House met In joint session to ratify the election of Senator Smoot and to confer upon him the certificate entitling enti-tling him to a seat In the United States Senate. Four days later the protest against the admission to the United States Senate Sen-ate of Apostle Smoot, signed by fifteen prominent business and professional men of the city, was sent to the President Presi-dent and members of the United States Senate. Among other things this protest pro-test sot forth that the Mormon priesthood, priest-hood, according to tho doctrines of that church, Is vested with supreme authority author-ity in all things, temporal and spiritual; that the first presidency and twelve apostles are supreme In the exercise and transmission of the mandate of this authority: that this body of men had not abandoned the practice of political dictation. Further, it was set forth that the body of officials, of whom Sen-ator-elert Smont was one, practlopd, connived nt m1 nn',"ii-r-"1 ,v-tlce ,v-tlce of polygamy and polygamous cohabitation, co-habitation, and thai tl.u.c . y had permitted to hold legislative office had, without protest or objection from them, sought to pass a law nullifying enactments against polygamous cohabitation. cohabi-tation. Names of many of the prominent promi-nent officials of the Mormon church, Including In-cluding some of the apostles, wore given giv-en In the list of those violating the law In regard to polygamy and polygamous cohabitation. On March Cth, Senator Smoot becamo a full-fledged Senator of .the United States, and all protests filed against him were referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections for consideration considera-tion and determination. The Ministerial association and others Interested in the work against Apostle Smoot continued to send out literature bearing on the subject and discussions continued to be held at the meetings of the association In this city. On May 17th the city. was visited by 700 Presbyterian Presby-terian ministers on their way to the Presbyterian assembly at Los Angeles, and these were loaded down with pamphlets pam-phlets bearing on Mormonlsm and the Smoot case. And the efforts of the ministers In this direction brought forth fruit, for on May 29th, the Presbyterian assembly, assem-bly, in session at Los Angeles, ndopted resolutions calling upon the people of the United States to use their utmost endeavor, employing all honorable means, to secure the expulsion of Apostle Apos-tle Reed Smoot from the halls of tho national Senate, and urged the Senate Itself and each member thereof to exhaust ex-haust all legal means to this end, and In accordance with the provisions of tho Federal Constitution. This resolution by the Presbyterian assembly was followed by others in rapid succession and when the "special ' session of Congress was convened early in November, hundreds of petitions poured in upon various members of tho Senate protesting against Senator Smoot's remaining In the Senate. Chairman Burrows of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, called a meeting of the committee for December 12th to consider whether any action should bo taken on tho protests and petitions for the expulsion of Senator Sena-tor Smoot. The result of this meeting was a decision by the committee that Senator Smoot must reply In writing to tho charges made agalnet hirn. Shortly after this the Senate adjourned for tho H It M M M M H M H M 4 -f--H-H-H M M H M H-K; ' Georgo Teasdalo, Apostlo. - J fH H H.M M lillllHII t-HfHHiffH HIIHH - - T Marriner W. Morrill, Apostle. "t IhHIMIHHIII H-W-m-H--H--H HHHH-lHIIHIIIHlit H H H I I I I H 11 I W-W- H Francis M. Lyman, Apostle. Judge Ogdeai Hilos,Witnesl! MHHUMIIHIIH t-H-f-H-H- MUHIIIIHUIIHH WH Li MM M H H M n M 1 I t I H t I I I ) H t I H I T Heber J. Grant, Apostle. jL holidays and did not resume Its session until January 6th. On that day it was announced that Senator Smoot's reply had been submitted submit-ted to Chairman Burrows, which reply was presented to the members of the Committee on Privileges and Elections at a special meeting held on January 0th, the answer being made public on the following day. A week later the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections met for the purpose of hearing hear-ing the presentations of attorneys on both sides of the case. Former Representative Repre-sentative of Taylor of Ohio and T. P. Stephenson spoke for the protestants City; George Teasdalc, Nephl, Utahj John W. Taylor, Farmlngton, Utah; Mathlas F. Cowley, Salt Lake; MarrI- ner W. Merrill, Logan, Utah; Thomas H. Merrill. Richmond, Utah; Alma Merrill, IH Richmond, Utah; Char lea E. Merrill, Richmond, Utah; Lorln Harmer, Sprlngville, Utah; Samuel S. Newton, , Salt Lake City; J. M. Tanner, Forest Dale, Salt Lake county, Utah; Moses Thatcher, Logan, Utah; Mabel Barber I Vfl Kennedy, Sevier station, Utah; Mrs. I HBV Charles? H. -Matthews, Marysvllle, Utah; E. B. Crltchlow, Salt Lake City. iH Of this number, eight of the import- j 'M" H M 1 H M i jH M. H. Cowley, Apostle. -i-, H jl HHHIHM'IH -H-f-H HtMHH'l H-W- H HH j and A. S. Worthlngton and Waldomar Van Cott for Smoot. Tho first of the subpoenas for Utah witnesses wanted to testify In the caso at Washington were served by Marshal Heywood and his deputies on February 21th, the list received Including the names of Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake Citv; Hyrum M. Smlth,NSalt Lake City; Andrew Jensen, Salt Lake City; Francis M. Lyman, Salt Lake City or Flllmoro, Utah: John Henry Smith, Salt Lake ant witnesses were 111, or could not be ; J located within the State limits. Tho re- 1 mainder answered the summons and j '1 left for Washington. ;H e fl The caso was called for hearing on H the morning of March 1st, but as Presl- jf dent Smith, ono of the most Important ,H witnesses, had, not nrrlvcd in Washing- 'H ton, the hearing was set for 10 o'clock H the following morning. What has hap- iH pencil since is too fresh in tho minds of ,H the public to need even a slight review. ' 'H E B. Crltchlow, one of tho Attorneys for Protestants. 3j |
