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Show HAVE ELECTED I OIPOLWAKT I'M I Bishop Merrill of Cache : S I Is the b. I I What He Testified to Before 1 Committee at Washing- R p ; ton Last Spring. I K Question Now Is, Will He Be Denied, ' t! Seat in Utah House of Rep- xesentatives. jH Thero will be at least one known po- H !r ' lygamlst in the next Utah Legislature. jl jH Thomas Hazen Merrill, one of the Rep- -1 !j resentatlves from Cache county, will W' have that distinction. He Is a son of M p j Apostle Marrlner W. Merrill and was I !i' married to Emma B. Olsen, April 7, 1SS1, H! by whom he has had six children, five 8 U' of them being now alive, and later he I jf yielded obedience to the principle of H ! ' plural marriage- by taking to wife Mag- I Jt! gie W. Thompson, who has borne him 1 fji, eight children, four of whom are living I ( ' and some of whom were born, since the ' ll manifesto. He was one of the witnesses JB.i H before the Committee on Privileges and 11$ Election of the United States Senate In a! J the matter of the protest against the n!,jl right of Reed Smoot, a Senator from the B ,' , IJ State of Utah, to hold his seat, and on b!!:, 1 March 9, 1004, gave the following testi- jj'1 monvi !'! IH Thomas H. Merrill Testifies. j; Thomas H. Merrill, having Nbcen first j , duly sworn, was examined by Mr. Tay-' I tM lor and testified as follows: 1 i, Q. Whero do you llvo, Mr. Merrill? A. ' 1 Richmond, Cacho county. Utah. v',. Q. Aro you a son of Apostle" Merrill? H,; lM A. Yes, sir. Q. What official position do you hold? Hj ; , A. Bishop of the Richmond ward. B; Q. How long havo you been bishop? fli,n A-Slnco 1S29 flt Q. How many wives havo you? A. w I havo two. :' Q. Whero do they livo? A. In Rich- M . mond. flj ' IH Q. In tho same houso? A. No. S ;' jH Q. What are their names? A. Emma JQ I,' v Olsen Merrill and Magglo Thompson Mer- Jfl ) Q. How old aro they? 1 il By tho Chairman Ono minute. I want 'i to know who this witness Is. What is , your first name, Mr. Merrill? 2J A. Thomns IL Merrill. ,' By Mr. Worthlngton Ho Is a son of l;' Apostlo Morrill, Mr, Chairman. J ' j j By Mr. Tayler How many chlldron , hevo you? A. I bolltvo I did not answer , ' that other question. ...... ! l'' Q How Is that? A. I think thoro is h a question thero I did not answer. 1 II was Interrupted beforo giving tho an- ',; swer. , BVJ Mr. Reporter, will you rend tho quen- j Hon that was n6t anBWored? h , Tho rcportor read as follows! "Mr. rj- Taylor How old aro thoy?" i: . , HB A. My first wlfo Is 42 years old. My ; , second wife will bo 43 years old tho 15th j 1 ' , of this month. ,ltJt By Mr. Tayler How many children , have you by them? ,j ' Has Ten Children. i' ' HBfl A. I have sir living children by tho first , . and four living by the second. BH Q. How recently havo you had children BBB bv cither of thcm7 A. My youngest j I BBB child by my Aral wlfo will be 14 months Ijj 4!l BBB old tho 15th of this month. Tho youngest M jj ' BBBJ child of my second wifo waa 3 yoars old, .- M i BB the 26th day of hut January. jM).; j BBBJ Q Thoro has been no child born to this fjM i BBB Inst wlfo you have spoken of slnco this H Ji BBB thrce-yoar-old child was bora? A No, 1 .J' BBB B i , BBl That is all. , , . fl i By Senator Dubois Mr. Merrill, where, g , i BBB wero vou married to tho second wife? n) j A, In tho Logan temple, in tho city of FBI: BBJ Logan. Utah. H( ' i nWUl you dcscrlbo the corcmony, IK please? A. No. sir: not in detail. BBB The Chairman Well, as fully as yoa Mil j BIB a.' I mado a covenant that I would lovo, H', 1 honor, respect and treat hor In all pros- H.I i BBB poets as a wife, is the substonco of tht) M ' BBB ceremony that was performed on that oo- Bti BBJ ClRv "ilr. Tayler Whon was that? Ex- ms ' IH cuae tho question. Senator, unless you, HI BBB woro going to ask It. A.-That, was In tho H i year 18S5, on the 2Lst of Anrl , I boltove- i I the 21st or 22nd. I am not poslUvo which. j; 1 BBB Bv Senator Dubois Have you a ccrlln- 1 ' I BBB cato of that marriago7 A. No, sir. ' BBB Q is there any record of tho marriage? . , BBB A. Not that I know of. No ccrtlflcatas I !) woro required at that time. (H , BKBJ Marriage Certificates Not Required. j jH Q. No cortlficato was required of any I j)-;. jH marriage except that of tho first wife? 1 c BBB A. No certificate waa required ovon of 1 Jl'1'" that .... I v! ! flVfll Mr. Chairman Is that all you romcm- O , i i BBBJ ber of tho ceremony? A. That la not tha i' BBB wording of tho ceremony; that is the sub- M . , BBB stance of it. I do not remember that as ;, BBBJ being tho wording. I do not romomber tho I ; BBJ wording at all. , g; 1 BBB Q Is that all you recall in substance? H(l BBB A. Yes. sir; In fact, that wo woro pro- J( : , flBJ nounccd husbnnd and wife. 1 lit' I QWho performed tho ceremony A. It p . BBB My father. o 4 . . If ' I Q Who wero present? A. I do not ro- m BBB mombcr the witnesses' names. wef ' two witnesses, I romember, both being Uj( , B "q1 Waa Uicro anybody beyond that? , Was thcro any ono elso present? A.-I rjv , BBB thByk Senator Dubois You do not know ,V whether any record of this marriage was , BBB kept or not7 A.-I do not know. sir. j, BB By Senator McComas-Ho says not. , BBB Senator Dubois Ho says he doos not j BH know whether nny record wan kept. BBBJ Tho Chnlrman-Do you know whether ;, BBJ any record Is kept In the temple of mar- I B rlBKCs T ocourrlng In tho templc7 A.-No. j j. . :.lYoundoknnoUmow about that? A.- I jj.. H NBvSSenator Overman Do you perform ftp man-lS yourself as bishop? A.-l have. Hi J bellove. upon two occasions slnco I haVo ffl 1 ( lT-Doh vSu keep any f record of the.n? l ' H i.-Ws, Plr: that Is, I keep an Individual H i, BB record. Now certificates are required. I W ,, ' - B |