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Show TESTIMONY IN POSSE. All Inhabitants of Utah who have taken any Interest in the Smoot case, (and who has not?) will remember that Senator-elect Sutherland and Postmaster Postmas-ter Thomas were subpoenaed to Washington Wash-ington in the closing period of the hearing. hear-ing. All will also, recollect that they were not called to the witness stand: but why they were not so called, has been a secret. It is not a secret any longer, as we understand that Mr. Sutherland has divulged it. Senator Smoot was decidedly unfortunate unfor-tunate In the class of witnesses whom he produced at the first; in fact, until toward the last, tho testimony in his behalf was enough to condemn him, while the witnesses who delivered It for him were scarcely worthy of an honest man's contempt. But at the last, there were somo witnesses wit-nesses who gave clear, straightforward testimony, and told facts which all knew to bo Just a3 stated. Among these, conspicuous was Justice McCar-ty, McCar-ty, and Mr. Frank B. Stephens also was to be commended for much of his evidence. Theso gentlemen told of the undoubted Influence of tho church in politics, and in fact, though witnesses for Smoot, refused to cover up the glaring glar-ing abuses which have prevailed In tho politics of the State, under the domination domina-tion of the church. It now transpires, according to the statement of Mr. Sutherland, recently made here, that the reason why he was not called to the witness stand In this case was because he would have testified testi-fied substantially .as Justice McCarty did, and as Mr. Stephens did. Thus, his evidence would have been merely cumulative, cu-mulative, and so his testimony was "not required. Here is richness! The gentleman who was the beneficiary of this church influence, in-fluence, would have told about It if he had been put upon the stand! Is it not plain, therefore, why, though he had subpoenaed Mr. Sutherland to go to Washington In his behalf, Senator Smoot did not dare to trust him to go upon the witness stand? Mr, Sutherland's Suther-land's attitude upon this question, on his own showing, puts him In a more favorable light than he has been seen for a long time by the people of Utah, and he Is to be congratulated upon It. We cannot but bellove that what Mr. Sutherland says as to himself, was also true of Postmaster Thomas, and we bespeak for him the same credit and recognition. He, also, says perfectly aware of the church domination In politics, pol-itics, and unquestionably would have said so, If he had been asked. |