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Show Apostle Senator's Evidence Ends Itestimony will cl0se tomorrow g I Then Arguments Will II Commence, y5 if P fSenator Smoot (Wade Some I Damaging Admissions at Monday's Session. l I'Bevoral of Apostle's "Witnesses Prove jfi jl How little They Could Tell jjjj ;i Committee. srjb t By A. P. Philips. L feflpcdal to The Tribune. 2 S- WASHINGTON", D. C, Jan. 23. Tho 9 long Inquiry l"to charges against Apostle a Smoot 1b near conclusion. Two days 'ir "morc, and porhapo only one, will conclude in i'tn0 ev,donc- Tllc deputy Senator-elect fv4 &irom Utah. Georgo Sutherland, Postmas- I fcter Arthur Thomas and Frank B. Ste-tkfi Ste-tkfi Jphens are tho only witnesses to bo hoard, Tjwjand at tho farthest Wednesday noon will closo the case. I Judgo Tayler will begin his argument ili i Thursday. Smooths assistant was an Interna Inter-na , csted spectator In the procoodlnga today, (lit if ' Tho apostle concluded his evidence thlB afternoon. IUb lost day Is believed to )bm i have been very damaging to hlmsolf. His replies to tho bombardment of questions - fired at him wero evasive, In many ln- ? stances, V "It may be so," "If he 6ald so, It Is eo, ? "It la reputed to be," "I have been told eo," "Of course, I don't know, I couldn't h say anything." L I T1,la wne t,,e wa" 110 answered the 2 f larger numbor of the Interrogatories by w -I Judgo Taylor. Ho had a bad memory mm iwhen under cross-examination. When he jtj jl did replv to a question In a direct way. It im was damaging to him. HIb replies to tm f questions by Chairman Burrowa. when he ' could not dodge, wero to the effect that 9 I ho had never protested against the prcsl-jydont prcsl-jydont of tho Mormon hierarchy living In 3 ' ft polvgamous cohabitation; that he never sought to bring him to trial for Tils of-,?J of-,?J 5? fenBO against tho law. both human and prl' divine, and never would do so. ijUfc Polygamy Not Displeasing-. 3i He had not Indicated that the conduct tfcMVof members of the apostolato who wero 'Mmi living in unlawful cohabitation was dls-initM dls-initM pleasing to him. PR After making tho replies abovo noted, I 1 the apostle announced that he wished to f make a statement on the mibject. In thltf AJ ft he advanced the "mind your business" L2 'I rule of the Mormons, and tho policy of fm keeping hands off all Mormon affairs i until death removes the violators of the w. ije'sald. "The manifesto, as voted upon . by the people, had no interpretation Uli ;t whatever as to unlawful cohabitation, ui if That question has never been presented a": ?und sustained by the people at a general ? conforencc, and some peoplo feel that rJ 1 It Is not binding upon them for this rea-3 rea-3 ' 5 eon. After tho manifesto was Issued )JU a there was a disposition ninong all classes f of people there to tolerate the old condl-rji condl-rji tions, thinking that was the quickest way ti K t0 so'Q It And I believe the question (Wpfav111 b-' solved by the people of Utah Just J?jiJBrat poon as death will remove them." AVBy "thera" ho meant the members of dlfiht church who aro living In unlawful jm'J F cohabitation and bringing children into i,tm i tlie world who will carry a stigma as iS -t long as thoy live wjC Hi He repeated that the church did not 3 p Interfere In polillcs, but when asked " lr about the Thatcher case ho became badly ! v confused In his answera, and Anally ad-Vjf ad-Vjf V mltted that tho apostolato were asked tJTi ) many times about things temporal. Ho also reiterated his former statement that 4a ii when the Lord spoke to him, he would tttftJ l obey.; . if? t Memory "Was Elastic. 9 As to the endowment ceremonies, his V mlnd was practically a blank, yet ho ro- InT ? called rapidly tho hearing had before Jul' if Judgo Anderson, tlftoon years ago, and v referred to the testimony of Dr. Hebor 5 John Richards, a Mormon, before the fj court. (Judge Anderson's decision In the 1 case cited Is A"hat enabled the protectants oil h In the present contest to wngo their itSl' fight). The apostle, however, declined to tut j.Btate anything about tho ceremonies. J, J Smoot admitted that tho chairman of tho Republican committee of Utah ifj1 X county had sent out circular letters in Ji! the last campaign attacking a candidate JtU ' lor Congress, meaning Judge Powers, bo-,-jfJI , cause of Powcrs's testimony before this f committee. Ho likewise admitted that he. S 'I Smoot. had shown testimony of Powers ft before this comniittco to Wells McBrldo 5g of Provo. who talked with him about 'M (f Powcrs's candidacy. |