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Show POIEVSTREET 1 TAILORS BUSY .aching Up a Defense I for Smoot. Lnesses for Apostle Sen-KtorWill Sen-KtorWill Be Rehearsed tfl in Utah. wL Attorney for Protestants Play KyrywiWlth Them When They Get to Washington. Hy three tailors of Tooley street wrn ff! w r a l their n At- jjr, '-.r'h'.-irf- v'lr Cott and Rleh-nEtrf Rleh-nEtrf lhlr enrt'avor ,r b, Prepwed kLjBft i?'?6 nt th0 "i"""'1' Senator of ."B tv, prr,.-- Committee, on Privt- 9 tj pv-ti-in left off taking teMi-Ln teMi-Ln the now-famous enso lust spring. tf c'rii!'T Smoot nnl tils attor-jid attor-jid llitlo doubt of being able to fer th? storm. They believed no se- i : 1 I " ' "I- P.-)'. Dl'. E a different feeling now-a-days L mow that a desperate condition o;U the apostle Senator. L would have been hla defense, t&3 anticipated by tho protestanta L probable defense, was completely trnti. It Is full of blow-holes; It la ltd rent tbe three tailors of Tooley street foceurlriK I'tah and Idaho to secure tauttiia! a; Is believed necessary to I tbe rents and hido the holes and itut the fabric that has been swept V jjkrb, stitch, Mitch," tho tailors busl-Epr busl-Epr themselves Witnesses ffc ex-Sti ex-Sti it Is said and coached as only talerpriMng attorney can coach. It iorUnt work. These tailors of Too-jtntt Too-jtntt know that every patch will bo tcU-d and examined. Heretofore thaw been tho critics of testimony ills Protestants will have an Inning ms-exa ml nation And no one doubts ft moment that Attorney Taylor and W-oounsel aro prepared to anticipate Wilre scope of the apostle's defense. ;llni that goes before the Scn-fanKDlttce Scn-fanKDlttce to help the hierarchy of bMonuor. church keep one of the ma In the Senate of the United m, in face of tho astounding testl-I testl-I the roramlttec has heard, must be Nebo-jlfd. well drilled well coached ie ait of elde-st pping and evasion rtaftd the merciless cross-examlna-tf the attorneys for the protestants jttt mf-mlx rs of the c.-.mmlttec ee knows this better than Attor-"Worthlngton. Attor-"Worthlngton. Van Coft and P.lch-I P.lch-I Hence the visit of the chief counts coun-ts Senator Smoot to Salt Lake and Btry thorough examination of Scna-fcoot's Scna-fcoot's witnesses before they go to ton. Bfc these lawyers ar examining the Pts supposed to know or willing to frthlags that are calculated -to assist ejotk that worths and his Mpr-Ittd Mpr-Ittd "Jack Mormon" fronds are busy dag evidence It l a heroic tusk Bet heroic In the si-nsc that there la R of wIlliriKL-ss. but In the quality m testimony get-at-able. These wlt-p wlt-p ire not to go befon i n ordinary but before the bar of public opln-fere opln-fere a committee representing some peatcst men of th i Nation m have wondfered why the Senate B dld not direct the arr I ol gfrl Ptnons who ripp-urel bef. Because of contempt or peril per-il lAlawyf-r was asked why the eoin-F eoin-F had been ! nlent. 'W 11." said he SHt not forc-t that il.- vvltm Isftpoenaed by the protest. inta I pre- l rm foi the proti -units Ik desire to urg. s n h a lion But M b different with Senator Smoot'a A l Lfciiove. If it Is the- purpose w Serair.r to break down testimony citr wltnessei i. tatemi nts that 'u pallrjl . fait.. ;m s,,m uli;oiy It. rwrd. I believe a warm time will i " Prtivin(j attention to the proceed-ii proceed-ii the d -f.-us... Wil sii ply tho I )t lor the protestanl - wllh the '( the Smoot witnesses to show I I1 trhy Smi ol In di pending on 'or suporl. Some say the dlsclos-lI dlsclos-lI the case, through cross-examina-fW t the ar,li lest of the hearing. It I !!L0ld 5,,jr' b,'t H Is a good ono; I L,"nlf,'l'h.'.i lialm wanti-d to be 1 Sri, ,"f " "' 1 i.-i.ii I fy, , lvu) h l,J "" ' Ith the ex's ex-'s rtri A '' 'n"-ii' prloi i . his ap- j T' '" ,.-.t.:... i -l.h. ., MUlo boy. in knee pants, when he carried :.u,i records and the Ilk- to and from iwm ikers in 6no ol the wings of me National capltol. 11. wav ,,t . only man who wnnterl " l", '" "" and th. re were a whole "' "r c "i"- w.,o believed there should bo a mora equitable dlatrlbntlor of pl in l tab than ihro hml been But like .nn2s' " wh? c" iM hblt of 'holding 'hold-ing ornce, he is supposed t.. have become i.ni' d that the public owed him a )i. h-.i friends in an Eastern State who n !"'" frl-n.ls l.j tl, M. Klok-v administration These friends were close to Sinutor Hanna. and Senator Hanna bad a pretty g...,d 'friend at court" at mat time it was believed by the applicant a ; mighty good thing to cinch tl. appoint-menl appoint-menl before the merits L,f others were undo known He secured the President's favor and then wanted confirmation hv the Senate ns quickly as possible Th"-Senate Th"-Senate cmmltt. o , p,,stofiws Rnci 1 St Roads was busy n did not take up the appointment a speedily as the oppllcant desired and the applicant is said to hii . pot a into Ms s, .,)., ri ii 1 "d : .Ji l b- . nator r i urned to his ' nl -aeu. s on th. iv.mofiu-0 committee and oppi-alod to them for a rep,,,i to the s' ''"' "f tho appointment of the I tah p."-i master ' Why should It be delnvcd?" pleaded )lls mend 'Why not send th- appointment appoint-ment In for confirmation now. so he may return home to tils motherless children I.rt s sop.i him home happv." ! rtalnly we will," d.-.-iare,i th ! rnpathetlc cn.iirmiui of the committee If doiil.tless i . me-.nb. n-d his own ;)r-- slrie. The appointment wns confirmed, and tit ' evening one of the Senators np-proached np-proached the appointee's frir.i h0 wns Mill thinking of the domestie misfortune thai had entered tho committee-room that diiy How i nr has it i. en since, vonr friend lost his wife?" ho a:-ked sympathetically. Really, l do not know Recently I ""i f'ro II., K still ,. nioiirrilni: 'l o von know how recent Senator?" ho Inquired In-quired of a Western Senator. " 'Bout twelve years ago." was the reply. re-ply. "That so" the committee chairman ex-Clalmod ex-Clalmod In astonishment A"l,en reappointment was asked for "or., w.i- not :un uiidue li.ole In Ihn ro- prt of the committee There was a dH-tresslng dH-tresslng delay In confirmation, in fact. "I have nothing particular to sav about m trip to Washington other than what ha.i hern printed." said I nlted States Marshal Hoywooa, who returned yesterday. yester-day. "Tho Senate committee wanted to know something about the difficulties of subpoenaing witnesses in Utah and they had me dead to rights So I had to tell. That was all there was to It. Yes, some of them looked pretty funny while I was reciting experiences i'm busy now rounding round-ing up Mr Bmoot's witnesses " "Did the FYesldent ask anything about Western politics when you called on him?" ' Von ought to see President Roosevelt handle his callers. Ho actually received 'forty-five In about aa many minutes before be-fore It became my turn. Such a personality person-ality Is Impossible to match. He is certainly cer-tainly a great character." "But. did ho ask anything about " "Kaet is President Roosev-ll talks with so many persons on BO many subjects that he knows tho United Btates like a book. I spent a day each In New York. C'hleago and Omaha on my return trip, coming from Omaha with Judge Bortch and W S. McCornick.'1 "What Is tho sentiment In Washington on the Smoot case?" "Sentiment? Why, if I do not hustle I'll not be able to serve a half dozen of these today." said the Marshal as he continued con-tinued his side-stepping and hurried away w ith a bum h of subpoenas Judge George W Bartch of tho Supremo Su-premo comt r turned yesterday from a three wepka Islt to points In the East. The Judge spent a week In Washington, where ho was the guest of several Senatorial Sena-torial friends. Ho also paid his respects to the President and to Senator Fairbanks, Fair-banks, enjoying a very pleaaant interview inter-view with each of them. Judge Part' h spe nt Christmas w ith hi da lighter-, who are at tho New England Conservatory of Music at Boston, and he visited "id friends in Pennsylvania and New 'Soil: bile declining to discuss bis candidacy candi-dacy for the United States Senate, to succeed Senator Thomas ICearns. Judge Bnrtch admitted that blr. friends are busy with their organization, and that there are St me things that Justify tho feeling that he may succeed. ' I had a most pleasant visit to my old frh nos s ild the Judge, "arai I would certainly be ungrateful did I not appreciate appre-ciate trie manv expressions of Interest In my candidacy Many of tho o h.., I knew In my youth are among the most .-.live men In 'engross, and in th.- departments' de-partments' at Washington, and 1 f.-.-l that It Is not Immodest to say I would Ilk- to go to Wnhlnglo-i as a representative ..1 Utah, There might be n time when such an ambition would not Impel inc to announce my candidacy for tho S. n-ate, n-ate, but when I see so many men In places where they could "lie made so useful use-ful to this young State. 1 would have a pride in working with them for tho good of i i ih Asked whether he had an opinion ns to the outcom? of the Smoot Inquiry, Judge Kartell -aid there was naturally much discussion of the case, but that he had not formed an opinion as to the outcome out-come He said he did not know that he vould be Hiibpo. nae 1 lis a witness for Senator Smoot. as reported In the news- , ,a pers. ' Judge P.artch will succeed Judge Bas-Hn Bas-Hn as Chief Justice Of the Supreme court Monday. |
