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Show ! GIVING FALSE TESTIMONY. If you arc called as witnesses In these cases In court, don't know anything. Now, I don't know where President Taylor Is with a knowing smile. Apostle John Henry Smith at Beaver, March 2, 1S86. It will be recalled that there were certain witnesses wanted b' tho Sen-ato Sen-ato Committee on Privileges and Elections Elec-tions to testify in the Smoot case. A few of these decamped or hid them1 selves awa3- so that the United Slates Marshal was unable to servo his subpoenas sub-poenas upon them. One even went so far as to run nvray after being thus served 03' tho Marshal. It became apparent ap-parent that these mon knew too much, and that therefore their testimony would prove to be extreme damaging to Apostle-Senator Smoot's cause. Two of them were apostles, well known to bo outspoken in their views, and who had exhibited a disposition to place their own interpretations upon the Woodruff manifesto. Tbc3" were John W. Taylor and Mathias F. Cowley. I There ia no doubt in the minds of those who are intimate with theso men that had they been left to themselves the3 rvillltrl Viovn rnMir,lin3 T.;t-1, f 1, C.. ..vu.u . u I.UHI,JH.M till? .JJItlLU committee's request to appear as witnesses wit-nesses in tho case, provided there had boon no interference with them b3 higher authority. That this is true is demonstrated in the' fact that thoy dared personal- to take tho responsibility responsi-bility of disregarding the Woodruff manifesto and the law by not only tak ing unto themselves new plural wives since 1S90, but also b3' performing the Mormon church ceremony uniting others similar!)- and unlawfully. Now, both Joseph F. Smith and Apos-. tie Smoot testified at Washington that the3- did not know whero Ta3lor and Cowlej could bo found, so that the process of the committee could reach them. Each was in absolute ignorance of tho whereabouts of these men, except ex-cept as the) would reluctantly sa3' that "tho last timo t.1103- had heard from j them" thc3r were in such nnd such a place, ougaged in some vague business in their own behalf or in tho interest of the church. President Smith stated (and Apostle Smoot followed his lead in the matter) that the president of tho church had a right to recall an apostle or to direct him to the performance of a certain dutj onh when tho order or the request should havo reference to purel3' church work." He pretended that he could not require Messrs. Ta3lor and GowIe3r to appear as witnesses before the committee, that being a matter entirety en-tirety under their own control. Besides, Be-sides, as before stated, Mr. Smith was .blissful' ignorant of their whereabouts, where-abouts, definitely speaking, and therefore, there-fore, evon if he should desire to call thorn home, ho would be unablo to lo- j cate either of them with aii53 degree of I facility. Is there a Mormon in this whole State j who doe? not know that this testimony I b3r Smith and Smoot was false to the I very core7 The president of the I church is able to. reach any apostle of ' the church at nny time, if ho so desire. It is tho richt of ilTri5-1v as explained in the 8mo0t LSKSri call or appoint any 0n apostles to a eonio'W h brother apostles knoSL concerning the nature of?Wf ' er the locality to whic ( has been called. J?ecd J fied, probably in order lf of the mptdoiKg tempting. to hide his even if it bo true that of the church oxcrci , ? 8 and secret control ho not also know ho ta SB c times the men so drecWMjWfe but what is a mtletSLwJf wncn uttered to f00l tlt to 'build np the kinzdoajK earth"? jiifil At the time John UMd borted the sanUs to falSM tense o absolute iJk!, common thins to hear a in court that sho did not Wis the father of her cWldrlM to say that sho TCas iPjj4; identity of her daughter's hMfi that she did not know that wK ter was married at all, allM sociated with her gngtajSK it haps every day in the year, fim is not altogether neceusrfoiKin5 1 back as 1SSG. for aa illustntiW ! method of suppression of r.-j: Smoot investigation a poljjdaKpt testified, admitting that ihlP 1 mother of a child, but edWf 1 name the father becausj feS-i" mous marriage r crcmony hi &wVk formed since 1S00. And if mL, j not, another child was bon'JKf same unfortunate ivomsn is iXjS f' long ago. 1 f-r! It was in the interest 'timt such criminality that theDtjKfut refused to take cognizance diiB&n recent and flagrant brcjtiM" anti-polygamy law of this Sefjf., the evidenco of this crit&aL'a'ij presented, the church oreaa aKijiii recitals of fact "scandaloaKfe In other words, it merely sH?1 old admonition, "Don't lm&?i thing." And thus do tho bralMt& the News "serve the Lorddk'J" single to His gloQ-." Ej f |