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Show : AGEB WOMAN TEARFULLY TELLS OF . ; ENBOWEflEWMOUSE OATHS TAKEN BY MORMONS; TESTIMON Y AS TO POLITICS - , . i Democratic Chairman in Idaho Tells theSmoot Committee : That Apostolic Influence Controls Affairs. r . ents, but that he ran afoul of the Mormon Mor-mon church and therefore was denied a 6econd term. In this connection Mr. Jackson said with emphasis: "It is Impossible for any man or any party to stand against the Mormon phurch In Idaho." In describing the present condition of the State, Mr. Jackson said six of the twenty-one counties are known as solidly solid-ly Mormon and that In all of the southern south-ern counties the Mormons are in control, and in that way, he said, the church practically fe In charge of the Legislature, Legisla-ture, political conventions and all gatherings gath-erings at which the delegates are elected by the people. Not Always Churchmen. "The delegates elected by these counties coun-ties are not always Mormon In religion, but they are always Mormon in political action," said Mr. Jackson. The witness gave in narrative form the history of the protests against Mormon Mor-mon interference which had been made by Democrats in the last campaign. Mr. Jackson said the Mormons declared that not a vote would be given the Democrats, Demo-crats, "and," said the witness, "they made good." He stated as his belief that not one Mormon voted the Democratic ticket. As a result, he said, the Increased Republican Re-publican majorities in the Mormon counties compared with the increased Republican majorities In the Gentile counties was enormous. Mr. Jackson said he had talked with many Mormons who had been Democrats Demo-crats and they had told him that if It were known that they were to vote the Democratic ticket they would be ruined in business. Because of the agreement of the Senate Sen-ate to' vote on the Philippine bill today, no afternoon session of the committee was held. The hearing was adjourned until tomorrow. - . "WASHINGTON. Dec 16. The first ; witness in the Senator Smoot inquiry J today was Mrs. Annie Elliott of Price, TJtaJb. She is an elderly lady, who went , from Denmark to Utah in 1872 and left the Mormon church in 1896. i She was asked concerning the obliga-tions obliga-tions taken in the Temple and was requested re-quested to repeat as much of the cere- monies as she could remember. Talks With. Emotion. , In a voice shaken with emotion Mrs. Elliott said that the obligations were so " 1 indelicate she could not bear to repeat them. Chairman Burrows told her to take her own time and not to be embar-. embar-. .raseed. The witness said the first oath administered to those who participated was that if they did not want to go any further and take the oaths they should turn back and go but - Oaths of Vengeance. By slow degrees Mrs. Elliott repeated the oaths of vengeance and the various penalties ascribed for revealing any .part of the ceremonies. During her tes-. tes-. timony concerning the penalties of mu-, . tilatlon of the body the witness trembled continuously and appeared to proceed with difficulty. After saying that each person taking the endowments agrees to have his or her threat cut, Mrs. Elliott El-liott said it would be impossible for her to go any further. Considered All Sacred. "At that time I considered it all so sacred I thought I would put it away and not mention it any more," she said, when requested td proceed. Pressed by Chairman Burrows, the witness told of the other penalties and obligations which have been described by other witnesses. i At the request of Mr. Tayler, Mrs. Elliott El-liott ' described the garments worn by Mormons who have taken the endowments. endow-ments. Senator Overman asked if every Mormon Mor-mon in good standing is compelled to wear the garments, and the witness said that all such Mormons wear the garments as underclothing. Worn by Good Mormons. Looking at Senator Smoot, Senator Overman asked the witness if she were sure every Mormon in good standing in the committee room had the garments . "Yes, sir; they have." The reply provoked pro-voked laughter and the witness repeated: repeat-ed: "I know they all have them on.' v On cross-examination. Attorney Worthington endeavored to draw from the witness whether she had told others lof the endowment ceremonies, but she jJnsisted that she never had done so ex-Vept ex-Vept in a limited way to the pastor of ithe Baptist church In her. town. She de-j de-j clared that the attorney for the protest-ants protest-ants had no idea what she would say when she took the stand. May Suffer in Business. Senator Foraker asked the witness if . she had ever heard of the endowment house penalties being enforced against .any one. She said she had not. fr. Tayler asked if she were likely to suffer by reason of giving testimony here. Mrs. Elliott said she expected that . her business would suffer. An Idaho Witness. Charles H. Jackson of Boise City, Ida., chairman of the Democratic State committee, testified at length concerning concern-ing the growing power of the Mormon church and its Interference In State affairs, af-fairs, which, he- said, was made the paramount issue by Democrats and independents in-dependents in the last campaign in Idaho. Ida-ho. He said that apostles of the church from Utah go into Idaho and direct the people how to vote. These church officials, offi-cials, said Mr. Jackson, tell their people peo-ple there have been revelations that they should vote a certain ticket and also that the Mormon church desires it. Visit of John Henry. The witness described in detail the fight being made by the Mormon church for the removal from the State ' Constitution of Idaho the test oath - against polygamy. He told of the visit of Apostle John Henry Smith for the purpose of directing direct-ing legislation and said that the influence influ-ence of the church accomplished the passage of the sugar bounty bill. This measure places a State bounty of 1 cent a pound on all sugar manufactured manufac-tured within the State in 1903 and a half cent a. pound for all sugar manufactured manufac-tured in 1904. It is estimated that the bounty in 1903 amounted to $76,000 and In 1904 to $150,000. There are four refineries re-fineries in the State and President Joseph Jo-seph Smith of the Mormon church is president of three of them. The fourth factory was constructed recently and is controlled by Gentiles. Defeat of Gov. Morrison. f Speaking of the Influence of the Jf. church on political affairs of the State Mr. Jackson took as an illustration the defeat of Gov. Morrison for a second nomination. He declared that Gov. (Morrison's administration had been satisfactory sat-isfactory to his Republican oonatitu- " |