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Show SilOOT'S CASE IS LOST ON SMITH'S TESTIMONY i - Impression Made by Pres-ident's Pres-ident's Admissions Not at All Favorable to Utah Senator. PHLLADELPHIA, March ' 10. A Washington special to the North American Ameri-can says: Testimony given by Joseph F. Smith, the head of the Mormon church, before the Elections committee of the Senate in the Smoot inquiry is msk.lng an impression im-pression upon the Senate not at all favorable fa-vorable to Smoot. While it is too early to estimate the probable outcome of the investigation, the fact Is being established, and largely large-ly through Smith's testimony, that the whole Mormon church organization, of which Smoot himself Is an important part, is engaged in a conspiracy to evade and defy the laws of the United States. There was so little of evasion in the testimony of the witness that scarcely a ripple broke on the surface of the hearing until Robert W. Tayler, for the prosecution, went back of the evidence and outlined what he purposes to prove. Mr. Smith has testified repeatedly that there have been no plural marriages mar-riages among Mormons since the manifesto mani-festo of 1890 was Issued. Mr. Tayler declares that he will nrove the contrary to be the case; that the s0 NO APOSTLE, EVEN THOUGH RECORD CLEAR, ' FITTED FOB SENATE. I Even If nothing- else Is revealed In the whole course of tne Inquiry. K Is now held that sufficient has been shown by the head of the church to warrant the Senate in be- ) lieving that no apostle subscribing M to all its doctrines can be. anything ) but a menace to the best Interests of the country if permitted to oocu- py a seat In the Senate. practice of plural marriages since 1890 Is known to Mormon church officers, and that if Senator Smoot Is unaware of it he has missed opportunities of seeing what is going on. v No question Is to be raised respecting the truth of Senator Smoot's declaration that he is not himself a polygamist, but as part of the Mormon church it Is to be shown that he has countenanced not only this violation of the law, but others. Just how he can reconcile his Indorse-merit Indorse-merit of the practices and tenets of the church with bis oath as a Senator of the United States is one of the questions ques-tions the Senate will be called upon to decide. Opponents of Smoot are satisfied they I will be able to show by his own friends his unfitness for participation in the law-making of the country and that his expulsion from the Senate will follow as a matter of course. It is probable that no action will be taken until next session, and the Mor-obliged Mor-obliged to realize that they are opposed ' mons In the coming election will be I by Influential members of both great political organizations. |