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Show ::iE'0I IIE.:Ml?BT;V i i t . - 1 Believed . at Washington That It Is a Certainty That Testimony Will Be Taken In Salt Lake; - Many Subpoenas. SBBBSBMSSBWMSSSSt SPECIAL. TO THE TELEGRAM. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 13. From, statement mad today it la given out as almost a certainty that a Senate sub-committee will be sent to Salt Lake City to examine witnesses wit-nesses In the Smoot case. It la known that tbe head committee is desirous of going to the bottom of the charges against not only Smoot but against the heads of the church as well. ATTORNEY TAYLER DECLARES THAT HE WILL PROVE TO' THE SATISFACTION OF THE SENATE THAT MANY PLURAL MARRIAGES MAR-RIAGES HAVE BEEN PERFORMED IN UTAH SLNCE THE MANIFESTO. MR. TAYLER SAYS THAT HE WILL PROVE THIS FEATURE OF THE CASE BY THE PLURAL WIVES THEMSELVES. Logan People Wanted. Subpoenas for another biff belch ot witnesses have been sent out. AmoCc; them. are the officials of the stake at Logan In which the meetlnf was held Sunday, March Cth, at which some sen-satlonal sen-satlonal speeches were made. Other persons who attended that meeting will ( also be called to Washington. When-Andrew Jen6en.teeper of the" '' ' ' secret records of the Morsaoa Teniple. was on the stand bare he wa asked . for the names of all the stake- preai- dents, bishops and "serentles.'l IT, NOW TRANSPIRES THAT THIS WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALLING THESE MEN BEFORE THE SUB-COMMITTEE WHEN IT GOES TO'UTAH. ; In fact it is said on good authority that it is the plan to question every ' "official of the church when the Utah, hearing is begun. - - Stake Presidents Called. The charge is made that many of the elders and other workers Of the church have' performed plural marriages ' and that bishops have not only taken plural wives but have performed such marriage mar-riage ceremonies and authorized others to perform, them. A number of etake presidents will be put on the carpet and not one county in Utah will be overlooked in the investigation. in-vestigation. AT LEAST FIVE PLURAL WIVES HAVE BEEN SUMMONED, AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO GIVE EVIDENCE THAT WILL IMPLICATE IMPLI-CATE CERTAIN BISHOPS AND STAKE PRESIDENTS. A plural wife who is now in Arizona has consented to testify as to the practice prac-tice of crowing over the Mexican border bor-der and performing plural ceremonies for Utab people. This woman is expected ex-pected to give names and dates. She Is considered a most important witness. To Resume April 15. .The investigation will be resumed here about April 15th, when all the new witnesses will be on hand. The Utah end of tbe inquiry will, in all probabil- : lty, open. May 1st. ; The Inquiry from now on will be :' along, the. line of showing that plural marriages are still . being solemnized and that certain churchmen continue to take new wives. . IF THE ' COMMITTEE GOES TO UTAH, AND THAT IS NOW THE PLAN, CHURCH OFFICIALS OF EVERY COUNTY IN UTAH MAY EXPECT TO BE CALLED TO SALT LAKE. |