| Show THAT HOT 1101 AM AlIt STORY I Tha rho wretch tl farce that warn wan wa played on ott Monday In the thu committee room ot of the committee on privilege and dee elec elections llois of ot the tha United Stuten Senate Semite wan vai WI I placed on that Uno oLao by h K i 1 n 33 low et at al The rhe star otar pel former tried to tu shirk lila hili part Informing the man mali managers malingers I agers that It wa wu only hot lint air Rh but hut they wore vure determined that It should go for to I what shat It wa WM worth and 1111 that turned out Gut to be he nothing Stilt StIll It an 1 one which ice inn to he IKS hethe the tile chief object ot of tho the chief protest protester I er I and that III U to promote agitation and II make o II fa tal nile lie on the tho mind bout about the Mormon Church Its II leaden The rlue testimony of or Angus M II I Cannon Jr differed In III kind hind from tram that ot of E EU II U and AutI wins others other In this one particular that In is the frank con Ion finelon ft that his hili tory story lit Of w WO n only hot air 1 tr slid anti told by uy way of or a 1 Joke and to pander to the tho appetite nf of i J Jl B Critchlow rind K 1 W AV Wilson Wilton and hIt Perry Heath It had hll about n so much foundation and antI to 10 as rest real evidence M AI a the ht arlO and an balderdash to which the this committee committe listened from Critchlow Power Cobb ebb lilIes anti and nd I history Now an U to the tale told originally In III Lake Iak Tribune anti and repented repeated by h M 71 t Cannon Jr while mi os a aspree spree and greedily seised and end re reported repotted potted ported to ton by hy 15 19 1 U n Critch Critchlow low tow Our readers reader know the story which ha huts been beau In the air with numerous variations for t r several years ear earIt It Is II to 10 the effect that Joseph p I F Smith man marled let led Lilian I an Hainan Hain an II to Abraham It II Cannon Connon while on onI at atI I 1 vessel loIns oine mile mil out ou t to 10 su Ii traIn from ula or as one on versIon IK Ic I on an anthe the Jie II way to Catalina 11 ld On this Smith was a when I Ii 11 br pr r oth n th thu before his committee WB VI Ve 1 11 y from the printed record rc orrl T ns na follows After asking RAkIng It the wit witness ness ncsa know knew Abraham H If Cannon dur due durIng durIng Ing lug his hili Mr Tayler Inquired Inquire It If ho ha knew Lilian Mr Smith I know her by sight BIght ye yes Mr Do you ou know her now Mr Smith Yes I know her heu now Mr Ir Taylor Was she sh his hla wife Mr That IB Is my lilY understand understandIng Ing that she sh was his wife wIe Mr ii 11 Do you ou know knot when h hI he married lice her Mr 1111 Smith No clr I do 10 not Mr Taylor How long did you oa know her Jle My y first acquaintance with will her liar was in Juno Julio Tho TIm tIme I ove aset saw her was In June Jutie I 1 believe ai uti near hear as I 1 can cal recall Mr ide Taylor What year Mr Smith Mr tr Smith In 1536 6 Some time timo li Ii In InJune Juno June 1896 18 6 Mr Taylor Where was sho she living then 7 Mr Me Smith I nm am not aware of ot whore alto Rho ho was living I think her homo wu wat In Halt Lake City Mr AIr 11 Taylor Is that horo she wa au yon became acquainted with lieu her Sir AIr Smith That Is IH where I t lint saw her In III Salt Halt Lake City Mr Nr Taylor Did you OU see sea tier her after that hat I 7 Mr Mt It Smith Yen sir aIr Mr Tayler Mr r Smith I have seer seen her hor a num hOI her of at times thRies sluice then In Sn Provo Prayo li Jut III Suit Salt Lake Ity and 1111 1111 Mr 1 You did lid not hot ate se lI e her li It III California about that time timeT Mr AIr II Smith I did most distinctly Mr Taylor Where Mr 11 Smith In l Los os Angeles Mr 1 11 With whom was sho there Mr Ir Smith Sho with Abraham Abrahan Cannon Mr Was nho sho lo married to then J 1 r Smith That Is my understanding sir air Mr Taylor Was she married narried to hi him when you ou sow saw her shortly before that Mr Mu M Is my belief bellot That ThatIs Is 1 I do ho not know anything about It but lIt that Is III my belief bellor that she was sas hi hl I wife ICo Mr it 1 Tayler Your belief bollot IB Is that site clue 1 was thou then hIs hili vie ICe whet l When Suel you yuu first mot her hOl and knew her Mr Ir Smith When 1 I first saw her hel herThe The Tho first time 1 I over ever caw her If It the chairman will Ihl permit me to tell tile ilie li liI I nets mets was VIm Home time In June I do tJ not remember the date I 1 was at nt that time lime president of or the Sterling Mining Milling company At that tune time 1 lIIS not tho the president of or HO so many Institutions HH as I am anu now was the thu manager ot of those mines Wo o and lual a gentleman t employed by hy thu the name of or as liS foreman of et the tho mines for tOl a it number of oC months month but wa wo were sero losing money atal matters did not move mOO and Mr o os 11 0 made unade a n proposition to tu Mr Ir Cannon Connon to lenso tho tim mines and ond the Iho mills Thero There Were ere ero two mills mille established at the th mine minet I 1 t wits was ILK asked by hy the board of at directors to accompany Abraham H 11 Caution Cannon to Los LOll Angeles where whore wo we met mot Mr Ir pie and entered Into a n contract with him ilm to lease the tha mines to him and there here as us tho the president of ot tho the company I had to sign a 0 number of 01 notes note and ando to o sign a IL 1 contract he being the man mangor igor nger I accompanied Abraham 11 H Con Can Canion Connon ton non and his hlA wife w vIo Co on that trip and Oll had ha me ono of or my m wives wIres 1111 with me mo on that trip Mr Tayler How Intimately had you Abraham n before this Vor Por or yours years OUS you hind had known him him well had Vail rou i 1 Mr Smith I had hall known Imon him a 0 great many nany years Mr dr Ir Tayler Prior to Juno June 1896 1836 you youad tad had never heard ot of Lillian bc be beIn b In ng hl his hili Mr sir Mr Taylor Nor had hae you OU scan scon them thorn at ot ato atIos Ios o Angeles Mr ide sir Mr Tayler Did you Qu see them at Los Angeles Mr dr sir air Mr Tayler you OU out In a 1 boat rom there thele Mr lr Smith Yes air sir The did not understand he tho date to Mr 1111 Tayler June 1895 1805 The Tue Chairman Mr Ir Tayler Yes The Tue Chairman Proceed Mr r Whore tre did you go with horn hem In a n boat MI Mr went vent to Catalina Tel IsI ml Mr Tayler Did you go from there thera out In tho the water Mr sir ir Mr Ir Tayler Your Journey through tho the rater ater was merely from trum the tho mainland to Cn Island Mr str Ir Smith That Is correct Mr Tayler Was there thiera any nn talk tolk or orId lilt Id anything occur while you were vere board that lint boat the tho mar iuar marlane lane huge relations of or Abraham II 11 I Can Cnn CanAIr no Mr AIr Ir sir Mr And his wife Mr Smith No air Mr r No reference was made to 3 0 the subject at ot nil III Mr Smith Not to me Mr Not to you youir Mr Ir sir Mr Ir Taylor To whom was any ony refer nce made Mr Mv Smith I do not know kIlOW Mr Nr Nothing WOK was said In your our or to your our knowledge about hat fiat subject Mr Smith No sir Tho Thai first I heard ot If f It was wall ns years afterwards through the prints Mr MI 1 le the prints Mr Ir Smith Yes sir All Mr Tayler That Is III tint thiat you had hol married them aboard that vessel Mr Smith That la Is I what I heard In Inthe Inthe inthe the pUblic prints Mr That Is what you heard Mr sir Mr 11 Tayler Jn Dirt you have hmo any talk on that or after yoli yo left lert Salt Halt after you first heard or learned that Lillian was the wife ot or Abraham Cannon ns to when they thoy were ware married Mr ir 11 Smith No sir Mr Mi Taylar Did you have any OilY talk with either lither of or them 7 Mr Ir In itu the least Mr LI II Taylor Not In III the tho least Mr Ir In tim the least leant sir ale anti and no Ha one 1110 ever mentioned to me that they were Wale or 01 O sere ere not married I simply Judged they were wIre married because they the were iero living hivIng together as ns husband and wire vIte Mr Ir Taylor Mr Ir Smith That Is II all I know I now It Mr Ir Tayler rA And your our knowledge lla of ot any status stain tUI which may lime existed tet be ie them was as not IlOt du to anything they the told you Oll Mr 11 Smith No sir IIII not at d all nil Senator h he t gets Fet away Awny from Crom that subject Is la there lillY any objection tion to tl stating what hu hue read 1111 In tim the the story to which you ha p referred Mr III II dId tIld put that In I asked him If It he hue h haul hall married them the tho steamer IteR mer Senator That IN Ii what you OU saw laW In III the th newspaper Mr Ir U is what I r rend Hi lii tho the newspaper Mr And there WOI isa no truth In that Mr Ir Smith No sir Mr dr Tayler WB It a II regular g ger r that you went over on Mr Ir Smith Yes sirs sir n a regular pas pee meager excursion steamer Mr Ir Tayler Did you ou t take k any other I trip down don there with them Mr sir We do 30 not believe anyone who sho knows known President Joseph Joeph p F F Smith will doubt the tho truth of or his testimony We Wa Weare Weare are aware of or the tics disposition of or some seine rmon minds to grasp gasp at any anything nn thing hung that fits Into notions and appear to be to the sa S i tem toni aryl naji o Jl tho the men man that they detest nut Hut even oven they will wilt pit tIlt the contra contro contradictory afloat by ly unreliable persons concerning the tho t hu alleged mar mare marriage riago under dispute against tho the sworn evidence of at the gentleman charged with having performed tho ceremony cleat curiosity may moy not bo be satisfied with the tho result of at the latest phase of ot this just thought thoughtful ful Culmell men inert and women will have hoe no doubt left as liS to 10 tho the falsehood of ot the tha story us liS It IL affects President Smith There has hutis boon no evidence adduced yet ot that any plural marriages have hove been beon solemnized since Utah entered thus the Union na ns 11 u State amid rightly the committee of ot Investigation hoe have no business with anything relating to Utah before statehood lint Hut notIcing nothing has Ims been brought forward arll to show that hue tho Church Chinch husK has l 01 or author authorized such acid union since Inco the Ih Manifesto of ot President Woodruff adopted by the tle ChurchIn Church In General Conference Oct 6 0 1800 Reports guesses Intel infer inferences cubes anel nd opinions to the th contrary uio Ill II many mon loan but butt proof Is absolutely Wo We should think that protestant prot and hIs hla associates In the hot hunt nit air fiasco which In is now the tho laugh of ot tho the town would feel toe I exceed exceedingly cheap over their effort to Impeach the testimony of or President Smith Sill Al Iso o that they the will wIlt recognize the fact that It does not tenth tend to solidify fy the hot lint air nir offered by Icy way of at ovi deuce by y Mr Mc Ir himself which luiel Senator Hummed up In iii this wo So So that you Any uny that thin t u tt man mun said paid to you ou that somebody else said cold to him hull that po so and nud so to Attorney Critch lows notion nollon of ot what Is evidence does doeR not stein seem to run on lines usually rec by lawyers |
