Show C CASE t AGAINST b It T Tt SENATOR t T M T vt i ir r I 1 I 34 Senate Committee on 01 Elections I Begins lle Bc ins ills Formal Form ll Hearing Of S r The Charges It I t I Ii r rI i rI rIM M THAT OF POLYGAMY ABANDONED r 1 Ik Iki d dv dr 1 i I r I tI t i tI a All Senators Present Take Great In interest v i terest lerest in Mutter Mater Asking r r I I 1 Questions f C I j Ii I ji i i POSITION OF THE RESPONDENT H HI I i iAtt a if Atty Att ton Says Sai If II Utah Has lias Not lot i Kept lie t its It Covenant Then State t Should III he lie Tiled I Il i II i j I I z Special to In tho X v j I i Washington t I U f Jan It WM tI alertly after in 1030 30 this morning morn In when l If Ifft i i 1 t y Chairman harrows called culled the th commit if s fi ft t f i I tei I on and nud elections to tn order or er 1 and tin Iiii runt h talked bilked of ot ra ro rase k I I WitH WIB formally begun there pr IH pros 14 h i 1 fr rat Jill at it the tho tight members ot of atthe i i ithe t the Senator Smoot and ami hilt hi N I i i LI l friend Mr Ir Judd of lit Tennessee and t j X lu n A fa S l and fwd il 1 mar r Van mi l Colt Coli of or hiM bin Ii Is coil ii set while vili a lh Ih R Pill against Senator Smoots I lq i i J qi title to j iI sent pent HI In ht the per I 1 j i iBon ti i nun Null of at C M Jl I Owen of or Salt Halt Lake T TI t L i iI t tI I of Philadelphia represent i I 4 I II hag Ing the National o I F fand and It W ll Taylor Tayler TI of lit Ohio Olio a II 11 c o ig re who ho was of ot tha tho s shouse hOIl house o 1 0 It lIu tv which hl ch ru to fused tURl 1 n seat sent to hum H II Roberta l I i Then fleas were not half 1 a i dozen duzell spectators r rant ant and very sery Ir few ow reporters reporter present nt mil the tha ItI b opening and not hot a II single one cite of ot tin th t j i I f I t rl thousands of or ninen vho wIto II ho have luc pct peti petitioned r I ul tinned against l huh him himAN 8 i 0 1 AN CASH AS HB 7 I That the CUM cats Is l likely to In be ho Interest InterestIng Ing was wall evident ent mom the manner In f 1 i I s which of u tho iho eu In lu Nearly every ono one s 1 i j of o tin thi senates present naked aked outs onu or fir t I retire moio questions und and of ot In 11 it I t i liana scented to follow folios the till arguments argument i u of ot counsel inure closely nay any 1111 nf ot the thu I l i iI I others Perhaps tin the th Most t 1 f 1 j of ot tho this Indiana senator WM h I r ll l In Il m the thu suture of or n an nu explanation of oC the thu ii I trade made by II bIr Mr Ir to tin the 1 1 rI fh i I s effect that thit If it I the committee tel In is t to m rn i 1 whether the tho of Utah has Imi I Iti d I I lived up to the covenant It 11 made with it I I j t li lithe the United Stat States Congress pass pIS r i I i cd ell tho Ihu enabling act thru then the state heel l J I i should he hp made a 1 It to tn tho the hearing f If I tho the provisions provision of u lint covenant hall hAIl i violated Senator Snoot Smoot personal personally por onal i J ly v should not bi be placid placed In the tho position r 1 I of or being tried bled because under I such clr i neither her Smoot not mint i ii II 0 wIll I III ii to III hold hail n R sent scat In i t ly m CHAROK CIl II i I j Sul Sult t Mr lr Ir Taster rl I win who appeared for tor th the tho r i i ii declared that i il I i those thane whom he represents do not alit make t tl i l I Ithe i I h t ti the charge limit Used Heel Smoot ha has ever t I i i a n or o polygamous 4 It or Ir charge him hint with unlawful I i I IN I answer ui to a 1 I Iby i by I five dge Do you charge i I the Ih i 1 e rut with breaking the thu law I t Mr lr Ir Taylor Tayler nn on I ti with Iome emphasis mph iU No o 1 The Thi TherUl r I I 7 f fease ease rUl 0 i fur ur u It test with thu tM i i t of 0 Mr 11 T Taylor y r itself Into Inlo a nil I IJ t t tt t I II J g i I 1 n M i i j r 1 1 1 1 t t J iI t to tn prove pro irv thrU the tUe t IreI and of ot the I I Mormon Church CUrci practise toun roun 8 j tenants polygamy po that many of ot 1 them have huo not Hot only OUt contracted puril a marriages s hut but that they the do now Tile polygamous lol ant lint Hint they the Including Heed fled Smoot tire ore ro io I I for the tho publication of nt if a vol volume 01 HTtP ume furnished nn itu Ilu of ot the which contains I f mi gut argument III In favor of yr polygamous I marriages lint tho thi Apos Allo Apostles AlloI Aio 1 I ties nail and of ot the tho Church counte countenance nance and nt nl a violation of ot the I laws of ot the tho land Irm by ly rewording those j ot or their followers VOrs Will who Jl maintain ll G I POINTS TS Mr 11 Wort It In ton confined himself to 10 the legal points point of or the lie otto ruo Ho lie made madea a IL brief hut but clear anI kin loft left the tho t lie of ot o tact fact to toI I his Ids u Mr Van all Cott Colt after My say IA I log Ing that many now WI had lieen by I not 1101 In III the tho original charges charge tiled Hied mid to tn which he lie lieto de to In submit tin 1111 I IA ler In writing Ily Ilythe 11 the th Mr Worthington lied hall rOil con on c il Ida his statement t the roum was IlK lilted with ith spectators und all iii listened lI profound attention to Mr Ir Van Coil Coll who explained dourly antI to the th evident enlightenment ot of flit thu committee the thy different between polygamous marriages and living In Ii polygamous relationship with wo 0 Ii n One thing brought out nut near the lie thedo lose close do o of ot tho the today was vai that the meeting Is IR not a hearing but simply a l meeting to ti listen lI to argument ment pro and con coil upon the to whether hearIngs hearing will vIll bo necos neco necessary I sary Imry arS which wilt will be bo decided arter after the committee hove have had harl an nil opportunity ity It to 10 consider whether tho thu have hove shown that they thc I evidence to 10 C to guide tho the com committee anil whether Senator Smoots answer lInser Is IN l to 10 charges es Cs made matle Alter Arler tue regular tension the tae com corn rat at for tor 10 l minutes behind closed doom antI and during this tills executive session s It was wall decided to adjourn subject to 10 tho lie call coli of ot the anti and to postpone n IL 1 cl Mo lon n on the he question wether or not nol nota nolo I a o formal hearing bo given a n regular Inquiry Inaugurated until utter after tho the Attorney on both sides aides have been hern given nn au opportunity to prepare and file 1111 n a writing their arguments nail and any ony further documents which they may kv Ish h to 10 submit I |