Show V V TilE THE SMOOT INVESTIGATION Initial in It JI Grows Policemen i Having fo o be Stationed At AI IIa By fly Associated Press arch great has become the tho Interest resl In the Investigation tion of ot the protest against need flood Smoot of Utah itah tah retaining his seat sent In the Unit UnIte Unitt t si 1 States Stilt ell senate lenato I nato that It II was wan necessary le to post 1 p st a policeman at the tio t e door of or the rc room m of C the committee on privileges mid and elections el ei Where he o tho the hearings nyc pro propping V All persons except those directly Interested were kept out of oC the tho therm room rm though outside the door It was Impossible almost to maintain a passage a ay through lh the tha corridor of ot the tho capitol SAL SAD NEWS I S FOR FOIL SENATOR NATOn SMOOT Just before the hearing 19 begun today tO Mr Smoot received a 1 telegram from froni Prow Imo Utah Itah stating that his sister Mrs 3 Taylor Talor Is dead as ns tho the result melt of an nn operation lie He had no flO previous knowledge of or her Illness and ex ox exhibited plainly the tho effect of ot the shock chock j When th Ih committee was culled to order seven lIeen senators were present I Chairman gave lae tho the ruling on the questions asked of ot President Jo ph F Smith relating to tho the p marriage of George Teasdale a Q I Mormon n apostle Objections to such Iloh questioning had hall been made by tho the defendant The committee ruled that tho the testimony hearing bearing upon llon plural marriages of ot any an members of the twelve apostles of oC which Mr Smoot Is one Is I i competent FO so tar far ns as 18 It relates to such Buch polygamous marriages since Sept Bep M i 6 the tho til date of ot President Woodruffs manifesto mante to withdrawing the tho order of or the Church commanding plural marriages a Senator lo stated that there hall hail been a I misunderstanding an on to whether hether Mr Smoot was wal being tried on the tho charges of ot polygamy and or of having liken nn on oath Incompatible with his hil oath as nn R a I United States a senator Now flow a I he h tion ton Mil sid sal It Is apparent that these charges are not pending In this Investigation BATOR DUnOIS DISSENTS Senator Dubois Dubols dissented train from the statement that there thero had been such s R ch n a and said Bald that the rent real charge Is III that Mr Smoot IH Is I a mem mom wr tir of ot tho the Mormon which subscribes to vows vow I In conflict with wih the theof th of nt tho the country countr antI and was bound to support such Buch vows For or the tho nut first time In tn fifty yearn said Mr Dubols tho the relations of this toward the tho United States are to be bo tried tor made matJe n a protest against the debate between members of or o oV V the ne and Burrows directed Mr Tayler to proceed pro ceci Ques tono ton were then thea directed to ascertain Mr Smiths Smith knowledge of oC tho the 4 c 5 r ot of Abraham H U 1 Cannon Connon and whether Mr Smith had performed i the i service uniting Mr It Cannon and Lillian Smith told said ho lie had Imd seen Keen newspaper reports saying that ho he had done dono r SA but h he OK th ho truth of the tho statements Then hen Mr Ir Tayler n number of ot questions which brought out a n state reit i from Mr smith his own position under tho the lows laws covering the lbs u lOl 10 Ito o a that ho he had violated them since manifesto of oC m nod nna Is ready now and always has hns been ready to face faco th i 11 of tho th Lint fac Mr o luJ Is 18 c cohabitation habl atlon with wih a plural Wife contrary to the rules ule ot of th l hl Id the I Mr lr Smith kd 0 m and J received permission n to make Inke a n statement and then Ihen aB th Ih qI 7 ton In hl his own W Way wa lie le spoke Q with wih great rent feeling S and dl l 4 just l th JI reverse or Ot llla iI er saying on tho the stand at yesterdays 8 hear henr STATUS OK 01 V VI t I ln In to to the status ot of nt at tho the tune mo or of the manifesto I ItO tie flood tOto say aay that titter the tho V heAring before tho thio master In chancery I under tO that t w 1 nb abstain tatal tram from with 1 that ru W wih our plural and I I r l UtAh tah 1 up P to the limo the Uie enabling went vent Into effect alt ui altu ni f Under that act th only y Prohibition 4 u I marriages should nM Il that OU Ut Wives VI cease Nothing was said about cohabitation with wih With t the h 0 wives 0 you ou had married previous to th the tho manifesto rup t tJ Mr hoar you ou mean menn loar That i What I 1 mean Mr Mn Smith I that Plural mar ra 0 to V Iber there ra hO has I cease be and OVer ever since tho th manifesto until the Iho Prent nt time arc n a marring lii In l the tho Church Wrt performed a ane lh Ui its t I teachings enc ach I In hn cord or tho Ith con connivAnce of oC the Church And UI lh Ir greater u t r th ho lo added j I know Th n In knol I l mM speak penk b t to 0 th the 1 0 queston question f cohabitation was th tho o ci i Church as 18 contrary to the law ho answered ll It was I DI HIS iS he rsc in MM B Id This Thu was n th case azid Is tho case w now nI M nut i w wI wn was Yo You I I S married llon d In mold Mr I I ial 1111 f n f plural family If It my first moro Ora than o Ort wIto lore nore than m 38 3 mr arl nO ngo and my 1 last loit wife Ito 0 to tc taken tato tako my v nl ago I Ihy thesa wives I l have had children and J I have ow On th JiW law might visit v II It upon pon ma Ino fth lh the h law and nd BUt suter suffer r M any w r than abandon these thel children and Ind their 1 I h Ie th Itcy V y hO borne Ie sn e d Children t to since the tho manifesto or of isoo 1890 and nd a tIng I I j date et r E ni Mr fully aware of at what I IV t that wal n to the law aW hut but M eal say I 1 rn rather er thon ICY to toi taco iTi openly to desert thom them I hae not ot cohabited or with thell 11 the tho act t i hut but I U I my tl have these wives wires and anti tn Tho Thio people P or of tah have fast t Theao o J regarded r the tho situation a nl as an B a 18 arul 1 a rule BM and Ild liberal In 11 their V views and have hl condoned the tho offense If offense otense It l than to Interfere with wih my m situation as al they the found It It I has hiI been ben known knon n what I t have hlo been heen do log 1 J have havo not been Interfered with wih nor disturbed In anyway an n If It I I had been een cen I t was waa WA there thero to answer the charges I was willing whiling wiling to face them and submit to the penalty penal whatever It I might be he heMr Mr Smith paused for tor a n moment but bu as ta t Mr Ir Taylor Tayler prepared to ask an on another another other question he ho again proceeded with his hits statement A DISTINCTION You Vou must draw a 1 distinction between unlawful cohabitation and plural marriages he ho said sIc The IThe state law In regard to the latter Inter has hus been compiled with No marriages have hae been performed with the sanction approval con sent knowl ge or connivance of ot the Church or Its IH officials nUt Hut thin the other law lav 11 I Is the tue tie one I 1 have hao presumed to disregard and which as 1 have said I L am nm ready off to face than disgrace myself or degrade my m family by II turning them Mr Tayler resumed his questioning You soy fay n there Is a 1 state law polygamous pol cohabitation and you IU have been continuing to violate it tt In utter disregard of the tho asked I uter consequences h hl ha V 1 I think I 1 have was vas 11 the answer You have caused your our plural wives to bear belr new nel children In violation of ot the law you OU Knew to exist exl t V That Is II correct said Mr Ir Smith V Why have you done dono so 8 persisted Mr Ir Tayler BREST SMITHS ImSON For Forthe the reason I hove haye t ld you OU I face the th law la I 1 could not disgrace myself I 1 could not degrade degrada my 1 family tall Do D you consider It an iu abandonment of ot your family not to maintain mar marriage lar riago relations Mr Tayler Mr faced r c l Mr Ir Ttyler Tayler and In a alow alow low but penetrating voice ole said saidI II I dont like to bo be Impertinent but butI I should like hika you OU to ask any woman who ho Is a I wife I At that Mr 11 Foraker and Mr lr objected raid and Ild In discussing tho the question both expressed the opinion that tho the witness lund had stated fully tullY that ho he had hal violated the tho laws lap and Ild that he had been frank In regard to his hil reasons and finally that hiM the tho committee was ad advised I d on that ct Mr Foraker said salt that after such a I statement as ashad aslund lund had been lleen made mado by Mr Smith It was wu unnecessary to ask Isk tho the witness con concerning hit hIs hi opinions on the subject of good morals Mr Hoar moved that such uch questions be he not rot allowed Il at nt this time but If I nt at ata I In n a future time wC It was Ina found that Mr I Smiths statement was not sill full tul and I complete tho the committee might ques question tion him DUDOIS ASKS A QUESTION QUESTIN Mr Dubols Dubok then thon Smith If it I It I WOI not understood by those thosa In au on authority that It was Wil the tho duty dub of ot the polygamist to to provide for tor forand and anil oll support his after aCor tho the manifesto of ot 1590 Mr Smith answered that It was WA gen emily so BO understood ernly Resuming tho the Inquiry concerning Mr Smiths personal polygamous relations Mr Tayler asked kel How many children have hae you OU hail had since tho the manifesto of or 1890 1891 Mr Worthington objected on the part put of ot the tho defense and both Senators und Foraker attain said that they thought as ni the witness winess Mid said his hil had hod hn borne children since the manifesto to It made mno no difference how many such children had been born to him himI I that lint It I does snake make a 1 dir dif difference ference said Aid Mr Ir It makes a difference how well wel the ho th tact fact was all ud Q that bitt he ho was wan violating tho the law lawIt lawit It wakes n a difference whether It was two I or 22 I In the effect erEct his example might have upon tipon others In tho the Church Mr Mp he a ked W MY M Smith If I he lie had married any ni wives between the tho first and tho the last laRt he hc had mentioned dur during log ing his to tho ho committee e eI I 1 have said Mr lr r Smith How lIow V Three rhen Then you have hake h five 00 wives now no Mr Ir That Is correct was WM the response nOUN nOnN SINCE 00 90 Mr lr ruled that the tho question objected to WIN nf In 11 order ord r and directed the stenographer to read rend tho the question How many Inn children hava you O lund Imd since the manifesto of ot 1890 1690 18 0 since ISM 1690 said Mr Continuing he lie saM Each lacu of ot my five ne wives has hRS borne me children Since that time asked Mr lr nur flur rows JS Since that true time o witness re reo repeated pouted In answer I rather think ho he n that ono one OlO of oC them hem thel has hiss had bad three I could tell tel you a I little later Inter He Ito Je stud said slid In reply reil to Mr Taylor Tayler that list ho had attended the dedication exer nt at n t tho the HI st Louis Lul exposition exposi Ion and had csell been leon accompanied by his plural wife Edna I by name Senator fenar ell hid had been ben with wih them thom themon on ol that list occasion they tho hint had been beti photographed In n a group Kroup nE TO ro SMOOT In reply to a 1 question queston by b Senator Snoot Smoot he hO sall Each ach of oC my families hiA a I homo home ot or Its Is own oln In Halt Sni Sni Uko JAko and comparatively City near to each other othe Since Sineo the manifesto my custom has been to lve live wih with my first vIo at nt ather ather her home but I 1 have visited my 1 other families Camie Ho lie 10 also said replying to o Mr Tayler that ho he hail had been present at It the tho recep recell than tion to the thus president at It Sentor learns residence nt Salt Bait Lake city and that tha ho hue had haul had one ono of ot his I wives with w th him but that she alto was not the ono 01 whom h h ha took tok to t St Louis My attitude t ad my wives was van of ot general knowledge ha ho said ot counsel objected to the Uie to counse that Eons Ben tot tor Smoot knew nil all al the tho circumstances connected t with wih Smiths Smith wives w WI lifter J eCer to nut ull ut Senator Iel Smoot on the tho stand and let him tell tel what he knows knowl remarked Mr Ir Van Colt Being Hein nuked whether he Cot had taken the test oath In ISM m before voting Mr smith hesitated he and his counsel coun 1 asked that he Ito h bo lx b confronted with tn th oath oRth The Tho question WM sae temporarily To with drawn wih Senator Senator Smoot ever advise you OU to persist In your our polygamous cohabitation 1 Mr think not It I have hae never Mer so tar far ns an a I 1 remember r my private affairs with him Axe Aro Ao the apostles your advisers a 1 I receive CIc advice MIlco from rain nil itil 11 good IOd r men but hut no more snore from them than han other elders ciders of ot the lie Church Did they the over ever you ou to desist de lt Horn toni tho lie practise Not that I t know knol of ot residence Him has IM Mr 1 Smoot visited you JOI at your He lie U has been heen to my m first house where I snake make what may In be bo called my residence caled THE TiE TEASDALE CASE Asked about Teasdale ono one of the tho Apostles Mr Mi 1 Smith said Raid he know knew knol noth hug ing of oC his present relations He lie thought however that until two or thre thle years y ago ag Mr Ils h had haul two WiVes Mr 11 Smith also was WI asked about Apostle postIe post Join JOnn Taylor Talor and he ho said he lie In is II reputed to be n a I could coul not say ellY of ot my own know ledge have Havo you OU the tho slightest doubt of It I I l much doubt of ot It 11 Asked where Mr Taylor now IMI Is Mr Ir Smith said he lie hl did not know knowl that some weeks ngo ORO Taylor had b been cn sent lent to In Investigate a n of oC land offered tho the Mormons R and he lie had not heard front from Crol him since He lie had been In Mr Taylor Taylors homo In Salt ako City CI only once Could not an nn Apostle be a I lit ht without your our knowledge asked Senator Dubois Dubols Could nn an Apostle Ap te be a a it I polygamist without your our knowledge asked aske Sen Sea Senator tutor ator Dubols No sir not unless he ht violated the tho rules of ot the Church hurh and I dont think any An of ot them would do un that Then why say flY I think and ond I sup eup suppose pose IIO replied the tho th witness I never nevel saw slay any of ot them theist married to any nn woman Smith sold that lint Merrill Mr Ir Bal Apostles Apostle and leber J 1 Grant are to bo he he ho had Imd seen two women omen who tho were r pointed out nH as ni Mr Grants vives Ive Mr lr mint Grant Is II now nol In iii Europe In II tho lie Interest of tho the hutch Church He lie le has with Ith him hi hil second wife John Henry lelY Smith Is II the witness the the husband of ot two to wives Ho lie le l II Is a I kinsman of ot mine ho Mid Ild nii I know positively about him hint Did you ou ever oer him to desist from the lie polygamous practise It 1 never did I could not no consistently do 10 so 80 while 1 I myself was lii system Mr Smith was waR 1 about abut other Apostles Mr Cowley CowIe In is I ho lie said a reputed Clawson IH In not hot 10 Ho Ito was especially explicit concerning F P M of oC the tho Apostles and In Inthe Inthe the tho line of ot succession to hImself Mr Smith said abi that hint Mr being pro sent should answer for COI himself but but bu the tue committee Insisted ted and ho lie replied that list Mr Ir Lyman L man was reputed to have two wIves wIes have nn of ot these men mon taken plural wives wins since the manifesto of or naked Senator i 1 repent repeat wild saId Mr Smith bringing lila his flet down loWit on the table Ablo with whit wih some solute Ole OleI emphasis that since manifesto of I 1890 1800 no nfl |