Show M J Smith Was on the Wit Witness During the Entire ness Stand Sta Afternoon ABOUT ABOUl PLURAL MARRIAGES on the Revelation And Questions Its Hs Suspension by the Manifesto An to un tin March arch on ot tho MormOn Monnon In the tho tIt pro rO tho enata comm Itt el cee g and which Ii IA on protests against n d II g the his hI neat ent as A a senator Ii C rit h Joeph F Smith I ot of UIO tho Church was Willi the 1 g the d till all da day He was ques jUCS on cn t td In hi reIO to the tho pr I nc I p Ie II ile said he ho adhered I II o CI to 10 all nil the teachings of the tho thoI v Sen I h In that regard and nn that ula ho he 0 him 1 3 It had been visited with wit I 1 divine dl v I ne In Ins I n nt nI God dOd directing him as to tor I ns s 3 from rom t to the wel a I tl e church rJ though no HO angels tue ue 0 of the come to t him hini M lIS In the case a Smith to his uncle relf be ot the Church lie Bub aub Jr I cd to the ot of authority I the Church In relation to to the he rove r t made as aa commanding polygamy l u n to o the first president In a visit from an n angel nn el Ho olio Bald he 5 iu believed beleve In polygamy poly am The tes tee limon wa was In ln ft ii 1 slight degree Smoot and no attempt was vaS vaSai a defense curtail the tho ad nude ad ai by b the th to million minion of ot testimony until President Fm was questioned In relation on to y cohabitation of certain oft om rialS lJ of ot the Church before the mant mante fe e l t or of mo The Tho attorneys then ob l and end much time was devoted to tote the te testimony tel limon Th committee then sent Ito Into executive session and nd after a full lull determined to allow the te utmost latitude to the hearings which means that court practises will to ls avoided The rue protestants said Mid they this ai III a victory for tor them The Te committee will hear henr practically all alt the prosecution has hu to offer and dolor deter determine mine what Is ts competent At an executive session of ot he tho corn com following the afternoon hearing II it ns as decided to meet every day at atU U 9 1011 a m and remain In session until 1 U m in meeting again at nt 2 p m and continuing throughout the tho afternoon Five members Including the tho chairman will constitute a 11 quorum At Al the t e afternoon session Mr Smith vii cal again on the stand Before Detoro pro proceeding ceding Mr r Hoar said he wanted to understand one out more moro point In regard to the revelations and that was ns whether women members of the Church were vere permitted to vote roto on questions of ot or rejection of revelations Mr sir lr Smith answered that women voted on Ce all of these matters motters II was wai AI brought out that the tho supreme court decided d In 1878 1818 In the tile cite that plural marriages as WI a practised In the Mormon ormon Church aro are out ou and aM r Taylor Tayler asked whether whet he I tho Church hutch accepted that ruling of the tho su supreme preme court Mr Smith answered that tho the law on onIbe th tt Ibe question was vaa natty finally paused pul ed on In iii InUS US m 1 and since that time line he had no krowl le of ot any plural marriages taking place lace Detoro that time and ande ilD Ilece e the tho Reynolds decision he said he ho knew of some come such marriages In Ii answer to a question Mr tr Smith pall laid that prior to 1862 1662 when the plural In the Church were declared t ty y the tha Church to b be constitutional had been lIeen practised uin In u II limited way iray Mr Ir Inquired concerning tho for tor the line lino of questions con concerning polygamy ns liS ho he said ho he Mr Ir Smoot was not charged with lIh being a 11 Mr r Tayler explained that ho wanted to mow show that tho the demands of tho the Church are Ifs such ah that It might affect Mr MI Smiths allegiance to tho the United States Mr Ir Worthington said that tho the line IIno of Widening questioning vas Wa following out matters matterson on OD n which there was tins no dispute and which ar a Admitted by his Went client At tn tame ae time he said tho the nue qU relating to a n mans private beliefs and convictions to are Improper and that Lint If It M U were attorney for Mr Mc Smoot ho lie cul alIso him to decline to answer Mr Hr Burrows ordered Mr Ir Taylor Tayler to tweed with tho the case aM tho com tco took no io II notice of ol 0 Mr Worthing Ion tens on i objection Continuing the tho In ID relation to divine Mr T naked asked In regard re to the tho manifesto to ol ot Prudent Woodruff In 1890 lito corn com a suspension of the tha require ment nt that polygamy be bo practised In the 1114 Church and also alHo the prayer for tor westy In 1831 I Tho The questions queston were and nM an were to ascertain certain nil Sr er the members mcm r of it th h h Nil tn these declaration if c tho the con of ot cohabitation ot those pro loUel married MIned hUr lit Smith said Mid It t wan Willi regarded that they e did affect such HUrh persons uW Mr r Tayler asked Do no you go eo O regard Th command did eM not riot change chanc my 1 y On the question of plural mar mal hi h answered tl further on the same eu for lor r hl his personal belief bellet Mr I l plural mar r arts to v bo be right Mr Ir TaYler then askel it If It I its true that at the rev revelation l lon declaring plural 5 tres gs remains In the tho books of AU an tIe the Church hurh U 55 n 4 part of tho th teachings s of ot also Mr r Smith said aid that It WM trite Ito said Mid that ho the u o wu declaring the W prInciple le n not in 11 was WAI fully understood Mr lr Ir n nurrI stood dIrected a number of to tr Smith bearing the upon Of M Mr r Smiths chewers to Ills his belief In and 01 C the divIne revelations lie I ou In ration rev 01 I JoSph h i Smith Jr In regard and and still think It la Is rs And the Woodruff d manifesto ot of resident President a mu 1 lu of ot the tho Polygamy Wm m ift a It I nell nou princIple Willi ivr n 1 revelation lion 1 ro Gi how ran can One bo be Pressed Mr Jur and tho th other othor In favor tavor ot of loly 1 atolls IU It lr tn a both In my InY belief said ald nr t I I J wn wa In ThOu re than never Mor have hav on ens wife It I As Aa I terru It IL Mr hoar In tho last does not tig former ormer hut bu merely d mal Y still PrInciple b be It I C tu 4 Innocent believed t that tho 1 al and a poe but bIll tie ns the tho Ito PM Command the to con It IN iii Urh to t the members ot of the tho Church on ural thc t Em t Mr Subscribed Mr Tayler n asked 1101 II i to number ot of lueNe aM Others n ii Cannon ot o the tho Sr to bring o the tho Mormon witness faith knowl In 1 edge of the questions whether or not they were polygamists and whether they had married since the manifesto of 1814 18 Mr Smith raid aId he lie was WIlB acquainted with Lillian H II who was known know o n a l the wife of ot Mr Cannon Connoll but that he lie had hod never teen seen her hor before 1855 mG Mr Ir Van an Colt Cott on oi behalf of Senator Smoot made a protest against Into the conduct of 01 persons not Inter Interested ested In the case Ca and asking questions which could have Mft no bearing on It be before before fore tore the Iho committee He lie referred to questions which had hat been heen asked by Mr MI Hoar concerning Mr Ir Smiths belief and questions by Mr Burrows In relation to tho the Inconsistency of his hili belief Mr Van Cott declared that the state laws lae protect ct a n person In his belief bellet no matter what wh t the tendency of at the tho belief bellet so eo long Ion ns as there Is no practise In viola lIon of ot law mw and nd that lint therefore there tore the line I of questioning wan wa as not reaching any end He read rend from Mr TaVIers state statement tit statement ate ment that Mr MI Smoot was wan all not net charged chargO with any offense ottense cognizable by b law In Mr Ir Tayler said ho he was Ins pursuing the theline line lino of ot Inquiry set pet out In the protest against Mr lIT Smoot to the effect that tho the president of ot the Mormon Church and the majority of the Twelve Apostles Apostle were wore practising polygamy lie He referred to in Mr Smith ng liS the dailY associate and superior for In M the Church of Mr Smoot and en said Id that Mr Smith Is the husband of five fIe wives Ivell and believes still In the principles of or polygamy Do you ou expect to prove proc In that con Connection that the tho president and the Twelve Telo Apostles form torm n a propaganda of ot polygamy nuked naked Mr WI e do da said Halil Mr Tayler Then n I think tho the course taken Is 19 pertinent said Mr BeverIdg Mr Ir Worthington In reply to Mr Tayler said that the charge that Sen Ben Senator Benator Senator ator Smoot had taken an nn oath as Apos tie which would bo be In conflict with his oath to support the Constitution of the Iho United States State by hy reason of ot the tho fact act that tho the apostolic hierarchy was WM com coin composed composed posed of ot men violating the laws of polygamy 1 said That oath was taken In 1900 and all cli clithe the tM evidence Introduced thus thun tar far goes to show how that since that time the mom memo members bers bore of ot the hierarchy hierarch have not been Pledged to polygamy TIro witness was asked aked In regard to the polygamous marriages of a certain Mr Teasdale an Apostle In the Church Wo We have not made objections before the testimony was taking an un Irrelevant turn because we realize rea lizI that the practise iso tise of a f court of Justice cannot obtain In a ii committee hearing But Hut now on nn attempt Is made to bring In testimony In regard to the conduct of ot this Mr Teasdale some 15 IS 20 or 30 years ago agol If l you ou are tying tryIng to prove merely that borne iome members of the Church have hao via yb kited the laws law of at the th land and anti judge Mr Smoot from that point of view you might ns as II well close the hearing now The Tho committee went ent Into executive session at 4 p II in m to determine the tho ad advisability advisability of the testimony |