Show Prest Smith andy and y Senator float Hoai Injunction Bishops of the Chris Cbs Christian i Lal r Quotes tian liall ha Church Mist bt he and lic be Husband of f One i Wife to 10 Which Wc tile the Founer Responded At Al A Least One SW I I to the the N ND cw I v D C March The TheIn If In tM tile hc cn of ot ofAs 11 day o of r th b C b nil t 1030 with en ent t Id torl flu I As 11 usual the theta thoro tl tUI of the 1110 com m nug not were Lir to form forn a 0 quorum thIr 1 In SOB otter after the tho time timet as R s t t I it 1 be before f ore u i I a k er entered e eman ami man nearly the HIe pame vevy ety Id a quorum adorned i ot of O n spectators I DR on each a I of the the evidentlY Ut the I S ta their friends friende that th O 1 grent t to the the family of nt ofIl Into nil Il aho hO like r ry II bors are not In nr taIr 01 O busl bul own habIt 01 J their the for me or six s lx new faceS 11 le the he t th the has haB Icen een affair devoted largely largeY large ol a ther h a ln and the doctrines of f ant an to with which Fd a few Cew Of 01 tl 1 I wih country countr ot of tho the to In hi ecton tho the morning aea acs w and rd J even een ale aC J did not l without further further en Inn n on this his t subject for tOl Preal I m response e to o 11 and I o th t I the tite Church tend read In of women wOle of 0 t sections of ot tho Doc tone erton I defining the tho duties trine rine and Covenants B dutes i Ho Be had the pro profound proof itly code co e ct of o I th t t found lound JO attention a of ot every man aM wo Bin an In the room and It was waa t easy n SY y to sea seo H the members mtr rom rs of the tho senate se ate commit II tn u were deeply Impressed Hut tho h w wa 1 i livened up by b a hearty heart laugh Indulged In and enjoyed e db by sen IC n iton atou and spectators when Sena en d Mr tOr t Hoar floor called cale attention to the tho scrip scriptural tural taral injunction which sos nys that Osh must ho bo h ei cr of 01 the Christian Christan church and th thA husband of ono one wife It I At lust one on wife commented PreM Preal l tent Cent nt Smith and Senator Hoar accept d 1 the correction and Ind Joined In the loogh lugh which hh followed Again there waa was another salle hen he explained that the du tl tIn Ilu i of ot bishop require an experienced Dan irin tan Yesterday morning Mr Ir Toler was ule certain that President Smiths Smith s would be concluded yester yesterday yesterday day afternoon Hut lut tho the venerable head of 01 the church occupied tho wit Dell rin chair dining daring the entire entro morning fusion Fetson Ulon and the th indications arc that It II I will alit 1 be bo un I n hour or more before ha lie heun liei i can un be b I this afternoon Pint Iut hull hul hour lime wn WI consumed In 1 rs to many and somewhat prolix u by bv Senator Hoar 1001 concerning the relation of 01 women wom n to the tho Church 1 plenty nui ii ouch their power us tie lS uteri all ni of ot f which were ivero answered In Intall InI I detail tall by Mr Ir Smith He lie le was waR then thel J questioned QU ton l 11 l Mr MI Tayler as ne 1 to the tho date dat ol of M I F r F lolo s election as tie ni nn 11 au Apo tle and M u l o m ftC I to an nn address ho homade homade homade made at th II Weber her stake reunion re ut at tt Orden Jun Jim V 1 lie Ire read n a re I tw Pr of ot that th Idress from tho the N Nt i of ot tho th Ih 2111 and asked If It I It ne a 1 correct exir utI t t to which nn an n n 4 Ply was Ia w r rJ president I ex Pl M that 4 the address IS ae not a n public tut ut ir I r p but hut was as delivered to toMm tome Mm Ionic me of t It higher with wih the tho 4 of pining Ming II through his hie aunt n 3 w Emit that It woe Joseph Jr and ad r l n nt t Fit Young who first Nol t doctrine d of ot polygamy Ie lie added add d th t h 1 would not nt have had hod 4 the ren had ho ha been con on lulled b bc i he hoe has avoided titter uter tog Ing 11 hl 1 i 1 public which could be t advocating the right of io I marriages since II nee 4 the merit Later Inter ho caused ono oe 00 of the th to lo wilce again when then uk I Ii a h V of o the hAd had hadn hr br n to 10 them lint s 1890 10 lb declared 11 t hl hui no knowledge the 01 oh t t U x l I am tun not i a MM ld nt aP paId pUrr nr or r informer SESSION t minute Tho Th ft i 11 n fe slon n it few of the tho at wih members I hO absent There pr 1 fl or 01 Ix pOt not lom mem talor who w tuM j la cs among the thc spec Th to tho the than Wt sv I J ever lr m n nI women tah lh hoth 0 In effort to tor tight ot or 1 elor II who have been I Is Tho room WI Mat heat about Q fUllA of or o tho the thoAt Ie iC 1 nit At tenet BW GO OG to 10 entrance th t ilay hut but II r orle ortere front from I will WIH hOt Ot lh t wi It rn to tr Ir 1010 become J h hI hJ by ot or tho I OO C tomato C 0 Crl In a In his hl haunt tl rl sent lie Ho 1 n bl k car bag front Out ut which ho o toW 1 If bok or 1 I of ot Ih I s I elicIt tk Ih e ot of ni n to the of 01 r b by Aty itly I I f I lul I j n hung use usen tho G fler I t dUlled to which Mr In p ort d In to the record of ot tho the hearing This Thil por portion tion lon of the tho hearing proceeded proe with lit l littie tie to Interruption until Senator Dover Bover enquired what he lie expected to prove from Crom extracts cx from the tho hook Jook of or Mormon Doctrine awl Covenants auth RII U 13 J H II J work on Mormonism I IJ Ho Ito J that he ho h desired desh t to show hov how revelation were received and 1111 also aleo alsoto to tl hov that what the tho Mormons be ho bellevo hove levo and ld accept o cePI tho the Apostles AI oRtes must ac no accept In n answer to 10 question of ot Sena Sella Senator tor Hoar as IS ie to 10 what part Pitt of oC President s statement nt lie he hI proposes to con cout controvert COl l Mr 1 Taylor paid that he ex ox expects ta tn tC prove that plural marriages have occurred since sluice BW 1890 and that the doctrine of ot polygamy Is II promulgated and spread broadcast throughout tho the earth Ho no declared that he lie could rOII not undertake und to nay WIY 1 that Senator Smoot II had hiatt performed such u n o or O was waR personally cognizant of ot such violations of oC the law II but hut that thatus us as IR n a member merhe of ot th the tho Mormon Morlon liter hier hierarchy archy ho Ito 10 was wn responsible for t violations of ot the tim law One Oe On of ot the tho 11 most mOlt remark remarkable able ahlo features ot of tho the hearing Is 18 that senate generally fall fail fal to keep run of ot the testimony t anti consequently tho tue statements ntA or of witness must be he reiterated and ami repented r over and andover petted over again Mr Taylor expected to occupy 30 minutes In rending extracts front from Crol of oC books blk of ot tho Church corollary publications and nn yet et he lie hind hM not finish finished ed this reading nt at n t 3 At Taylors request a I pamphlet p entitled tied Thin The Thatcher episode wn Wil woe or ur ordered dered doroti printed ns as R part of tho record Ho lie 10 also alro AI rend rd an n extract from lie tho revised rols d statutes Utah anti and Its Ia Cone Constitution I and statutes of ot the tho state so 10 fur far faras til furas as ni It I relates to polygamy and closed closet rending reading nt at r p 1 m In InD n D Fr WB OlIrS President Smith wits was then n placed up n tho the for tor cross examination by b attorney for tor Senator Smout and ami explained his big hi previous tee tes testimony nony an tie ll to revelations loel received by h hother other members and und official of ot tho the Church other tItan than the First Presidency Ho Ito said that lint t according to his hits best recollection lection the tho last revelation which has hal come COlI to tho the Church officially In II the past poet 20 years Is that revelation commonly known ns as lS t be IO manifesto 10 I t to Ho I described I the manner In iii which the revelation was 01 presented accepted and explained tho the method of at holding boWing conferences which ore oro usually attended by b 1 ten to 10 fifteen OCell thousand men and women WI ilen In II about equal numbers He lie said sll that In future futuro editions of ot Iho tue Doctrine and Coy Cov Covenants CO ho would use his huts to 10 have tint manifesto Incorporated ed 1 LUKAL L IA IUt AG Prest Smith Testifies Practise PI Ir Inaugurated by b J Smith Jr JI Washington March President Joseph Josah F I Smith of or the tho Mormon Church wits was WIS called to 10 the stand by b Senator heator tor Hoar at tt n tho the opening of ot proceedings before bem tho the commit committee tee too on privileges cs and elections In 11 11 tho the Investigation of ot protests against Sena Senator tor Smoot of oC Utah Senator Hoar desired Information on 1 the tw subject oC of tho the rIghts of ot women In iii tho the Church Chulch and Ind whether they thc hold any In priestly author authorIty authol Ity I it Mr 11 Smith mild women are regard regarded ed euI I an aD canals flu 11 of ot the tho men uncut In all ni matters of ot voting oUng but that In holding holing priestly are not lint nt regarded Ian on tho tIn sauna Kainu Suli plane Ho lIe 10 explained lint tha the women have hao n a charitable association l as alt tho lie Women omens Heler HodolY In 11 which they tho have authority to per perform r form certain prescribed duties dute This Thin Thil authority Is confined to the relieving of or but hut women are not hot ordained Priests Apostles or 01 Elders HIn Emm Mr Mc rn ler naked about M t 1 CowleY one of ot the APOstles o te anti and Cow Cowleys leys talks on 01 doctrine und and In to tu by hy Dubois Dubols Mr sold said Ral Mr Cowley was Wil elected as an Aposto In 1897 1891 Beading from the tho ho Newl or nt Juno 23 1893 regarding n a speech by hy Mr Ir at nt the tho Weber Voter Mr Taylor naked Mr South Smith If I he was true 19 correctly reported In that tho the doctrine WAS tas M rev revelation revelation of or plural n a re elation by ly b Gout God to Joseph Smith Jr and to tG reject that bo be b equivalent to n a 1 rejection of lt God himself Mr believed ho lie was correctly report reported ed and when triton hen a n list of ot names of or those present including H was rend read Mr AIr Ir said n tho the list was cor correct correct correct Ho lie declared that he lie would ouM not have hail had hll tho the published It If ho lie had been consulted Pressed Irese for tor n a reason he sold said that ho lie h won MOM under Injunction not to 10 teach the tho of ot hilly 1 suit and that he lie had refrained front from no so o doing In public Hoar called attention to 10 th the Iha fact flot te that the speech coh was AI teaching po pa In private to tho the Important and ond Influential gathering nt at the tho Mr Ir Smith said Mid his hlA statement Was via WI merely to let set ct right a matter of ot hl lory In In the who Iio In InIn I InIn In regard to who inaugurated the ys I tun tin of vr plural marriages Homo held Iehl that Young 1 tho the first he said ald all and ond I know It II WOI Joseph Smith and I brought forward my 1 clint nurit W v who had hall received revolted the tho endow endowment fluent ment from nt at Sho was Wil tho the last living witness and I took that thal occasion to 10 it a I false falsa statement It I was n a 1 matter muter of ot history and not aoL nOll n a teaching Mr 11 said eaUl 84 he ho hall had avoided teach lenh but tut u tho Ile ito I had not nol In any In manner changed his hI convictions on the question of Gt plural lurl marriages HOAIl HOAt AND I Senator Hoar asked Mm Ihn 1 why wh he avoided PracticIng practising he hind lind hll lucid held hel tf to II be a divine command anti the witness answered It I tue Wil because of ot the more marc recent manifesto the practice Senator Hoar persisted that Hint according nl to the witness own statements the practise had not been stopped Sen tutor I Interposed abruptly that the witness wines hind gone over Oer that mattel 60 o times and auth hn ha could see nee no purpose of at the thc continued along that limit line Senator Hoar resented tM thiO lne Inter hun Interruption and sold raid suggested that he hUll had d done one Ole question queston 50 5 54 times Ims awl and had received CO to o answers S He lie le objected to the Infer Inference elide ence and nail when wh l Senator Pointer lc arose to answer he too stood up lP The Tho two fared faced each oilier cither In threatened to bo he hf a n serious Hen Sen ator sold said the flue senator train from lu te could lil sa ny what h hI lue Pleased of ot curse course lint but I have hate not said he Ie asked BO tO quest Ions I accept the I I ho disclaimer ml I hO C E from tho lie m tutor ator from Ohio Ohto responded Mr ir 11 I 11 rl but tIme the n manner In lu II wh l It was WO Mil failed to 10 relieve thin tw After ter more united heated words Senator Rev Bev Hr who occupied a position Ilo 1 direct lon ly Iy I between the two requested sion 1101 to ask Ok n a question He lie 10 Mid saimi lie hI wanted to address Mr Smoot moot ami Immediately substituted the name Immune I e Smith In time the th laugh honshu thAt won was 01 pro pru provoked both hoth senators sat Bat down nd the hearing continued MY BY hI l hIGl Senator desired ui to t know whether the th hutch Church considered that limit tIm the laws were store being heln obeyed when n polygamous cohabitation had continued the manifesto of oC USO 18 O and made the more molo t 1111 pr er He Iii I said You have hlo soil said toll today tod that you ou were tero obeying the laws lans ICIA In iii 11 not 1101 teaching polygamy since tho the manifesto was vae promulgated ted Ho no you 0 think you yomi 01 Were obeying the law In II having 11 II children from different mothers lot bell since ahac 11 that time I 1 lobe obey the time law mit en 10 far ns its teaching Is 18 concerned I J have not lot said salmI that hint 1 I havo hlo obeyed the tue law lam In my II III practice As Al I have wild said before I preferred to take my m mCh Ch with wih tho lie luw rather than to tl abandon my nuy I plural families lee Polygamy tins has not been beel taught In the Church by any ni of the hue officials The Tho Church lion ban obeyed et tho Iho lie laws lawn even ascii eyel If I I hIO not saId mild Mr Ir Smith had hail been made l lo many lAn I times to 10 the lie revelation commanding and Ild Senator saId paid that although h tho tim ground may have been heen covered before lie would like hiko Iko to have It I go on mu the time record In an answer totter Awer to this question When where wl ro anti nl how was Wil the lie Injunction In favor of at polygamy nm received by b the Church m ON o POLYGAMY Mr Smith explained that the revels rola tOI tion was WiS made lo to Joseph Smith Jr nt nl In Iii 11 ISIS 1843 but was nut publicly proclaimed on account of lit thia th disturb disturbance uh once ance against nl Smith Tile Tie he ho saId paid haul been taught by Joseph Smith to Young and his hue associates and preserved by h Young It I was taken Inkel to the Salt Sni like Lake valley In 1847 and nn In was proclaimed by h Young and nn ac Re accepted accepted as us a n revelation Does hunt answer your our question asked Mr Ir Smith It I answers as to when and where but not hot how said Senator What I to know Is whether the members of ot the tho Church ucro wro com coin compelled to practice the lie polygamous mar muir marriage ar and If I that thuat Is truo true why wh It is only olly that three or nr tour four per cent of ot the tho Mor Mar Mormons mons have practiced practised ed what whal has been declared to be he n a command AND ANI COVENANTS Mr Mc h Smith called for a a copy of ot the book hook of ot Doctrine and Covenant and I read n a part pare ort of oC the tho ho revelation which lu 1 ht said Mid lund had been accepted ac In imi the nature of ot permission to take aims plural wives and not mandatory tho the WIS upon tun mem Inel hers here of ot the 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