Show I T SMITH TILL STILL Tf I G When the tho News ene went to pre press s la las night the tue testimony In the case of 0 Senator Smoot was still coming Tin The That which was as not in last night Issue Is I herewith presented making the continuous anal complete Washington March Attorneys 3 to f tor tho time protestants in Iii the Smoot tion today toony raid said they Intended to provo provi that tho the defendant is ass associated wit with nn an organization amy amity und and connives at violations of th tho thola hi law la and that his hili Very very cry vote voto oto as a n a 1 selL tor or of the th United Untied States Is subject t to ti tithe the tho wish anti and command of the Mot Mor Mormon mon mou Church President Joseph F FSmith J Smith confessed that he lie himself ha halt continued to cohabit with his plural plum fatally since the manifesto of 1890 an and that he ho realized realised fully Cully that he was yb hating the tho state laws latre President Smith also testified that Heed Smoot tried t to tc get thu the consent of oC his associate apostle In tho tIme Church Churca ho could becom ft i L candidate tot for senator Tho The confession conCession of ot President Smith was the sensation of the tho proceeding today before the ito nenoto committee 01 on on privileges nd elections el Mr Smith said that tho ito manifesto of iSO 1590 lad bad left let him and others with plural families li lithe Inthe In Inthe the unfortunate situation of ot being com coin relIed polled to defy clef det the tha law Ill or desert their theli families For himself ho ito preferred to take tako chances chanca with the tho law rather than to disgrace himself anti and degrade his family by b abandoning his wives and tho th children they had hall borne bonito him him himlie He lie admitted that he lie had hail had hod children by b all of his hla five fic wives since the time maui festo testo and said he had acknowledged acknowledge 1 them openly without Interference or 01 disturbance from the tue profile people of Utah whom ho hI li spoke of ot ns nim liberal and broad broadminded broadmInded broadminded minded Tho defendant will take tako the witness stand tomorrow Mr 11 Taylor faylor then asked concerning In instructions given to missionaries as us Ic io the tho teaching of Mr Smith wild said the tho book called Ready Heady References Is 18 used by mission missionaries aries irles This book he ho said contains a chapter on polygamy declaring that practise to be divine Ho He said the book was ivas an old one and he had no knowl knowledge knowledge edge dge of oC recent publications The marginal mar m r sinaI ginal note on the tho chapter on polygamy was Polygamy right In the tho sight ot of God GodMe Mr Me Smith added however that lint the use iso of this title book Is 18 almost entirely abandoned by the thue Mormon Elders do dong doing ing ng missionary work Tho rho standard works of at the thc Church he said were the books taken alien with them bout In reply to questions from Chairman Burrows Mr Smith said ho did not know whether or not lot the missionaries take tako with them th m copies of the tho manifesto of WO mo BUS sus pending polygamy as all an aim order of ot the Church hurch Mr Taylor Tayler asked how mahy amity wives Mr dr Smith had hod In 1590 mo Five said Mr Ur Smith Ho lie was questioned in regard to a II wife who was W II divorced from him and amat lied died many years before 1800 1890 Mr Smith protested that the Hus ques Hustons tons were very cry embarrassing and an I I dislike to announce my private anti and personal attain affairs I do it reluctantly and ind solely because e I am nun required to doiG do doso so iG 0 by this honorable committee This Thill matter matler Is going before the public pUblio and andI I do not want it i to appear that I am nun n a 1 spotter or an rn informer He added a 1 1 It If It there thero Is l anything I 1 despise It itIs Is III 1 nn on Infamous spotter and nn an In Mr Worthington objected obJect 1 also but no 10 attention was WIS paid raid to the protests hough though Mr air Tayler ceased the questions objected to lo He Iro asked however It If Mr Ir itt Smith had not claimed In 1888 1896 or 97 that Ms Ills wife vite Elvira was not di anti and whether he ho did not art of her estate osta 10 for tor that reason Mr Ir Smith declined to answer the question iii In regard to the property but butted dentell c n ted that he Ito had said eald she was di dl forced I IMe Mr Me Tayler Taylor asked concerning n I Roberts position as ns first president of th he IP first Seventy and asked If It Roberts vita as not elected to that high position petition ter he ho was Willi elected to Congress Mr sAid h lie he could COUll not remember In answer to questions by Senator tho the witness said Mr Mn Roberta Roberts WaS cas as elected by b the Seventy and that no It i objection had hall been beell made to his re ro cation In that high position Continuing he lie Mill I could rould tint not insistently object to Mr Roberts Roberta my may self and 1 I do 10 not riot know of any that could Then you ou place lace all of ot the a vent ventIn in the same category with JIb yourself your ur said Bald Senator Benator Dubols Dub li le liY leYes Yes Y s I suppose o said Mr Smith Do Io you mean menn that because be all aU met men tens of the Seventy are they could not nt object to Mr Roberts masked asked Senator Foraker No nt not n t at t nil all Mid said Mr Mt Smith You say that when you place pl pI o you oUi soil in ii the same category as IUS the Be Se Benty Bey nty onty H said Mr Foraker F That wits was Senator Dubols Dubois word n ni mine said raid Id Mr Smith When you OU answered you adopted tl tho thi word responded Senator Foraker Senator Benator Dubols went wen over the grout ground again and brought out o t the fact that o ot ob had not been made to Mr Ro Rot Robe nIB continuing In after atter U it ha hi had been proved he ho was IO a u polygamist Inquiry having h been made mallo by severe sever members of ot the committee as to wha what Mr Mi h Taylor Tayler expected to prove by ce cor fain tain questioning the latter hItter said saidI saida a I expect to prove that t Mr Smoot could not by any have pi put put himself elf up tip against his associates In h hi his actions I Not even cen In WN Oils vote ote M IU a n Unite United States tes senator risked asked Mr Irr tr No not even with his vote as i senator Benator responded Mr Mr mYler said Mr Smoot Would t be bi hound to t follow the direction of thi the I Church not only in attain I but also aho In temporal things I tinder the time definitions of the Church It i Is l Impossible to distinguish betwee the two to He lie would have hove to obey c 01 resign his apostleship Mr Tayler asked Mr Smith SI where when hh bia II property pro should go In case of hi his death My IY property would go to my heirs raid mid he hc and the property which I hold hoi In trust for Cor or the Church would goto go to m or orUo He lie was ves asked concerning the timo manage management ment meat of ot the News rind und sati anid I there was no more independent rape paper In Utah and anel that It was not governed governed by b the Church Who h la the editor he ho was asked Charles W Penrose answered Mi Mr fr Smith In answer to other questions Mr Mi Smith admitted that Mr Ir Penrose Is i 11 r polygamIst In answer to questions revelations Mr Smith reiterated for tor lormer former mer si statements Moments that such revelation were accepted or rejected at will wills that tha there Is li no restraint upon uron any except his pr her voluntary wish Hi lie still said he did not always obey obe the tho rove reve lations from trum God One Oute can obey or disobey with Im tm he added Then Thea that Is the kind of ot God you be believe hero lieve In iii 1111 saUl said Mr Tayler Yes Yea Ye tho the best kind of tad I believe In n declared Mr Smith with emphasis A ruling of the Church was quoted In li regard to the release of duties of cem cel lain tam members apostles or others It in In high positions In order to perform other duties and Mr Mn Tayler asked Was ii It It necessary for Cor or Mr Smoot to get consent to o run for Cor senator He lie had to got get the tho consent ot of his as all apostles and the first luneal l rell dency lency said Mr Smith In order to go gc before it foro the legislature lIe He obtained that hat consent When asked If any ono one else was given consent to run for Cor Smith said cald no 10 00 one had asked naked for Cor such consent An effort was made sande to show that Mr moot Smoot could not net act of ot his free Creu will but Mr itt It Smith declared the consent amounted to nothing more than a re no reo leae ease eato train from his hll duties dulleR In tho the Church In cuse use aie he lie was wall elected el Senator Hoar asked If It Mr Cannon wee was given ghen consent content to come to Congress and nd md Mr 1111 Smith that Mr Canon Can Canton Cannon ton non had bad never novel been un an official ot of the Church and therefore did not require Mr Smith said If Mr Smoot had per misted Isted In running for tor office without the of oC the tho Church ho would hot aYa lost his position but would be e o out of harmony with the twelve apostles pasties The Moses Thatcher Incident was tak taken en n 1 up and Mr Ir Smith said ho he had ru re renamed named for tor many years an apostle of ot tho ho ID Church though not In harmony with his associates He lie remained In that nat hat position until removed by bytho tho ho IQ apostles When asked Bilked tho time reasons ot p t the tho differences of or opinion between bot Mr Ir tir Thatcher anti the tho other apostles a Mr Ir In Smith said there thero were vere various causes luses Was WAIl It because ho desired to become candidate for tor United States senator For United States Slates senator or some something thing hung of that kind answered the tM wit wU witless ness less si The expression or something ot or that kind Ind md created amusement among the tho ho present Mr Tayler nAked concerning J M Tanner tinner formerly president of the Agri Agricultural cultural college of ot Utah who it wan Willi stale tate ate resigned his hili position for rot tho time rea rca rean reason son on n that the United States threatened to 0 Its lis support on the ground that hat at the head of ot the tho school was a poly pOI mist t Mr Smith said uld Mr Tanner was wb n polygamist The recent controversy at Brigham City ty over musicians mu was dC by Mr Mv I mith to have been a tempest t In a n ampo teapot and und only II a newspaper furore I 10 connect the Church with a II matter matterI In I which it was win not Interested official Iy Mr Smith In iii answer to questions by Chairman Burmas declared he had per performed formed formel no ala polygamous 1890 anywhere on earth Mr Dubois Dubole naked It If any of the Apos ties had performed such a 1 service anti ami Mr Smith said ald 1 If it they lied had they th would have been fined and amI imprisoned If found Cound rully and anti If It the charge could cou Id bo be proved the offender would be ho ex cx excommunicated excommunicAted communicated Senator Hour hoar made another request quest r for tor the tho tour four books Which have been do de by Mr Mi Smith as the tho standards of authority paying that they be needed beetled l In considering the Ito raM ease But ut Interposed Senator Dillingham I 1 suppose we can caul furnish our own Bibles Mr Ir Smith volunteered to supply all the volumes himself even the tIme Bibles If rr tho the committee desired to have copies cop lea of ot that book Mr Ir taylor Tayler devoted much attention to toa toa a discussion cf of C the lime Mormon ceremonies It was tas brought out that nil all high officials of the Church und all nil allot nilo ot cit o the lie Elders r are authorized to torn marry persons and that lint such Buch marriages aro nrc In accordance acc Cc with the state laws on that hat question The celestial marriage or lr the mar marriage tinge for tor or eternity Mr Smith raid was waR one of oC the the tho Mormon Church believed In This ceremony of or mar riago was vae described ns na one to carry two persons through heaven In happiness It often was JI when ono one party was 18 iliad anti sometimes when whon both parties partie were dead In that event y nt the tho thor relatives r of ot hb hb lr tel reH I resented them When questioned ly Iy Mr Smith admitted 1 that a man anti and woman both living were sometimes married for or eternity Mr Tayler concluded with Mr Smith anti and the delouse defense will examine the wit witness witness witness ness tomorrow |