Show TESTIMONY I Ir IN r MOOT CASEI Been Deen Adduced to has lias a Connect the Senator With Prop Propaganda Propaganda Propaganda of PolygamY THE COMMITTEE STAND H iloW W Favorable and nd Arc Are While Burrows and nd Dubols Dubois Me Arc Hostile March u J s I In the th Smoot en WN WIC Men feeling of d by the tho Surf not President Smith wa ens clIster or oror Md moro or i adroit In hi his In ho ed by hi hil hia ex cx made P a b beter better Church nf If ons of Ho lb nUo nIo Improved heretofore le fAIrs the he opportunity when questioned eon con rOi In tho book of II g varIous gM to preach n it non M and and tho Mormon doctrine on on th widespread nth wW wUI hc have ve I Iare In tho ho printed documents which tion ton are Issued reporting tIe thc hearing BIAS nIS 01 w COMMITTEE hearing showed showell but little fur Cur tier light uron tipon the subject or of polygamy Ut tho the relating D u 1 practised pra exclusively to Its lt Introduction lt Is doctrine of Ut the Mormon Mornion m Ha I A Curth anti and whether tha tho Mormon Church by b the manifesto of at 1100 HOO really renly C to discontinue Its ita la touching mid and Ind Senators Hoar DU Dim Att Tn Toy bole relIeved At Pr ur entirely of tho ho part of ot In hi li anti ami propounded mOlt most of the ho Questions ant President Smith va rolled lm to 10 The trend of the QUeR que Honing by these senators revealed pret pretty prett ty t 1 dearly clearly del that Forker toward Senator disposed ire are ae oset faM that narrows III Dubols arc Irl tc that Hoar h I deeply dee I Interested tell In bringing to lor the surface nil 11 of ot the peculiar r fl fe v tuTu turn of Senator alo aPo Joined In lu and re rl r mare sl when the core co of ut m H II flobert wai wa mentioned 0 1 1 vetel to 10 seat Win him WinA himA him himA A large larKe number of ot senators nut not nt nn the tho election committee 1111 mem nem members em bers bm bu of at the houst hou attended hearing amon omon amol them Palter Iatter Pater ton Ion Drydon Kean Kenn und and Ind Bacon Hacon who took All nn Active arle pin part In the thc lie Roberts 1111 Chaplain 1 Hale Hille vera wera listeners The hearing MII enlivened in by a controversy Hour hoar HOr r who renown thou went wrap Mil on oil th hA Ivor loOi of ot tho the and each mh Informed the he other In lii mert rj that he lie waR wan not speak kg Ic he tho th truth truthA A SIO FACT PACT It h ii I as n a significant 1 Hint hi his his been adduced In the trial I a yet I to tf t connect Smoot with the mia cn 1 In II he the Indirect t way In nn I he hI hot I l tint tnt the Church li ii I the principal defendant And an n nt Th 11 rho still tl hll tK it Ins I mid ma out I ut 19 Ita ta ens rIS cui Krom rOI what has hl I ton I n by 1 t the 1st of or Pros I tol litI nl Smith the Iho prosecution contend that of If tm lila 1 Church w I criminals crIminal In II the the thu eye t of tho the law I be lx beu ht u ue e nf f their hem 1111 I tnt plural ph u ru I to 10 0 arId and that thaI Mr Ir linn haM not I k them ther hut has haa hua continued to a I 1 hll with theta them thel as ni n on one 11 of ot tr item m and the tha expect to toI I show MOT that should Mr tr Ir Smoot be hI I N j that a members of the Mormon should hOull not muot be admitted to pub i 1 lie Mice f e 1 l On the other oth r hand 1111 the defense con conI I I tl i that every etry el r oilIer I nod ami member r of J I tt ti r Church h has ha faithfully observed tho the J i prohibiting II nl plural and that hat none rone non such ouch have been heen Ilc I entered Into tutu lince the passage Ju nu of that law 11 la Plum I II Ies es who vho ho were married Prior to tn that J ii they M nd adult I nfl ar re benu latter t than n nell H It Is also so I con comi d that ih t 10 ll 1111 I Is 14 II II no 10 II longer col 0 or and that 1 tt tb le of the thc mom mem br br a acts ts of hi own n free will and hilt ac ILC C CI wi III 01 J I I rio or the t I ec OIN of thu ho sit n t lou councils n 3 che he Ie PI And It ll Is 8 that 1 Ir Sm Smoot H a Vates or 01 ne ac net tl In lou tin r In If th the nate are to dC die t n of M h his feli n L AP o es or that tho I dominates d om I In business ami poll pol polI I S hen he the ft nf erMon session of the time 1 the th e Mr 11 ir TaYler r road rend from t bk boik r i it 10 S and nd d tho thoa tit revelation n tr f t a t KI l the e teem Seer eel eer h hI h hath had J K 0 i ln lii 11 II ff that thai I Mi to receIve lve rovia w la lai lon th that none other othur ho he heb ch it rOM o n i he I taken am then to ChOn til b choen through 1 1 him I 1 only on y Many I other extracts from reve revelations lotIons lations were ieru wert read reaul Including IncludinG that re ru relating hating lating to marriages mind and tho the authority to real for tor eternity or orto orto to 10 perform celestial marriages TheRe Thene Thc c were Incorporated Into Inlo the thc record cord ns as n ft it 1 part of the tho testimony The Thc hook hool on by BrIg ham II H was ss sa next taken tuk n up tip and In the manner UJ Senator Hour hoar In n a 1 lengthy statement over the tho testimony has hns been be n nI Introduced I nt said mild It I would be known whether Mr Ir Taylor fuler expects I to controvert fact laet as ns set net forth by hy Mr Ir that thuit there have been no marriages since Ince ISO 1890 lS but that those theme who had lund plural would continue to cure care for them thol 1 I expect to show mid Mr Ir Tayler To IH that plural have hlo been heen In Utah BInco 1590 And that Mr dr Ir had hiatt knowledge of them theta naked asked Mr dr II I Whether with hum bin knowledge I can cannot cn cannot not I cannot connect nUi sar 11 name nao with lh every word I 1 utter titter uter said sal Mr Ir Taylor Tayler I expect to show that t these ajar mur lur have hn been consummated 0 among of th the Church and ant that Sen ien Senator ator atur Smoot as its l a 1 of ot that t hit archy must had hall knowledge of or the tact fact Many tany Ion questions from the hook book railed called I ArtIcles Articled of Faith were Included In tho record among them lucia ono which tie re 1 that the chosen of Clod lias hus Ima the tho Fame authority to 10 teach hii hibi IH word and make lunke commands mis UI powerful us though they the ouno cambie from tho the Savior Thin was IM read to sustain revelations to Joseph JO lh Smith Jr or II his successors A pamphlet on Urn the Thatcher episode by I iwIn O 0 1 Woolley Wole was rend read In 11 which It was t nM said that If It Thatcher per pe Istel In hU his hil candidacy for fOl oi the te on 01 a n platform not In harmony with tho the wishes of ot time the Church tIme the logical out outcome come collIe COIC would he be to cut him off of ar from train the Church It H was Mated by b Mr lr Woolley WoollY It would be tho thu samo If any Rny other person verson In iii the Church Chulch should per persist Hist In iii II tom for olle In contradiction Ion tion ton of ot the thc of If tho the Church Mr Ir was wn then token In by I the defense and 1111 questioned by hy Mr tr Worthington tol Mr Mm I Worthington called railed attention to an nn apparent tency toney ten in lut II regard to the tho authority of more moore ore than one person to receive re vela cla louts Ions Mr I Smith saId cald fall that only onh the president dent could receive 1111 revelatIons for tor or the though thought every 10 member of the Church could coull l el for his hil providing tiny tiltY Ih lived hived lcd worthy worth to receive Inspirit Inspirations front from Clod hod Cod I Time The revelation received r accord according ing tug to Mr Mu Smith was In 1892 1852 and to 10 nt John Taylor Talor calling two twomile men lel mile to time the apostolate That Is the hue only ono one ole In 22 2 years or 1 sold nII Mr Ir Worthington Thu only one ona except the thc manifesto sold said Mr Ir Smith Why Is II It I that tho the manifesto mines does not In the Doctrine and Cov Covenants l o chants with wih the other revelation nak itak naked ak ed el Mr Ir OMISSION OF OP MANIFESTO IANI ISTO It I Is lii nn on In oversight I should judge I belo o now from frol what I 1 have he heard It should bo he b In II and I certainly will wi ihl use tuso my In Influence to have It Inserted In thc Ito next edition published answered Mr MrS Ir Smith S malt it Do you OU amend amen the Bible by b pointing out certain that should not hot bo ho ton taken literally leml asked Iske Mr tr Ir Worthing Worthington tonNo Koi No lo we ve do tie not interfere with wih the 1111 James version of ot that lint book bok was wan the lie Do you OU contend tho time niblo should be amended Mr Ir Taylor Tayler asked of the counsel Well Wel I do tb bellevo he I 00 there thern ore are somo things In tho tIme Bible nible Mr l 1 wag wal saying Haying when Senator Hoar Hoat Inter Interrupted 1 hastily with tho the statement that such discussion hind bad no place In tho the hearing Mr Mu put 1111 Into Inlo tho the record the Ihn manifesto and 1111 many manny In other docu documents ments which had been he en Ignored Ignore by imy Mr Taylor and then resumed questioning IU the tIme witness UTAI 1 Mr Smith that the time law In mak lunk making lug ing III polygamous pI cohabitation a ii I tVIS passed by hy tho the terrItorIal leg legislature leI which was M overwhelmingly composed d of Mormons Mormon that the lime constitutional convention alto also 0 composed romlo of ot n a 1 largo large majority of ot Mor Mormon mon lImos no 10 O that the existing of ot Utah legislating against co eo cohabitation rl habitation really were the tho result of ot tho time efforts of lul themselves Reference was to tho the I bill 1 which passed tho time senate on oum 01 March S 5 1501 t OI and n a I tow fow to days later Iller the house houMe This Thin bill bil provided that no 10 pio iro tot for to polygamous cohabitation l shoUld bo ho Instituted except on out com coal complaint plaint of ot husband or wife The ho hill bill bi was VaK vetoed by b by 0 Wells Weil Mr Ir bait hiatt said Mit he lie ht was Wil In favor of ot time tho bill il nail was stun UM asked kell why wh Wen Well It WHO 11 rather u n persona per onal mat amat matter tom ter tn with wih me mae mf I Ir ono ommo of ot those un unfortunate 11 fortunate or otherwise men who had ti IL I numerous fatally family nod and wo we were tho the prey of a n Individual who 11 was 11 continually spying Into matrimonial nial relations I thought If it such a 11 law lass was WOR passed pasHed It would ho bo tv us 1 boon hoon to tv n ni nn well wel as im n a relief relict to tho In Inu Ina u a similar position and put an nut ni end to this continual spotting of or our nur private affairs I 1 spoke to u it 1 few fow friends about thin Mil bIll ti but to nun none of tho the numbers of or ortho tho the legislature Senator Hoar n a number r of or questions to determine time thc relative weight t of ot revelations tons and R nd the law of ut tho the land bail when tho the two como come tutu Into con contact tact and Ind linked particularly In regard to te l the tho th old Mr tr r Smith said that with thus the older members It wa tho the effort to uphold tho the laws but hut with lh tho Iho thi younger they u n lIttle hard to control tho the question up to the tho later Inter Ilter periods Senator Hoar wonted wanted to know how what Mr Ir would woul do tie If It I time tho revolutions roell titus 1011 conflict with time tho law lass 11 Which would woul you ou obey nbc ho he wits was asked II Wih With me perhaps tho tIme revelation would woul be he uppermost said ld Mr AIr Ir Smith Cnn Can you ou MU say ay perhaps to such BUlt a aque question que 7 Interrupted Mi Mm 11 liner Hoar se so severely 1 verely Continuing he soul Suppose SU Me Meon you yon on receive u I revelation commanding your cur people J to do II something which would woul conflict with the law of ot the thc humid hind 1110 Which would woul they have to obey obe obeTia Tia TAKI TAI I CHOICE CHOICE Whichever they pleased was wal the reply There Is la no rio 10 compulsion Then ho iw I rend read from one of ot the of oC authority Let Ill no moan man mOi break the law of ot th tim land for he ime that lint ke peth time the laws of Clod hath no HO 10 need to break the time law lawn a of or orthe the land Mr Ir Smith Iles In answer to Senator tC said suhl that under the tle discipline that had been maintained for the ho last twenty yeats CUIS the people In the time Mor Mormon Mormon mon Church hurch would obey ohe the laws lal rather than any revelation which might be b In Which would woul you ou do asked o Sen Son Senator Sena ator a tor II I Z should strive with wih nil ni my 1 might II ht to tl obey the thc laws of ot the th land saId fald Mr Mu MI Smith and he lie added j Hut But I t should not like to be he put Jut Into a 1 position I where I should be ho compelled to abandon my children I could coull not do III that Mr Smith Bald nl that ho hl never leor had re rc received received celled any nn revelations direct from lcd lod oe hut but that If It any nil should come Celtic It I might be by b audible voice olce Inspiration known only or heard by b himself or ns as In lit thu tho case of at Joseph Smith Jr who re received reo the Hook Book of Mormon In writIng Senator Halley HAie n ii I grent deal of ot If Interest In the tho subject of ot time the mani mahl manifesto festo Isto niti directed a 1 number lumber of or tues ques question tion to ascertain whether that was WUI n a or ot a proclamation provoked by h the knowledge that limit Congress Intend Intended ed cd to Interfere with the time continuance of polygamous marriages Mr Ir Smith said Hald i time the manifesto was 1111 a revelation to Pres President ident Woodruff Senator Dubols asked many questions to determine tho the effect of ot the revelations which were contrary to state laws opening n a I non new Mi line ln lt of it Inquiry which on oil account of ot the lateness la of ot the hour It II was thought best not hOt to go Into h to be before le lefore before fore tomorrow Tho committee adjourned at un until Until til 1030 tomorrow |