Show 1 Tin E W Mm 1 I A firm inn to lie ho hoj o ot j i t found on another Intimates that Hint ii PresIdent Joseph F I 1 stilted dir dirt t r Ing tug the th recent th there re rl that Ii i lie ho h would endeavor to 10 have oil nit eH eHi ii i or wanted to lo appear mid upon Unit that ed statement lie he HUB wa na to tolio toj 11 j lio ho Informed that Hint the thc witnesses Res l 1 h were wanted Thu named l n 11 In tilt th dispatch 1 are John W V S Taylor laIor J 1 JM JI M t I Tanner fanner J 1 Orant 1 j r j FH F Cowley and M f Cannon CannulI In order that the fads ut may ilia ho he un understood 1 ve WO will Im quote verbatim from from fromI I the lie official record of o the proceedings i t Mr M Smith having given his testimony ho Ito wAIt WIB both by I Mr 4 and Mr It hr Van au Cott and was WM dis discharged dl dIscharged tl charged from rom further urther appearance time The Jh q 1 printed record uH on page lIngo till MI 15 10 t 1 Mr Vim Vii Cott Cotto How HolI Is In It Mr Choir loon In III to Mr h Joseph F lo F Smith 3 Chairman 1 I from I t Mr Smith that your presence p 1 t will not Hot bo ho Jo further lurther fl k H Mr Mv Joseph Ju eph F I 1 Thank you ou Mr r Mr Nr N r Tayler Let fact mo toe ask nh Mr Joseph V p Vi pi i ix ct 1 question n ti 1114 to w wI liter lher ho 10 could uh got gel into communication with if of 0 who have huo boom been Mib H and have havo not nol been and ond t whether nit Instruction from Irom him him I J I would their coming hero heror r I Mr Ir Joseph F V Smith I I Iv Ir Ic r v c could hut flail them then In time lime Mr lr Taylor I Ido Ii If i do not lIot know how find f 4 soon soom I could f them tien Mr 1 I would Ilc Fe c obliged It If Itou Itou you ou would give Ivo them mich uch Instruction 1 f ng ns you OU CUll can that we Wl want them as na boom ax nil n wo 10 cat can all get Ret them 1101 th Mr Mm Ir Van Cott ott Which ones Mr Toy Tay a aler ler her herr lerr r Mr lr Ir Fayler John W Wi S Georgo a Oro Tea III M I F V John Johll Henry i i I e eI r i 1 iH I H Mr AIr Yam Van nil Cott You know knol he Is very ery J III IH and that In 18 I very ot ery III I 1 MI Mr Worthington They been heon amid ate not lint hero here simply because they tile tire aro not lUtt well w s II III I I Mr lr Ir Joseph F Smith Mr lit lm Merrill hns i II J 1 also nio boon rd t r 1 Mr Ir Taylor I understand Mr r Mer Merrill rill nil wan quite III ill Of 01 our o a 0 mini am who hmo Is IB Incapable of o coming or 01 U health would ho bo affected by hy com coming cam lug ing ought not lIot to be 10 required to come It will vIiI be he b seen seem that Smith w spoken to about only two o ot of the tho J 1 n named In the thc dispatch and ond what hu hI said concerning them theom was sas not In it ho tho of o a II plotted for tor or their op I Ij j Wo ora no able hIe to Pod 4 lively t l that lie ho ms done touch much more j l than that which wan nuked n of ot him hilt con cam 1 reining corning them then and atul that John W V Taylor F Cowley Covley have each ocl de tie declined dined to voluntarily go la to Washing Washington 1 ton tOil In response to o Inter interference I ference UK ilK they Io It with political In the tho of ot Senator Smoot c and with their na ns ho time proceedings disclose o cm OR to tn to other wit witnesses lt nesses They do thu not 1101 propose to have havo their family relations proclaimed throughout the tho land lamiti through their own oln I art od under FroNt t 4 SmIth luiN not na nil yot been nbc able to o locate Dr 1 1 J M itt Tanner flinner and Is not under any IllY I obligation to procure procuro witnesses In time the elide before booro the committee COlli It too time The gentlemen nonmed named use ISO their own Oln n free freo agency In thin tImid matter Ind It Is IN a n mistake to Frost has Ima any ony power to compel compol them then tn to tl take tako any nn other othor course l although ho hns urged them to tn comply corn Illy with time the request for tor their presence Tho rie 8 os oll tl who Iwho are Hick and hove b bee tOil on sub euh will have hac to be la excused until they the oro to attend |