Show I f J 1 1 I H ST I SMOOT v ti u L CASE t DYING I b OUT T I c iJ J I Jt fr j t f t i ii d dI 4 i r 1 1 j Attendance on Hearing I i fl Was Vas as Much Smaller Than 1 bal Hi f t t 1 I It I Has las Been J fl l I 1 f 1 l f i iRI f I I RI 1 1 i d i PROSECUTION UP A STUMP I I il J u tr j l ia 1 1 Has hlas las Signally to Establish That 1 il i There Have Hale Keen Polygamous Mar Marriages Lr Since Manifesto r I f I Ir j r I IJ J 1 I I 4 r CALVIN COBB OF IDAHO ON STAND 3 jf l I II I r i 10 I F I i Testifies About Abolt Influence In i Jr i Politics but bitt Ills Is Evidence j jis I r rIs Is Only Hearsay 1 J i ii j L I I i 1 j f 1 Special to tim tho News Neat 4 oj J J I J i Washington D C C April Apri rest t i t In II the tIl Smoot Inquiry Is III decidedly on 11 I time the wane 11 le There was not miot a single mem MF J I I ii her of ot the house hOllo or senate present this t j morning except a quorum of oC the tha t I committee and amid Howells t J 1 1 nor did dil the general public show shots ho that 11 i Ij eagerness to heur hll testimony tl which was WOM WIK i ilO L I so Ito lO apparent during time the days of tho the r j i i hearing There were many mon vacant I 1 I i hair In the lie and ond the tha j I I 1 milling falling off or In feminiZe female was suns WOI r I 11 J marked marktl Time The he reason for tor this his Is I thit all ni f tho thu evidence now being adduced Is IK Ii In Iii Inline l 1 iJ i r line with that already brought out 1 1 I r has haR proved what no mm ono mine has hUl ima de denied i j J flied nied that Ilo relations are nrc lre still 1 I maintained by I a 1 fow O Mormons who t I j j contracted plural marriages prior to 10 tho th j d Issuance of or the Ihl manifesto but hut he ho has hI 1 1 I 1 V tints thus far failed to tl show that a 1 single i I 1 plural has hilus been liten b n contracted In Inthe 11 inthe the United States since Ince that document j i fi 1 was hiS 11 promulgated 3 I 4 V Today rolla ho lit hl endeavored Hd rl to prove pOo 4 f L I through h Cobb Cubb of the time Idaho h Statesman that flint time the hutch Church authorities JI Ii 1 1 I 1 endeavored to 10 compel W Vu 15 l I to a F t I commit himself II lii n favor of oC Heed Smoot l 1 i F f as ns a It I prerequisite to the tho support of ot I j members of ot HID Ihl Mormon Church In II 1 J i r tho tint Idaho legislature lell when Mr 4 U was WI n a I candidate for fOl time the senate Mr 1 Ir f W i i I Cobb wan IH willing to talk on 11 this thin 1 Ji hut but he ho admitted that ho ito had hul no her pcr 1 1 1 HOI ml knowledge and amid DI mat his imle testimony I t I I 1 would be second degree hella evi esi evidence j i ince deuce dence nce which the lime committee very cr prop PIP ruled to be he Incompetent Mr Ir Tuy rn ri I I Iler ler seemed ellec to be ho lo annoyed over the ac no action I J 1 1 tion of ut Iho committee and declared that t J m 1 evidence In this 1118 ID is j I competent Hut BUL lilt his plea fell tl upon deaf deaC d J j I Iel el II It I IH is generally understood that j j J 1 the hearing no so HI tar fur HH 11 Washington IH Ia Ii i will whit wi close clow within a mu I week cek Af At After Attel J tel ter tel that time the probability li It I that Chair Chairman man harrows will 11 time the Ihl senate fur for formu i mu U I ho ri t to proceed ii to jo Itah I tahi amid sit s It In I mu V I i h Salt talt oll rity CI it other ot I lor cities whore where J I I i may Ina be a n chance to glean some soune something I J f I thing timing nf fr value in the tue Ih way Y of ot evidence evl I 1 I April 1111 H 1 f WAN 1111 Vii recalled by II the 4 today toda when hen the lie innate committee on f f privilege and lull mum election resumed r Its IB m i I of or the lie I against 1 1 I Senator need nd Mr Mi 1 Van 11 Cott Colt drew from time Witness 1 a 1 review of at o th time i i l I election of Itah to It show hw that time thu f I Democratic successes of oC tIme the 1 t due dut to the lit sI hI I vet erase and Int mu nil that I ii a I tho i j Mormon Monnon Church had not mint iS tl I ift H ft vacillating policy pol h between the two turn tIl i I I political panic an as a hitch had been Inferred I f from frol mm the time testimony te given ghen by b h Mr mir Ir Hob Itoh 1 I tl on omm 01 yesterday I I I I conn J FIRS J I ahll ebb Cobb publisher her of ot the tho Hoist I I 1 I la examined In lii II le to tu I I Itil tho tue til In Idaho Miho and th tho t lie JI t II 1 nue Ike of oC Mormon on omi the politics of or J I Ithe I tho the state lie le said null there timera is II g not lot n a C flint 1 uio Ui polygamous cohabitation 1 I I I though several priori lorl s hud hind 11 been mails to enact died such pitch Bleh a it 1 statute All 1 1 i t f of oC mpa In lit li 1111 li had humid tiled died r rIn In the tho Ih l l which Is 18 about one n third Mormon Murmon In Iii II regard to time tho th Mormon In Imi tho state Mr I 1 cub Cobb mid en Id that thai t li t I ii I rumia ii of i 1 f the lie t I I lt III f parties goes Je t f 1 I 1 Ito to Salt before every ever r 1111 I liti both hOlh hot h conic commie rOlI back hat tic and ti my I thin that I ii lag has been haen 11 1 ii seil all al al I right I II I He 11 I I t mild il that thai I after is tIme HIP election elect IIII iiii one omme or ur Hi th thin other II 3 felt folt ll t things thin gs 8 1111 tutu mil i riot not tot hlll mill all al rimiit Mr Ir obb related ll I thi l before the tl legislature to tim It 1 bavi 11 ha V called cC I I ed n a I rOI sI It um t ho no I convention co a I II I to tn I t enact lilt t an nn amendment a 8 II mm 1111 t 1 to tn t a tin thi I lu 4 I Idaho test ten against Ih I I effort AI Ial II and amid j I finally John Henry I Smith visit vl Isit tt I I Ieti od eti 01 tumid and soon utter after the resolution rc J f aM adopted r It pJ I I v W M H 1 q routine I for fOl ci th the prot cutton exam examined i I II hued ined Inel Mr tr Cobb lobl In telethon relation to the 1 I 1 slice ence Mormon are alleged to t imao i to II Ii to tn hear hAr for tOI time the re ro retention I I 1 j teim I iou of itt f Smoot S 1001 I This Is was nH J 1 f I 1 hown howl wild 1111 Nil Ii Mr Ir u by h a mu 1 of or the I which called i upon Ilon W S U l 1 a n candidate fur fat time tho J J na tp anti and I II In I what t would olid be he lila his hil I I altitude as 11 11 If this the th ease cane of t Sen Semi Senator j J d J ator at or commit come ole up tip 11 I Counsel tot fur time tho do fens opposed tho time I I Introduction lit UN of 01 If this testimony tl on 01 the tho i t i ground arlid that whit Mr Ir told laid tol Mr lr j f Cobb wa was Incompetent Mr tu h Taylor I I explained thAt t lie t ho lie wanted sa to show ho that 1 BorAh declined to commit himself In itt regald tl t a h i r Smoot and on omi Oi that no n I count 01 I t was ivas as not mint lot elected to tho tue Th Tim h adjourned at noon naOmi without been bee II taken I MI Mr Is II now nou no one oiw ot of the t Q counsel fur tor ro Mr mO 1 1 j I III |