Show IN r THE SM SMOOT m C CASEI S SIt It Vis J the tb Testimony of Prest Pr st Angus M 1 Cannon About ills Family Relations TESTIFIED UNDER PROTEST IE t las as Mainly of or a Personal anti anil Against lilt April Yuhl g r In lit the cane eafie canei aile loJA ct cr t i tO on iii testimony the ud k i lions was gf M t I Im for fop III 23 2 years yearN Anns I largest Mormon stake In Inthe inthe dent ot Of tI h orld orIl the The way was of ut n u personal J B with Mih tho the conviction of or r c t the C 1 i 3 01 on charges 1 haUlon was dragged m MM hI l ui uhler protest that t he bo bt limo pio any peril or 01 liability to tu toO tul i td fr m for O that hat Iha t he revealed l Wh ln n M r l 1 tint that his hili plural mm mat matI I th Ih ho of or limitations j F u I J 1 i nut not t I I ed d as all evidence most of ur time thc lotions Ah i 1 hi h A ll red qU Iki lt I N fi S Vue not TI rb to weal recal It k bt the th Ih II i s M us if or II oaths In the tho en cn t t c Like oth other r vj es lie he hut thul Hired or OC I that Hint oath OB Ih the ike It to till tho world from fl proclaiming hi blia was not lc leKs 3 sensational Ills lIs than an that hat given by hy President Smith in lii the lie investigation Ik HI an nn ar ariY aM d all tUc of 01 O u a personal char ri r but eury admission lon 1111 made 1 In and Iud replies to IU to 10 his numerous marriages were ere U tm tear Deal u a It Il was pO to u nike IMko t the them session Angus M Mr t r M Wi failed to the lie stand eland lit lie JiH ho h had hall In Salt Lake lako ako City n nce HO 1119 but tut had been blessed ble sed In tho th l church when ho he was Wn B G years M d He Is I iO O Jp years r old oil and now Ii holds holdo In the Mor MorIon Morata the te of 01 o Patriarch Church having ha vIllI l Ion Bon to fo that petition 10 by to Joseph JQseph V F 1 about tn two ago 1110 Patriarch Ih eald rank next to tho the thoi i lf Apo po In dignity Mr Con Cart IU IUro roi rr ro said that hilt t for 23 9 he M had been of ct the Iho Salt Lake Lako of ot z The F n atlon of ot the hearing occurred hI ht Mr Ir examined Mr Clinnon In r nr gird l to W ht various Mr MI asked the Ihn M linens wilneR when he was va tnt lint married and amid he On Omm I July 15 IS S i to whom w nr surah Maria Who b ho next Mr lr Ir fannon Mood up tip and hh hIM hi voice with great emotion Uti UH ho h Baid I l bf be an opportunity to tl explain and to ti ask uk a I question of or the chairman be bo for tr I proceed yeam ago IiO I J ItI H brought into great trouble I Itai It Ia tai t a prosecuted and amid ent enl to prison be beme beI nut me I acknowledged d the mothers molher ot of my children as its my families I 1 was wn WA ma In a the opportunity ot of deserting my ray m tallies or going to 10 I 1 went vent to I 1 was as fn nt nl to prison for tor or r atha and served six Ix months when iii I I supreme court took up my ease case nB and 1111 andI I Ins as I 1 was as 1111 In prison I 1 raId ia to a my m assocIates associate who called to toft toe ft e m me mae You mu could not come here In tenor I could not nol ty In tO honor for Tor a long time I have he lived within tk ihm law lar as all fur for ni na II It WM WA po to 10 do dowin doI win I In the fa tart faro of obligations obligation PI to my m tarn fam I m I have halo not paraded d my may m families hi In honest hone bone pride I have hac nourished Tf Tte ne press pross of the country has Mr J Smith for far the testimony gae gm ga In hit regard rd to tho the plural fain fam Iu and If It I nm am to 10 make v lr exhibitions of or my family I appeal r from any Ml iL 31 nay mw bo be the result of 01 the testimony t wi ull all questIons In regard n if or the If it I 1 nm am assured I SlI I M will wi il not he bl placed in peril by rca rea t I A f the V Mr I f Cannon annon Mt aal nt down quivering from fromi rom i and Mr Ir Worth 1 ron lon d M Cannon lannon tenon have liate you any ony o 1 Mr Irn hr Mp II fr ll il to 10 tIm the i man that th be In Irm d as a to 10 hl hiM ii rights and as a to his lIIl houll he hp questions me Jh h might ht I in ni Inn to him hint Mr the was 14 f r td I 11 by Iho thi limit hill Mr rr the did lid lidi 11 i tit nt who ho desired to 10 toP P r Hie the from front taking the thet It t or ri s o of 9 this and thus learn learns g s hp hie to be Ie found the nece la II for lor conviction Burrow sold said the witness s sas IN as St At to decline to answer any nn Jcu nulu n III chow but hUI Mr I i 1 lj that Ihal the il bo ho boiM iM wd m n ho ground that tho witness hr f ar III 1 himself lIt Mi t a Q red rell that lie ho h did not notto lr an v rs to nI ue onn which u IWI 11 t 11 that thai were tere not lIot fully rull rim Prosecution eu under tinder the I f nn n that state t t itt III l IM that the lu con colt coltre n P re lh th f ond o of 01 Mr Ir in n J outI tie w 1 Tho ullI I i reporter then read the question To whom were you ou next married married Anna Alina Amanda When hen uru you OU married to lo her hel asked Mr Tayler At tho the same Sante hour that I 1 was married to Sarah Sarqh Maria Marla By Ily B tho the same sante ceremony Cs foro To ro whom were you OU next married 1 Mr Ir Cannon again Inquired of oC the tho chairman Ir if he oust must answer III r Mr r Burrows replied rop let That Is IK tot fot you ou to II answer or decline to answer Othor Other witnesses es have answered similar Ions bus I think the question Is III a 11 proper r rone one Mrs lrA Clara Mason In 1171 replied Mr Ir CUM Cannon 1111 mm nOli also saying Ba he ho wits WUK mar ned to Martha In 1884 Maria Donning Banning fn rn 1886 1586 Johanna C In Iii and that he h had not tint been b l slime that time All 11 his hili wl les were vere living Tho rho wit witness nets was asked If II he u it prosecution him him In for cohabitation with Mattle Muttie Hughes Hughe Cannon und end he answered that ho he ro re the time prosecution but bUI did not mint remember which wife wile he ho charged with t with He lie saId mild he lie 1119 ims arrested hut hul hilt hod not at It any hearing When asked to describe de tIme the then n of o his various wives ivet ho said they the thit till ull lived live In Salt Sill I Lake county but butIn butIn In Itt separate houses house that ho had hud fain fam ant ilie w by 11 live wives Do you OU live with all nil of or your our wives now Mr tr Taylor TI lor asked I f am mint sorry to say that I do rio not 1101 Why Wh hy 7 Because you mire tiro now In Washington amid cannot bo be HUng living with them No 10 o because h of 01 nn tin agreement lIt mantle II the tho Church which compels me Ino to tolie he lie us II modest HH as I 1 can Chairman Burrows asked In regard lo to this agreement and time the witness saul said ho referred to the manifesto of 01 1850 isao de tie declaring claring against a n continuation of or pol cohabitation co lath I What has hall been the effect of 01 that thal manifesto upon tipon you youIt ou It hut hils him made mo me niece more modest ft and Ind I have hac only omit been b clI as ns in 1111 ti I 1 felt common humanity required nv nut to be What do ito you ou mean meah by b that I 1 mean that this thin Church order older has hns made me more cold In my may II treatment tr of lit then than I should been Chairman Burrows Burrow asked many ques question tion concerning the attitude of 01 the wit It hess toward the lawn of ot tho Ihl tim limit bout timid and andla la laws laWN s of or God both boll of ot which declared against n polygamous cohabitation and his obligation to his hi families Mr Ir said he was WM meeting the tIme situation to the best of ot his ability and trying us 1111 nearly nearl as ns possible to equalize his loyalty to 10 all nil of or lila his obligations Ho related tho the at nt the th recent conference nt at Stilt Salt nt at which Pres President ideaL ident Smith had been supported for fOI tho limo testimony he had given Ien In Washington When beit asked n If it time tile people had censured ed the president of ot the Church for or hla but testimony ho said bald he Ie had heard of or no I criticism m but that they regretted tha thi circumstances l made Indo such ain dis d Is Chairman Burrow H naked o time the I ho witness n A hoW hov It I was 14 that tin resolution adopted d at nt that t had hart not nol declared deeland polygamous cohabitation and ami did dl decline declare against t pol The Fur fh witness replied that the time IU of o polygamous cohabitation had not mentioned that It was under stood Flood l toO l that those thos who had plural wives should not parade them offensively hut bill should care cro for them Mr 11 Cannon Cannons Saul said s Ihl he had the resolution re that had been adopted Do you yell tItan mean you OU will go 10 on living with sIth your plural wives the thc asked I will have hase 1111 I to Improve greatly If It I dont I follow the he dictation of or my may In conscience ti I the tho matter Mr Ir Cannon annon declined to lo re nl the time oaths taken In the endowment house hOlm saying MylaR 1 that they were sacred coven covenants ants entered Into Inlo with Ith their maker linker Ho lie e sell that only tim very ery purn are arc per milted to enter the tho endowment house hou e You 1011 mean such as lIS yourself our elf and an President Smith 7 paid Mill Chairman Bur Hur Burrou roms rou s Again and amid the witness evaded ondell questions relating to tn the tho character of or ortho time the obligations taken In the tho endow house houlle and dually said Maid that Owl God oti hail had mode matte It known knowl that the sacred covenants should not nol bo ho o or of to the Lime world He lie l not say sa ay that there was wal any T attached to such puch disclosures ell or at 0 whether a I promise given gUen that the question should not be tie answered The Tho committee adjourned until to not row |