| Show TESTIMONY II IN I THE T f RI bS The Thie following testimony In hum II the tho case too tO lute Into for tor or our Issue so BO IB Is continued today tod that lint our readers reid rs puny 11 have havo It entire entre Senator Sentor Smoot said salti that butt Florence Reynolds who Is reputed to 10 howe have been taken by duff t tt ft il 1 plural wife never had been he en o a I teacher In tho the university nn nit U haul had Ine been beel stated by other witnesses Tho TIm senator cl tor or said nId that he lie did 1111 not notI I know Mr Air was a n at t tho th th time hue at of his elevation to tn Urn thin presidency of at the tho university n 1101 but thai it II would huo made no 1 difference with wih his lila elec election electon tion ton for tor tho the reanon reacon hint Mr Ir linn hAs nut not lut tho Ito spirit ot of the mani manifesto festo AH As A to the time Evans bill 1111 hi which was wag ragged by b tho time Legislature and ana na vetoed coe by b time the governor ho lie thought It I wits an unwind measure This bill bi provided that thiat a n person could not be convicted or of unlawful cohabitation unless the tIm corn com complaint COt plaint was WB as made by hy tim the wife wire Have you ou anything to do with wih re religion ligion classes In ha Utah 7 naked asked Mr No Noi I Iowa have not I i have hAo not nol the tho least doubt but hut religion classes es have been held helt In tho lie schools after school hours its iK Won il stated here herl replied Mr Ir Smoot I I 1 Would like to add aed that J have always thought It would bo 10 host best for tor religion classes not nol to ba ho held In schoolhouses Mr Worthington had tati put nut Into the hue rec rca I a 1 recent order of tho time Church hurch pro the tho use usa of ot e for re ro reo ligion Illon classes said sat he hue was WILS glad this order hud hutch been hoon Issued h uel Mr lit r nuked concerning W 15 ij of ot liaIse p Ida and the tho sena senator tor Or Huld ho h hind had first sought Bought the services of or Mr as ns counsel anti and Mr accepted but hut that thaI other business bu corn com pulled poled him to remain In the tho west went At Mr Mi I Month lt ruthi hue not been associated In tho the ease lit ht thy any way uy Ills Il name was WM signed 1 to the Iho answer filed Hied by other othel counsel as tie asa 18 a I courtesy Taking up P tIme the charges In It II time tho pro puo protest PIOlet test let Mr asked Have you Ot Oui In Iii II any way L since you nu became betle un nit 11 Apostle promulgated or nl advised ell tIme the practise of polygamy I have hot hotI It I Is IH charged lint Ill the tho President Pr of ot the Mormon Church amid a r majority of the tho th Twelve Apostles now W practise e po 0 III pome som lom have taken plural wives w Vei since 1690 Have Hova you any knowl knowledge edge on Ott that hint subject tint that 11 except pro produced IO here I t have not nol nolI It I Is said 1111 these things hinge have been none done dOle with wih tho the knowledge and consent of or hoed HeM Is not hot tol true trl I It Ils Is said that hat Ihl plural marriage cero cere ceremonies monies have been by Alias Apos Apostles ties 7 Not to my knowledge knowl 10 you OU know Unit but by h reputation Not until I saw WI this Ihl testimony tl about Young performing that thaI one oute ole In I Mexico I It J Is Iii charged that many anti and Int other oilier high of If the tho Church hints have i to taken plural wives Inca the manifesto I 1 have not nt heard of ot It except those mentioned iii eu t In I um the tie thu e testimony tea I I It l Is II saul Mid that lint all n pf pt tho ho FIrst Presidency utah Apostles encourage po io polygamous cohabitation do you I do LII not nol they hey rewarded by ill h high lul by b dis distinct preferment have you ever over upheld ony man limIt Ol for tor any olet In h the tho Church because he was It n I have base ne not nol Mr lr d concerning the time application for tor the tIme pardon of ot Har Harmor 11 mor nier a 1 moan man ted of oC adultery Mr Mi I paid ho he refused r to nIgh tIme the application cation the time man was 11 not nul pardoned Mr n le then therm took lok tho thin witness for fol risked 1 about the tho Cannon ft I is alleged ii Mr soul suld Mil that when Lillian I went vent to tn It Provo Ilu It II that sho ho had huid been married to tl h CoN tho the Pressed for fim tOI his own 11 views shIm Pino hearing the ho Ihl testimony before hOol the Iho senate committee t moot tol raid 1111 he lii believed now nw that time tho marriage took place 1800 Vou ati 1 have hl been a it I ormon orlon till hll 11 your OUI life Mr Yes Ye sir Air but hut hot hol a it I Very Vei 1 one replied tIme senator lie le explained title 11 by imy tho 1110 nl that hint Int he lie hI hud hlll held huhl tl of or Importance until IMS 1195 I OS He 1 to stUd Mid Ihl ho lie hI haul had In hit II his hl reunion religion that thiat lila his hIl faith hued had Increased tl and a mid his conviction deep deepened ened cl I since allure ho he lu hail had become an aim ni Apostle la p Of if Ills hil faIth In 11 his Senator lot 1 wild soul lv iy No utah limn IMI e viM VP 11 haul had it better mother hi Iii hithe II i time the world thou than 1 I hud It 1 had If been brought out previously i that tut v wal veM a ii n plural wife It Concerning lie Ilia Ih for COl ii liI time tha I manifesto Collator Smoot Kald sald he lie was wan I of or limo thu nf it tIme the of I lie 10 that hilti hl father r rN ns viUl N tol tiled d and 1111 lie 10 Mil Pt 10 the thu e manifesto omit iii festo inn iii ho Impression nit Jut tl hun him that hint It I IM M going to stop Wp pl hull forever tO fOi er erle He le I is did ld not ot understand It I ills diN ut nf hut hint AIlle thus tha hil lii itt It I I I did 1111 ii I d disparage ii i tho 1 I hi 41 I II inet D tl lee II 1 I Ii Mild Mi he hs believed time the revelatIon in him 11 re is regard gard Ill to tn Ii was 01 received by hy Joseph but buit ha hi hm Ull not mint holi holeve belIeVe ve in Inthe the tho practise of or against this the laws of ft the thE land hil amid 1111 since I nee the II last host d l loii of thit court ho lie hud openly opposed IPPI the Mr Mm h In Iii answering R n it tl hi nu of t tho limo manifesto Mid its Id I ii that t In Iii Ii IM opi tho the manifesto limo iii sit to mine apparently I 1 I from rout n a pressure with within prompted by hy in Iii II the time a tit tl tu Obey Ill y all ni this the laws of HC if tho the land landt 1111 i t never hm hae he h n taught anything In lii II my I iii nver life liCe hut halt to obey blY tho thio lawn of my 1 country n Mr Jr t Do lo 10 yon I understand that hint Joseph I Ih 1 disobeying the tho lint law 7 asked Mr MI I 1 under tand that Joseph Jo P F 1 Smith i saul Mild he un hf h hid d not obeyed the tho law lawIn lawIn In th Ihl lie pus put past I cannot sAy y what he lie h Is doing now Da Io you OU imd r that ho Ito Is this dis disobeying Ils obeying the law 11 I INo No I 1 do not lint ei l P understand Harrows suit mid interrupted mind with refreshed 1 wih the he statement of President Smith that he lie hint had 11 ii I children by hy lila his live Jive plural wives wIvel sInce Ince this the manifesto of at 1890 hint what li I I your an nn answer asked Senator I could not hInt say 53 fY that ho he has lived with whIt It h those tho e wives wI lint Hut ho his hI says f S J so o himself H It I Is IA a IL violation of the law con concluded Senator Smoot The h same 1010 question was M con coin Apostle 1 t John Honry Smith and amii S Smoot said laid all ha tue could Old nut say aB I i 1 i i I I i but believed b Apostle Apo lo Smith was U continuing to cohabit with lila his hlf plural wives Ha Ito understood lor the lie position tak taken Ilk en by b Apostle Smith anti said that It I was not thin the sentiment of ot tho time Mormon people I plo generally said he thought that President Smith would bo be condemned It If he lie hI abandoned his hl Wives Vies that President Smith In hut II an nn address 1 had In that tho the Intended to continue to I be lie n a husband of at nil all ni lila his hlf wives Smoot said ho he was WIM familiar with time the escheat once ease the plea for tor am itoh amnesty nasty nesty anti other history of or the Church Ho 11 It thought tho time plea iloa JINt was signed by hy inOt to 1 of ot the this high of ot the Church at that time and amid al that d it I number of or the tho signers n were ero now flOW officers of or the lie III Church Mr Taylor asked naked Senator Smoot If It t he did not understand that most of ot those tho e who signed Igle lie tho plea continued to vio violate Io 10 late hate 1111 the law hits TIme The names flounce were ero read timid and tho time senator tor Indicated his hla belief elut that tl a it majority of nt the lie signers were reputed to have 1011 M eI l the time law IA Time The witness saul said All hue h un on understood that the signers amid time the peo IO people floIde Ide so PO for far as its 11 they lucy could Influence them loul obey obe tho th lie law las In regarding pol gamy Mr Ir Taylor asked Senator S Smoot It If he hI had done anything on to II show hits his disapproval because lu c these theco people violated vIola ted their pledge to tim the government Mr Smoot replied Mr Ir the Iho reasons I 1 have havo not nt done tone lout are lre the time theron conditions ron that existed when I went vent to the tho quorum of ot apostles nn te I found exist existIng log Ing InK conditions there liars tolerated by IW ii the lie people eople of oC our state stale I did not lot think It II would hasten matters or them to ton toI n ii I conclusion quicker by ly setting myself up imp as Judge and Interfering Smoot took exception to time the statement of ot John Henry lenn Smith In re regard reo gard guird to lila his hil position In tIme tha of or time tho law so far as nH polygamy was nl concern concerned concer ed ell The he senator A said 1111 ho hue knew ot of many Inny who were ero not living with their plural wives I believe that Iha the men mel who took plural wives before etore the manifesto took tool them with wih the lie sanction of ot God cloth No law lit of or the lie land lend could dissolve time the relations hut but It I could coul Interfere with thin the out of or the contract lie Ito said to the time election of Brigham H II as alt a member of ot Congress Mr risked asked If Ir the lie witness was wa in iii In public pullo affairs at nl the tho Ira that cane was WIM disposed of of Mr 11 rl wild haiti jes tt anti added that would woolI not have IliVe been elected If It he lie could have prevented It II Willi wi ll he hue Was vas a II Democratic D candi dale you were stare n a yes Yea es Senator Smoot Bald ho haul hal heard It said that time the Church favored the cnn can candidacy tibiae tot fop the senate of ot Senator Jut hut he lie hall hail nt r hearth heard that President Sums Snow lint had asked uny one ono to support tor Kearns As Aa to 10 his lila own eandi dacy dee dac President Smith hail had not nol advised o him for tor or being a n candidate at time although lit he had talked tho thin matter over with President Ir Smith Ho lie hUll hud asked for tor leave of or absence Suppose the tho had refused refined what would you have done asked Senator Overman 1 I dont knots knott I 1 would have hn vo consult consulted oon lIll ed Ill my him friends anti and If It I 1 had bin Concluded t tt tl run I r would have hiLe resigned from ruin thu Iho he lI Would that have hMO put hut you otI Oll our of or with tho the Church naked Senator Mole hide limn huh likely It Il would The same Mimic as if It I would absent IC without leave ietta from ill IIi duties nt lit tho time Provo 1100 Woolen mills nulls answered Sona tor Or Smoot not lint If It you resigned your lien you Would l not mint have hav been heen out of or Mr 11 Van Cott Cot Inter biter Interrupted 11 to In link HAk Oh Ohm Ohl no sir lri I hove have time the privilege of at resigning IIA Overman naked asked If It thorn there was oily any reason aon why Mr MI Smoot ot should get Ret leaSe leavo l llO nf ot absence rather than lien resign bin ii hue tI cit hip There was wnM no reason oll why h I 1 should resign r slin Mi II Smoot replied He lie would have been out of ot lion linn for tor forthe the tIme ney of ot the lie Church Inter Interjected InterJected Mr Ir ton Where here herl do to you stand In Urn tho tIm line of oC slon 7 asked Chairman dma hut Hur rows rowsWell Well there have hll been three apostles appointed sine I 1 Wan I ed Mr Ir Smoot Ihal would make InAke mo mime twelfth in Iii line hue II II II wanted In to know I If IC action would haiti lt besim eti against him If Ir hit u lieu hud been bOsit n It candidate for Cur tha count without leave lele of absence The witness did thu not nol think notion of nf ally kind would have been besh taken It might put lut him out of ot harmony with this the Church but he lie did not hunt con consider either sider this court Course Hn RII Apostle been lIell 1011 ex cx X XIN IN Within 16 15 yearn ears asked Mr Alu I think ih until and Jyman were wert Mr M r stas the Ih father of ot the HID present president of if the Iho Twelve Ho lie II was WIlA de do deposed cl posed for fOI replied the saint tor The llie Inquiry concerning the tho he Iola Viola Violation Ions tion of ot law hew In w by Apostle Taylor was nuked asked for by li h me ins In before time the lest last wild li ii I Taylor nowr now he lie sinus asked I dont I t bellese he lie Is In tim Senator Smoot would not mint In cay ny that tIhit lie heat of ot the Church knew wi r Taylor was wu lie Ii Taylor could go Where there he lie without Ing th time the Church Answering iUt t im imby by I 1 Chairman Burrow nId it was wan customary If Ie an aim n 1 lied had not been accused tn tuu Inform the head of ot the Church n u isa to hit hi Where shere Whereabouts The hll did 11 not 1101 know kumow whether Taylor p lor a 1 leave leve lea va ot of absence but that thai hn lie should hOve on one How mug lone has hilt he lie been away sucked Senator About out a ti y year ar or since Alne this said Mr I 1 felt Celt v ser er ry deply the time list Apoi AllOl tl tho is Taylor hid had taken two tuo plural wives since the manifesto Mr Taylor asked what th the thI president of or the Church hail taken to toi i eerily curf the he of ot Apostle A II Taylor raylor and sum Cowley y Smoot called tiled attention to 10 Utter litter from train both Ui these thilla o Apostles that they lucy did dirt not r time the lh as r bull lous and Slid dId din not lot feel ell tint that lh they y should be ft d to mine rains Ho HI HIMI 11 Mid MI I he lie could not the this exact forum form of at these letters but that ho iia lund 1111 shown them to Chairman At I P 30 0 nn an nt was Willi taken out of for the lie who hai h iii from front Indigestion for tor u averal veral weeks toek a |
