| Show I Pf PEN PICTURE Of SMOOT HEARINGS f RINGS The 1110 Little Room in Washington That Is Always Filled With The Tile Saute Same GOLD COLD AUSTERE UNRELENTING How flow Mostyn Owen DWell Looms Up ns is a n Cen hal Figure III In the lie II I of the lie Special Correspondence Washington Wu Jim Jan 23 nIne out cut of toll ton renders who tho have followed the reports of ot tho the Smoot mool picture the tho hall ball In iii which h the lie hearing taint tak place an as u a spacIous chamber not lOss less In III size lre than lion hull hail In your city olt 1111 nut county building who have C IIO to tn In to have Invariably uttered nn an of when conducted to a room the sigo of lhor thio Salt Halt Inko lobby The accommodation ac for Cor u Knows coy cov t ers era rs snipe dome 30 Though the hear Ingi III open opell at lit 10 MIh morning these are arc preempted by b half punt mist nine and by h the thu self Helf raine Caine ladies 1 The Thu of ot every now VII U Uness I ness hess on entering tl tin o room Is I th came Who are women most of oe them have linen been present practically every eel lay ilay 1111 disco the op oh opened ened no ono one H seems em ems able to tho the i query I Mill I Mm Mrs Charles Owen seems the Ihn center of oC the which U is composed mainly of or agel looking women Omen t of Qt thorn past host 60 M Next Mrs Owen Owell sits SItH tiny by day n a venerable old ohl lady lUll her deep dup black bonnet bonnot of ot Salvation Army rill style set ol off ort hy by h n it coil coll of ot rope of white hair circling lies her forehead title this precisely attired old lady lOll cornea comeR n II swore of nt severe frigid women who betoken a n New Nest type of Ot o the tiie school FN ever over emit a II smile move moo a ii facial muscle or Of stir the tho long ants hours of oC the cave case u it frown froin of or scorn corn or n a sneer sheer evinces it a to in in hut this lo is quickly controlled and the tho tight rigid sturn Stell lon returns return a I I AUK AIm These Indies In ii ft n general wily way wn i tire ro said eald to bo lie the lie representatives of an oils oun reform and inri societies doubtless on lion hand to oro that the Interests of oC the land are not subverted by h tho Iho tie ux from Utah At 1 the tho polished oak table about 14 H feet fert In length Hit eit the tile Inv lIti committee with liar Pur runs nt itt tile the head the tho com coin ns as represented consists only of at harrows but B he Is aided by Dubols Thoe two the tho he regular participant Ili Ih Penn Sena tor tar Overman us ha n visitor and this the other members occasionally FRIDAY ruDAY J OWEN N NOn On one ono side Rill of the other end nil of at Urn time timetable table lirE ire Attorney r his hili taco foe Charles Chillies Mostyn Owen The lilt Int tel ter oils like a 11 faithful man mail to supply lIppl pabulum Prom From grips bag bun bundles bundis dis pockets records Owen draws his material the lite of or lila his nil da Into Utah and Idaho Opposite sit Hil Van VoU Cott and WorthIngton counsel el for tor or Smoot und In u it 1 cor corner ner are aro the witnesses who tho liVo hA 10 been brought from fronti points remote to give testImony In the tue cause e celebre bre It II ItIs Is its a 11 fact tact hut but of oC nil the th dally daily In III the room not one une In Iii 70 jO arc are over ever uncut men SMOOT Vile Interest titus Inn Itself liMIt In lii the Ito testimony te of Smoot the lie entire Investigation preceding ing iiii his hili tubing the stand Senator line ban quietly tul ll MIlt cat In a it retired con cor corner contier tier nero nii without Wi thin ii t comment t to 10 thu the progress of the tho case which means to 10 him huh mOlo than any other ono ona event of ut his bin life lite Never NOler Interfering never neI r to or tho the faintest to counsel be lie titus him apparently been n its ilK little concerned us LI S tiny Individual I In III tho the whole chum in tier A casual visitor br n toi with lie Ihu ro of time the pick Senator Smoot nfl the lie thelast last one ono III In llio tho Ito room about whom tho the aline revolved Thin modest retiring r ring culm attitude lion has made tho lie dally nn nu yet I It t more curious to see sen the tho uncut mint in action This curiosity was ions gratified when without previous announcement Senator Smoot won was culled to take Ilia thu willie stand Th flu the sudden call was ius by b the senator himself antI and Willi due clue to the tho lie failure of ot other witnesses lInos es to io present within tho lie time nam d In their subpoenas Ills HIS PLAIN Smoot bad been heen suffering seine lomo days dan from an nn acute ROIl Ie attack of In Indigestion digestion and was tits ut lit the tho lie start both I th 1 aunt and plainly III In u it 1 cool trunk frank ed and way wn Sa without assumption n of or time the least leant to any allY other witness rani amid with no trace of nervousness no he pun pro to 10 detail tho the history of ot tilts bis life II Cu his connection with the tho Church hl political relations and his hla attitude to public pUblio He ito surprised bl his own 01 friends anti and not locust least his hili own counsel by b the Imperturbable amid yet et mode od 1111 t way ho outlined tI 11 11 the events which led up UI to the thu present lout Ion Under b hl hA even een more and clear neat than under direct examination Upon every eer side v vere r beard heard of surprise At It tile bis frank concise conel unequivocal to questions question framed with evident Intent to him Of nil nl the ito Witnesses a ot of different axes ages lI e professions religions antI Ions It Is I no ito Invidious lOlls ious distinction to say any thaI none spoke th such Hueh fre dom and apr such hog Whatever their dices oven his luin en enemies concerto onele that ho hohas hohn hohas has hn proved a n ninn of ot remarkable lib tolerance of ot opinion wide wilio v vlon vi 1 In lon shut and the very sery anti antithesis tb thesis l of nf nil all tint that bo Ito hRS huas m been boen rEIr represented seated enle In tilt the charge change brought him by the tho protestants of ot the ease cao I WITH Durin lie senators the Iho full tull committee occupied their i seats eats ats w scrutinized d with nil all the of ot men mell trained In III the Itral Iral profession hi his words warde Ills bli hi hit his hI mental attitude ii it itule While hil It I t IB Is I turn tile that practically every enl everyone one onu Imd ll drawn d rA wn his conclusion before went 1111 on the th stand no noone otis one can My he has not helped d himself wonderfully As ta 1 to tn tb the other oilier witnesses who bavo b n hers her while prejudice will wiil be I loth OH tb to tn accord th them m any nil cred it yat Ut ot even the oIllIon here ha hu on their fairness Th rte rec opi of ot practically VII every v ry M turn mon in Ill 8 favor fatur wm was ranwel 0 tn La to 10 dl cr his bli tee i j but t th the lIt list of 1 ii f i I i J vC business men public officials and la In ladies hadies dies nothing could coull b be found to attack without at nt the tame seine moment Injuring tilt tile cause of ot tb the protestants That ThaI large of ot money must loose have 1110 been subscribed subscribe to maintain tile the cru mule earle against the no one clue will for a 11 mom moment nt deny That agaInst huh him lies bus hu In arrayed religious religions opponents politicians desirous of ot usurping his hi place people leople who while living In iii Utah yet never neer tales miss mi ati opportunity to decry the state flu lastly sensational I pa papers pens pers In all sections of ot the Ice love hove to satisfy morbid ta tastes by mis unis misrepresenting representing the tho lie Mormons that all al althee those these lIe have united against him hint U Is I pot pat potent ont ent to all But hut how much else Iso ho nun hoes bad to meet tow few cnn can realize realIse Time Tim rh open attacks have been beaus the tho easy ones onesto to taco face aco It has hots been t en the tho thrusts at itt the tho back that have havo beep been hardest to 10 part parry COUNSEL IS 18 It Is but bill fairness to say that Senator Smoot hail had thu ablest l anti and keenest of counsel both tom for and against him Taylor for nr the protestants IB Is sharp shrewd bold boli resourceful vig sIg vigorous orous and nM unyielding Though small of ot stature his hi lean jaw J w lynx eye and thin note nose bespeak be peRk ferocious Against him IH Is Worthington who sIlo ho Is IH just us M fixed In determination and ns as silent In seeing nn 1111 but who does doos not claw hilt opponents before beCoM die dis dispatching IlI patching latching them The Tue two 1110 men are the i wry very ury opposite of ot each other oilier In iii manner menner m i In I feature In methods but both ore lawyers of ability Van Cott ott of Salt Lake h his won ason tributes from tile his profession In ha Washington by bythe bythe the Judgment the legal Ba n time the tremendous energy ho hohas has shown hint him ns nIt n a factor In Senator defense ven flora Potent thin any of tIme the east eastern ern em counsel employed Ills HIM I ioni ire of or Utah history Utah men coupled with y ii his ability to ire sent cent salient points freed front from ml mist t hao been At horn Mr sn i nt itt has hns the reputation of being austere en dIstant In W t to s eSh v he Is known us tile Iho mo find t tr Me lilt attn affa ble tilo oola man with the tho It would he lIt neither nor timely to nt n 1 f in ii on oil the probabilities of the re rca rePort Port D rt or tn to in t hena 7 t ll i nn the MI et P md nd I pi p Voth Mormon and Senator Smoot Is serene If hl his b is bl hit fr be IB In more Mian ea tidIed with th result of tilt In The is at a t title Ml Ill In I Itha tha c cese fc ic l t for far nd ml the rests with that thit th the united Klute Heinle That flout time ln t Veir has been pregnant with Tout Credit possIbilIties for to Utah no fa familiar a III r atti hi th I ii ru un rob of or events ts nun can question None verrona |
