| Show r SMOOTS Vo WO publish h In this of or the Don DOl oret cret Now NoWa No Haul from tho ho I report of ot tho proe before tho committed on privileges rind 1111 of ot th the 1 I rd ed senate linate the full text of ot tho limo i 1 a RIven under oath by Senator 4 u Heed Smoot We Luye tho Iho public will I md read tM 1 the account from beginning to end endi endl time ami and andi l i even though It some mono i patience to do so It Jl will ho be won vein n by the careful wider 1 tint that th Ihl stands Manila i by y hits hIli lili ide Ill Church std and his liU a nil as In the tho ministry orinI oring lo to maintain Ile M hl right to the seat eal ealIn l i In the tho United to which lie Ile won was duly by b the th Lel of ot Utah of ot who wh were elected the understand understanding I lag ing thud that Smoot to be the tho chorea of or their party for th the lie o 0 which lio ho now l 1 Tho Thu ho of lit the Senator to 10 quos IUM ly to 10 him which have l a 1 certain of ot comment I ll gene dome criticism m among the people here diann drawn from him In cross cro lI There Thera Is III no nn need to 10 make mako makenny makenny apology for tor thorn An they ti hl iU In to n 1 direct and aid simple man mani 1111 i nor ncr and were candid and nN 1111 a straight straightforward r forward as aH wore possible considering tho the In which he wan WA V gala The Tim n of ot the Iho attorney for mho tho th protestant mind the earnest std giVen to the tho attorney by hy time tho l of ut tho the committee must bo be evident to tol l s every close observer Tho rho of ot r o romo other oilier of ot the tho was WAIl also and was l ft c not no by any name monna friendly to 10 the tho ro 10 aa i Many Inny put to ii the aid it l In different form wore endeavors to 10 and enI en cn I him so o 0 an as lo to 0 place him In a 1 false fal li t position We Wo think that on CHI the holo holc w i t Senator acquitted I k t considering the a j jI ar r t t I rp l attorney at III I i him Ii Ini rapidly auch IIII h u iii as those thoM that g appear In hl the tho followed follOWEll up tip by b byj k 1 j jj from rent renti amid made still MUll more i lr tk to tl reply to in by the thi half halt sarcastic antic and andis is j by the chair t i man In tho the w was placed In a n very ery position petition IW rendered more try tryG G trig Ink by lIy time tho 1 he endured while not lot In time the full rull measure J g of tat Ills liln accustomed health mind and at w The ilia of or his hail Imd the th of ot and amid certainly p no IlO with him dim or 01 lily his hl rouse whatever may have me teen I en time tho II t actual and views lewK of or thoM mem rat beep bora of limo tho who ho attended the they y t One Unu of ot the tho slicing efforts put pfd forth foith by tin the attorney for lor the tho prole Inns and 1 by II the of tho the committee scan Willi p to mi lie appear to 10 to he be heIn heIn beIn In the tho Ih wrong li I Ii did not per IIer i r complain t nu till aua a of or the Church f r for r living ii ni with their theil plural whom whoa they pact hud m liar mur ar arfi fi b rued to 10 th time of ot 1800 std had Imd not lot taken loken then them to 1111 for form m I their induct conduct at as though the Willi under tatter Any or legal c ration gallon to 10 KO so or III t or licit hlll who T of ot site Iho existing and RII andl time the riles juleo ot of the Church l that It Il of ot Shouts bu bust huI l near to Ur undertake any luh task Another nother pl o of nt h fp win Willi l the time to nuiko the tilt witness give glo c his Ills lew of ot what outer other people j opla ople might lt think Without luny rawer po ol lo tho time thoughts of nr others he lie was WAI pressed 4 to loll tell what he thought they hoy thought i He lie WAN also supposed to In know knoll nil all about the Iho private pi l ute lives of ot men lien w with ill whom he wes tin III mm o 0 rapacity when ho halt had not even visit visited vl lull lt oil ml their humps hUIMa or become acquainted at with time Hie of ot their households It the same name rule rulo were applied to his hili III In ii reference to Ui the domes don tic plc amid other relation of their fellow rellow t l i Senators lots would they the time t i s And tin hi u amid what kind of ot hammy would they the be beit it i likely to Hut of ot course Our that duct U is another matter matler So Ho in III regard to o the trap trip Ml set I for the Senator tu to Induce Indue him to lo lace n R ON IH di dit t vile IIII command or Injunction above std i i In 1St conflict with th lh the 1 law M ot of the landAI land AI Ho lie win You think the UIE law laws of or lod iod lire ire superior Nu to th tb the laws ot of man mar mart manTo t 1 To thin this hu hI r I think the I dews wa i of ot Clod upon of or man me lue i superior answer n would any ny nyman man ma or Senator Sinator or orI orV I V R Y Judge or simple n who t il to be he it II tinn g give Iv lo to such uch a quei ques j lion different hour from that we w have quote t I ed edI edH I s H n ni I to c nt nude male a cheer i b btu n it i a invention from God Cod to 1 him r mid Inid one olle that thai came earn merely I H dome rune rule of ot time the Church In III Inthe the tho latter laller case It It was Will In iii conflict with wHit the tho Ih 1 iw of or the lund land he expressed t i tho the opinion every wry Ines would n net netti t ton ti on his hla own OIl true rr o y i and obey ob y either cither us 1111 ho he chow chose being willing of f to abide the tho fon In Inthe Inthe the former orts odes hd h mated that If the tM of God came cuma to 10 him direct direst which Win acmes 1 In lri conflict with the tho laws law a of ot othU hU his country he would move away to some Olno place where ho could obey oh tho the divine law Ian What Whal of ot Unit that 7 Is tho I anything In III It Il Irrational treasonable or Irreligious 7 What did 1111 the Fathers do when they found themselves In tho the po by h of ot the tho corn com committee that propounded tho the query Have not many of ot the tho worlds great Kreut religious reformers reformer found themselves In ht time the position atod and moved to more liberal places and communities ties rime Tho very vor question thus harped upon was awls suggestive of ot tho the proposition that the tha Marmon Church was likely to some name law haw alleged to bo be but In III conflict with the tha laws lawn ot of the tho United States Tho fact In is that there hen lm been no such mich mandate nor In III thoro there likely to 10 bo be In ha the future U It WRY wan wann n 1 catch query and line the tho witness met mel It perceiving the tho snare set el for fOl hU Ih feet rind and declining lo to top stop Into It II Those who will timid find fault with his replies ought to bo ho pineal In III a 1 position im nil to 10 that thit ho before ids his Another point insisted Initiated upon cry very strongly ly was vim that the tho Senator Son to le t reveal what occurred In III tho the endow endowment ment proceedings and ami therefore should bo ho required to do du no so 0 Tills This wan Willi ono one of ot the tho contention the tho and amI the for tor tho limo seemed to bo ho puzzled over what Ito lio thought will was UI u II lack hick of or reason for tor the tho secrecy which In Is observed con comm corning tho the ceremony ce II Ho lie could luid t not moot understand why that secrecy Cy should be he maintained If It there thoro wait Willi err m II fear emir of or persecution for fOI ro tho time whole matter Perhaps the attorney WON tuns only to 10 perplex tho the witness hut but It II would be he J interesting to 10 know whether er he lie incite to the tho view t that a mead obligation or promise need lettl not be kept unities unions there here Is In fear toor of oC some harm or persecution POr follow following In line tho disclosure H That rust would not 1101 exhibit a n 1 very nice n o of honor or ur regard for rOl u I manH word WOld either Ither to 10 plod Clod or man awn tho the greater quirt art of or the pro readings s were WOre permitted to too slate which they did very el positively that Is In no 10 In the endow endowment ment ceremony which Interferes with tho the duty dilly ot of a n citizen toward limo tho KU guts gov nil no vow ow of ot Vengeance upon limo tho nation MUon for 01 time tho shedding of lit tho Lilo blood 1 of or tho time prophets but were not IIO 10 to 0 l to tn us to tn limo tho nature and ond details of ot the cere ceru ceremony mony limit Hut In limo tho latter In 1101 ot of tho Iho a II change of at policy took piece and aid In b ot of tho were wore told 1011 shut It If they thoy that something alleged did not tako take place phico would be he requited required to reveal leveal that winch did occur Tho The wrong of or thin this Willi a cJ arly pointed out by coun counsel aol sel for but bul that mute no III apparent either elthor upon tha time attorney or tho time chairman of ot the tine Ono One thing that mint t strike time the th mind of ot nil mill persons who have havo followed the proceedings rein time tho beginning IM is tho Iho Immense amount o ot of repetition rep In III the of ot the different wit wll and In III ninny many Instance of ot ouch It most mo m oa l I n of ot t them entirely miry eer but untied undoubtedly for time tho purpose e of ot endeavoring to 10 had Ind same In III limo tho evidence of at dif different different II ferent Individuals on ou the time same Fame mutter and amid often otton to tl provoke opposite replies In ht nn Individuals hid on own test Another thing very sery cry plainly li is tho time fact that luring during the tho examination ot of witnesses for fol time tho tho the ut lit utmost most latitude nail any amount of ut Mato were given to 10 them but bUI when the tho side of ot time the r wits brought forward hie his witnesses were clipped chipped and amid curtailed and told lohl not 1101 to preach Neach pi each but hullo lo to hurry up as 1111 tho the was wan that tho the case should bo bu closed without delay Smoot however no as time the lengthy ac account account count wo we 0 Imo have will show ho was permitted to 10 occupy much time sal and more that than awns desirable when whon tho took place Wo commend hh his evidence to 10 the tho can candid dill did Judgment of ot our emr readers mind and bo ho lIue that they will swill agree with swish us u that he came caIne through the ordeal melon I with swish honor hOllor and aul that there In is nothing In that which i w was n which affords any rea rca reason I son on why ho he should be he b from tram the seat font In iii the time Senate of or time the United to 10 which he ho wits 1111 fairly lollo t tI ly iy I and cordially elected by II the large of ot time the of or the of ot Utah Ulah |
