Show T t L 14 t l f If V TF TESTIMONY I E O 1 l i I OF SENATOR SENATOR 1 REED SMOOT Op OF UTAH ui I J s O In I I the ow Ih full text ot of the Iho I F 1 evidence e given Ilven by h the committee I on oi Mid of ot tin tiLl L Tinted 1 Stana ten Nfl 11 t on Jan JH M O 21 23 k lt d being In duly sworn WI was WIt t and testified w LI Mr when hen Ien f L p v wee ere you yU u born t 10 1811 18 i g gp p Mr Mv II Where Senator hull Lake City I Mr Have you von lived In iii Utah U Ish ever your birth 1 Mr have hu J Mr 11 ha has boon been your our place 1111 e nf r 1 4 ii it II inn hili A Mr lr Ir JH us he ot of your So r pt rent ilea My fathers nam Rame F v U i 0 moot Mr My Ir mothers namo wui Ill Annu K R Mr Mi II ot o your YUi ir irn inis n were Mormon I L believe holet bell ve eh or Smoot They were Mr Mv M I 1 that I mother nother Wi H d I plural pi I I I wife wite of ot your father lul r Smoot hR warn Wi Mr your tAthel liv Iv 11 I He U irn II dead I 1 Mr Ir About when did he h ct ln IXU IR Mr II t r your 01 molher q felLor IK hi II ulso III dead denil Mr And ihn hi he died when ien Hh in ind HOC lt Mr d II you 01 a ft n 01 nl the 1 hl Mormon Church Hmo l 1 mn Mr lt II YOU yon YOI been heel i 1111 you PU of ot o discretion Senator I have hav Mr 1 r you a 1 I am fl 1 i Mr MiS ll Wot When were I you i ii t r On Neit t 17 lS I air Ir Ami to whom m Alpha A 1 Mr lr I you YOl lived 11 with II ii h Ii r in I ii the t he rilo tion of Im und yit It lite Hint thuit time tIni I t I have hiO Mr M r hoSe Have you yol children liy her I Mr How many lj M moot molI I h nix children by 11 h r three and three thre boym 1 1 Mr you YOI jit it it any I ot I hI time I ma I any Iny ny other othel woman n nI I Senator t hK not notI I Mr MI ti loii t ha ye you yo U ii nt II a t any nfl other othel time t cohabited with any UI other othel I 1 woman n In II the lation ic ot of mid und amid amidi i t I have laive not nott t 1 ir I or In any 11 other othel it WI V Senator tor 1 I ha e not r Mr Mi 1 When you 01 were ole eie to 10 to your wife wHo vir tero you 01 mar i tied lied I ug to I I whim what L Is II known I It here hel UK tl tho he t celestial I ceremony y Senator I was Wac Wil Mr i r Vo hg Not In tho tim n temple Senator Smoot In the thit temple nt ctt It lo IJ ll Mr Mi I you 01 It m t that through the thai ceremony which l II Ja called cal led Inking to the endowment 7 k tom Smoot No sir fl al m I did ii iii not notI It T I wilt will wi stale however I took 1011 endowments Mr tir 11 I was lB Just about lo to ask tl you YOI that question When I I Senator In the early erl t fl or mr r mo isso 10 Mr You were then hel IS ISI I i yeii r old ohl L Senator was then thus U IS 1 years year y N i Ei old 1111 hl II Ir i r Voit it I MI II i e tint t Is Isu II isIt u It 1 matter 1110 1 lo in hl h not no Il I I ice Is I Ii i 1 hern ter you might tell 11 tm nM lion how howIt hol lionI I 1 I It I UI that you YOI took tOlk your endowments r nt 01 II that age nl Senator lotI ly father was 8 I to tu Viti viall I the t II Sandwich I Putt lOIN rum for hi hll hi iii iiiI I health Unit and he ha hI nuked Iod me mc to go 10 n with him hll him I of ut 1 Wits was WIB very vary Indeed I to 10 I a accept the ito t invitation i in t ion and 1111 a nI nIa a going my lY father l mu lO If ir I I 1 II I Would go g I to tu the t I I mul 1111 U nit tOllo t t Ito my Y I 1 told him hll him ii 1 I Ip p dill did I Id nut not no t I Ill IO VO about abou t It It I t lit lt I I Ic c l d ID tO tl me mo that hut t It cotta I mily i not hurt ni lil It If it I did not ot do mu iou IU liny od and 1111 a ml that t t us its I my lY father to t item ho II would like very ory much to have 1110 me take hike tho endowments before herOo 1 I cruised the Iho wetter or in 01 went vent away Ill from tho thu thI United IH IHm Mr 1 you jou Ol lived In ini i IIO moo inco IhlO jour rUl lii P s No sir air Ni t Mr MI long 1011 lid did ld you OU to live Ie thre Ih l after you YOI were wert lorn In lit 11 L I II I lived In lit II Salt NaIL Hll Luke m e ly ity i out my 1 Iii birth until 1372 1812 11 I then moved lo to and I lived Ivell I III Inno o tiei IWO 1110 1110 N I i i MI i i Vort you attained it I nEal jou ou manhood have huwa you OU Olt been heel engaged It Ii I pc f 4 11 III hu ll 1 H Ves sir 11 Mt r rt t ii l Mr iI I I Voit Ii Tell us 1 In II n gen geni len I i ml 11 vay Wity In lii hoines or hl I Jon nu huv been heel engaged from root tho the he bo fi i i I iii lug to tl the lie th t pre c nt time line t 1 have been In II himi 11 mercantile Ii I lie business In I ii the II t lu Ii ite In tl tho the ban kin I 1 In 11 tho ho t iii Itlo U Ic I and 1111 a imd In Iii Inthe hithe IiiI I j the sheep und In time the mining p r 1 Have you nu nt itt lt any i 1 t nl I held any 1 1 fl or Oh In 11 the thet t H It I so 10 st tell tel us u what t they were n beginning Ii illig with w I I ii those t I tose tint first In lit 11 the order on nf iii lt di tn to tl tOt The only on I y particular 11 l r t hat 1 lube 1 co t iu t I 1 ever hl hh 1 I In II i n the lie t t iou V WM wai that of C to 11 1111 emil e In tl limp HIP Utah ot o Zion anti anil 1 I i wai cne t a C 4 ouch 11 cit In III I ii April 1111 tin I 1 S I Mr I tr lt wart It lit I IIla He of or o I wits wua his hil liI for or ort live hl t years r 1111 I wan 01 appointed one ut the tho Twelve In Iii II April 1100 1 tr Ir I think U it I In 1145 nl al II alt t appeared that la Iii II the limo lay day oil aim 01 aimI I which i Joseph F 17 J la toiL lUlL t chili wan vs Wf 1 I Vea I believe hel h ItS ao In euI I before th this the 1 Mr Ur In iii taking any ni aim of ot 1 the le did Ihl you 11 again have liao hl cic ot otI I to tai taka u the I d I did not Mr II have you OU ever eer lr 4 li 1111 through that except on onI I 1 the llin one oils 01 when ou 01 were about h IS S yearn of ot o age Il i Senator Im I hRu hc not 1 MI Mr Have you ou 01 hel h ll l any uhl tha one une you youk 01 k Dialog I W hold hollI K of ut the thoo United 7 ItalO Smoot Only th the on cm aa u a I Ii i ot of time the territorial Insane asylum l nt lt Provo appointed by Iy k v West Weil That ts Is I the only lily I ever YIV held or ever wanted to 10 hold Air lr Ir Did yun yui YUI take 11 1 lath mth or 01 o obligation when lel you 01 became an 1 Apostle Smoot I 11 ld toot not t tIr m L t Mr tr Ir you yim recall the i fo i ceremony or em parts pail of or o th the ceremony cerlon 7 through w which you YUI vv out when you 01 ott u x Wf your OUI Senator Smart noot I t could not remember It I IM If I wanted 1 lo to tot Mr Ir t r Do you YOI meun 1111 tush you OU do it tot not remember anything about It Itoi ItI oi 0 I that your our recollection Is vogue 1011 1 have not enough u of or th tho details to tot tl give the committee nn Ill n information Mr 11 Tell me Ine whether or not 5 oot at that time thor any thing of at this Ihle kind kindI I took tok tiu 1111 i ti tim it I t cum 1111 body said his t I inn CloUt about to rua rell read l In Ito 11 sub BuI that 1111 you 01 to U It I That you 11 total and each of lt you do dl oh pio iO irdee IH unit vow uw that you will wi never nevor to tip Importune high hll heaven to the llio blood ot of the tima Ihl prophet upon this thin notion nation I did 1 not moat tot Ar M r there hers th t any anything anything thing wild Mid about avenging the blood 1101 of ot the tle prophets or ur anything elm sic llon on this nation or rr on this government No sir Ir Mr 4 r Sort W n there am nit Al y thing thin Mid eald avenging the blood of ot o Jr J the prophet t No sir I r And Aiti It 1 teems seems very 8 that such 11 1 a It timing thing should b hi ha spoken ut at because b the endowment hive never changed ai its ni I J understand It I It I hue has been hen no so III testified and 1111 that Joseph Smith Jr lr himself was waa the th founder of ir the endowment It would olid b h I very Ir ery strange inlet I to 10 ito YS such cur Ii mi 11 ii ii Alive to avenge e his hll death dath when he lie hl WON wets nl Mr Mi 1 Now let lei me ml ask uk akoI yo 0 oI i whether whIm when you YOI took lOOK your our oath fin us 18 a U senator of ot n thin the Stalen laIs you yen tl took tool It I t with wih wi I Ii itty 4 I reservation I ion Smoot None whatever wh tover Mr M r ton And whether there Ii it anything In lii your our punt life liCe either In II connection with the Church ur tie anything eli ehu h In Iii II the tl slightest degree af ut affects arts your youl loyalty loyally to our 0 county its IH recognised by hy that hint oath Senator No Nu sir ll Mr Worthing tOi How did olid lilt you OU come collie cometo MIC to II I 0 be liP h a II 1 i 0 II nd Ida t e for mr rul the lh o 0 le lice of lt o C sena senator tor Mr Ir I 1 have been rather mather active hot I Ye In 11 lsd I t Ira Irai I i r Without being Ing ton too on nit 11 that subject I 1 wish you nu would rho the committee n a Idea blest of or your I activities art t lea In Iii that I hot t direction 1 I prior to tl tile jou 01 were 1111 an open can ii oh ii I i for tor or the til I I ilsoe of ot senator Sen tar may 11 lila ay I hat t bp hr fore tore ever ovel there Wilts IH n It I division on nn lines linos lMA In II Ilio tho State tite of or Utah luh I In iii II In 11 the of ur the tile two tnt tWI I great national I ut I MI I 1 remember nt tit one Oils time of o taking ti k I mig nn UI tone ot u C thu tho t ho loading I mig Democratic O tIe papers pa end and one ole I it e of the I its lend lending lemi ii log ing Republican papers leper It I wits was Wil about 1184 when I 1 became manager of ot the thc Provo Woolen Mills MI 11 I is isI I thought t imo a gh ht t ot oh CD co Irle rae rsc at lt ii t the hue t time t I nue hut thit I I was sits Wil a it I My Iy 1111 front from He II was a Ii Democrat anti and of I 1 I Iwas I lt our thought was IU as a Democrat He lie le believed In pro protection ted ht it of lt a coo rs it I itt ii been taught lo to me ins I oil nil ul rny my rn life le tinE and 1111 I t it itIn In 11 It mt I Hut hilt after studying tie te I I papers WI en carefully Indeed with wih oil all 11 the thu Interest t that t t I could coo UI my toy 1 mind ui hid gradually g rail on I Jy ii il t I 1 toward party pArlY I oa ri the I lie principles un net bid ut Of of the I iii ii I 1 think It II was Wil In lii II 1581 88 hat that t there a few rw men Ilon in en In II I ii 1101 I rove Its p it hi cult ami ii oil we w organized H a I putty 1111 That hut was before it fOre the division thI d I vi ion on Oi ot i party pa dy III i m ii In iii our OUi We WI mistI II I to 10 I meet et 1 i for the t lie purpose of it 1111 oh tug the 1 t in principles of o the Iho Party and amid II II I deeply In iii 1 th ln toni and In II poll loll 1101 tics le I 1 was WAi or tim II tilt full tel iny elf HO so when the Die division on oil Oi pally lines tonIc dinic to it I Ign iii t with wih ni I Ii HIP tue I kit a party and amid 1111 I have bean a I u from flout that IllI time tIie on Oi Our OUI county Iliili county wits was Wil ly iy I In lii II fuel It IL wits was WI one eon ot of tim the t in inthe Inthe InI the he I Is il ott v we s the ito t I te iou il its of IC that county worked urai very er hard to tn lo of our our county from a it I U lt Il ie majority anion ly to a it I In Ito publican majority We ibm cc t mom lw hot ticket t knowing k i ow full tul well wll slI that V Ve could not moot lot be he le elected ted butt but we If laid had that tight fight to t ve oe ll did It I and I 1 think In lit 1900 1000 WItH the fIrst tret year yetti Hint we WI carried Utah county for Tor or tho time party I attended moil bloat ot or the tha conventions both bOlh ii county and tutu stilts slate Mr Ir of your jour party you yuu nenn Senator Yen I wave gave Re my may lime all I 1 gave IIVO my In ill means lucius for or the tho advance macit unit I lit ii that bitt t came 1 I wax was an l itt m I organ hUll leer Mr of ot tho southern aloes DM toe 11 they were called on I leil In iii most 11 of or o t tho tit t Ito campaign tam and 1111 I hid did It I because I liked hIked It I I J on en Oi the work I think that I have been heen loyal lays 1011 I lo to 10 It from trum roam beginning beg I n it I log to 0 end emil emilii 11 and Ild ii mid for or aught I know klow will wi w II I comit I one to Lo tobe Lob tobe be b If lung long 18 tho thi principles me are II av atm they thoy me are anil 1111 is 11 I 1 believe them to II be he the time heiSt best IJ t for tic lila I count my Mr MI You KIV 50 av that you jou 01 01 ga nixed tin tilt southern outher forces Just JURt What do you 01 mean 1111 by hy that r I menu that I t In iii Il tho the state Mate Salt Lake l Is what may buy ml be ito called the tw central I part ot of I t our OUI state and then there IH is II tho t Ito northern part of ot our nor state Mule Milo Ihen theu theme thole IH Is 1 the southern part pal of lt the tite state and 1111 of at course In lit the time organizations I ctt huts Ct R I rusts fur to r that t Ito t section of ot our null slate ItaLo always 1 came caine up op lp nt ut II t the lie th t conventions 5 and nn wo VO were ere gen generally 01 01 together on Oil 11 kind l of ott If a it 1 prop proposition as I to tl Wilt should bo be hI nominated ed Il Ili Mr i l r to 10 1002 hud had anybody the tim th hed lead heath leader or er ot at tho thin 11 party laity In tho the southern vaiL ot of tho tIti Well I 1 would not nol want to tl say any II that lr I will wil not I lt prose press you II on 11 In that subject Others Othel have il about It I When did you YIU your self Hlf thou tho o of ot bo be boIng lug Ing n a 1 candidate for or tile tIe t to of ot senator nf ut thu tito United front from Sel IO Oh I was spoken lo tu I 0 by iI h my 1 Ill political fi lends rieti lack back as all asfar 11 far no as 18 18 I 11 and Alit especially my homo town titan friends to tie tl run rUI for tOl ci governor or for rUI ci the t h IUA II III Mr I i I itt ii I I c t me ins Ile Interrupt I it t pt you 11 to 10 ask ssi Ilk these t you IU cloak nf Ir oi wen Mormons or ot 0 or 0 I i bold I think they thoy tho were cro i ln 1110 il s Mr lr Just go 0 along please I o I I told tobi 1111 them heft t that tho I I Idid IIII did III tilt not 11 rare care about to tl rim for foran to foren an en until wo WI could at ut least get got our ll flit county Into hot th III this or column and 1111 that Is IN shat wt we had 11 n working for to or H a I lung long time tn over ever Slime MineO the thi th divi division claim sion on ono oi parly purt lines lilies and 1111 that limit If It the tim thins lime StOOL mine ami SItu It I was WIK as Poper I should holli Illio very vety much to 10 go I g to the time enat of or tint thou tl I IIII And I iid Mr tr Loose Mi 11 t I T n Tel Moi lol o Is und mittit Mr ti I m Homer lum I I o mn r and 1111 a the tho t lie leading of lt Provo and HII MOIO of or 0 f I u count at ut Jt toil o understood hi my 1 ill w lanes in lii II that t rd wn we Vl ul pl ways 11 to tl that end lull Mr uI I m That wwi warn WI In Il what year J In 1198 8 Mr Mm 1 I believe there was Wall a I elected from rum your jour state In lit II 1901 Senator Smoot Yi he was Wi elected In Iii II January l l lAir Air ii Ir r Hut the lun which the senator enilo was vda Ia In 1800 Senator Yes re Mr II l I The second Me Mc Ic 1 Senator Smoot U wait Han the tb 1900 1100 I elite lion MI Did you yon run Iun for forthe to tort fort the then or t U r make mal nn au ef et effort Senator ennor Xo No I r wa was not nut nn tin In avowed candidate Mr Ir It 1 11 its pretty hurett co Ve We e had liat hll list had tile the silver eras out ut our oui tie Iver way WI and Ind In 1 M were wre very ver few tew Republicans left heft Itt I think timers there the were only tOO votes ulel east cast In tn the whole whale state 1 Yon mean Republican votes Senator Republican votes ot but butof hIl of ot we Wt kept the th organisation to together together gether In 1899 Ut VP wt 11 did sill not lint lot AX 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