Show SMOOT CASE GASE IS UP FOR Senator Burrows to Insist on Settlement Before March 4 S T RESOLUTIONS IONS PRESENTED PRESENTE 1 Chairman of on oil s t tand tumid and Elections Says Sn s 's Mormon Q v Is Purchasable lc t t Washington Dec 1 11 Senator i. Senator J. J 0 G.- G. Burrow chairman oI of the u-ic cOln h on n privileges and elections held l held the I close boso attention of or the senate for tor foral or ornest l al almost f most nest four fOUl hours today while white Ing ng resolutions why Reed Heed Smoot the the Mormon apostle was not hot entitled to lo retain his seat ent 0 At the conclusion of or hi his remarks in iii replying t a question u of Mr Foraker Foral er a i L member of the committee who doe does tot not favor or Smoots Smoot's expulsion Mr lr Bur i rows 8 announced that ho would ailt Wilt oak that hat a day not be set et for Cor or voting the he committees committee resolution retiring the hc Mormon senator until every ev cv l ry opportunity op op Co for or a full rull discussion had sad been cen given He lie said that he lie heo o would td Insist upon the settlement of or the tho case before the adjournment of or congress congre J March Ia 4 The were er erow ed the enIre en- en enI ILire I- I tire Lire time women largely Ins ing Senator Smoot gave close attention attention atten attan- atten- atten tion ion to eer every word that was said SAld but bUL assumed a nonchalant air 1 Charged p 1 Among other things Mr Burrows Burrow charged that the attitude of the tho tW I great reat parties towards the Mormons had been misrepresented b by the tho lead lea leaders ers cis and cited instances to support his 0 d declaration ec l that the Mormon formon vote YaM was wasa waita I Ia a purchasable 1 commodity that was eagerly sought In concluding n h lis hI read l' l all an extract from rom the report qt QC j Secretary Tail Taft In which tho the latter supported sup up- ported the tho dismissal of or ira hi-ira negro neSti companies front from rom the tho arm army for tor tho thu act let ot of a a. tow Low ow members on account of th this this- conspiracy of or silence lie Ito hold h 1 tV Ul tt it while 1 Smoot was not n. n t he wn was because or of I 10 conspiracy o o of U thu t tu on Y church ch Action on out Cabinet C 1 C 1 At an un executive on hold late flA W 1 r. r ai S j I oi f Co I lii Ott I t rno l ncI for tor tHo nio llio arl cli lt r J f Mr called to 00 o abill a bill Introduced by IJ Mr Air Moody 1 while serving as a member of the lie lower lowel lowerhouse house hous proposing J to deprive nil all South- South 1 1 states of or representation until the tho they should HO so amend their laws lairs as asto asto to permit negroes to vote Mr 11 Lodge objected to a request that tho the nomination go gi o over unless unless' was an agreement to vote This was waa finally reached It His is regarded as certain the he nomination nomina lion tion of Jc 1 rs Moody antI and Bonaparte rte will bo be confirmed rated to rd iv 0 There was ivas some seine criticism jf A f the President In 1 1 making what was us to tobo tobo toLie nominations bo Lie premature p This had hael reference to the lie nomina nominations lions of ot Po Postmaster General Cart l- l you vou ou Lou for the lie treasury department Commissioner of Corporations Gar Cars Hold haiti for tor or the interior department rite TUc objection seemed to be he against con con can a R. nominee before the pre present lit Incumbent had tendered his alion a ion lion The rhe speech of or Senator vs Burrows in In mart art was as follows When the tue credentials of if the tie thus Hoi iCed Smoot were verc laid before bi forc the sen SOl nt tite certifying to hits his election a as a 8 sen- sen sen j from the hue state of ot Ulah Utah the term lorm of or six years from the thc Uh of or of March larch 1903 1900 thero there was uvas ut at the hue same annie liar presented ted to the senate a n. protest a against his being in imi the thu language of ot th hue ihu remonstrance permitted to Uy try by taking laking the tho oath of ot office or tp t tIt Hit Mit It as tS a 1 member mem or of ot tho ho United States States' I senate I Subsequently nn and on n the lie it ot of I March lurch IM I'M J conforming to io thu tho practice of the lie senate to accord to 10 tho the holder o of a duly dilly authenticated I of election the tue prima facie faele rl right ht to admission tho the oath of ot office I was administered to Mr- Mr Ir moot Smoot anti and ll lie bt was vasa admitted 1 d to t the u e mem membership n b ers hi p U o of f this ioU I. I I body as a a senator from flom the lie state ol ot Utah On the same saute day the tie protest against his ida admission was by order or ot Qt the the- senate referred to tho the e privileges and anil elections on n Senator Burrows then lien introduces th tk protests that lint have boon been sent to cop cop- rogar regarding the seating of Re u gross member of the tho national a a. as us legislative body After ner a brief revIew continued con con- con Senator rows Burrows of these protests protest Later I and on the jh of January J nUary I HIO-I the b by resolution autho I and directed the lie OIl on and elections to Investigate privileges the lie right and title tithe 11 tic of ot need Reed Smooth to a a. from seat scat In the senate senale as a senator the tho state of ot Utah the execution o of this order the In on privileges and electiOns to make Inquiry Into tm proceeded allegations contained in m th th the various arlous and amid generally to comply with protests Investigate In of or the 8 senate to the tho mandate and title of Reed Smoot tho the right gate gato lo to a It seat scat tn In time the senate us as a senator front from the state of o Utah the time performance of ot this duly duty protracted pro pro- In Iii which acted ti-acted hearings were had 11 mI at more than titan a a. hundred witnesses were vere examined and the testimony covering over aver 30 W pages of or printout printed matter has has' submitted to the tue senate satiate Y been It is Impossible in tho thu Us- Us I Of or course review In detail before th the to of or evidence evl but senate this great mass S forth of the tha committee sets the tho report o the Lile substance thereof bearing upon tint the vital Hal Issues Involved I 1 shall o therefore than bait to touch Ouch ch upon no 10 more the salient t points tit In lii in the case casc and tho the evidence c relating thereto Acquitted of ur rol rolLet n III Let Lct mo me say at the tho O outset t touching the tI thi t e that tho ito senator from Utah isEL IsA Is Isa char charge polygamist t and for fo II that reason n disqualified die dis a EL from holding a sent seatS In tiui this qualified ed was submitted to lo the bod no evidence body In Sn support of oC ouch allegation committee ills dis the Investigation In and md so far tar as a I senator stands acquitted I ot of the closes This relieves tb Inquiry charge tint that of Lit Its personal character ah always dJ d' d un and the senator stand sandi t the e senate in personal persona Cb character yS 4 on page p 1 A I oJ j J. J I Ir r f r SMOOT CASE GASE iSI IS I UP S fOR Continued from flOI p IJ ire one bearing above criticism and be beyond re reproach re and and- If It found disqualified for membership in this bo body r it mu inn it t b b i. i upon other grounds and from other con I 1 propose e therefore to state brielly as RS possible the reasons which Impel the majority of the committee com coin t report to the tho conclusion renche reached In Us Its Is In passing upon the lie Issue Involved In It ItIs I ItIs Is important Important indeed absolutely essential essential essen essen- to an Rn Intelligent application of or tho the thoI yE I evidence elicited and ard tho the law applicable ta ble thereto thereto to to recall and hold in 11 It mind the accredited facts of history in connection con con- with wih the organization and de development do- do of or the thc Mormon church especially espe espe- i- i daily that community known as tho the Utah Mormons or with wih headquarters at Salt Lake Sal OY presided presided pre pro sided over b by one Jo Joseph F F. Smith recognized rec and acknowledged by his devotees de tie- as president prophet seer and I rc lator and with wih which organization tion Senator Smoot Is publicly Identified Ident- Ident ted fied fe feas as ono of ot Us Its Is called so-called apostles I Iun un antI and 11 who by virtue of or his ecclesiastical office therein occupies a l conspicuous i place place place-In In this Mormon hierarch hierarchy ii S Sen Senator tor Burrows then reviews at S length the history of or the founding of the church giving 1 a R comprehensive account account ac ac- ac- ac 4 count of its Is progress from Its Is organization organ organ- N b by Joseph Josph Smith to the time of S. S his Jils death In Carthage jai Jail June 7 7 1811 ISU v when ho says sars there was a a spirit of unit unity In the entire entre church and no A S schisms or oa dissensions were known ii I. I th tho church Following tho the death of oC S I Joseph Smith Senator Burrows detal detain details fr f the tile Journey of ot the thc pioneers to Utah 1 Ji the rounding founding of the state of rt the institution of polygamy and the history his liis t J S tor tory ot or Utah from the arrival of or th the I JL- JL t r pioneers In 17 ISH to the present t da day t r Carnival of Crime Referring to 10 this portion porton of or hIs Ills subs sub sub- V s s. s f Senator Burrows says y The subsequent history of this como com corn o r Is too familiar to Justify ox ox- ox f 1 tended re lew review Front From the time hour they S S took possession of the thc territory In 18 lS S 5 the domination of or this Mormon hierarchy hier Itier- arch archy in iii civil as RS well wel as called so-called so re religious re- re affairs has been absolute and und supreme Rn and there was then Inaugurated Inaugurated and carried on for fort forty years S. S tr a carnival of or crime In this territory unexampled unexampled un un- exampled In the history of ot a civilized s S state The armies of or the United States were forbidden to come within Ha Its borders borders bor bor- ders tiers federal Judges and other government govern g ment melt were weal driven from the theS S territory the statutes of or tho the United J 4 5 S States Stales were spurned and trampled on tho the ministers of ot the law insulted and defied lale lawlessness ran riot anti and there WU no authority In the thc territory re respected rot r- r ro- ro t or oi O enforced but that lint of ot tIme the I Mormon hierarchy hierarch S Senator Burrows here read from re rec reports re- re c ports of United States officials in tho the state slate of or Utah the matters maters being being very cay familiar to Utah people generl generally The Tho S reports cited were from the chief chIc justice jus ide- tice of the territory to the President in which it I was stated that conditions J I in Utah were alarming and that they 5 5 5 were unable lo to cope copo with wih the condiS conditions condi condi- S tons confronting them that the affairs in the state were controlled by the I Mormons that Brigham Young Young was der de- de r I flan Ilant t and that hat the agents of or the Federal FedI Fed Fed- I eral government were thwarted b by him and his agents Mr Burrows then reV re- re V to the incident of or the escort of or 1 S the tho successor or to Brigham Young as asS S gov governor of or the tho territory b by what wasS was asS S S 1 known as Johnstons army and the theo 1 o resistance that it Il met mel from the Mor or- or S. S r mon mons In this title connection he also rc- rc owed tho the O of oC Pr President ilont flu Bu- to go eh not et down In mv d r J the tho actions oC of tile tho tlC Chief ChIc I fix fix- x- x J uhe In the matter mater of or restoring the 2 i 1 supremacy or of the Constitution in Utah In his comment upon this phase of or the tho subject Mr Ir Burrows said S c to Con IC Thus did It Il como come to pass that after aCer S ten years of or the tho domination of the S Mormon lonnon hierarchy In iii Utah tho the President r S dent of or the United States was cony constrained con con- y 7 strained to make the startling announcement an an- in his annual mc message to r. r 5 5 congress that there no longer remained t any government In the territory of or Utah c 1 but the of or BrIgham Young Young r I lie le ruled supreme Pretending to beli be bo li the thu vicegerent of the time Almighty ht ho defied de de- de- de led fied fed the time government go of or time the United t. t S States and played upon the passions prejudices and fear fears fearm of or the tue I people eo pIe un until an tl 5 l' l lie ho held complete mastery over o cr the lives l es i S and fortunes of ot his deluded followers i S This declaration of President ent Buchanan Buchan Buchan- an in Iii 1 ir 7 aroused the congress and amid the j i t. t country countr to 0 the Iho necessity of or taking some somo Jr steps to suppress this thim crime takIng and relieve f the people of or Utah from the thc domina- domina q j llon tion ton of or so 5 j despotic a a i power To that S end d numerous measures were prompt promptly SS S P 5 S Introduced Introduce In both hoth houses of or congress 5 looking to lo the tho 55 5 accomplishment of or this S S purpose e but not until was an ad act ES passed defining the crime of ot bigamy It al and amid punishing persons adjudged guit guilty fl of or such offense In any ot or the territories I J of or the United d States Stales b by a line not exceeding ex ox W or by Imprisonment for a L term not exceeding five years and at ate t tk i. i k e L S time Iho same name Ham time lime annulling ears all al acts aiR and I S laws of or the legislative c assembly of or the i territory o of Utah which establish sun sun- port maintain shield or or coi countenance countenanceS nce S S tho time practice of or polygamy evasively called spiritual marriage however disguised disguised dis dis- dise I guised by legal lesal or fCC ecclesiastical solemnities 11 sol sol- S. S sacraments ceremonies or oi other contrivances and further anS annulling an- an ant S the ordinance tho time r Church of or Jesus Jeus Christ of or I lal Latter Day jitter jitter-Da r-Da r l Saints and making It Jt unlawful for any i i corporation or 01 asso association for religious 55 laton or charitable purposes to acquire o or hold real c estate tate In t. t rel un any territory of or th the 1 United States of a greater value than thai forfeiting and amid ij ali to th the S United States alt all holdings h by such Much curS corY cor cur Y In of or h excess 51 such sulm value If S Laxity of or Enforcement I Senator Burrows Burows referred to lo the lax lax- lly Ity m In the time enforcement of or this iy meas incas J J ure nrc because of or the great problems confronting con con- fronting the Iho nation during time the civilS civil i i latOI during cl 1 iJ S war var After the war was ras wa ended sal tal said S. S Senator Burrows the matter was again agal L' L o t tn the lie mater of or congress S t. t S In I the message of or President Grant i In inS I ct S Si 1 in ii erred Tred to the Utah nu t I I J lion as ag follows 1 Iii In Utah there still remains a rem rein nant of barbarism repugnant to civil l ci S. S I f to lo decency and to the tie laws o otho or of 5 S 5 tho the United States Neither poly polygamy am S j nor an any ay other violation of or existing s istar ista- ista ta r totes tUleR will wil ill be lie permitted within the tho territory ter- ter of the time United d States It I I Is no not with the of the J 1 religion belf tJ S t saints that wo ivo aro arc now dealing bu but t. t S With wil their They rhey will wl be he oreS protected pro ore 1110 i in their S worship of or God accordS accordIng accord accord- I S S In Ing to the time dictates of or their consciences but limit they will vill wi not nol be bO Lr |