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Show NF NGPA NPS OP Vo Sey ee CN eV YY ey GOOF eee IY 8 THE INTER-MOUNTAIN ator Smoot. | anvthing, that Sen-| of Unseating the that this oh sake was in eee "by aot Officially in the he with j in as It Speech such . fa has not engaged others eaee in for would be i a whom I met how Senator gener: al | community, an another that he with} was a/}the yany itention that Sutherland's Following Is the Full Text of Senator Synner unin } - Delivered leonspiracy S SPEECH SUTHERLAND it is not prete ended ink January 22, 1907. Appears SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1907. GEORGE ISENATOR Opposing REPUBLICAN, ee whole! trom ‘got to an editorial "INinofs ple nty et Sune ad a the)}e Another p himae fas follow s unaa the of to his seat; place as would to'a addressed whom the are be as much similar of; court It justice tioh the ‘resolution reported from the] t?IressPetition the government of -grievances. The on privileges elections, seat in the senate as a United States from Utah' "- peculiar. senator of the state It but yiegnt, to a} entitled fs not Reed-Smoot ‘That and does not a recognizes, for ee er confer a "He sarily and I occupy the shall be as of the Issue and the time ee of as permit, In-my own the the wide investigation itself state the people will!) are may widely divergent ViewWS-{ side is necessarily wanting in ‘of fri sincerity, Fanaticism) be. entirely eonsiste nt love of: truth and the desire although I have never with thé! this that) a just upon the numerous of cases-cases a tj¢q) legislation, or THe fanatic ' in Utah, as els€-| put I respectfully submit a case where the right of vidual is more sacred than felestine- demand auch és another the name for) shortcomings of of all the Requests people. in ques- of, poll- Good should not be obeyed that one the this fact-that in ISSUE CLEAR AND SIMPLE. ae aaa ae Question Whether or Not Utah'stee Senaee Lawbreaker. seemed to me the! If ice stien ttan before this has Something more than unfit this that senate his will ise ep continued bring shame in and re-, breaker, either in his own person or aider or abettor of others; if he places his love of country, his devotion o his. govetnment, his duty as' a senator of the United' States above every' other. consideration; ‘if. he, net morally ‘unfit, he ent not.to deprived of his seat in obedience any. feeling of ofeiutice within eel! Trrevelant Testimony. of the o a Mormon co the statements of friends and opponents-some etimés authentic and sometimes not-from the foundation of the oo urech, moré than seventy years ago, to the present time, have been oe and are to be found in tnese ages. Everything, however - trivial} avarsehine; however unimportant; aie Cn Soe nanan? thas by no ts be to or : ight or wrong,wise or unwise, JUSt| or /unjust, its decision. becomes the} unappealable law of the case, But, cee , in another sense, and in a higher and a better and a juster sense, its uetion by those of fundamental Pag abiding every 1 The place in the R considerations |" which oe fmd an consclence ‘just- man: Regarding Petitions. c of : who r said| belleve d ‘that all as of editor talked any he of in ‘nat way. Importance, the Christian Advocate. a e& = Se on ato ; f rom " ‘Vermont mh £at Doctor| upon this special errand and this inquiry among others, ae to il this by novortous common make td, neater nt of the any pane ean One of the m oes of this eee and and tof this country to ‘hes other, lie' has gained wide circulation and has | been given ae ral credence through- special, protest. MIBHeS this original protest Par r read {it over ae PHOvO DEED, conatt red it | did the other SH HnTeee: that Senator | Smoot was not guilty: i | tantly ithat repudiated Mv. Tayler, festants, by lable. of the. "other it testimony y slgn- re prosenting the repudiated pros ae him from been holding a seat made by before be fore ihe commit y, immediately turns about and makes his special protest, in which he alleges in specific and detailed terms and epetore has made himself amen- is EVEN; La this day beliey ed| laws of the state of Utah, in'Mr. Letlieh's protest ts That esd iy ainviveamtats and int Laon of Utah ‘into in this POSURE. it to thé senate and I desire i to read es z and very much a y possibility could reflect any light all, upon the question with which Mr. President, it DoLld tend both as Meta his maritage legal wife the and said his on (hat the hearimig better understanding of this case, as does to every ease, if we werea pe st.of all to aeecurately determine and this no one can do except in a plural wife is. in the Secliaice" cus- tady und control of the first presidency and the quorum of the twelve it "having vague; ordered, (| was ‘be ‘en ane ey) others have ‘drayn, asserted, become and then so so eloud- afterwards partially telnstated protests have relied up by. the ES EONS, been presented On about to give Smoot) its appropriate committee e apostles and such ie prwoes nd Stakes or compel the U tah, Your vised pretestants by ore son sion was her or the and itmarriage was colem- name of the plural from Tdaho (Myr. Dubois) and by otner mpraters of the committ ~ Tayler, in making his openae stlitement lo mA pooner say, eeanbetling the charge rei aeeee protest, that eae eustHtls ring the effeet that the +0 ‘Btate, re fe r red [ resumes s "his hat would pe pea the I dow me nt seen | 50. and to an eae ee ‘e pan none sald I ble corrects the great ‘ which was "adressed by the cere oe Curthet ne Ly-| do} Ss. atong-some each r Lyman from sexual clude between the Senator from Idaho Ont aan The the Smoot . i. from "Vermont, y, Ota? upon those! to jnetlaned senator fr0M | ccanate and have been considered By ois), In-his speech the /1}. cammittee on privileges and *electhe attention of the tions-the first -a > general protest a called ae the a polygamist, oh committee by Uta an Se chargé or of as = his bis oath of nineteen CET a number ne ee of made other ate editorial Ww hich tae junior and diffie oie with that sort of bu ste to' be Hoe enor ‘and and good ta fall Similar. pommtttce Senator y a eannitees =e of this sc his having statements country to the the attitude member Senator Smoot's betng a polygamist is} Disb. of any consequence here i i this inquiry, but flects a world of tude of good these men to my mind i light upon the atti- good who women have and brought of are ernorer: up-| oO not accuse any| you committee of desiring | vow the the by. making peanle. | who are ne 1 of ahaa other. charge and each of you do promise ; eepea ‘that ite goveur these not tell you exactly which to as a mae is no way of accurately Searing the fact, but I ve ature to ‘say senator. from ees ark these Patiiona "are One of the witnerses who was called before the committee was Dr. Buc : ‘wonfieman who is mort by repumember he ser have s having anywhere fam two ave had occasion myself the last few weeks-and tors have told me that mney h "Because answered Ss to every to well- informed se th e version he h person it, and to life. as , deny well as stated that, with bo I know any- any woman "Clemenson's 1 other than his he earth charge he he had no rea- what the that he was Perjury. Tlie senator from Hingis is entirely correet about that. she did testify that the ehjldren thuc seer. In Communication with the fath‘ry, so that she knew absolutely tha what she was stiling was not the { NeW as I said, four or five of these withne do not veeall just how many- -were at the time they testified Net members of the church. Of eourse they had to be members of the church at the time they went through the endowment house ceremonies Thus the case was when it was' rested upon beth sides and submitted to the tinal determination of the committee, on January' 27, 1905. It was supposed by everybody to he. closed. but to the astonishment of at least some people it was reopened more than a year later, namely, on February 6, 1906. ‘This was after all the arguments had been made and afte the whole case had been submitted to the committee. The case was reopened and four witnesses were producer to testify with EETerE Ce to this eath. Those four witnesses were Professor Walter M. Wolfe, William J. oe 1s, John P. Holmgren and Henry W. Lawrenee Binie -ssor Wolfe bey his version of the oath as follow "Mr. Wolfe The law of vengeance is this: ‘You and each of you do Seer and proiaike that you will pra and never cease to pray 1ipLty God to avenge the blood of the prophets upon this nation, and that you will teach the same to your children and your children's children the third and fourth genera- tlons." Mrs. Iiiott said it was ta teach it to their children and their ehildren's children, but Professor Wolfe udds unto the third and fourth generations. Was shown that Professor Wolfe had joined the Mormon chureh ten or twelve yeurs before he testitied: that immediately after joining the church he had gone through the endow ment house ceremonies; and he - testified that although he. believed the first time he took this obligation that the seeds of treason were Planted in it. he. yet testified that he took4: a ‘ven times again, the last time withIn & year or two before ne appearea before the committee. He continued o be a member of the church until three weeks before he aappeared upon the stand, at which time he was excommunicated for drunkenness, ie lost his professorship.in one of the colleges and was. excommunicated svn the church. not the testithony of Mr. i Hatsigien k , or at TcRst fact of (Mr. Kn wife. es Clemehson, mi ide "this cali Thomas here, but. Mr.. Thomas. testifled that some such oath was administaved There. was a. cross-examination of Mr. Thomas that is somewhat interesting. .On) pages Th and 72 of the fourth volume. he was examinea and some questions were asked him by the gehatax from Pennsylvania during ought to be ecole we *Why2?" They shave = he ‘Is a polygamist." them, "You are entirely mie Senator Smoot is not a polyg- I know - has , although the Sutherland. have, to o Doctor Huckley testified gone to Salt Lake whilé|and what m belief, Induced by slanderlibel ous statements such and amist, was repudiated instantly by from, the protestants-the nineteen- Pee meat patie taken Brought Knew unto did exoner-| ae clippings, similar to the t it. was pent | to the ‘fact that a very. = aol aon by nineteen gitizens of stated in the first meeting, in| $iTHar areas petitions had"beer present-| pore, the sevond a. special protest err to a direct question, thit no "Senator ae REx 000 © pment er ng cotnirys ‘iened by. one "Tonw lL. Letlich alone, neral roe contains seemed mind of oe first or senator th that Vinese petitions should this digninen ste: apaton én ng force. eet ace ° eee: any Attorneys' Views of Case. the question as to}" "we charge him- ons' addressed to this}. Meaning Retintor Sm gestingo r demanding that} ‘‘with no offense vonriaatie.. by Jaw."' a particuia® Mudenient should be renThat statement means, if it means rt my : refrain to wit-| y-| Rev. The facture was dgliverdd i a sheath to a J congregation of men and women, and in the course of his lecture, as ap- clarge|séssion ‘In the aaiieee of the proceedings before the committee this occurred after an he has remarks Mr. arge. a SenCRUS, state > And again, upon at least three separate and distinet occasions Mr, lee repeated that he did not stand, nor the protean te ae he repre- senator polygamist the the New York World proceeds to give|s ren in detail the story 1 have stated, upon 2 authority of this man Clemenson. lemenson was evidently not tent with stating this in the New York f ecause he proceeded to make a a business of going up and down the the "aithentty with niatters country delivering lectures upon this of that Kind is that ordinarily a thou-| oe ‘the sand people read the original charge substantially the same Peers facts there Is something bad shout ap at is = where to Natore marks rem by ihe decent for ihe protestants, Mr. Tayler, and by members of the ecom- test,' in pt that thas are adthat it is inexpedtont maiden " aaely: pads in the a in of tdeen, Utah, "tells the confes= made to him by wife No. Rose Hamilton of Milwaukee, mais lage ape her r alent the said Reed record ae a at this time t concerning ite: FeBlilte ormick, the plural Dlace she is also es Tor the considera no man can read this record ah fs AntEriiantT orale precisely aayey} are phat ean the grounds representing and woes the heatiuias that nonieboas going to sign this protest sith hin. It appears that he was unable in the Whole state of Utah to find anybody who wee agree with his on ae Smoot as a iv Mr. 7 contr ol or pow er of the Protestants in the plural, that fhe senate of the United re eardbie Mro"sSut herland. Gertatnty Mr. Hopkins, ‘1 desire to cons Lae Eel o ed and i baadeate) and indefinite wy. bee first a Dolydainist, apostles mor -. yocee Saitative Machine Sone 4,6 \charees originally made were statement wih: authdrities Christ sec sret record a precisely déiine the issues which we are called upon to adjudicate, but any ay: alfention of the senator to the fact, an| a8 L how remember it from thé testi} men ‘ ‘that the first husband of Mrs. ; lelifett testified that he had heen in repudicorstant Cominuntieation wit the chilthe protest-| dren of Mrs. iiliett, who ve living reepuidiated by the] With her." So she could aa ie been Reed oceasion offered, and that the only oe OF such plural marriage is the we to |. made ' that since the onion aha ~ jolygamous Oath. Mrs. Eliott. also testified that. she vas then living with her sécond=hisband She was asked what had be|} come of her first husband She others, } plied that he was dead, Upon erossDY | examination she Save the date oft his a5) death as belng Oetéber, 1897. The senate. will be "Interested "and. some ene what surprised to know that later on rs .0 in that investigation this husband who he protest had ehiea the charge was. declared to be dead ‘himself wppeared before the committee" in ‘the | flesh and. gave'. the committee: to"un| (leystand' that) the statemens. recardDUBOIS' EXPLANATION ing, his death made bychis wife. were zonsierahty exaggerated, on T} 1 character of othe' testiin the is. brought here Ao. Show heis" taken, lL am not Ly . & top to read to the senate to the. Les suimon to the contrary A large _ Humber of wilnesses. were called , his "mong them four or five whe had foroath, merly been members of: the chureh and who had severed their connection i with the church, und each of them my oth * stithed that no such oath was takea ee thee ca a8; 0 what oct curred. aside ut all. They had gone oe these si ceremonies; they had taken whatever thes: ae he attempted) to: be ore or obligations were taken by. anybody: nd they swore positively that no stich by bie atte rneys re presenting, the "pein | ll ation Was taken at all, the | Mr. Ilopkins, Mr. President- "The ; Vice President. Docs the senaeye) protestant announced ent ne woul | is. forth| tov trem tab oryighd to th' "senator asserts of cakrgsocne ae of be diet. or) violated any law himself, that he|tends that Senator Smoc aided or abetted any other per-|amist, in the violation of law, i has been repeated ecnes in any "conspiracy for the) reiterated by irresponsible "per sons Eten of solemnly Mrs. Annie Riliott:after giving her version of the oath, said she had never made thix statement-to- any other per son, that wher. she stated it upon the stand it more judgement nite version us of | she said' thatvif Mr Tayler: the, counheard of | sel, was examining her from. a memallegations! orandum, she had not the least informa Where: he had obtained ir. Ramer aE Se ee etre ae ie i *ee ca ‘arbitrarily. In aay pene eae Se Peror eee ene Lone. authority tribunal ‘for its action. owe mts - Ps ote aN ‘Ih coné~'sense' the power of thir eugate to deal with the accused ris plenary. It may be exercis- restricted ‘ale. Mr. President, so far as 3 ndestination before the committee efore the senate is coneerned, this majter with reference to the charge of polygamy rested, except that from time the| a time during the progress of the i eeneehon potore poe ce ommittee this have to deal has heen searched out and produced and spread te an popular ‘demand from without this [ pages ‘of -this record. I> submit th hamber. His case ought im ae i if justification can not be found someterm ined upon' broad), consideration where in these pages for the expulsio Technicalities should not be inyoked of the Senator from Utah, it is fai nor vhair-splitting distinctions indulg- to presume, conclusively' meray, that oe ce favor of his retention or) oo vuch justification. exists is at ‘Ke nesses personally appeared before the committee and gave testimony under moradligs ‘declarations presence some a 100 wit- or recognizes allegiance to any power The books of the Pea paramount to the allegiance which a | Mormon church, the sermaps ile See " have been expended in for and the production of issue was clear-cut and simple. Senator Smoot is a lawbreaker, either .outh. as principal or accessory; if he owes eee, been committee a period exceeding two years. Emin counsel have appeared upon both eae ae the controversy. Large sums ps Ss money Basten that this progress So far'as that questlon is concerned, | dence. always in that res An # the Mor-}be found somewhere in that record. To travel outside into the domain of} generally or lawbreakers specially in the state idle gossip or mere rumor, to invoke and perhaps unfounded of Utah or elsewhere, except in so far)sensational as those matters many reflect legiti-| articles contained in newspapers, magazines, or books would seem to be) mate light upon the question which hides a here to try and determine, |not only unnecessary, but unfair. Is Senator Reed Smoot enL rep eat, ac President, and important -an {it is titled ah retain his seat in this senate? | phasize-because has ofa ‘tle Eatieiea stands forsworir. iry the Mormon: chureh or mon leaders or lawbreakers it person W ho pee x Faith. Mr. President, this investigation has been in progress before the committee. on privileges and elections for a! period exceeding two years. It» has been conducted with great care, great Soe ae ai te begiee great diligence. results) are ‘be found in four large) 1 volumes of Sobol printed matter, ag-| theology. ‘ «While all of those peg gregating some 3,000: pages... I ‘thi ni tions may be interesting, they do not/it is fair to assume that whatever seem to me to be pertinent. Neither| could be said either for or against the | do I understand that'we are here to position of the senator from Utah must Is the in the si es tines sant i is model' citizen or the reverse, or wenether the keys of the gospel. are| @ possession of the Utah branch| ot tne church or thé Joséphite branch| of the church, nor to ascertain whether the creed or the doctrines of the Mormon church ; are in accordance ea tor a. singie reheg one ‘pe rson has has son has indlmere am not Here ar sae Vela hat to) fae Which * he is Not: responsible and: suseey Wrongdoing in my Own state,| With which he does not sympathize, I am ‘hére *to justify} we know not. "But this' much we do any more -than wrongdoing in any other state, Who-|know, that whether the prayer ever may be thus employed must bear! these petitions be based upon an acOn the other) tual knowledge and a calm ‘review his own pee One hand, i shall not Sondemn simply be-| the facts, or upon: misconception cause Se ea BeGLy else condemns, @x-| the facts, each of ws must render cept where z bélieve -eoridetfination to} judgment after a-passioniess consid-' eration of the evidence and a judicial be cae du I do not ah dratend it is the' duty} determination of the truth, ‘else in the of ‘this senate in this investigation tol high court of his own conscience Young was! os His of Version Dead take se discuss the various questious whether they are seeking to hold the: Pass a "with "candor and state the|senator from Utah accountable only' nd rae eae truth accord- for his own acts, or to punish him ink sets a y tiider Wicarfoutty for' he sins' of whether Brigham tO no man nis ee eye his veibor rs he Jooks through the Mr. President, I yield to no man | respect for that. great body big end pf the instrument, and w hen! my he looks "ar his own, shortcomings he} énvistian and patriotic women reverses the operation, ‘The result is) have brought to us these vast petitions tliat. to the veyes of the anti-Mormon) praying for Senator Smoot's expulextremist the evils of "which he com-|sion..As to their good faith, as to their plains are, perhaps*quite unconscious- desire that only justice should be done, to himself, exaggerated and mag-|{ make no question, and I have ed,'and sometimes distorted, while! doubt but the responsibility of to the eyes of the pro-Mormon. ex-| decision of this ease is with us and not tremist | these same evils are minimized) with them. Whether they are familiar or not revealed at all. in what I shall} with the facts, we know not; whether they have read the mass of testimony have to say I do not expect shall net attempt to satisfy either of taken before the committee on privthese extreme classes. I shall under-|iléges and elections, we know eae per- mind indulging ] polley-where where, does not. look Ng: the facts through his natural eye He uses a) his pease When he views warm ic 1G Feneiiea) permit slight- involving questions governme htal | Phe by nody, that should neither niindly. low nor impatiently reject fhe mands of the multitude. I can ceive hallevid or by wnom- it isvany aid to the ascertainment Of} jhe ce ‘mands of the people the one or. the administration of the! onty be heeded, but snould other." my I detérmination merits The fathers of thé constitution tended that this great senate cae be a conservative force, a de for justice, | jjons discovered from ease tions, however coever signed, bY} no means united in their opinion re-| specting thé merits of this contréversy.| ere are extremists upon both Bites holding Neither honesty degree gf any body eet certain-that senators can not themselves to be swayed in the w hich) est taken afte srw Seok r- sis Smoot 1 Wi at aA ‘Rind | js an ap considera- the |right, with whieh congress is forbidof} den to interfere. Whether tne fram: a of the constitution had in senate, gravity) ‘ity range has ee has Hat I achks testimony is Mr. Sutherland said: a case like this, which is at least quagl Mr. President: The resolution just judicial in eharacter, which has to do laid before the senate declaring taat|\With the privileges of the senala, my colleagie is not entitled to his seat | hich does not involve any question jis a matter of such profound concern, of jegislation or of governmental not only to him personally, but tO yolicy, is at least questionable. Howthe pedple of the state which I have ever that may be, tne. privilege, the honor In part to represent as well,, not the right, of petition has that I enter upon the discussion of it: fyeely exercised by the people in with a feeling of more than passing ease; and, whatever may be the interest. I have no desire to unnetes-| yrjeties of the matter, one thing seems the fee A committee € ‘from and inquiry. judicial in a purely a }engaged e > as a senator of the | Perhaps something could be sald upon acaf;fn;the senate a5 0 | eithe r side of that proposition States United the of constitution The wa state ‘the ‘from States United provides that congress shall make no Utah.""- the right of the peop sla abridging "The senate having under considera-| law to entitled not is Smoot Reed "That ee neaee = ° committee a senator out. involving case a in | dered elections | tlons and privileges on each the Mrs. Elliott gave nis version of the time | oath "One TF remember, They tnld me to lo} pray and. never -ceaxre, to": prs to get A nai venge on the blood of ‘hg HeehEte that) on this nation, and also teach it to my salone. childre n and ehildren's children, Noy AS to these hres witnesses To and li uk ing them up in their' order thati first: as te Mr Wallis: Witnesses the | were brought from seult Lake and men) testified hefore. the committee-and although more than a -year -elapsed lived | before thevcase was finally closed the a) testimony remained absolutely uneonas) tradicted-that they knew Mrv Wallis; there-| that he -lived. in-SaltLake; that they r Utah | knew. his -reputationin' that comf per- |) munity for truth "and verneity, and been | that it was bad, Other witnesses but | testified that heowas a drunkard: that connection |} he had been conyidted before the poexcommunicated } lee court. for: drunkenness Another al) Witness testified that he» waes<or unthem, sound mind, and that he had ecluimed endowment | personally -that he had communicnsaid this tion with the dovih as "The next witnes Mr: RE cere-)) Strom Was also Shown ‘ "1 ot belief: Wit. 260 | NESSES also absolutely unconiriaand ) dicted of good repute end standih nig in the community, estitied ving that they knew. his reputation for the -teath and vernefty; and thy Record. The senate having under consideration the resolmtion reported from the Lundstrom. is as follows: covenant and promise that we shall ask God to avenge the blood of Joseph Smith upon this nation." rere 1s something more added, but that is all L can reme mber verbatim. That Is the essential part (Mr, of- Congressianal Mr. oath "Weooand pro*| deliber-| that|/ speel+} in| atid before) vengeance or the ,, morning upon the nations mhahjtants o it? was upon of the "this na- Dilfered, John P. Holmgren, the third \witness, in his» version did not use' the ‘nation™ ateall. Henry Wo Law renee was a member of the apureh away back in the sixties,.and left. the chureh about that time and, io the way, he is a man ett ne |