| Show 51 STATEMENTS A OF DUBOIS UNTRUE c Complete Refutation of Charges es Concerning Polygamy in Territories REAL FACTS IN THE CASE Statement of or Department of Justice Sho I d cl Small Xum- Xum r l her of Mormons Convicted p f Republican Special Sen Service Sen Ice Washington June 22 The Thc The swan swanson I s-on s song of Senator Dubois Dubols delivered while the statehood conference report was wal before the senate l last week was amusIn amus- amus In jug If It not pathetic and anil bristled d with the same flame old olt mIsstatements concernIng concerning concern concern- ing lug the tho Mormon lormon church which Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor or Dubols Dubois In th the past has been in the habit of or emitting Referring Referring- to the outcome of or his efforts to unseat Senator Sen Sen- 1 ator Smoot a campaign which was undertaken to furnish Senator Dubois Dubols with an Issue to succeed himself In Inthe Inthe the tho United States Slates senate he ho said Mid ld I I know what this means to lo mo me full Cull I well veli It means the end of ot m my political politic c cal career I stated it plainly to m my people In Idaho when I started this conflict again When I announced In my a determination to put laws on the boo books s I P V to punish polygamous living and to f- f separate the church from froni the state stale In Int politics I knew and said Mid In public t speech that tho the power of this bieri bier bier- i arch archy would stop my political career reer A- A Never No A Asked Quarter I 1 have never asked quarter from them thorn and I have never nover given Iven an any I will sn say to the tho credit of ot the chiefs o or of oft t r this organization that they have never made th the charge a against me that I ever sought their political aIl aid Twice I was elected to the other othel branch of congress and twice to this During all nil those elections popular or otherwIse other other- j wise I received but one Mormon vote Yote On my last election to the lie senate a Mormon from my m county voted for me but he would not have done so If IC his vote could have bent beaten en meI meI meI me I enjoy the lie life here lucre I enjoy the duties here lucre and I would have ti u. continued con con- service had It not been for fOI this huts conflict If It were vero not for tor this tr trea treasonable rca rca- a. a and find polygamous organization In In- In Idaho If f there were no Mormons 1 t j there I would be elected senator again asan almost without opposition Career Interrupted p r They The Interrupted my career in iii 1896 I can carried led twenty nine members of the legislature who were pledged to me Inc out of or thirty six necessary to elect I should have C carried c all those in my myown myown own ll section of t the tho country wh where re the Ule live Il That wan In lii the era of oC good feeling feeling- too It took tool them a n. to 0 defeat lefeat mo mt In the legislature les and the they could not nol have lOne done It then hen and would not have done It had It not been heen for this hierarchy who controlled con con- trolled rolled enough Mormons antI and some t who were not Mormons to lo prevent my Y cj election I want to o warn the senate f c that the they are aIO playing with lire when thc they do not restrain In all proper ways this hIs menace to oui Ui civilization No Noman Noman o man can be he elected el a senator from Cram Utah I Idaho aho or r Wyoming who will oppose oppose op op- pose pOSO openly the practices of oC this hierarchy liter hier archy and anti this organization Unless you are arc watchful and under understand land that lint k Mormons are not Republicans or Democrats and support no party palt or no principle except t for the benefit and antl the political power of their theil hierarchy you OU will soon find that they are me the balan balance bal hal an ance co of oC power In this grit great t bod body This was preceded b by a statement rj that there were seventeen ie convictions of Mormons for unlawful cohabitation In Arizona and fifteen in New Mexico last Just year cor as follows MK IIo of ot Pacts Mr Ir Dubols Mr Ir President that amendment was ado adopted pled by the hue unanimous unanimous vote ole of the time senate without opposition by voice or vote ote and ana I think It U should have been retained In the lie bill If U this proposed ne new state stale comes into the 7 Union the tho hierarchy of or the Mormon church Is already there It has Its nucleus nil nu cleus elena and this provision lon In the Constitution Constitution lulion would be he a restraint upon Its Us power pow pow- er which Is most powerful It Is said that hint there arc are few Mormons I In Arizona and amid New Mexico Last year there were s seventeen enten convictions of or Mormons Mom Mor mons moss for unlawful cohabitation In ArIzona Arizona Ariz ArIz- ona and fifteen In New Mexico That means moons that at least t three ninety persons were wore living In the polygamous r relation lation In InI those J Territories I have myself seen soen inthe In Inthe Inthe I the office of oC the tIme attorney general of the lie United States a long list of In those territories There are aro nt at least ten living In this th's relation in Idaho and Wyoming and Utah where there Is one In I Arizona and New Mexico MelcO Y Yet Yot t you ou connot connot con- con not hot convict con on ono one of t them hem In an any of ot tho those e tat states becalms of oC tIme tho tremendous political political cal of oC this organization Uon and wh whorl when n I you clothe these territories with statehood state state- the he of the tho United hood when rower power States Stotts is taken away then comes the thc political power or of this hierarchy and no nC convictions cOn will ivill be had there here for these the crimes I ha have hen boon en engaged 1 cd In this conflict with the Mormon hierarchy for twenty twenty- five years years ever car ever er since Mince with the ex ex- of or a few years year after aCter tin tin- Issuance I of ot the manifesto when the Mormon church proclaimed that th they would cease their political dictation that list they would cease their polygamous living and when through h pleas of or amnesty the they nt to lo the Government During Dur Dur- e cd these pled pledges ce that tha I led to believe lieve lug ing that era wax was time the they were sincere I accepted their state state- and said that th the flue anti and hoped church had hall given UP UI polygamy and po 01 living living- and had ceased to dominate domin- domin amous affairs Bu nut In political ate Its Us followers follower noon Kon after statehood hood came to 0 Utah they until now conditions con con- rt resumed those practices aro are worse and more dangerous lIan to our civilization cl than limn In the early days Keply 4 directed attention I to I S Senator Foraker directed tho the Incorrectness of tho time figures ft of ot Mr Ir I Dubols Dubois In the following convincing convincing- manner man man- manI I ncr ner Mr Ir Mr M lr r. r ls l's President referring ode made by hy the senator from to IC the remarks send mend to the see ROC Idaho ho C Ml Mr II Dubois I relan-J. relan and anel ask ak to have havo Inserted In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Record without taking hp time lime o othe ot of the to lo read It It some correspondence deuce donee with the lie Department of Justice n nto as asto asto to l In Ne New Mexico and Arizona Ariz Ariz- ona otma I will on only I state that there were on thirty eon convictions fifteen of or which were In New Mexico and not one of them Mormon There were sixteen n a wa was prosecutions In Iii Arizona and ana only ten len o or of pro and aud all alt of them them w w re Mormons wr w-re convicted of cohabitation on account of f marriages which occurred prior t to tol l j official correspondence Following t ts Is lite which completely disproves the state state- nt nr-nt of ot Senator Dubois Dubol Correspondence be Senator Smoot and the Department of at Justice relating to the tho number of POl polygamists In hI the Iho h terri tern tories lories of of Arizona and New Mexico D. D C C. March 27 rl Hon Ben William IL H. Moody Attorney Ge Oen eral I D. D C. C Dear Sir Or t l pup II 10 Congressional cord Re-cord March 9 9 VM Senator Dubois Dubols of ot Idaho made Ui lIw I follow following ins statement I saw a list in tn the the office of ot the At At- torney General of the Unite States state t of In Arizona which list com com- from from fifty to 10 one tf mn n and about three times time nn as many woman and anil there was a I large r list Hat of poly am- am hIts lata in N Now New w Mexico This has hll b been n a as- as I by special agents of at the Government Govern Govern- Go meat ment and ot of course court did not Include all aU by an any manner of ot means who are arc ln lI living I I In this thin relation In tho those territories i It If there In Is such RUch a list Hilt In Iii your our I 1 would be greatly obliged if It you would I I 1 t me know the number of or men and ond n also the tho number of or woman In the territory o ot or orew New ew cw Mexico and In the time territory of or Arizona Ariz Aniz- ona ono who arc chars charged with being poly poly- ga mIsts On page t 1 of or the Co Congressional Re fie Re ord of the Senator of ot Michigan read rend extracts extract from a lett r 88 d to him from you ou dated 11 D D'- D' cember comber 2 21 28 1005 In which the follow following in Occurs occur rp It Il It will wiil therefore 1 IK be observed that th the thc atlon conducted by the tho DC Department Depart Depart- par ment In tho the territories of ot Arizona an anNew arid and New Mexico since Mince the time matter was fir t called callett to the tho attention of the th Dc n by hy you has resulted In thirty one con con- v ct ons in Iii th these e two In the time majority of or the ca cases a es upon th the charge of or unlawful cohabitation let icE m me know how many of at the thel thirty one convictions Wt were f in Anzon nd how man many In New Now Mexico 1 how man many malty were for unlawful cohabitation and ond how many of at those convicted were understood to be members member of the tho Mormon church ch It you OU will ill give me the names of oC thos host convicted eOn I will find out if they ar are aro mom mom- bers berg of the Mormon church hurch but bUI 1 t d d. d not nOl wish to ask for tor any Information which t would be In any way Im improper roper for tor or th time the Department to give out An early reply will be he appreciated an anI and andI I will viii be le obliged cd for an any Information yo you lOa may be Le able to convey Yours very ery truly Reed Smoot Department of Just Justice Jostle Washington ton April l 17 Ii Isor lion Hon Reed Smoot United States Senat Washington D. D C. C Sir Sir- Adverting t to your letter of or recent date requesting O Pl cor- M lain tain Information re regarding convIctions con fo for unla unlawful Cul cohabitation in the territories o or of Arizona and Now New Mexico I be bog beg to r incio you OU a a. copy of or that portion porton of or the It itter tte from the United States attorney for Arizona Ariz Ariz- ona furnishing the data for his ton tory C Cl The names of the persons com convicted conil li ted of or the above e crimes arc are as ns follows follows' For unlawful cohabitation J J. J I K Rogers LevI Savage Joseph FI Fish h. h J J. J W. W Brown Drown John P. P Jacob Butler Dutler David K Udall Jesse N Smith Henry M. M Tanner and Joseph W. W Smith For adultery Mariano Maniano Si Mariano Mam-lano Gonzales John W Vt Had Hai J JB B ru W. W Birch and Mrs Irs Kate Kat NI Nelson on The latter two were Jointly Indicted I For or fornication Francisco Flores For polygamy Sam A Nations Nation However from Information r rc b by mc me from their counsel I the l marshal who arrested them and an t Uie ht Judge of the court who Ic sentenced d them I can stale state that said ald ten persons pc perSons per per- r- r sons were members of the Mormon church and that their ages In no case caM was vas under 43 H years year And from ion gathered from Crom the same sour-es sour I feel safe afe In saying that their respective re ye- 1 thc marriages es dated back to no I later latet period than liST Relative to the tho convictions above reported re re- re ported for adultery fornication and polygamy I 1 be beg to say that I know th they are arc not members member of ot the Mormon church As s to the other defendants In said Id last lal mentioned cases nu m mj In- In Is and I feel certain in sayIng say say- sy- sy lug Ing that the they were not members of or the Mormon church The records In m my office do 10 not show the thc apes ages of or an any of ot the defendants or their date of oC mar mar- e. ne Respectfully M. M I D D. lurdy Puni I Acting torne J Attorney General |
