Show JOHN HENRY says that he never said there had been a revelation to support a certain party isaac birdsail testifies to alleged forcing of property from members of the church washington dec 19 apostle john henry smith of tho mormon churan was recalled as tho first witness today in the smoot hearing and was cross examined by A S worthing toa apostle smith said he had known A F mcdonald who died during the present year who was charged by one witness with having performed a plural marriage in mexico it had come to the attention ol 01 president snow that mcdonald hau been exercising the right to marry or seal persons in marriages eald the witness president snow subtracted me to call mcdonald to account I 1 went to mexico but did not learn that any plural marriages had been performed I 1 never bave heard of any president of the church authorizing plural marriages since the manifesto denial was made by the witness that the mormon church owned a majority of stock in the sugar manufactories manu factories of idaho he was examined concerning his participation in politics in idaho and his testimony chiefly was in co of the testimony given by mr jackson of idaho who testified saturday he emphatically de bled that he had said there had been revelations that a certain political ticket should be supported apostle smith however admitted taking an active part in bringing about the repeal of the territorial test gatlis which practically excluded idaho cormons mormons from voting he said he had made political speeches in idaly an fn tint appealed to the voter as a citizen and not as azember otibe stormon church when mr worthington concluded his cross examination senator juliois asked smith if an apostle could take a plural wife now and retain his standing unless perchance he were handled by the laws of the country was the response you mean that some gentile would have to make complaint no sir if submitted to his council I 1 think it would deal with him I 1 know I 1 would pressed for a more definite answer ibe witness said if the fact of a plural marriage should be demonstrated by the courts an apostalo contracting suan a marriage would lose his standing mr taylar for tho protestants ex apostle smith concerning his knowledge of the alleged marriage of apostle abram cannon and lillian hamlin charged by witnesses to have been performed by president smith on the hagli seas near los angeles in 1896 the witness said he went to president smith and asked him it he had performed such a ceremony and the reply was that he bail not he admitted that it the president had wanted to perform a of that kind he would be at liberty to do so but I 1 believed him absolutely concluded the witness apostle smith said he had made inquiry as to who performed the ceremony but obtained no information the witness said ho had serious doubts whether abram cannon had married lillian then what is the explanation you made lo 10 yourself ns to the status of your brother apostle and lillian hamlia ho was asked he said he had not concerned himself on the moral question as abram cannon was dead if you knew president had performed a plural marriage ceremony then what would you do 1 I would go before a grand jury and give my testimony then your only interest would be to see that the guilty person was punished what about the effect upon the church the church would have to take care of itself the witness said he would take no action in such a case unless he saw the ceremony performed apostle smith said turere was much contention between members of church on the subject of the legality of plural marriages until polygamy was prohibited by the church in president woodruffs manifesto chairman burrows drew from tho witness some statistics relative to the church but no register of the total in regard to colonization apostle smith said there is a large settlement in mexico and that one third of the population of idaho and one fourth of the population of wyom ing are cormons mormons Mor mons other states and territories having large settlements are nevada california arizona colorado and new york while iowa has a large settlement of the reorganized church apostle smith said that the suspension of the practice of polygamy was 1 HUNGARIAN DIET ADJOURNED f BY ROYAL DECREE i budapest jan 19 by a royal decree issued today alio lower aliouse of the hungarian was adjourned until dec 28 the result of a revelation and that it would take another revelation to put W in force 1 l then the president of the church might put polygamy in practice by roy a revelation not unless the people should receive it nothing is forced on the mormon people he replied isaac birdsall formerly a mormon now living at elsinore utah was examined concerning a civil trial in a land case in which he and his daughter were defendants the case waa heard in the bishops court of mon roc ward in utah where birdsall and his daughter were charged with un conduct james E lea brought the action to obtain possession of sixty acres of land which he Is alleged to have purchased tho Bird but to which he did not have title air birdsall lost the caso and it was decided against him also in the high council the next higher church court and appeal was refused by the officers of the first presidency fihs ihs highest court before an appeal to the first presidency was attempted the witness said his daughter was given notice to carry out the verdict 0 tie church conits or the first presidency would take action by cutting her oft aiom the records in the case were introduced showing that cora birdsall the daughter as ex communicated on june 1903 mr birdsall said eliat the decision so wore on his daughter daugn ter that she neither ate nor slept nor drank and ap pealed to lose her mind her condition was brought to the attention 0 the president pies ident of the stake and her parents were told their daughter would be tormented and led by evil spirits until she had complied with the decision of alie church regarding the land in which event baptism rebaptism re was promised her laier she ivas re baptized in conveying the land to leavitt tho witness said his daughter sent ord to him by her mother that she had been forced to deed away the in question ARMENIAN demonstration AT MOSCOW moscow jan 19 tho armen ians of this city at a reunion night mado a big antl demonstration in which students participated |