Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-21
PRESIDENT GEO. Q. CANNON
Called by Dickson and Baskin as a
Witness.
TooAY's PROCEEDINGS BEFORE
JUDGE ANDERSON.
The Court Says the Case VIII Not
be Closed Till Mr.. Pcnrose
an.Mefs.


al is making its inquiry with referenc
to the eligibility Of "Mormons', Il
u citizenship.
/. LeGand Young stated TO IN
s eourtth the caseOf the defense wa
through with the exception Of a Iii
!, tie documentary evidence and In
y testimony Of two or three witnesses
y one Of whom was sick. He wante,
e to know, however, what the cour
proposed TO do with Mr.. Penrose,
! testimony.
l Dickson objected to the case bein:
closed till Mr.. Penrose should an
, swer. The striking out Of his testI
mony was not sufficient.
The court said that the case would
not be closed till Mr.. Penrose should
answer, whatever time that might
require, and rs 70 the applicant
Moore II would BE kept open till
MIR. Fenrose'scross-examination was
completed. e ~ -
LeGrand Young thought that the
most the court should ask was that
MS testimony should be stricken out.
The defense wanted it in. II all
the chiectcrs want is cross-examina-
ton, they could have done so with.
out referring to Mr.. Penrose,s pri-
vate matters. Their within should
not be allowed to block this whole
case, because the witness would not
publicly state his family affairs, The
defense wanted to know their stand
ing,
CUurt-Mr. .Penrose's testimony
will not be considered till he SUBJ
mits to discrimination.
IeGrand Young said they wanted
10 Introduce tho documents referred
TO by Mr.. Penrose as evidence.
| Baskin said there would be no OBJ
lection to that.
II. w. Young offered in evidence
a letter Of Col. Steptoe and several
other United States officers and
officials, recommending Brigham
Young for reappointment ss Gov
ernor, and testifying to his firm al
herence to the Constitution Of the
United States.
The court on Baskin's objection,
refused to admit it.
X. w. Young then read an extract
from the dedicatOry prayer of the
Kirkland Temple, asking that the
principles Of the Constitution be
established on this land forever.
Mr.. Moyle offered Baskin's state
ment, made Jan. n, 1870, before
the House Committee on Terri
tories.
Baskin denied having made il.
Moyle-Do you deny it?
Baskin-That Is not all / did say.
] made that statement, and more. / /
made a speech t,:ere, but | never |
| revised it. The reporter did not re- |
port all said, OF 1t is not correct. / |
used language like that in cOnnec-
nectiOn with something else.
Baskin took the. statement and |
began TO read it, but the Court said |
that Baskin could not be bound by
his statements Of nineteen years
ago. No lawyer could.
MOyle-He asked us to bring il, |
and we did so. We withdraw il III
he feels embarrassed.
Baskin-I would like il to go in
with an explanation.
Moyle-We don't care.
Baskin appeared badly nettled at
the presentation Of the extract from
mis- speech.
MRS. BATsHEBA W. SAITH
testifiei-I am 81 wears old: have
resided in Utah since 1919; was born
in West Virginia; am n member of
the "NIOrmOnc Church: Joined it in
1887; my husband, George a.
Smith, died in 1875; he had been an
Apostle and was then First COun-
selor to President Young; l knew
the Prophet Joseph Smith quite
well; my husband was his first
cousin; my husband was one Of the
Twelve five years before Joseph
Smith died. Joseph Smith was
killed June y, 1874, at Carthage,
Ills; I had my endowments in
Nauvoo, in 1913; Joseph Smith pre-
sided at the meeting then; ofiiciat-
ed in the Temple at NauvOo suhse-
quently; my own endowments were
received in the Masonic Hall, Maui
WOO. became quite familiar with
the ceremony; worked in the En-
dowment House here many years,
assisting in the ceremony as Priest
ess; there have been no changes in
the ceremony up to the present
time; they are the same today as in
the lifetime of the Prophet Joseph;
no change has been made in any
respect from the first.
To Mr.. DicksOn-The ritual is not
written. | officiated eight or ten
years in the Endowment House, up
to its close, about five years ago.
Ny duties were confined to n par
ticular part, but I frequently
listened TO the whole ceremony, and
was familiar with il all. In one
room i did not accompany the {
males. know what the ceremony
is, but did not witness it performed.
To lie Grand Young i In the
course Of the ceremonies there is no
reference to avenging the blood Of
the Prophets, except TO pray TO the
Lord and quote the verses in the
Bible-in the look of Revelation.
1t is Just the same now as before
Joseph Smiths death. 1t is referred
TO oillyin the presence OF both males
and females.
In response to a question by lie
Grand Young, the Court sid the
documents and extracts read by Mr..
PenrOse were admitted in evidence.
lie Grand Young said the defense
did not admit that all the expressions
made by the leading speakers were {
doctrines of the Church.
lie Grand Young said he expected /
Joseph Follett, whom Wardell said
saw the killing Of Green, on the next
train; also that he wanted the depo-
sition Of Mrs. NJ. r. Thompson, who
was too i'll to attend. He also
wanted TO prove, which he could do, J
that the records alleged to be buried,
and which caused the Utah war,
had not been burned at all.
The testimony Of Mrs. NJ. r.
was expected TO he n
Teiteration of that by !,
Mrs. 3. w. Smith in regard to the
ceremonies, and that =
here had been no change made in
hem.
By agreement this evidence was
admitted without Mrs. Thompson's \
deposition. After some further dis A
.ussion, however, this plan was
hanged, and Mrs Thomson's evil J
Ience was taken, the court having a C
ecess in the meantime. S
Mrs. Thompson's testimony pre-
ented nothing in addition to that r,
iven by Mrs. Smith. Her depo-
ition was read at the opening Of =,
curt this afternoon. !.
LeGrand Young stated that Mr.. y
'ollett had not yet appeared, but y
ley still expected him. a
Jesse Wt-st was called and sworn,
ut LeGrand Young said it was a q,
lecific act and they would with =.