Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-18
DENIED BY SM00T
Current Charges Against
Utah ] !. Senator.
Is NOT: A ss.PoLYGAMIsT
DECLARES ALLEGIANCE TO coUN-
TRY IS SUPREME.
Says That the Mormon Church is Not
Seeking Political
Power.
Is NOT A ss:.P0LYGAMIST

vigorous denial Of the charges that nave
been brought out against him as reasons
why he should not retain his seat In the
Senate when seen by a Star reporter today.
He expressed confidence that he would re-
tain his seat in the Senate, and declared
that he courted the fullest investigation OF
his case.
He entered upon a discussion OF the
charges against him very reluctantly, say
ing that he did not think At was right TO
try the case in advance of the investigator
to be made by the committee on privileges
and elections.
The Utah senator, who has been brought
into such a prominent place by the fight
that is made against his retention IN the
Senate. stands six feet high has dark hair.
black eyes and a Swarthy compIeNon he
IS of muscular build and talks with earn
estness and directness. Since Congress as
Sembled he has been in his seat in the Sen
ate daily and has watched every move that
has been made there with the greatest IN
terest.
Denies Being Polygamist.
"That is absolutely false" he declared.
when asked as to the charge of polygamy
that is being made against him. Il never
had but one wife. to whom I was married
in 1854"
$50 far as the doctrines of the Mormon
Church are concerned if you should see fit
to take another wife could you do so?" he
was asked.
Il could not" he replied promptly. II
could not take a plural wife with the
sanction of the church. Since law was
passed against polygamy and 1t was car
red to the Supreme Court of the United
States and sustained, from that moment
the Mormon Church acknowledged the SUI
premacy of the law of the land, and 1t will
always acknowledge it. 1t is one of the
tenets of the churcf-one of its articles OF
fath-to obey the law.
The senator referred to a book contain
ing the articles of faith of the church and
read:
I'VE believe in being subject to kings,
presidents rulers and magistrates, in obey
means if 1 live in England l obey the laws
of England and If in the United States
obey the laws of the United States.
Funeral Of Capt. Burrows.
The funeral of Capt. John ]. Burrows,
whose death occurred Monday at the Co.
lumbar University Hospital. took place
this afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late
residence, 1903 Phelps place. The cere-
monies were conducted by Federal Lodge
No. 1. Rev. Dr. Williams. rector of Trinity
Episcopal Church. conducted the service.
The interment was al Oak Hill cemetery
Capt Burrows was a soldier for the
Union in the civil war. having been
among the first to enlist from the Dis
trct. His mother was a cousin of Gen.
George H. Thomas and his only daugh-
ter was Mrs. John G.. IngerSoll, whose
husband. the United States consul at
Cartagena, Colombia, died while en- route
home several months ago. Capt. Burrows
was past grand master in Federal Lodge.
No. 1, of the Masonic order, and was also
affiliated WITH the, Grand Army of the
Republic. -.'N~tF u
But he was asked. 'if a Mormon
should be in. Turkey, where pOlygamy is
lawful. and should wish to take plural
wife, would the Mormon Church sanction
such a marriage there?"
"That is a mere superstition" he said,
that do not know anything about. but /
do not believe they would today. There are
no Mormons in Turkey, SO that is hypo-
thetical question.
First Allegiance to This Country.
'That is absolutely false he again de-
clared when asked as to the charge that he
|. had taken an oath to support the Mormon
Church supreme to his oath to support the
Constitution of the United States my
first allegiance is to my country. Nor
mons are never asked or required to take
an oath superior to their oaths Of allie
gience to their country"
He denied with the same postiveness the
charge that the Mormon Church interferes
in political affairs and is seeking through
it's membership to control the political des-
TIMES of the states in which it is largely
represented.
No people on: this EARTH" he said, ARE
freer to vote the way they want to than
are the Nformons."
Gentiles in Office.
DO they vote in favor of gentiles when
they might vote for Mormons?" he was
asked.
IF 1 wished to be elected for public Of
flee in Utah 1 would rather be a gentle
than Mormon, so far as strength at the
polls is concerned.
eff the Mormons vote for candidates Of
their own faith rather than for others, how
Is 1t that the judges of the supreme court
Of Utah. judges of the district courts and
others are gentiles? They were elected by
Mormons. In my own town of Provo w.
H. Henry, a democrat and gentle, was
elected for city marshal with majority of
331. and A. A. Noon. republican and gen
tile was elected a justice of the peace with
a majority Of $780, Those were the largest
majorities secured by any one there Nor
mons were elected to some places by ma
jorities of 50 or so.
/ IF the Mormpns are seeking political
power, how is 1t that they are sending
seven or eight thousand people to Canada
to settle there, where they have started
sugar factory. The first beet sugar factory
started in Canada was started by Mormons
IF they were seeking political control
would they not have had those people settle
in some of the states it is said they want
to control? Some of them are settling IN
" yOuliIS, Oul IL - iiot " vote, Out 10 make
homes that they are going there The
Mormon people are colonizers. Mr. Knight
rich man, bought $1,000 acres of land in
Canada, and he Is. selling it to those who
want to othefeabout sugar factory.
He bought another tract of 162, 600 acres.
which he is aiso selling to settlers at cheap
prices He isAreaify1 doing what the rail-
road companies ana Others are doing"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
When askedldas to- the opposition made
against his ass, ggnmssthrt to the committee on
immigration because Of the charge that the
Mormons are iatsre7Rd in immigration he
said he had no plpfds. nee for the immigra-
ton committee, He<had ro preference for
any special committee He merely wanted
to assume theIwork of senator, as he had
come here to- work
He emphatically denied that any Mormon
commissioner or any one else in behalf of
the Mormon Church had gone to Senator
Dubois of Idaho threatening to defeat him
for reelection If he opposed him.
THAT is absolutely a falsehood" he said
1T will leave that to SenAtor Dubois and
will take his statement on that I have
never mentioned my case to him."
Wills Filed for Probate.
Wills have been filed for probate as fol-
lows.