The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-11-14
Mr.. SHOOTS CHANCES
REGARDS PROTEST AS SERIOUS
snlOot Has Employed . Prominent salt
Lake Lawyer 20 Defend Him-EeelesS-
astieal Yrsenas 81 smOot View Matter
Seriously.

The following from the Salt Lake
Tribune's Washington correspondent,
under date Of Nov. 5, will be in
terestine to our readers:
"Word reached Washington today
that Senator Reed Smoot Of Utah
had employed a prominet lawyer Of
Salt Lake TO defend his case before
the senate committee on privileges
and elections when the protest
against him comes mp within q few
days. The name Of the Salt Lake
lawyer was denied the Tribune cor
respondent when 1t was requested of
Senator SmoOt's representative here,
but the statement was made that he
is Q man who for many years fought
the Mormons, and who figured In q
very prominent case In court q few
years ago, involving the rights Of
members Of the Mormon church
"a member Of the senate elections
committee states that the employment
Of an eminent attorney Of Salt Lake
City 70 defend Smoot, a man who has
fought upon the Gentle side, is
evidence that Smoot and his eccleaias-
tical friends regard the protest
against Smoot as somethiDg serious.
II 10 openly conceded by both sides
TO the controversy that the investiga-
tion will be Q prolonged one, and
will 60 into the inner beliefs Is we'll
a. practices within the Mormon
church, and that many witnesses
will be called.
IAN effort was made by the
Tribune correspondent TO obtain .
list Of the witnesses who will be sum-
moned, but with no result. The
reply was made that no names had
been delivered to the committee Of
the senate, aud none would be de-
livered until the committee was ready
to issue summonses. An effort has
been made to ascertain the line of
testimony which will be submitted
against Senator Smoot, but whoever
has IL Ia hand will not disclose it.
CONTRARY to expectations, IL is
now believed that the vacancies ex-
listing in the senate committee on
privileges and elections will be hled
next week, 50 that the protest against
Smoot may proceed. The other CON-
mittees Of the senate, with the excep-
ton Of the one which pays the ex-
penses Of the senate and senators,
will go over till after the holidays.
at was intimated today that all
who are known to be living pOlygam-
Gus lives in Utah, or some Of the
most prominent, including an elder
who often speaks for polygamy in
the tabernacle, will be summoned, as
IL IL desired by at least one or two
members Of the committee to see and
hear a few OF the hundreds Of polyg-
amuos men, and possibly women, of
Utah. No persuasion could secure
even one Of the names. Some of
the apostles and elders are, however,
certain to be summoned. and in re-
buttAl of their evidence will be sub
mitted proof Of present polygamuos
practices.
Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho. a
member Of the senate committee ON
privileges and elections has been
about here for some days. II is said
he has accumulated lot of evidence,
and that he has the support in his
prosecution of the case against Smoot
of number Of persons in Idaho who
have left the church.
Senator Dubois refuses to be in
terviewed at this time, but submits a
copy Of a Washington state news
paper of recent date, in which he is
quoted as saying that be intended to
introduce a universal marriage Law
at this session of congress and work
for an international marriage arrange
ment, with a view to destroying the
practice of polygamy by persons hav-
ing wives in this and foreign coun-
tries; also that he would work for
law to disfranchise Mormons on the
ground that they take an oath para
moantsto that Of allegiance. as did
Idaho for time a few years ago. Il
would seem that Senator Dubois has
a program mapped out along these
lines for the approaching session Of
congress.