Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-05
:, October, 500, the Number Had Been
- Reduced to Fifteen Hundred
Thirty.Fcur'
50 STATED BY PRESIDENT SMITH
r..,. A., Now Living Only VI the
Great Majority Of Them Being al
An Advanced Age.
tspecial to the "News.")

washington. d. c., March 5.-Small
.,.rAance Of committee members
,rarked todays hearing in the smoot
ease senator's Hoar, Beveridge' Nc
comas and Hopkins failed to put In an
sppearance and Senators Foraker and
paIley we're present but portion Of the
Tina A forenoon session was held
and The hearing adjourned at noon un-
NJ half past 10 Monday morning.
DISCRIMINATION RESUMED.
The discrimination Of President
Smith was resumed and early in the
hearing Senator Dubois had q colloquy
with him relative TO the percentage Of
members Of the Mormon" Church who
were poygamlsts at the time the mani
festo was issued, President Smith had
testified that only about 3 per cent Of
the Church membership were living in
polygalny and TO this statement Senator
Dubois dissented. He contended that at
least 10 OF Is per cent OF the "Mormons"
were polygamlsts at the time in ques-
ton OF the total population In Utah
he thought $1,000 were Gentles and
1900 "Mormons,' and OF the latter
1000 10 1900 were polygamlsts. On this
point Mr.. Worthingtons questioning Of
President Smith brought out informa.
ton that the report of the Utah com.
mission showed that In 1890 there were
1000 polygamlsts In Utah. President
Smith estimated that OF the 1900, 5000
were women, leaving 1000 men as heads
Of famIies living In polygamy or about
per cent Of the population of Utah at
mat tine He then gave accurate sta,
'stics Of tho number OF polygamlsts at
various dates since the manifesto.
CENSUS OF POLYGAMIsTs
4 careful census made in 1890 showed
mat S45l families We're living in polyg.
amy In the nited States, A second
NNurate count was made in 1899 and
showed the number reduced by death
u" oI REMOVALS FROM the country GO.
by divorce 9j leaving l,liS.
In May, 1909, a further census showed
that N families were living in polyg.
amy and It was evident that with no
additions and with constant Haatbs
The number would soon be reduced 70
Zero
The decrease has gone on in a greater
hoo during the past two years for A
number Of elderly men had passed
away.
MR. WoRTHINGToN ANSWERED.
Answering Mr., Worthinstons oues-
TONS President Smith stated that since
ne attained the presidency a majority
% MS counselors had been monogram
m"' mat Of two vacancies occurring
~ 'ne apostolic board both had been
M'ed by monogamists, one being bis
sOn hyrum NJ Smith, the other the
~" OF MS cousin John Henry Smith.
.a u e@'ehded discussion developed in
which Senator Bailey and oyerman
participated on the question whether
uo manifesto was a revelation and 20
,V"''pered' accepted and published by
'o'i0oh' Church, On this point
SENATOR Bailey said he had mot
.'u'n patience with A doctrine
w" did not get revelation UNI
an act Of Congress induced
S,. answering Senator Bailey presl-
ey"' Smith said when tho laws
. .s polygamy were passed we hold
,,,, " De unconstitutional and we
, ,'. 'hem In all the courts untll the
,S. ','",' court Of the land was reached
, ,," "hen the laws were declared con.
JSo o',l we being obedlent 10 our
,S ,,', , which compel obedience 10
oh.y Jaw, ,, OF the land were bound to
,,, we laws Of the land, But we had
pln 'O''.a''on on our books permitting
isiV S' marriage and we had the alter
or ,b v o, ooeyIny the law of Tho lana
that opr u ,' or the Church. We held
cclye Vur president had authority 10 rev. re.
tho "a. revelation from God Uc s w uSS
fest tb,, ana the Lord made il mani.
marrla ,s, u was his duty to stop plural
the eg,,r VI me entire Church and 10 ,,
ceptod i'' as church membership nnd oc w
law w Sl, ANA the Church has kent t f tSe
iaees' ,u' ,n so far as plural mar
Tss arc concerned" '''" ihar'
deyo,odt e,lnalnder OF the session wo.
end ' ,o 70 a cross fire of auest G' way at
ior p NO Mr. Smith with the T pnrpo0s az
has 1oy n,M to admit again What no
knows S ~. denied. namely tbat bo
poIv Ts ne has violated the lows 'na me no
''''sa"ou' cohabIjotIon.' ''"' against
w,,,,, Ny Associated press)
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