The San Francisco call., 1904-12-18
Leaders Testify
inc Before the Smoot In
veStigating Committee Ad-
NIT of Plural Marriages
RECORDS WITHHELD
FROM C0NGRESSMEN
Official of the Salt Lake
Temple Tells of Books
That viii Not Be Pro-
duced in Washington

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.-More i'm
portant testimony was brought out to-
day in the investigation of protests
against Senator Reed Smoot than at
any time at the present session Of Con-
gress. The witnesses were Charles H.
Jackson, chairman of the Democratic
State Committee of Idaho; John Mich
olson, chief recorder in the Mormon
Temple at Salt Lake City; Charles w.
Penrose, editor of the Deseret News
and an apostle of the Mormon church;
William Bulge. president of the Bear
Lake Stake in Idaho, and Apostle John
Henry Smith of Salt Lake.
Penrose was elected an apostle last
July, and the attorneys for Senator
Smoot admitted that the Senator was
present and participated in the election
of Penrose. Penrose testified that he
was a polygamist. and was known to
have been such at the time he was
made an apostle.
The testimony of Jackson and Bulge
related to political affairs in Idaho the
former being prominent Mormon and
the latter active in protecting the in
terests of the church. The examina-
ton of Apostle John Henry Smith had
not been concluded when the commit
tee adjourned till 10 o'clock Monday.
JACKSON Is RECALLED.
When the investigation was resumed
to-day Charles H. Jackson, chairman
Of the Democratic State Committee of
Idaho, was again called to the stand.
He is the witness who testified yester-
day in regard to Mormon interference
in political affairs. The examination
followed similar lines to-day. AS an il
lustration Of the local church issue in
the last election, Jackson said, the vote
for Gooding, Republican candidate for
Governor, ran behind the vote for
Roosevelt in gentle counties and ahead
of Roosevelt in the Mormon counties,
while the vote for Heitfeld, Democratic
candidate for Governor, ran ahead of
Parker in the gentle counties and be-
hind Parker in the Mormon counties
The influence of the Mormons was
shown, said the witness, by the fact
that the Democrats and independents
were unable to get chairmen of political
meetings held in Mormon counties
without the aid of Mormons.
On cross-examination jackson said
that Apostles Matthias Cowley and John
Henry Smith were among those who
went into Idaho and told the people
that there had been a revelation that
they should vote the Republican ticket
Questioned by Attorney Van Cott, rep
resenting Senator Smoot, the witness
said he never had heard these apostles
declare that there had been such reve-
lations; that it had always been taken
| for granted there had been a revelation
when Mormon apostle appeared in
/ Idaho to direct political affairs. Cross
examination drew from the witness
! that he knew only from general repute
of these affairs, and that his statements
made yesterday concerning sugar legis-
/ lation and bounties was based on the
same information. He asserted, how
ever, that it was we'll known that the
Mormons had asked the Legislature
to pass the sugar bounty law, and
wanted it for the reason that sugar
manufacture had been hailed as a Nor
mon institution in Idaho, and the
/ Mormons get everything they ask in
|
Democratic Legislature" he concluded.
Attorney Van Cott produced a table
showing the election returns in Idaho
in 1904, and attempted to prove that if
the vote for Governor in the six Nor
mon counties had been thrown out
Gooding, the Republican candidate
would have received still a plurality Of
more than 3000
DUBOIS SPOILS A COUP.
Jackson, in answer to questions by
Chairman Burrows, told of the passage
of a resolution by the Idaho Legislature
calling a constitutional convention. He
said the resolution created no COM
ment and, in fact, its purpose was ig-
nored until Senator Dubois had written
a letter calling attention to the fact
that such a convention could repeal the
Idaho tests against polygamy. Jackson
said the resolution had been put
through the Legislature on the advice
Of Apostle John Henry Smith.
Asked why the resolution was not
submitted to the people, Jackson said
the Attorney General gave an opinion
declaring the resolution was improperly
passed, and the Secretary of State re-
fused to certify the resolution to be
placed on fhe ba1I0f