Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-01
PARTIES Arranged Themselves Around
Committee Room According to
Sympathies.
CHAIRMAN BURROWS IN A HURRY.
Wants 10 Get Through as Soon as Pos
slhle-Hearings Will Begin Each Day
Alto O'clock in the Morning
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r,,s,reton. D. c., March lat O,3O
.,,,ock this morning the hour fiXed lot
the beginning OF the smoot hearing
w.. were inst three members OF the
,ormlttee assembled In the committee
rom, they were Chairman Burrows
Ia senators Pettus and Dubois a
r.n. ronents later Senator Foraker
.or,o into the room. He was followed
=, Nessrs Hopkins and Bailey ana
os q quorum was then present the ron
,,s called and Chairman Burrows an
.o,roel that the committee was ready
:, rroceed. At one end Of the room
wore gathered Senator smoot Waiue-
,,,r Van colt, his counsel, and MI
podger his clerk At the other emu
Nav the seat Of Senator DUBOIS sat H.
~ crltcblow and X. w. Tayler, attor-
zoo Tor the protestants. and snort
S,:tonce away sat former Secy' Car
i,.,e also retained as counsel for those
,'ho want Senator Shoots seat declar-
", vacant. on the side Of the room
nnosite senator Smoot were {, NJ
E,gen and wife. Rev. Wilbur +. Crafts
,.bo viii undertake any kind OF REFORM
and Thomas p. Stevenson, repreSentlis
,ho National Reform association. MISS
phoebe Cousins, Mrs Ellis, the super
,ntendent of the w. c. T. L" ana MIS-,
TnnIs Uamlln, of the Association OF
Women's organizations were also
amonr the spectators. But there was
so,hipq today I'm the way OF attractions
Mr. Van Colt arose as soon as the
oommlttee had been polled and asked
for an adjournment until tomorrow w,
cause OF the absence OF senator oI'oo1
senior counsel, A. 5. Worthihstoh nv
eyplained that MIR, WorthinBton Is en-
gagged in several important cases Wnlcn
come up In the court OF Appeals touuy,
They cannot be postponed; he would De
ready tomorrow morning or even late
,his afternoon, but Mr. Van Colt ex-
,lalned that Senator Smoot did not care
IN proceed without his senior counsel
Mr. Tayler Of counsel for the protest
onts then addressed the committee ne
saiJ that Il would not be policy TO post
none the hearing on account or en-
gage,nents Of counsel, however import
AMI but lnasmuch as witnesses from
Utah whom II is desired to put on the
stand first. have not arrived, ne though.
n would no better this time to delay
tho beginning OF the hearing until io-
morrow Under the circumstances 'na,I-
man Burrows said " no member OF tue
committee objected ne would ADJOURN
the committee until 10 o'clock loh'ol
row There was no objection anu tue
hearing was postponed,
Senator Burrows announced that ~
Is desirable to get through as quickly
as possible. I'm consequence the near.
ings will begin daily at 10 o'clock ana
there will be no further postponements
During the discussion Senators Nc
Comas and Bailey entered the room
The absentees are Depew, clark OF AT
Kansas and Beverldge.
PRESIDENT SMITH ARRIVES
President Smith and party arrived
about / o'clock and Immediately start
ed out to see something OF the capital.
l'p TO 4 o'clock they have not returned
10 their hotel. The arrival OF the prln-
clpal members OF the Church before
the beginning Of the hearing will cause
q change In the program MI xavier
will probably call President Smith nrst
Instead Of Critchlow. as was Intended.
But this will not be definitely settled
until after conference TO be held TO-
night between attorneys representing
the protestants and some members OF
the committee.