The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-03

BREAKFAST FOOD
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A Surprised Nan.

(Telepathic Nessage}
Washington. May Judge o. W.
Powers. who has been testifyiug before
the SmO0t Investigation committee dur
ing the past two weeks, was quite taxi
en- abaCk by the service Of a subpoena
On him at his home i'm salt Lake. 1t
came like q thundeFbOit out Of q clear
sky. Judge Powers only had time
enough 10 throw 9I8 ahdaVits, go GER
tified abstracts of court records, LISP
newspaper clippings, 96 public speeches,
reports Of all political conventions held
la Utah, minutes Of Mormon church
meetings for fifty years back and the
history of the 'TusCarOras' into his
trunk and catch a train, BY peculiar
coincidence Judge Powers happened to
have these documents in his ONCE when
the subpoena came
Nothing win better show the Unpre-
paredness of Judge Powers than the
following brief extract from his testi-
mOnys
O.[Judge Powers, did I understand
you to say this apostle wore q nom
union hat?
A.-Yes sir.
Q-How dc YOU know this3
Ale was seen coming out Of a non
union hat store.
Q-Have you proof of this2
A-Yes.sir. ] have the affidavit right
Z here i'm my hand.
Q-What do you deduce from that?
A.-That the church is I'm politics.
profound sensauOn)
O-Judge Powers, Go YOU believe the
Smoot campaign was conducted from
the church headquarters
Al do.
Q-Why?
A-BeCause SmOOt did not open any
headquarters for himself.
Q-Were there no other headquarters
I in Salt Lake at that time2
A.-OuIy in one other place
O.-Could not Shoots Instructions
/ have been issued there?
A.-N0, sir.
Q.-Why not2
A-Because the other place was head
quarters for sports and Smoot is no
/ sport
Q.-What? Smoot no sport?
A.-No. sir; he's no sport.
Q.-Why do YOU say thatF
A-Because he played a cinch.
Q.-Can you prove thatH
Ayes. sir: I have an affidavit in
my hand to show that SmOOt told a
I friend there was nothing to it but
! SmoOt.
CGreat interest)
O.-YOu have that affidavit here?
/ A-Yes. sir: right here.
Q.-What do you deduce from thaI-
At clearly shows that SmOOt was
! elected solely by the influence OF the
/ church.
/ (Applause)
BY the chairman am sure. Mr..
{ Powers, the committee IS much obliged
/ to YOU for making this so clear for us.
! The committee appreciates that YOU
[ were but lily prepared to testify before
this committee and with that fact TAX
en- into consideration the evidence you
1 have placed before US is nothing short
/ of miraculous.
J He swung and he met the bail square
I In the face and II went hard for talf5
! Twas for two sacks he reckoned
I And tried to reach second,
But the right fielder threw him out there.
+ Professor Bells kite may be the so
I Luton of the problem of aerial uaViga-
ton. but If it's an the same TO the
professor we would just as soon let
I him make the first trip.
/ Sherman Bell may be expected in
/ California any time now as Los An
{ geIes judge has declared strikers nave
some rights.
The fact that Governor Wright of the
/ Philippines has been endorsed by the
I Democratic convention at Manila leads
one to wonder how he ever got the
4 appointment.
Men with cast iron heads might be
/ able to work comfortably as union or
/ ganizers I'm Colorado.