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
sible-Hearlugs viii Begin Each Day
At 10 O'clock ia the Morning
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washington. d. c., March lat 10. 80
o'clock this morning the hour liked ior
the beginning Of the smoot hearing
more we're just three members OF the
,ommIttee assembled In the committee
soo,,. they were Chairman Burrows
and Senators Pettus and DUBOIS "A
tev moments later Senator FORAKER
,or,o ,nto the room. He was followed
nv Messrs. Hopkins and Bailey ana
az a quorum was then present the roll
,,o. called and Chairman Burrows an
rounced that the committee was ready
- proceed. At one end of the room
yorc gathered Senator smoot, VALDEZ
NOR Van Colt, his counsel, and Mr.
podger his clerk. AT the other END
,oor tho seat of Senator Dubois sat r..
"a Crltchlow and r, w. Tayler' attor-
news for the prOtestants, ana snort
distance away sat former secy' Gar
,lsle also retained as counsel for those
Who want Senator Shoots seat declar-
od vacant. on the side OF the room
onnoslte Senator Smoot were {. NJ
Owen and wife, Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts
who will undertake any KIND OF reform
and Thomas p. Stevenson. repfesen,ihs
,he National Reform association MISS
phoebe Cousins, Mrs, Ellis, the super
intendent Of the w. c. 7, L., ana Mrs
Tunls Hamlln, of the Association OIL
Women's organizations were also
among the spectators. But there was
rothlng today In the way OF attractions
Mr. Van Colt arose as soon as the
committee had been polled and asked
Tor an adjournment until tomorrow De-
cause of the absence of Senator Smoot =
ssnIor counsel, A. S. Worthington. he
synlained that Mr.. Worthngton Is en-
gagged IN several important cases which
come mn I'm the court OF appeals To-Day
They cannot he postponed. he would De
readv tomorrow morning or even late
,bis afternoon. but Mr. Van Colt ex'
rloined that Senator Smoot did not care
10 proceed without his senior counsel
Mfr Tayler, OF counsel for the protest.
ants. then addressed the committee lie
said that II would not be policy to post
pone the hearing on account OF GU
gagenents Of counsel, however import
amt but Inasmuch as witnesses from
Utah whom It is desired to put on the
stand first, have not arrived, he thought
Il would he better this time TO delay
the beginning of the hearing until TO-
morrow. Under the circumstances Chalr-
man Burrows said n no member OF the
committee objected ne would adjourn
the committee until 10 o'clock tomor :
row. There was no objection ana the
hearing was postponed J..
Senator Burrows announced that u
Is desirable to get through as quickly
as possible. In consequence the near,
ings will begin daily at 10 o'clock ana
there will be no further tponements'
During the discussion Senators Nc
Comas and Bailey entered the room
The absentees are Depew Clark OF Ar
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.
Up to 4 o'clock they have not returned
to their hotel. The arrival of the prin-
cIpa members OF the Church before
the beginning of the hearing Will cause
n change IN the program MI Tayler
will probably call President smith frst
instead Of Crltchlow, as was intended.
But this will not be definitely settled
until after a conference to be held to-
night between attorneys representing
the protestants and some members OF
the committee,