The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13
SHOOTS ATTORNEYS take
MR.. (RIT(HLOW IN HAND

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W. W. Ritter. James Sharp, William H,
King, 5. 4. Richards and James NJ. Tan
ner. Mr.. Richards was Ia attendance at
the hearing as advisor for Mormon Wit
nesses.
information he had as TO the existence
OF such a committee, and said he knew
from admissions made by George O. Can
non and Heller J. Grant and certain
members of the legislature in interviews
published IN April. 1926. in The Salt Lake
Herald. then edited By b. H. Roberts,
the salt Lake Tribune and the interviews
OF Grant ana Cannon in the Deserct
News. He also said he had received a
letter from Joseph Monson. "A member
from Cache county, giving information as
10 occurrences between Mouson and
Bishop Stevens In which Stevens said it
had been decided by the church authori-
ties that inasmuch as the legislature was
inexperienced il was best to have q com
mittee OF the priesthood TO pass on legis-
iation as 10 whether j. was proper.
Judge Hiles on the Stand.
Judge Ogden Hiles OF Salt Lake, as
sistant United States attorney in Utah
from 1856 to 1889. in prefacing his teSti-
mony. said he had drawn more indict-
meats and prosecuted more cases of un-
lawful cohabtatiOn under the Edmuuds-
Tucker act than any other official IN
Utah. For the first two years the peo-
pie, he said. refused to obey the law.
despite the fact that opportunity was
given offenders to escape punishment il
they would promise not to violate the
laws in regard 70 cohabitation. The
people" said the witness, said they must
obey the law Of God rather than the law
of man. They seemed 10 think il an act
of apOstacY TO 90 counter 10 the church
rules, even In obeying the laws of the
land. The cases We're pressed hard and
then the people began TO promise to obey
the law, for they were poor and could
not pay the fines, and consequently il
became generally reported that the prac-
tice of polygamous cohahitation was
breaking IN"
"New Crops of Children
The witness covered much Of the ground
gone over in the testimony of Mr. Critch-
low but in regard 10 the cessation OF
prosecutions until after the manifesto OF
1883 he added many interesting details.
He said there was n disposition not L.
prosecute cases when the law generally
was obeysd. but that after the manifesto
IL was seen that the Mormons had re-
turned 10 their old practice. He said this
was evident from the new crops OF
childcen' from polygamcus families
which continued 10 spring up.
In tho cTOss-eXamination Mr.. Van Cot
brought Out great deal OF testimony
regarding church influence FOR the cleo
ton Of Reed Smoot FOR the senate, anc
jude Hiles stated positively that Mr
Snoot could not have been elected 10 the
United States senate II his candidacy had
rot been approved by the Mormon church
DO y0u mean that IL Mr.. SmOOt hat
been lay member of the church that nj
would not have been elected. or that II
he had been an apostle and had not In,
endorsement OF his quorum he could no
have bees. elected2'
Answer Came Direct.
",ar. Smoot could not have been elected
without having been an apostle and with
ont the consent Of the church"
when Il was announced first that h
was n candidate he was rot an apostle,
remarked Mr.. Van cott.
..Oii. weli,i his candidacy was not takel
soric0sly fhen, but VIXEN his candidac.
Was annor.lcad aftec It was known tina