The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-03-09
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Ingenious Explanation of How Far
'ReyeIation' Controls Latter
Day Saints.

/ AGAINST Senator Reed Sm0ot of Utah
| bro7obt o,,t variety M tastinonv
| of witch the most earsario,,a1 was
] that ei,-e,, -, Francis A T-zyr,,ar rras-
| ident of the Twelve ArostIas Of the
Mormon church and the man chosen
| TO he the successor Of President
Smitb His admissions wara similar
tn those previously meda nv Mr.
Smftb nerfajning 10 the church gov
ern,nenf He Is more free of sneech
than the president of the church and
his Testimony tbcuob NOT r,ataria1l7,
Differing caused several of the amos
Ties nresenf 10 shake rbajr heads al
the witness for The pur,osa Of com
pelIing more discretion in answering
questions Mr. LYMAN is an angplarlv
Luilf na, his faoa Is covered with !
growth Of busbv red wbiskers and his
snaaob i b1pnt
Referring TO the evidence adduced
the dav before that Senator Smoot
had to Gain the consent of me aDostles
before running for his high office Mr.
LYMAN said the princiDle of getting
consent was that sbepberd conId
not leave mis- flock of sheen until his
successor came to take charge and
raust oat authority before leaving
their official duties i'm the church
.sAnostIes Grant and Teasdale we're
chosen by revelation to President
SNOW +" said Mr. LYMAN ~and .reye-
latfon' also was given me in relation
ia those mon 4a exclaimed thai the
latter revelation" came after Presf-
dent Snow had told him the names
of the men he wanted chosen to the
vacancies Mr. LYMAN was asked
what distinction he made between the
.'reyelations' he obeved and those he
did not obev.
81 suppose Won mean the laws
have confessed that have violated
in cohabitating with plural wives ?"
he asked. When told that was what
was meant he said. Il trust myself
to the mercy of the Lord"
Have Won ever renented to that
disobedience /" asked Mr. Hoar
"Not vet
ssDid Senator Smoot know Won were
living with plural wives?" was asked
Mr. LYMAN answered that Senator
Smoot did not know. as he had never
met anv one OF his wives. He said
that the naople in general in Utah
knew but at he did not think Mr.
Smoot had any knowledge of the fact
He sad he was SO generally known
and his ranntatiop was so wide that
what was admitted as a fact in reJa-
ton to him would be. accepted bv the
neopIe as true.
Chairman Burrows insisted on
knowing if the people of Utah knew
Smoot could not know lust as well
The witness responded several times
that the people must have known but
that Senator Smoot did not. whereup-
on Senator Hoar demanded to know
what the witness meant by such ans
wers. The witness then said that
Senator Smoot probably knew lust as
much about the question as the people T
in general
DO you take back what you said F
then that the people knew and Sen
ator Smoot did not know?" asked Sen
ator Hoar.
I take that back"
Don't you think Mr.. Apostle that
it behooves you to be a little careful
about what you say, so that YOU will {
not have ANYTHING to take bacz?"
asked the Senator severely.
Senator Hoar followed this oues-
ton BIZ asking the witness IF he had
received a revelation" concernfng
what he was to testify to on the stand
and whether such a s'revelationo could
be responsible for his change Of mind
in relation to the question asked
Are your answers. here nv order Of