Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
WOULD STILL REFUSE
Mormon's Attitude Toward
Senate Official.
OBBYS THE CHURCH
RECORDER NICHOLSON QUESTION
ED REGARDING RECORDS.
Resumption of the Hearing of the Sem
ate Committee Investigating
the Smoot Case.

After Democratic State Chairman
Jackson OF Idano had given further
testimony regarding the interference
of Mormons in the political affairs OF
Idaho in the meeting OF the Senate
committee investigating the Smoot
case today Recorder Nicholson OF
the Salt Lake Temple was again PIT
on the stand and questioned regard
ing the sealing" OF men and women
i'll the Temple who have been mar
ried outside He said that he had
brought the record OF all legal mar
riagcs. He said that he had no ait
thority to bring other records, and
declared that if forbidden by Presl-
dent Smith to touch them he would
refuse to give them up, even II the
Scrgcant-at-arm OF the Senate
should call on him with a warrant
and demand them.
When the Senator Smoot investigation
was resumed today Charles H Jackson
chairman of the democratic state commit
tee of Idaho, was again called TO the stand.
He IS the witness who testified yesterday
in regard to Mormon interference in politi-
cal affairs The examination followed SINH
lar lines today.
As an illustration of the local church Is
sue In the last election Mr. jackson said
the vote for Gooding, republican candidate
for governor ran behind the vote for Roose-
Welt In gentle counties and ahead of Roose-
Welt In tie Mormon counties while the vote
for HeitfeId, democratic candidate for gov
cInor. ran ahead of Parker in the gentle
counties and behind Parker in the Mormon
counties. The influence of the Mormons was
shown, said the witness, by the fact that
the democrats and independents were un-
able to get chairmen of political meetings
held in Mormon counties without the aid of
Mormons.
Hearsay Testimony.
on cross-examination Mr.. Jackson said
that Apostles Matthias Cowley and John
Henry Smith were among those who went
into Idaho and told the people that there
had been revelation that they should
vote the republican ticket
Questioned by Attorney Van Cott, repre-
senting Senator Smoot, the witness said ne
never had heard these apostles declare that
there had been such revelations; that it has
always been taken for granted there has
been a revelation when Mormon apostle
appears in Idaho 10 direct political affairs
Cross-examination drew from the witness
that he knew only from general repute OF
these affairs and that his statements made
yesterday concerning sugar legislation and
bountles was based on the same informa-
tion. He asserted. however that 1t is well
known that the MormonS had asked the
legislature to pass the sugar bounty law,
and wanted It for the reason that sugar
manufacture had been hailed as q Mormon
institution in Idaho, "and the Mormons get
everything they ask In Idaho. whether it Is
IA republican or democratic legislature, lie
concluded.
Discussing Election Returns.
Attorney Van Cott produced a table
showing the election returns in Idaho in
1904, and attempted to prove that If the
vote for governor in the six Mormon coun-
ties had been thrown out Gooding, the re-
publican candidate would have received
still plurality of more than 5000.
Mr.. Jackson combatted this statement by
calling attention to the fact that In practi-
cally all OF the gentle counties there are
Mormon settlements which voted for Mr..
i
whether Mr.. Goodng is a Mormon, that he
had heard as many people say he is as say
he is not.
Mr.. Van Cott brought out the fact that
there were about 20Go0 Mormon votes out
OF a total of G0,o00 votes in the state. He
asked the witpess If it was not true that
although the eentiles We're in Il large ma
jority. and that the democrats put an anti
Mormon plank in their platform and the
republicans refused TO put in such a plank,
the republicans carried the state by very
large majority.
That is Il bald fact" responded the wit
ness, but he added that the inference
drawn by the attorney from the question
was not justified.
Mr.. Jackson contended that there were
Jack MormOns," or gentiles who are Nor
mon in political affairs, who are able TO
control elections.
Resolution Ignored.
An effort was made by Mr.. Van Cott to
show that the Mormon delegates in the
last democratic state convention had
agreed to vote for an anti -polygamy reso-
luton If the crime of adultery were includ-
ed also.
Mr.. Jackson declared the reverse to be
true; that in fact the Mormon delegates
defeated the resolution
Mr.. Jackson. in answer to questions by
Chairman Burrows, told of the passage OF
n resolution by the Idaho legislature call
Ing a constitutional convention. He said
the resolution created no comment, and
In fact. its purport was ignored until Sena-
tor Dubois had written a letter calling at
tention to the fact that such n convention
could repeal the Idaho tests against poyR-
amy. Mr.. jackson said the resolution had
been put through the legislature on the ad-