Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-03

Tor smoot knew all the circumstances
connected with Smiths wives.
we prefer TO put Senator smoot on
,he stand and let him tell what he
KNOWS, remarked Mr.. Van Colt.
belng asked whether he had taken
me test oath in 1895 before voting, Mr..
smith hesltated and his counsel asked
that he b. confronted with the oath.
The question was temporarily With
drawn
Senator Overman--Did Senator smoot
ever advise YOU to persist In your
polygamous cOhabitatlon?
Mr.. Smith, think not. I have never
so far as ! remember discussed my
private affairs with him.
Are the apostles your advlsers?"
Il receive advice from all good men.
but no more from them than other
elders or the Church"
Did they ever advise you to desist
from the. practise?'
mot that I know Of"
Has Mr.. Smoot visited YOU at your
resdence?"
He has been to my first wife's house
where make what may be called my
official residence"
THE TEAsDALE CASE.
Asked about Teasdale, one Of the
Apostles, Mr.. Smith said he knew moth
Ing OF his present domestic relations.
lie thought, however. that until two or
three years ago Mr.. Teasdale had two
wives. Mr.. Smith also was asked
about Apostle josh Taylor and he said
he IL reputed to be a poygamist.
II could not say OF my own know
ledge"
Have you the slightest doubt Of IT,"
II haven't much doubt Of IT,"
Asked where Mr. Taylor now is, Mr..
Smith said he did not know; that some
weeks ago Taylor had been sent to In
vestigate a tract Of land offered the
"Mormons" and he had not heard from
him since. He had been IN Mr.. Taylor's
home IN Salt AXE City only once.
Gould not an Apostle be poygam-
LIST without your knowledge asked
Senator Dubois,
Gould an Apostle be a polygamst
without your knowledge" asked Sem
ator Dubois.
mo, sir, not unless he violated the
rules OF the Church and | don't think
any Of them would do that"
Then why say L think and I sup
poseT"
Because" replied the witness 81
never saw any Of them married to any
woman"
Mr. smith said that Apostles Merrill
and Heber j. Grant are reputed TO be
polygamlsts; he had seen two women
who were pointed out az Mr. Grants
wives, MIR. Grant Is now in Europe In
the interest OF the Church He has with
him his second wife.
John Henry Smith Is, the witness
stated, the husband OF two wives
"He IL a kinsman Of mine he said,
"and | know positively about him.
"Dld you ever advise him to deslst
from the polygamous practseY"
II never did; could not consistently
do 80 while myself was practising the
system"
MIR. smith was asked about other
Apostles,
Mr.. Cowley H. he said, reputed
polygamlst. Rudger Clawson Is not. He
was especially explicit concerning F, NJ,
LYMAN president OF the Apostles and In
the line OF succession to himself, Mr.,
smith said that Mr., Lyman being pre-
Sent should answer for himself but the
committee insisted and he replied that
Mr., Lyman was reputed to have two
wives
Have any Of these men taken plural
wives since the manifesto OF 1907
naked Senator Beyeridge
II repeat" said Mr., Smith, bringing
his fist down on the table with some
emphasis that since the manifesto OF
1890, no man has entered into plural
marriage with the knowledge or APP
pr0vul Of the Church"
He was asked by Mr. Tayler about
Marian scholes Teasdale, deceased, who,
was stated had never met Mr. Teasdale
until 1908,
Mr.. Smith replied that he had not
known the lady but that he had under
stood that Mr.. Teasdale had not known
when he married her that he had an
other wife.
When your deacons go out and make
converts In other lands, d. they not