The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-08
FIRST WIFE 6; C0NIs'ElNT'E \ 81 4! { 60
Il THAT HER HUSBAND WE'D
The rT,vo,N Kennedy Says,
Had ia Slight Interview and and.
Fixed Matters President
Smith Proud 4of All
Of lis Forty-two
Children,
ByAasociatelf Press.) X

II. WASHINGTON J, d.. =, March After
having Joseph n Smith. president Of the tn
5nIcrmon Church. on the stand for nearly
five hours to-day before the Senate Com
3mlttee on Privileges and Elections. which
is is5investlgatlng the right Of Reed Smoot,
to sit as senator,Hboth tie prosecution.
and the defense a announced that they
were through with him and tanothe wi "A "A
ness was called .l ThIs was Mrs. Clara
Mabel Kennedy, who told some secrets,
sof the Mormon Church. which. II not
broken down, will prove as important as
the statements by Presidents Smith that
he and other officials lave hcen re rsist
emily living withfplural wives In violatio
OF the law,
Senator DuboIs5pt1t into tho record the
census figures for Utah, taken in 4 $50
To show That instead gof only three q
four per cent n polyEamy. AS NJ Smith.
had said, In realt ty there We're about
q ia per cent. OF the adult Mormon Spol,-5}
ulatlon living In II = TIA 10 Of polygamy III
1880. Senate Dub OILS gave ! q q 9 his sSopinj7
aiot shat there has ee II ma teria re-
ductions IN The 5auif ser 6
Since 1890 4; IL s!
Not Been Preferred inlEAppoint-
5inentS.
Mr.. Smith said that. according to his
best understanding, Presidents Woodruff
and Snow conformed TO lie formers $
manifesto and obeyed tlle5law. He said
that Of the SIX apostles ppointed since.
the manifesto of President Woodruff
only one. M. Is.s Cowley. Is aapoly lygam'st,s
s1r; regard to Joseph NJ. Tanner, president.
of the board OF trustees of the Utah
Agricultural. College, Mr.. Smith said, It
was understood that he had more than
ono wife,; He declared. that so far as he
knew no one In the church had been ap-
pointcd an official in the church because
l,Gz Is a polygamist; that such appoint
rnents have been based on merit alone.
Mr.. Tayler asked II four out OF seven
~ the trustees Of the Agricultural Col
.]ege, arc not Morrnons. Mr.. Smith said
he believed that to be the case. Senator
FORAKER asked Mr.. Smith II he had any
.o,biection to Mr.. Smoot becoming a candi-
date for senator, Mr.. Smith said:
II gave my consent to his becoming
candidate
3 ,.lNhy did you think Your consent
asked Chairman BURROWS:
because 1t is rule that anyone OF the
general authorities Of the church, &desir-{
ing to engage In any business outside OF
his church duties must got the consent
OF tho first presidency and twelve sapos-s
ties before he can do so, said MI.
Smith. .5t5.
Mr, Taylel asked for n detailed schcd-
.ulo or Mr.. Smiths children born since
1890 and over the protest so1 Mr. Smith,
Chairman Burrows directed that tho
question be answered.
s, Mr.. Smith gave n list Of children by
the wives In the order III which he mar
.ried them, The list Is as follows: s
BY Julina-IIdith and Rachel
4$s3yt sarah-Ascnath and Jenneta.
n BY lIgdn;l-Mnrtha, and one child which
died, sillt
i BY .Alice-Ficldlng, Jesse and Andrew.
By Rrary--silas Asnes James and
maybe Calvin He said he did not know
the age of the last named.
S&Chnrman Burrows inquired:
z; How many children have you now?''
" At'Forty-two,,, =, was tho answer. twenty