Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-03-05
yothins Has Been Adduesd to
I r",r,rt The Senator With Prop
apanda Of PolygamS
uow THE COMMITTEE STAND.
,..,,,, and Beyeridge Are Favorable,
While Burrows and Dubois
Are Hostile.

washington. March t--Todays
,-o,sedinss in the smoot case wore
~, marked by the intense feeling oil
S.,t.rdsy President Smith was easier
',s more adroit in his answers and he
a a'.a, better impression by his ex-
,.a,,,ors Of Mormon" Church at
,,',, ,han heretofore. He also Improved
-. onrortunlty when questioned con-
' ' various passages in the book OF
no,,rlne and Covenants to preach a
,.,mon on the Mormon doctrine
~hItb will have widespread distribu-
ton IN the printed documents when
.rs issued reporting the hearing
BIAS OF COMMITTEE
roday's hearing showed but little fur
,As, ,lght upon the subject OF polygamy
a, practlsed, the examination relating
.lnost exclusively TO its introduction
Sa religious doctrine OF the Mormon.
c,crch and whether the" Mormon
CSgrrh by the manifesto Of 1890 really
,onght 10 discontinue It's teaching and
rrsS,lse. Senator'S Hoar, Burrows, Du-
Xix and Beyerldge relieved Atty. Tay-
l4r almost entirely of the part OF In
ouI,Itor and propOunded most OF the
questions President Smith was called
man 10 answer. The trend of the ques-
flaming by these senator's revealed pref
~ clearly that Foraker and Beyeridge
sre ayorably disposed toward Senator
smoot, that Burrows and Dubois are
clearly antagonlstic, and that senator
Hoar Is deeply interested In bringing
IA The surface all of the peculiar fe1-
lures OF "Mormonism." Senator Bale /
al,o Joined In questioning. and re-
marked significantly when the case Of
Brigham II. Roberts was meniioned'
q voted to seat him
A large number Of senator's not
m the elections conmitte, end mem
bers OF the house attended todays
hearing, among them Senators Patter-
son, Dryden, Kean and Bacon,
Representative Lands, who took an
active part In the Roberts case, and
Chaplain Edward Everett Hale, were
listeners The hearing was enlivened
by controversy between Senators
Hoar and Foraker, who renewed their
recent scrap oil the floor of the senate
and each Informed ;he other In parlia-
mcntary terms that he was not speak
Ing the truth,
A SIGNIFICANT FACT.
Il IA regarded as significant that
nothing has been adduced in the trial
as yet to connect Smoot with the case
except In ;he most Indirect way ana
he tlct Is apparent that the Church
Is the principal defendant and Sncot
On Incident
The prosecution still insists It has
made out It's case From what has
been proven by the testimony Of Prcs-
dent Smith the prosecution contends
ih'l presiding officers Of The Church
are criminals In the eye OF the law be-
C'l'e Of their continuous plural CO.
hlbtatlon, and that Mr.. Smoot has not
rsblked them but has continued to as
ISOLATE himself with them a. one OF
mem, and the prosecution expects TO
show that should Mr., Smoot be exclude
"a that members Of the Mormon
church should not be admitted to pub
c office
On the other hand. the defense con-
lthis that every officer and member Of
Ue church has faithfully observed the
ID" prohibiting plural marriages and
way none such have been entered into
sl'e me passage of that law. Plural
eNes VINO were married prior 10 that
.aW lhey admit, are being supported
,aInel lhan abandoned. II Is also con.
ENDED that polygamy Is no longer
preached or taught and that, despite
, Ice doctrines OF the Church, eyery mem.
Nr acts Of his own free viii and NO.
. .' or rejects the decisions OF the va.
i'ous councils as he pleases. And II Is
u,hlel that Mr.. Shoots votes or nc.
. a9l' IN The senate are subject TO die.
c S,on OF his fellow Apostles or that tho
y a.! dominates In business and poli.