The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-29


by other witnesses.
At the request of Tayler, Mrs Elliott
described garments worn by Mormons
who have taken the endowments SEN
ator Overman asked if every Mormon
i'm good standing is compelled to wear
the garments, and the witness said
that all such Mormons wear the gar
ments as Undertaking.
Looking at Senator Smoot, Senator
Overman asked the witness if she were
sure every Mormon in good standing in
the committee-room had the garments
on
Yes, sir they have" The reply pro-
voked laughter, ana the witness re-
peated Il know they all have them
on"
on CROSSE examination Attorney
Worthington endeavOred to draw from
the witness whether she had told 9TH
ers Of the endowment ceremonies, but
she insisted that she had never done
so except i'm a limited way to the pas.
tor of the Baptist Church in her town.
She declared that the attorney for the
protestants had no idea what she would
say when she took the stand.
Senator Foraker asked the witness
if she had ever heard of the endow-
ment house penalties being enforced
against any one. She said she had not.
Tayler asked if she expected to suf-
fer by reason of giving testimony
here. Mrs. Elliott said she expected
that her business would suffer.
Charles H. Jackson of Boise City,
Idaho, chairman of the Democratic
state Committee, testified at length
concerning the growing power of the
Mormon church and its interference
in State affairs, which he said was
made the paramount issue by Demo-
Gratis and Independents in the last
campaign in Idaho. He said that
apostles of the church from Utah go
into Idaho and direct the people how
to vote. These church officials said
Jackson, tell their people there have
been revelations that they should vote
a certain ticket, a"d also that the
Mormon church desires 4.
The witness described in detail the
fight being made by the Mormon
chL ch for the removal from the safe
Constitution of Idaho of the test oath
against polygamists. He told of the
visit of Apostle John Henry Smith
for the purpose of directing legsla-
ton, and said that the Influence of the
church accomplished the passage of
the sugar bounty bill. This measure
places a State bounty of I cent pound
on all sugar manufactured within the
State in 1908 and 1a cont 9 pound For
all sugar manufactured in 1904. 1t
is estimated that the bounty in 1908
amounted to $4,000 and IN 1904 to
$15O,OOO There are four refineries in
the State and President Joseph Smith
of the Mormon church is president Of
three of them. The fourth factory was
constructed recently ard il controlled
by Gentiles.
Speaking of the influence of the
church on political affairs of the state,
Jackson took as an illustration the de-
feat Of Governor Morrison for a second
nomination. He declared that Cover
nor Morrison's administration had been
satisfactory to his Republican consti-
tuents, but that he ran foul of the Nor
mon church and therefore was denied
a second term. In this connection
Jackson said with emphasis: 1T is i'm
possible for any man or any party to
stand against the Mormon church in
Idaho"
In describing the present condition
of the State Jackson said six of the
twenty-one counties are known as
solidly Mormon, and that in all of
the southern counties the Mormons
are in control, and in that way, he
said, the church practically is in
charge of the Legislature, political
conventions and all gatherings at
which the delegates are elected by
the people.
''The delegates elected by these
counties are not always Mormon in
religion, but they are always Mormon
i'm political action" said Jackson The
witness gave, in narrative form, the
history of the protests against Mormon
Interference which had been made by
Democrats in the last campaign. Jack
son said the MormOns declared that not
a vote would be given the Democrats
and, said the witness, they made
good"
He stated as his belief that not one
Mormon voted the Democratic ticket
As a result he said that the increased
Republican majorities in the Mormon
counties, compared with the increased
Republican majorities in the Gentle
counties, We're enormous.
Jackson said he had talked with many
Mormons who had been Democrats, and
they had told him that if it were known
that they were to vote the Democratic
ticket they would be ruined in business.
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