Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-14

he added many interesting details. He sara
there was a disposition not to prosecu.e
SEES when the law generally was opeyeo'
mi that after the manifesto 1t was seen the
Mormons had returned to their old pfactice.
He said this was evident from the ne"
..crons of children from polygamous lam
lilies which continued to spring up.
Condition of Shoots Election.
In the cross-examination Mr.. van Cott
brought out great deal OF testlmon! re-
garding church influence for the eiectloii
of Reed Smoot for the Senate ana Juose
HiIes stated positively Mr.. Smoot wouiu
not have been elected to the United States
Senate If his candidacy had not been APP
proved by the Mormon Church.
DO you mean that II Mr. eiioot hI aa
been a lay member of the churcn ne
would not have been elected, or that II ne
rad been an apostle and had not the IN
dorsement of his quorum he coulo MOI nav
been elected? 49,, ,oa+aa
without being an apostle anu wi'io"' ~
consent of the church, -.,o :,
when it was ann3unced first that he was
a candidate, he was not an apostle, re-
marked Mr.. Van Colt. -,
90, r-au tis candidacy was not taken
seriously then, but when his candidacy was
announced after it was known that ne was
TO be an apostle, it was certain that ho
would be elected. ,s
not have been elected when his candloacy
was first announced-was it because ne nao
no standing in the party? asked Sena'o
Hopkins. ,,1s artitIe
"He had no standing that could ehti.le
him to such a promotion and ne was n.y. IN,
seriously thought Of" answered the VIII
what YOU mean to say, 1 take II, Is
that a Mormon may not get the coit9 7i- ~, oe
the church to come to the senate uhie9' III
is an apostle?' Mr.. Van Colt asked
'Oh. no; / don't mean that-out MI
Smoot could not have done So. ~,
.-yYhat is the basis for that statement?
ellis relations in Utah We're not such as
would entitle him to the place.
Can you name one Mormon VINO IS
republican who would have received the
support of the people or who Is more IN emu
tied to the place than Mr.. Smoot!
Yes sir; Governor Wells
Yes, go ahead.
u don't know of many Mormens who are
republicans-they are Mormons.
what do YOU mean by that? asked Sen
ator Hopkins. do you mean that they
put their Mormonism ahead of their repuh-
Ncanism?'
THAT is what I mean AFr
We'll, now, Judge Hiles, will you tell US
why you say that Mr.. Smoot could not
have been a candidate if it had not been
for the fact that he had been an apostle?'
He might have been candidate, but
could not have been elected
How do you know that he could not
have been elected?'
Because there were many others that
had more influence in the party and had
more reasonable claim for the poSition%'
"Of course, that is your opinion?'
Yes, it is my opinion, and 1t was the
general impression in both the republican
and democratic parties also. To use a
common slang expression, IL was said:
'Smoot wouldn't be in it if he We're not an
APOSTLE.
Were there any other republicans men
toned for the senatorsilip before the selec-
ton of Smoot as an apostle?"
Yes. Governor Wells was mentioned and
Governor Thomas and some others
In answer to other questions Judge HiIes
said he believed Mr. Smoot ALWAYS had
taken an active part in politics and had
been allied with the republicans, but that
he never had heard of Smoot having made
an address in any campaign.
The Case of Rawlins.
Mr.. Van Colt asked the witness how he
accounted, in view of the testimony he had
given, for the Mormons sending non-Mor-
mons 10 the Senate. How about Joseph
L. Rawlins?" he asked. He is not a Nor
mon"
Joseph L. Rawlins? Oh. yes, he ia q
Mormon"
What, Rawlins a Mormon?'
He was born into the church of Nor.
mon parentage."
But surely you do not mean to saw that
because a man is born of Mormon parent
age he is always a Mormon?''
pretty close to 1t -
Mr.. Van Colt mentioned the fact that
former Senator Rawlns stood out against
the church In regard to it's principles and
worked against it, Judge Hiles corrected
the statement by saying certain princi-
pies and then said that with the oualifca-
ton he had made he regarded Rawlins as
a mormon; Continuing, he said he had
ne resident Joseph F. Smith say that
ne considered Frank J. Cannon a poor
Mormon, but witness thought Cannon ga
good Mormon" and while 1t may be said
that Rawlins was mot good Mormon. I"
nevertheless he was Mormon Judge
Hiles said that both Cannon and Rawlins
stood out against interference by the
church in politics. He declared that Mr..
Rawlns once believed in the good faith
OF me mormon Church, but that he did not
row believe in it.
Mr. van Colt attempted to take Judge
lilies TO task for his statement that Raw
Inns was Mormon and asked If, as a
mater OF Iact MS entire testimony was
not just as reliable as his statement In
regard TO Rawlins.
The witness stood his ground i'm regard
to Rawlins and said that he knew what
ne was talking about and that with the
qualifications he had made Rawlns was a
Mormon He added, with emphasis that
there We're no qualifications In regard Ia
the remainder of his testimony.
More fragrant Since Admission.
The witness said his basis for believing
that polygamy was more fragrant since
Utah was admitted as a state was that
more polygamous children were being born.
and that polygamsts drove through the
streets more openly than before. He knew
only one instance of the latter kind how
ever Senator Hopkins asked number OF
questions to find out IL Judge Hiles knew
whether there had been any polygamous
marriages since the manifesto and he said
ne did not
Witness said he believed that such mar
riages had taken place. One case he had
in mind was that of personal friend and
he thought the plural wife had been taken
since the manifesto on account of the
youth OF the woman. Counsel for the de-