The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-04

| VINO. nOf lAt gaii,f' eajp Aor't ouHtn' ,t'iou say that when you place iyoAF- | self in the same category as The sey- | entyT'' said Mir. Foraker. ---.i s .lt . | That was Senator Dubois's words not I mine," said Mr. Smith. s1, <" | :;When you. answered you adopted the 1 words" responded Senator Foraker. Senator Dubois went over the groupd | again. and brought out t,. the. fact that l objection had not been made to Mr. koberts,s continuing in office after. it | had been proved he was polygamist. Inquiry having been made by severai members. of the committee. as to- what
 MT. Taylor expected to prove by certain | questions. the latter said: >...-E | , Shoots Hands Tied. pa,4 T expect to prove that Mir. Shoot
 could not by any possibility put himself | up against his associates in his actions" l Mot even in his vote as United States Senater?" asked Mr. Beveridge. | "No; not even, as Senator" respono- ed Mir. Taylor. -' t>-, --'. z. l Mir, Taylor said Mir. Smoot would be 1 bound. to follow the direction of the cnurch not only in spiritual affairs, but
 also in temporal things. because un- l dee the definitions of his church, it. Is ! impossible to distinguish between the two. He would have to obey or, resign his apostleship. i.-, la. . Mir. Taylor asked Mir. Smith where his property would go in case of his. death. | My property would go to my heirs," said he; .'and the property which I hold | in trust for the church would go to my ! successor. s.t ..t st,t I He was asked concerning tne manage | meuL of The Desert News. and said there was no more independent newspa- per in Utah and that 1t was not govern ed by the church. =. '.', | Who Is the eG1,orT' he was asked. | Charles W. Penrose." he answered. Penrose A Polygamist. .c- | Tn answer to other questions, Mir. l Smith admitted that Mir. Penrose Is a 1 polygamist. ' '> 1 In answer to questions concerning rev. citations, MT. Smith reiterated former
 statements that such revelations were | accepted or rejected at will: that there
 Is no restraint upon any one except his | or her voluntary wish. He said he did l not always obey revelations from God. 1 '.One can only obey or disobey with l impunity," he added. r. ,s
 "Then that Is the kind of God you be-
 lieve in D said MT. Taylor.
 Yes, that is the kind of God be- 1 lieve in," declared MT. Smith with eEa- phasis.
 l A rule of tho church was quoted In | regard to the release from duties of cer; tain members of the apostles or others
 In high positions in order to perform other duties, and slr. Taylor asked was
 it necessary for Mir. Shoot to get con- sent to run for Senator7"
 Obtained Consent to Run.
 He had to get the consent of his as-
 soclate apostles and the first presiden- cy," said Mir. Smith. Fin order to go be- fore the Legislature. He obtained that consent"
 When asked if any one else was given consent. to run for offlce, Mir. Smith said no one had asked for such consent. An effort was made to show that Mir. Shoot could not act of his free will, but Mir.
 Smith declared the consent amounted to l nothing more than a release from his duties in the church In case he was elected.
 l Senator Hoar asked if Mir Cannon was given consent to come to Congress, and Mr. Smith answered that Mir. Cannon never had been an official of the church
 and therefore did not require consent.
 MT: Smith said if MT. Smoet had per sisted in running for office without con
 sent of. his associates, he would not have lest his official position, but would have
 been out of harmony with "The Twelve" "
 The Moses Thatcher incident was talk l en up, and MT. Smith said he had re-
 mained for many years an apostle of the
 church, though not in harmony with his associates. He remained in that po- sition until finally relieved Dy the. apos- ties. When asked the reasons for the l differences of opinion between MT.
 Thatcher and the other apostles Mir. Smith said there were various causes. l Was 1t because he desired to become a candidate for Senator?"
 GaV1 afnV nr SO1uAfh{n0
 l For United States Senator or some- thing of that kind" answered the wit ness. -r
 The expression "or something of that
 kind" created amusement among the l Senators present.
 MT. Taylor asked concerning James I Tanner, former president of the Agri-
 cultural College of Utah, who 1t was stated, resigned his position for the req
 son that the United States threatened I to withdraw It's support on the ground
 that the head of the school was a polyg- anist. Mr.. Smith said Mir. Tanner was a polygamist.
 ' Mr. Smith, in answer to questions by
 Chairman Burrows declared he had per : formed no polygamous marriages since 1890 anywhere on earth. ..
 MT. Dubois asked if any of the apos-
 ties had performed such service, and | MT CtillIu SdAu II tHey Lldu they sWOulC have been fined and imprisone. if found
 guilty and if the charge had been prov.
 en the offender would be excommuni- cated.
 Senator Hoar made another request foI the four books which had been describ-
 ed by Mir. Smith as the standards of au. thority, saying that they would be need.
 ed in considering the case.
 But" interposed Senator Dillingham; T suppose we can furnish our own Bi-
 bles2" Smith Would Supply Bibles. Mir. Smith volunteered to supply all thu volumes himself even the Bibles If tn, committee desired to have copies of tha
 book.
 Mir. Taylor devoted cons lerable atten
 ton to a discussion of the Mormon mar riage ceremonies. It was brought out that all high officials of the church and
 all of the elders are authorized to marry
 persons. and that such persons are regis. tered in accordance with the State laws
 on that question. The celestial marriage or the marriage for eternity. Mfr. Smith
 said, was one of the things the Mormon
 church believed in, but the practice had ;I been in disuse for twenty years or more This marriage was described as one to | carry. two persons through Heaven tr
 happiness and 1t often was performed
 when one party was dead ana sometimes
 when both parties were dead. Tn that
 event the relatives of the contracting
 parties represented them. When ques. tioned closely, MT. Smith admitted that