The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-21
CHURCH SDOESsNOT.
y DICTATE POLITICS.
Senator Believes Plural Mar. Mar.
Sriages Were Made With D'ii--
vine Sanction, But Does Not
is3 Favor Practice \ ofs q Poly e
garny ii. 1. Violation Is lti,:'r|l' of Of Il
S5s Laws Of Land.
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4 (By Associated Press.)

SHIN GTDN, D. an. 20 Int crest 's
IL fl tie sr,1oot investigation before B the
Senate Commit tee on Priv leges and Eec-. e
tions was stirred o-day by the un expec
ed determination to- put Senator Smoot 'l
On tie stand In his own behhl without tfI ut
waiting for othcr$wt illnesses u oNv en- route t'
from Utah. The senator was under direct
and cross-exa1ninati ion all ay, and frank 6,
Nv answered most OF the d sttons nsk efi
He acquitted himself llently and g NJ
peared to make fnyornnb n ble inlprc 3 SION le
on tho members OF tho commit lttee
The cxaminntionSrelat to matters inti-s
-his duty toward the church. Q 81 COM
pared witll@his duties as \ a sena or. Il es
isaid lie had not N al ken any oaths that
would 4intcrfere wi TIL his; loyalt to N his
government. His recoll lee ttonS Of the oil
'downelt house ceremony was indlst net,
he sa Id q, but he was sure there " ere no no
Iobligutions taken to ii ayenge i IL n blood
orgthe prophets upon either s't bis nation
or$"this generation. as Ii as been tes III
fled toby witnesses for he pr @ @secll tion.sF;
Not Influenced by Church. ri
Ssjs$ sena tor smoot was u examined by Mr.
S1Yorthlngto his counsel. Swho y cad what
witnesses have alleged IL be ho''oa ltl,s
yengcan ce, b, and asked Senator snloot blfi
there wa 5 anything Of that IS chara ter IN
the ccremony .f33 sgt6. 5sg 8
ttThere was moi, ,, he reptile .sss
here anything Of goMance M upon
this genera Lon iss
o, sir s
WAS there ans ything Iii the zee remony
witch would fleet your loyalty to4your to n
country 4gs6s u
re- wa s; 4s
Senator Smoot said Wien tle$ became Sa
candidate for the5 {senate te5 lie ohta lned
leave OF absence from; tho first presitd itdeenoy
Was tho Mormon Church q factor In
politics @iniyour cand ddacy 70 lle I SCI
ate ?,,sg sked Mr.. w orthingt on. "
in the least N man OF woman
ca 8 sa y tIat$iI ever nsked them TO vote
tie Republican I cket because y 7 was IAN
'1,itI, IBID any one ever attempt Is inau-S
ience you to dlctat to to you IN your
politics ?,,Sss 52
Not in any way. would not i per- pt2l';S
init IT, # \ si sfs VI. f
Is the leave Of tbsence received !fyf
you church endorse ment OF your can m
sdldauy? 4 Is 9s fSg$
regard II t., Il. $s
,3s'If the president OF the Church should \
ask you to vote according to his Wishes, a
what would be your t!tudc?? # IL
$.s. .ISwould vote as I believed was for a he
best interests OF tho country h
3E!.' What a wou DO your posi- lon u the
president OF tho Church should, attempt
TO influence you In your vote as q sena-
tor?'h 8 sj,s& y ff $j I5t5;; 5af $ e.
would not submit to IT for "a minute
Let Polygamists Die OF.
senator Smoot said he knew = a' resident
Smith had moro than one wife, II
S When asked whether he made any pro-
test against those apostles reputed to. be
living III Il polygamous relations, he said
thatEthe government Of the United States
had accepted tho existing conditions; TINT
there had been no prose tions, and that
the attitude OF the people was that Of
toleraton. He declared that the people
felt that the best, and, in fact the only
way, to settle the conditions was to- let
the polygamists die off,. Mr.. Worthlng-
ton asked / t that sentiment OF liberation
extended to plural marriages, which have
occurred since the manifesto. III
3 "Ol, not at all, replied tho senator
LIDO not believe there Is 4
good citizen Of Utah who would con-
done now plural marriages. s
Senator smoot denied that there had
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