The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-18

( attempted TO create the Impression that
the church wanted some particular can
didate elected, but that whsn these
cases were traced down, the accused al
ways denied that they had been author
lied TO take such action. So far as ne
was concerned personally. ne said. no
person had ever sought to influence
his vote
Manifesto Was Inspired.
On cross-examination Mr. Young said
| he believed that the manifesto was in
! Sptred and that while there are people
| III the church who have not accepted
the doctrine OF revelations the over
Whelming majority believed that the
revelation in relation to celestial mar
rage was inspired.
In view of the persistent rumors
that an apostle of the church has taken
two plural wives since the manifesto,
do you not think the authorities of the
church should procure the attendance
| OF that man as a witness in this hear
| mgr asked Attorney TayIer.
! I don't know that they could pro-
cure his attendance" replied Mr..
Young.
Endorsed Connolly.
Mr. Tayler called attention to a dis
patch from Eureka, Utah, to the efSect
that at a meeting Sunday night Bishop
Daniel Connolly announced those who
had betrayed endowment Oaths at
| Washington were traitors and said he
had known traitors TO be shot The
dispatch said also that when taken to
task for the violence Of his language
the bishop said that he was indignant
at the witnesses who had violated their
oaths. but that if he had known there
| vas a reporter present he would have
been more guarded.
Mr. Young did not approve the refer
! ence to the shooting of traitors. but
said he thought that otherwise the
! bishop had expressed the sentiment Of
Mormon people toward those VINO had
testified in the SmOot investigation
concerning the endowment house cere-
monies. he said Mormons abhorred
traitors and said man who would VIC
! late his oath before a justice of the
peace would violate an oath OF the
church He could make no distinction.
Law VS.. Revelation.
In answer to questions by Chairman
Burrows. Mr. Young said that until
/ two years after its issuance the.man-
ifesto was not construed tCAae directed
against n practice of poi. amy. but
only against new plural ma lagos. He
; said that-H it were not for the law
/ against pOlygamy he ShoIld believe the
principle TO be right. Some Of the bish-
ops under Mr.. Young are polygamists
and he said he had taken no steps 10
clssuade them from continuing the
practice.
Mr. Young. answering questions bv
the chairman. said he felt obligated not
1t reveal the nature of the endowment
ceremonies, b.; in that connection said
( he regretted the inability to answer
because he believed the worst sort of
inference might be drawn from these
r fusals.
4 recess was then taken.
MIR. Young was on the stand at the
afternoon session, and Mr.. Tayler
asked: is ii q fact that the first pres
ioeTcy CT the apostles must be sus-
tanned at the semi-annual conference
just the same as they are sustained
WREN on finally elected ?"
TIE witness thought that the confer
ence could no5. or. at least. would not.
V&cete a position unless charges were
fiieG ard the Official tried prior to the
conference.
Endowment Oaths.
Attorney worthington. for Senator
SInoOJ, and Senators Burrows and Nc
CCn-as engaged in an argument as TO
the prO9rlety Of a question as to
whether the endowment house cere-
nOny contains anything hostile to TINS
government when the witness declines
to give the wording Of the oath taken
by Mormons who 60 tn ough the cere-
mOny- The members OF the commit
tee took the position that if partial an
swers were given the inquiry should
extend to the entire subject. Mr.
Worthiugton likened the situation to
an inquiry into Masonry or other Sc
cret organizations. and said that the
witness should be permitted to say
that he had taken no obligation hostile
to the government and then decline to
reveal 4 -ecret oath which he is obliged
not to diVulge.
After the argument Mr. NorthingtOn
asked:
rs there anything in the oath that
relates to your government"
Refused to Answer.
Il don't know that L would under
stand my status if I answered that
question | don't want TO be in con-
tempt and 1 should like the chair to
tell me whether this is to be followed
with further inquiries" said the wit
ness
Chairman Burrows ruled that il the
question were answered he would in
quire of the witness as to the Char2c-
ter of the ceremony, and all OF the obi
cations, whereupon Mr.. Young declined
to answer Mr.. WOrthingtOn' : question.
He said he had never heard of any per-
son being harmed because Of revealing
OdlES OF the endowment mouse
E. D. r. ThomPson's Testimony.
e. ID. r. Thompson. an attorney of
Salt Lake and a Gentle, testified con-
corning the circulation of remon-
STRANGE against the testimony of Presi-
dent Smith that the Gentiles condone
the offense of polygamous Capitalization.
At the meeting where this remOn-
STRANGE was drawn committee, of
which Mr.. Thompson was chairman
was appointed to form nom Mormon
party. but ON account of the sentiment
that il was best to permit polygamy to
die out without interference or prose-
cutions by Gentiies the committee never
was called together.
The witness said that one of his
neishbOrs was Bishop Morris, and that
it was understood that he had three
wives and has had children by them
since the manifesto IL developed the
witness had not read the remonstrance,
and ON cross-eXanlination many things
were pointed out 10 which heWOuld not
subscribe as witness.
Charles DeMoisey