Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-11

Mr. Tayler-Do you remember any
Of the sgners of the application or
plea for amnesty
Senator smoot--I think the most Of
the Twelve Apostles and Presidency at
that time signed H.
Mr. Tayler-And large number Of
the present membership OF the Twelve
Apostles signed that plea for amnesty
Senator Smoot-From John w. Tay-
Tor no, / should Judge,
Mr. Tayler- WHAT
Senator smoot- From John w. Tay-
lor ON up. / should Judge DO not re-
member the junior Apostle nj that time,
Mr. Tayler-Just one moment
senator Beverldge--W Well, AZ a matter
OF fact, do YOU remember or do you
not?
Senator smoot-Yes. Senator, he
asked me, you know, whether a great
many of the present.
Senator Beyordge--Yes. whether
they signed this petition for amnesty
Senator Smoot-~No he asked me II n
great many ~ the present Aposted did
not sign H.
Senator Beverldge--l know
Mr., Worthlngton lie says, senator
he thinks those from Taylor up did.
That is, In the order Of precedence.
Senator Beveridge-Your answer to
That was 81 should Judge" liz Is u
matter Of memory.
Senator SmoOt-Ycs, that Is all.
Mr., Tayler-To refresh your recol-
lection l want to ask few questions
about that whether this, according to
your recollection Of the list, Is correct
WI Worthington--What page have
you, Mr.. Tayler?
Mr., Taylcr-Page 400. Wilford Wood
run, George Q, Cannon, Joseph f.
Smith Lorenzo Snow, Franklin d.
Richards, Moses Thatcher, Francis NJ.
Lyman II. j. Grant, John Henry Smith,
John w. Taylor, NJ. W. Merrill Anthem
H. Lund and Abraham H. Cannon-l3
names,
Now, Senator, Is II not popular
knowledge and do you not know as well
as we can know such things, that al
most all Of the signers Of that plea for
amnesty continued 10 violate the law
for the violation OF which amnesty was
prayed for?
Senator Smooth cannot say that Mr..
Tayler.
MIR. Tayler-Let us take them separ-
ately George @. Cannon
Mr. Worthlngton-Wllford woodruff
Is the first one,
Mr.. Tayler-I understand MILFORD
Woodruff did not violate IT,
Mr., Worthngton--Oh, | thought you
were asking him about them all
Senator Smoot--Yes; understand
that Wlford Woodruff had not violated
Il,
Mr., Tayler-That he obeyed the law?
Senator SmOot-He obeyed II.
Mr. Tayler-lIe was the head Of the
church,
Mr.. Smoot-Yes2
MIR Tayler-George @. Cannon7
Senator Smoot--1 understand he
obeycd the law | want to say, Mr..
Tayler. that | do not know that.
Mr. Tayler-I understand Joseph i.
Smith?
s iltor Smoot-That he did not.
,lr. Tayler--I oren2o Snow?
senator Smoot--I understand that he
did.
Mir Tayler--That he did obey the
law?
senator smoot-That he did obey the
law.
Mr. Tayler--Frankln d. Richards?
Senator Smoot--I guess he only had
one wife at that time,
Mr.. Tayler-Moses Thatcher?
Senator Smoot--Well, II is reported
that Moses Thatcher did not. | am not
sure though, as to that
Mr. Tayler--Did you hear him testify
that he was a polygamist?
Mr. Worthington-That IL not the
question
MIR Tayler--I am asking for his In
formatlon--wha he knows.
MIR Worthlngton--The question is not
whether he was polygamist, but
whether he lived in polygamous cohab-
itation after this pledge.
Senator Smooth is understood he Is
a polygamlst.
Mr. Tayler-Do you know whether he
violated the law?
Senator Smoot--T do not. Mr.. Tayler.
Mr. Tayler-Francls NJ. Lyman
Senator Smoot-Yes he violated the
law.
Mr. Tayler-Heber j, Grant,
Senator Smoot--All ] can say Is from
what / heard them testify here-that
u.s. that they think he had, President
Smith testified
Mr.. Tayler-Dld not ieber j. Grant
plead guilty to n violation Of the law
after that2
Senator smoot--1 rather think he did,
come to think OF It,
Mr. Tayler--John Henry Smith?
Senator Smoot-Yes; he testified 80.
MIR. Tayler-John w, Taylor?
Senator Smoot--I think so.
Mr.. Tayler--M w. Merrill?
Senator Smoot--I think so,
Mr., Tayler--And Abraham II. Cam
non2
Senator Smoot--He certainly did II
he married Lillian Hamlin.
Mr.. Tayler--Abraham Fl Cannon lived
with plural wives apart from the Lii
liam Hamlin episode, did he not?
Senator Smoot--Well, ne had them.
Mr.. Tayler-After the manifesto?
Senator Smoot-Yes,
MIR. Taylcr-Now, you say you re-
member the terms upon which amnesty
was granted2
Senator Smoot those who
obeyed the law would receive the grant
OF amnesty.
Mr.. Tayler-You recall that IN the
granting of amnesty that followed that
plea some time, the president says
1T Is represented that since the date
OF said declaration the members and
adherents OF said Church have general
ly obeyed said laws and have abstained
from plural marriages and polygamous
COhabltation"----
And this petition, signed by the off,
ellis Of the Church, the one to which We
have just referred
"pledging the membership thereof to
a faithful obedience 10 the laws against
plural marriage and unlawful cohahlta-
ton have applied to me the grant
amnesty for past offenses against said
laws which request a very large num-
Der Of Influential Mormons residing
In the territories have also strongly
urged.
Nov, therefore, /, Benjamin HarrI-
son president OF the United States. by
virtue NJ the powers In me vested, do
hereby declare and grant fun am
uesty and pardon TO all persons liable
10 the penalties Of said act by reason
OF unlawful cohabitatlon under the coll
or of polygamous or plural marriage,
who have, since Nov. f. 1890 abstnined
from such unlawful cohabitatlon."
DO you understand the signcrs OF that
plea pledged their faith 20 the govern
meut OF the United states that they
d a.