The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-15
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he said during the campaign
white you were infismiug the Nor
mons AGAINST my position" asked
surfing the Gentnes that the Republic
ans would pass the laws I was de-
manding?"
Yes; 1 told them that while the
: Democrats were passing resolutions
we would pass laws responded Mr..
Bra6y.
Would the idaho Republicans pass
q law against unlawful coha bitation p
asked Senator Dubois.
Mr.. Brady replied that he thought
+ they would. He was asked if they
would also pass a law providing for
change of venue. and said he thought
they would. but that the authority of
the governor was sufficient to cover the
needs CT such a law.
Mcconnell Was Anxious.
Former Governor Mcconnell Of Ida
no, who WAS on the stand few days
! ago, WAS granted the privilege of GO
ing on the stand to make an eXpiana-
ton of resolutions passed by the Idaho
legislature, criticisinG him as TO the
character of his testimony He said
that in his estimate of the members
of the legislature ne had not meant
! to impugn the integrity of the morals
of The Gentle members of the legis-
latuTe.
+ William Hatfield. who was on the
stand al the morning session. then re
sumed his testimony He said that
when he went through the endowment
| house he had taken no oath that would
be i'm conflict with has duties as a cit
izen o. his state or nation.
. John p. Meakin4
John p. Meakin of salt Lake. a dra-
MAGIC reader and lecturer, testified
that he had been born into the Nor
mon church. but broke away from the
church in 1873 because he did not be-
Iieve in pOIygamy. He declared po-
lygamy to be almost thing of the
past
Mr. Meakin said ne went through
the endowment house when he was
Is years old. He said there We're no
obligations administered that would
| interfere with his allegiance to his
| state or the national government.
Robert T. Burton, Jr
Robert T. Burton. jr., of Salt Lake.
a son of a Mormon family but not
himself d Mormon, testified that Mr..
Critch1ow had told him that he would
not believe Angus NJ. Cannon, jr-, I'M
der oath.
The opposing counsel engaged in a
colloquy concerning the propriety Of
, putting on the stand a witness for the
sole purpose of discrediting Mr. Critch-
: low, but the chain permitted the eX-
animation to continue 1t developed
| lQaI MI GfltCnlOW : statement 10 MI
| Burton was made since Mr.. Critchlow
sent MI Cannon to Washington as a
! witness who said he saw President
Joseph +. Smith unite Abram Cannon
and Lillian Hamlin in marriage.
Samuel N. Cole of Corinne.
Samuel n. Cole of Ccrinne. Utah. a
banker and treasurer of Box Elder
county was the next witness He is
a Gentle and testified that he ran a
little ahead of his ticket in spite Of
the fact that his opponent for treas
uIer was q Mormon.
Mr.. Cole corroborated the testimony
of other witnesses. for Senator Smoot
/ that the sentiment of the state IS
against polygamy.
Judge Miner.
Judge Miner f salt Lake. who went
to Utah i'm 1890 from Michigan to take
the position Of associate jus tice of the
supreme court of the territory. and
was a justice of that court until 1903
testified in regard u the prosecutions
before him of MoUmOns charged with
unlawful Capitalization. He said he had
sent more than 100 to The penitentiary.
Before the manifesto. he said. polyg-
amists would not premise To obey in
the future because they had been
taught that polygamy is right but
after the manifesto the Mormons would
give tn" promise. and in most instances