The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-10
EVIDENCE ALL IN
AGAINST SMOOT
With the Testimony of Smurthwaite
the Protestants End the Call
ing of Witnesses,
DEFENSE is NOT READY
WILL sUMMot' GREAT CLOUD OF
WITNESSES.
Special . The HeraId.l

Washington, Feb. 9.-There is to be
further wait N the Smoot Gaze. The
hearings to receive testimony for the
protestants closed at noon today and a
recess taken to give Senator Smoot an
opportunity to bring witnesses to rebut
the testimony which has been taken.
Smoot says he will not unnecessarily
delay the case as he is anxious to have
1t closed as soon as possible. Chair
man Burrows also expresses the desire
that the case shall be finished, and it
is evident that the entire committee
shares this wish, for 1T has dragged on
to such length that it is now nearly i'm
possible to get a quorum of the COM
mittee together to hear testimony.
Friction In Committee.
There is considerable friction in COM
mittee over the recent hearing, some
Of the members having the idea that
the testimony which has been produced
was not sufficiently important to war
rant the delay and expense which has
been incurred in producing 1t. They
are Of the opinion, and have expressed
this to Chairman Burrows, that several
witnesses have not testified to things
which the committee was led to expect
they would. from the nature of their
offers of testimony before the case was
Teopened. It has been intimated in eX-
ecutiVe session of the committee that
some witnesses evidently sought serv-
ice for the trip to Washington. There
has been several sharp tits in executive
session, details of which have been
kept from the public. ..-
Both Sides Satisfied.
At the close Of the present hearing
both sides Of the controversy express
4F--eo. E7.,
prosecution believes it has established
beyond doubt through the testimony Of
Mr.. SmurthWaite, that the Mormon
church directly interferes with business
matters in Utah and brushes out such
opposition as it desires. Also, that
through the testimony OF Mr.. Owen it
khas been proven that the Mormon
fthat an overwhelming majority Of Of
Ydceholders, state, national, county and
municipal in Utah at all times have
been MorrnOns, and that the larger
number of these have been pOlyga-
mists. The other side express the Opin-
ion that TIE cross-examination of wit
nesses completely flattened out their
direct testimony.
Josephites Are Mad.
The only persons apparently dissat-
isfied with the recent hearings are the
JOSeph1teS, who came here TO testify,
but were not put on the stand. These
are Joseph Smith, jr., president: A. H.
Smith, chief patriarch, and Herman A
Smith and F. NJ. Sheedy, apostles of the
ReOrganized church. At the last mo-
ment Mr.. Carlisle decided that he did
not care for a doctrinal discussion and
declined to put the Josephites on the
stand. They resented this with much
warmth, and told Chairman Burrows
1nf 10 ha in oh
they had been exploited and advertised
all over the country and brought here
without giving them a chance TO testi-
fy. Burrows turned them over to Sem
ator bolivar, in whose district Presi-
dent Smith lives, and he Is making
overtures to mollify their wrath.
Senator Smoot has not decided upon
the number OF witnesses he viii call,
and is not prepared at present to make
the names Of any Of them public.