The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
THE LATEST BATCH.

The effort to annihilate the case
against Smoot seems so far TO result
only I'm an intensiflcation of the proof.
The last lot OF witnesses. like those
who preceded, seem to damage more
than they help the cause in whose be-
half they make oath
Take. for instance. the afiidavIts
which are offered In contradiction of
certain allegations made by Mr., Charles
Mostyn owen. 1t must be quite clear
that when a person clears his skirts
OF the charge of polygamy, by making
affidavit that he is innocent, he there
by confirms the charge against all
others who do not offer this disproof.
II the Senators who constitute the com
mittee understand the peculiar opera
tions OF the hierarchical method they
know that II is a fagorite trick, when
the truth is charged, to furnish infor-
nation concerning some other case so
that 1t also may be included. and then
TO supply testimony TO clear the inno-
cent one In the expectation that the
charge against the guilty Will also be
assumed TO be incorrect. Exactly the
opposite is the result, however. among
those who know this adroit and cum
ming plan. And Senators may possibly
rest assured that every Mormon who
does not furnish absolute disproof or
the charge made against him is guilty
and even some of those I'm whose be-
a t0pi h1 "a
free from completely as their words
would assume.
The effort Of President Linford TO
hesmirch Prof Wolfe is, as predicted.
not only failure. but is nauseating In
the extreme. From the Linford testi-
mony it appears clear that Wolfe was
permitted to remain as the instructor
of young women in the Brigham Young
college until he voluntarily announced
his withdrawal from the church and
from his position AS preceptor. If Lin
ford testified truly (and OF this there
must be grave doubt he, Linford, as
president Of the Brigham college, haV-
ing under his direction the lives of
scores of young women of impression
able age. permitted man to associate
with them upon terms of close asso-
citation who was a part Of the time
under the influence of liquor, Linford
supported as a teacher OF these young
women a -nan whose habits Of life were
so bad that he was repeatedly warned
to reform Llnford sustained. unless
his testimony is a lie-which seems
drunken vagabond as a
guide, philosopher and friend Of young
women who were taught to look upon
this drunken Vagabond as a man Of
superior character and attainments.
Linford himself makes n yiler charge
by this testimony, against the Mormon
church, than has been voiced by any
Gentle or apostate.
AS TO the man Marks. The less said
the better. The day will come when
his support of Reed Smoot and the
polycamous cult of which Reed Smoot
Is responsible co-partner, VIII be a
chapter that he would fain wipe out
with tears of remorse. He VIII be re-
tionS on earth were TO pay deNottons
at the feet of the Mormon hierarchy.
III there was anything In the proceed
ing of yesterday to help Reed Smoot 1t
is not discoverable at this time On
the contrary, the testimony afforded
seems to have been confirmatory of the
Judgment that the Mormon church. OF
an offense against law and civilization,
and that no one OF Its governing
body can take either loyalty to Nation
or instincts Of righteousness intH public
life.