The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
.GEOGHEGAN ADEPT
At S|DE-STEPP|NG
Was Considerably Worse for
the Wear When Carlisle
Was Through.
BADLY TANGLED UP ON
THE WITNESS STAND
His Evidence Concludes the
Hearing Before the Senate
Committee.
ST ecial to Tho Tribune.

81 ecial TO Tho Tribune.
WASHINGTON, March 2s.-The formal
hearing before tho Senate Committee oh
Privileges and Elections on the protest
hled against Senator Reed Smoot came
to a close Tuesday morning at IL 80 clock
The last witness to be heard was Joseph
Gcoghegan OF Salt Lake He wns called
as business man by A. S. Worthington.
attorney for Senator Smoot. for the mani
fest purpose OF showing that the Gcntiles
predominnted in the business life OF Salt
Lake, but when John c. Carlisle wound
up his cross-examinatlon, Mr.. Geoghegan
was little the worse of the wear,
Carlisle Takes Him in Hand
After he had testified that the Gentilcs
controlled a majority OF the business en-
terpriscs I'm and around Salt Lake, Car
hslo asked him why he had failed TO
point out the relations OF the Mormon
church as body, and of Joseph f. Smith
and the church officers individually. TO
tho sugar factories and other enterprises
Mr.. Carlisle asked him II IL was not a
fact that the sugar industry, the sal, In
dustry. tho street railway system and the
electric and gas interests were over
whclmingly controlled by the Mormons.
Witness's Memory Defective.
GeoShegan admitted that he had over
looked some OF rhsse enterprises, but con-
tended that the church did not own a
majority OF stock Then Senator Dubois
| asked him II the principal individual
| share reholdefs besides the church were not
high officials In the church.
Adept at Side-stepping.
Hr
stepping Hs was asked. for example. II
Joseph F, Smith was not n director IN the
Union Pacific railroad, and admitted that
he was
Trust Controls Sugar Factories.
| Asked by Senator Dubois II the sugar
trust did not control the sugar factories
| OF Utah and Idaho he replied; II have
n strong suspicion that II does" But he
would not admit that mcet of the nom
trust stock is held by Mormons
AS to Sugar Bounty.
Senator Dubois inquired OF Mr.. Geo
ehegan concerning the bounty that was
voted by the Idaho Legislature to the
sugar factories to be paid for sugar in
sack.
Tho bounty was never paid" replied
the witness.
why was it not paid2" inquired sena-
tor Dubois
Refused to Issue Warrants.
THE Auditor refused to Issue the war
rants" replied the witness
HAS 1t ever been paid?"
The reply was that 1t had not and
Senator Dubois suggested to the witness
l ! hnt had hppn IN
compel its payment.
The Senator inquired OF Mr. Geoghegan
II lie believed the bounty was necessary.
Bounty Not Necessary
II do not think it was" said he: but
anybody will take a bounty IL Il is given
him"
Senator Dubois asked the witness II
the sugar trust and the other sugar in
terests did not oppose the Philippine
tariff bill
AS to Philippine Bill.
The witness replied that the officers
did, but that he had never heard that
the individual shareholders took very
much interest In the matter He said
he thought the Philippine bill would
have been destructive to the domestic
sugar industries and called attention to
tho fact that the stock dropped three
points in anticipation OF the passage OF
the bill.
Arguments Next Week.
At the conclusion CT the teumony II
was mutually agreed between Messrs.
worthington and Carlisle, opposing coun-
sci that q day would be set for arGu-
ment next week. An hour and thirty