The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-12

complete and overwhelming as to leave no doubt as to the truth of the ale gation. The proof is indubitable that in spite of the manifesto issued by the head of the church counselllng the suspension of polygamy; in spite of the expressed inhibition of the constitution of the State and of the statutory pro- hfbition of the commonwealth, 1t ap- pears that majority of the members of this hierarchy has continually and persistently lived In polygamy. and is today openly and confessedly defying the laws of the land prohibiting such crimes. The record is so shocking as to challenge credulity."
 E He spoke in this connection of the astonishment of the committee at the confession of President Smith and of the revelations of the fact that eight of the twelve Apostles have plural wives. Referring to Smiths confession or five wives and forty-two children, Mr. Burrows adde:
 Family Is Augmented.
 "If the public press is to be credited. this number has been augmented dur ing the last year to forty three. and while we are discussing the right of the representative of tn hierarchy to seat in this body, we can ina zine it's saintly head sitting in the home of his fifth plural wife, rocking the cradle of the latest illegitimate offspring of his debauchery and crime, and with sanctimonious air, singing the familiar hymn of his church:
 Now the Gentle Reign is OCT ~
 Darkness covers earth no more; Gentle tyrants sink to hell;
 Nows the day of Israeli
 He then declared that it is shown by the testimony that the majority of the apostles are living in polygamous CO., habitation, including the presidency of the twelve"
 He went on:
 Plural marriages are performed in secret in darkened rooms, on the high ways remote from habitatiOn."
 Coming to the connection of Senator Smoot with the hierarchy. MT. Bur rows saidg that practically all of its members were polygaminsts when he became q member. The vital ques- ton, therefore, is," he said, can one become member of and identify him self with, band of law breakers Knowing them to be such, participate Tn their councils, and sustain them in their conferences, and yet escape all responsibility for their unlawful acts? Such contention will not stand the test of either law on reason.
 SmoOt Encourages POIyEamy,
 The Senator's complicity in enccur- aglnb polygamy and polygamous CO., habitation does not consist wholly in the fact that he is one of the governing body of that church By repeated acts he has member of the quorum of tbe twelve apostles, given active aid and support to the hierarchy in it's defance of the statutes of this State and the laws of common decency, and in it's en- couragemont of polygamous practices by both precept and example"
 Senator Burrows concluded as fol. lows.
 Tt is submitted that the Senator by becoming a member of and Identifying himself with such organization and participating in it's functions, has dis qualified himself for membership in this body. An organization that fos- ters and encourages crime; tramples upon all law, human and divine: prac- tlces polygamy and polygamous CO., habitation; desecrates the home: de- grades womanhood: debauches public morals; strikes at the Christian civiIi- zatlon of this age; undermines and snakes the foundations of human so- clety and government; destroys the l sanctlty Of the marriage relations: de- fles the authority of the State and na- tlonaI government; registers an eoatb | of hostility to the American nation and brings the name and fame of the good people of Utah into disrepute and shame. and humiliation to the Ameri- can people. l submit that such an or gantzation is not entitled to have its representative in the Senate of th,, United States and I, therefore. ask inc adoption of the resolution"