Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-11

,oTs chairman of the senate committee
On privileges and elections called up to-
1 aay the resolution declaring that Hon.
Reed smoot is not entitled TO seat as
senator from Utah and addressed the
senate on that subject.
BURROWS SPEECH.
Senator Burrows first reviewed his
,orcal facts in connection with the es-
Enlistment of polygamy by the Nor
mon Church. He said there had been
no proof submitted TO sustain the alle-
CATION that Mr.. Smoot IL polygamist.
adding that the recommendation OF the
committee on privileges and elections
IN favor of declaring vacant the seat
Of the Utah senator is not based on
such charge
Mr.. Burrows impeachment was based
entirely upon the connection Of M,
smoot with the governing body Of the
Church, consisting Of the presidency
and the twelve apostles. He referred
| D this body as Hierarchy" and said;
POWER or LEADERS.
"The rover exercised By this body Is
far reaching and commanding, holding
| IN Ms gasp practically the entire mem
hershlp OF the organization and
through II the domination of the state
By arogatins to itself and intoxicating
The belief In its followers that they are
endowed with supernatural powers as
! prophets, seera and reyelators. and
| SPECIALLY commissioned by the AL
mighty to dominate the inhabitants Of
fhta vnpi1 n that 10 hn
will Of this thcocracy Is rebellion
against God. The testimony fully sus-
tlns the allegation that the Mormon
| Priesthood is vested with supreme au-
| ihoriiy in all things, temporal and spir-
ltual aud that the first presidency and
The twelve apostles are supreme In the
exercise and transmission of this au-
iAority'
he said that Since the admission OF
Utah into the Union the people OF the
state have been, II possible more COM
petely under the domination of the
sSimon hierarchy than during the
nEg years of their territorial exist
nee and In support of this statement
i.iei:
Immediately and at the very first
sSlon thereafter, the hierarchy re-
s1ed It's domination In state affairs,
'1ng possession of every official posi-
a N the state government and has
ga them ever since with unyielding
Fnaeliy The only office held by a
M.Mormon under a state government
curing The 10 years of its existence, as
~ elective officer. has been the attor-
. 'ey general"
ALLEGED POLITICAL INTERFER-
ENCE.
ne cited many instances Of political
4 sNtssrlerenee not only in Utah. but ad-
nunlg states, and quoted at length
.ue .hurch monifssto of 1896, requiring
.Memoefs to obtain the consent OF the
Iefarchy before becoming candidates
w once Smoot had been compelled to
Vu'aln thls permission. "He was NOM
paled by the hierarchy" said Mr..
,nIu',ows and the selection ratified by
me legislature" He went on mo more
thnnlngly devised scheme could posi-
,c,. " coneocted to put the Church I'm
nn'es and make 1t potential therein
,s"n 'nls For, the moment Il Is known
ne ~ candidate has the endorsement of
w. w Nhurch and permission of the HER
ts nay 70 be a candidate, that moment
N. 4 M pack OF him the whole power of
Mo1mon Church and his election Is
wh,.,eu There has been no case I'm
riss q candidate for high office I'm
chra..n as gained the consent OF the
III H. 70 run and has been defeated"
m ,ba '1 c that MIR. Shoots membership
rulca,. hufch governing body which in
cejss peief In polygamy Is con-
ne INCLUDING that the members of
trInc,ri alchy teach polygamy as a
pu Gpe OF human conduct, he took
rrae,Iso question as to whether they
'Tbe ~; On that point he said
comnlo,a s'uehce upon this point Is so
No dont, ana overwhelming as 10 leave
ton ~, as 20 the truth OF the allega-
spite ~ ". PROOF Is indubitlable that In
the heaS ~. tnanlfesto Of 1890 issued by
slspenstu VI NE Church, counselIng the
Dressed anI ~ polygamy; In spite Of ex-
N the a.iulton or the Constitution
billion ~ IN ~ and OF the statutory prohi-
hat no ~ commonwealth, Il appears
hIerarcbv bpalty OF the members of this
entity Iva "9s continually and persist
opAnl,, reI m polygamy, and "a TO-DAY
Al NY ana confessedly defving tbs 'y Jons
Tha land prohibiting srch nr,',,n.
lens. cord so shocking os N nhoi'
''se eredulty" "s 10 chai- 4
n Ems TO PRIEST. SMITH.
aslor, spoke in this connection ~ rho
confessIons OF The committee Mt the
The feyelatlo 81 PRESIDENT Smith and OF
o. the t wa,, OF the fact that eign,
wives B e1N apostles have plural
zion ~ a referring to Smiths COMES
BUTTONS ,Nss added: ' u eniidren' MIR.
MI INC public press 10 % 10 ,,
me- s number has been aner .rsui,eo'
ara a he last year to a. ana ' Viii. uur
sen,s,,eusslng the right on the re, We
lhIs ' I'VE Of the hierarchy IN n sea- f.
hsaa Y NY We can imagine its sain,i,
pIura, sums, ,s in the home Of b,s ' Am
htest ,, mlie rocking the crad,a 20 ~
iauesen.e glIlmate Offspring M his Az
's and crime, and with sane.