The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-27
FEW ATTEND TIE
 SHOOT HEARING Marked Falling Off in Interest
 is Noted NO RUSH MADE FOR SEATS Professor Llnford of Brigham Young College Says He Believes In
 the Principle of
 Polyaamy.
 
NO RUSH MADE FOR SEATS

Washington March 26.-Eyidence In re- buttal of the last testimony taken In the case against Senator Shoot of Utah was presented to the senate committee on privileges and elections today The scenes In the committee room were far different from those that marked the in- troduction of testimony heretofore cov- erIng q period of two years. Then there was a rush for seats and standing room was taxed. Today there were many va- cant seats and those occupied was held mostly by intimate friends of the senator.
 The first witness was Robert J. Shields of Salt Lake.
 Senator Dubois inquired concerning the organization of the American party to oppose the Mormon church and the wit ness said there would be less strife be- tween Mormons and Gentiles if there never had been such a party.
 Prof. James H. Linford, president of the Brigham Young college of Logan testified that Prof. Walter M. Wolf had not been dismissed from the college and church because of the failure to pay his tithing as he had said on the stand. The dismissal said that Prof. Linford had been because of continued intoxication.
 The witness said he was superintend- ent of the college Sunday school mad held a priesthood in the seventy He said that America" Hail Columbia" 'The Star Spangled Banner and other songs, of patriotism were taught in Mormon primary classes. He said that in the years he had been connected with the college he had never heard of one of his students becoming a plural wife.
 Patriotic Songs of Recent Date.
 On cross-examination John G. Carlisle, former secretary of the treasury, attor- neys for the protestants, brought out through the introduction of the 1903 edi- tion of the Sunday school song book that America" and the Star Spangled Ban nerp were added to the book since the Mormon investigation began The wit ness was asked whether he believed in polygamy. the principle of plural mar riage.
 did not extend to the practice of the principle under present conditions.
 ~rhat does not answer my question" said MT. Carlisle.
 "From a sociological point of view I be- lieve 1t would solve many existing diffi- culties." said the witness.
 That is not an answer" again said MT. Carlisle. 'Do you believe in the prin- ciple of plural marriage?'
 s'Yes sir, I do," replied the witness, he's itatingly.
 MT. Carlisle ceased this form of exam ination at this point and inquired into the relations of President Wolfe to Brig ham Young college.
 Professor Linford said the motto of the college was to fight the liquor traffic.
 MT. Carlisle asked If the Zion Co-or. phanage Mercantile institution of Salt Lake. and the Smoot Drug company of Provo, both Mormon concerns, were not engaged in selling liquor. The witness said he knew only by general hearsay that they sell liquor.
 The committee toolS recess.
 Names of Polygamlsts Submitted.
 At the afternoon session a large num- Der of affidavits were submitted by MT. Worthington from persons named as po- lygamists by the counsel for the protest ants in a ist of officers of the state of Utah. Among the persons named were two women, Maud May Babcock and Re- becca E. Little ,cahrged to be plural wives. Both of these women denied the charge.
 Charleston E. Marks, a gentle lawyer of Salt Lake, was put on the stand. He had examined the list of members and said that by common repute five members of the constitution convention charged by the protests to be Mormons, were in fact gentiles. Going through the list of all officials of the state since Utah was admitted to the union. MT. Marks showed that there were seventy or eighty mistakes made in the list. Adjourned until tomorrow.