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THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAff. QBTLAip, 17,, q90 ILT.0 1! Hanna Issues Address to the Republicans. TIME TO PICK DELEGATES Convention Will Assemble in Chicago on June 21. BASIS OF REPRESENTATIONS Electors Must Select Representatives by May 21-AII In Accord With Administration in Power In vited to Participate. NOBTmVEST representation; ' Oregon ........ 1 California 20 ' Washington ...10 Montana C 1 Idaho 0 Wyoming 0 ' AnnVn. ........ 4 Nevada ... ..... 0 '. . 4 WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. Senator Hanna, chairman of the National Re publican committee, tonight issued the following call for the next National Re publican convention: "To the Republican Electors of th United States In accordance with estab lished custom, and in obedience to in structions of the National convention of 1900, the National Republican committee directs that a National convention of tho delegates and representatives of the Re publican party be held at Chicago, in the State of Illinois, for the purpose of nomi nating candidates for President and Vice-President, to be voted for at the Presidential election, Tuesday, Novem ber 8, 1904, and. for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it, and that sa,d convention shall assemble at 12 o'clock noon on Tuesday, June 21, 190. "The Republican electors of the several states and territories, tho District of Co lumbia. Alaska and Indian Territory and all other electors, without regard to party affiliations, who believe in tho principles of tho Republican party and endorse its policies, are cordially invited to unite under this call in the selection of candidates for President and Vice President. Representation. "Said National Convention shall consist of a number of delegates-at-large from each state, equal to double tho number of United States Sonatorsto which each state is entitled and for each Represent-atltve-at-large in Congress, two dele gates-at-large; from each Congressional district and the District of Columbia, two delegates; from each of tho terri tories of Arizona, New Mexico, Okla homa, Indian territory and Hawaii, six delegates; from Alaska, four delegates. For each delogate elected to the conven tion an alternate delegate shall be elect ed, such alternate to be elected at the time and In the manner of electing tho delegate. "All delogatos shall be elected not less than 30 days before tho meeting of the National convention. Delcgates-nt-largo shall bo elected by popular state and ter ritorial conventions, of which at least 30 days' notice shall have been published In some newspaper or newspapers of gen cral circulation in the respective states and territories. "The Congressional district -delegates shall be elected by conventions called by the Congressional committee of each dis trlct in the manner of nominating tho candidate for representative ih Congress in said district, provided that In any Congressional district where there Is no Republican Congressional committee the Republican state committee shall ap point from the Republican residents In such district a committee for the purpose of calling a district convention for the purpose of electing delegates for the rep resentation of the district. District of Columbia Delegates. "The election of delegates from the District of Columbia shall be held under the direction and supervision of an elec tlon board composed of Chapln Brown, George Harris and John F. Cook. Such board shall have authority to fix the date of such election and to arrange all details and regulations incident thereto, and shall provide for a registration of the votes as cast, such registration to In clude the name and residence of each voter. "The tcrrltorioy delegates shall bo elected In tho manner of nominating can didates for delegates in Congress, and delegates from Alaska and Indian Ter rltory shall be elected by popular conven tion. "All notices of contests shall be sub mitted In writing, accompanied by printed statement setting forth the grounds for the contest, which shall be filed with the secretary of the Na tional committee 20 days prior to the meeting of the National convention, and will bo acted on in order of filing. "1L A. HANNA, Chairman. "PERRY S. HEATH. Secretary.' BRYAN IS SUSPICIOUS. His Dally Paper to Protect Democrats From Confidence Game. UNCOLN, Neb., Jan. 16. William J. Bryan returned to Lincoln earlyJo.4ay and went immediately to his home. He was in fine health and spirits and said he had never enjoyed anything more than his trip to Europe. Mr. Bryan was asked this evening If the Dally Commoner, which he purposes to publish at St. Louis during the Demo cratic National campaign, would- advo cate the candidacy of any particular asp! rant for the Presidential nomination. He said: "It will not. It will simply advocate Democratic principles." He continued "I do not care to discuss anybody's can dldacy. I have no favorite. All that deslro is that the candidate be a. man whose Democracy is so well-known that It will not be a subject of inquiry or dis cusslon during the campaign and whose fidelity to the principles of Pemocray will; not be Qestionel; aftep tKe election. x simpiy wane 10 uu ivuai can- iu protect the party from any confidence game that mayrbe attempted on the voters." Mr. Bryan will remain at home until after next .Monday, In order that he may attend the banquet to be given here in his honor on that data. Plan for Socialist Convention. OMAHA. Xeb., Jan. 16. The National Socialist committee held a meeting at Its headquarters today. The referendum vote In proportional representation, was can vassed today, and the proposition -was found to have a large majority. The plans for the National Convention in Chicago on May 1, Includes a monster labor cay demonstration, -which It Is expected, will have a good effect in stirring up party enthusiasm. MINERS ARE ACQUITTED. Colorado Jury Decides Conspiracy Case After Being Out 48 Hours. GEORGETOWN. Colo.. Jan. 15. After deliberating nearly S hours the jury in the case of members of the Western Fed eration of Miners, who were tried in the District Court here on informations charg ing them with conspiracy to destroy build ings on the Sun and Moon mine property at Idaho Springs, returned a verdict ac quitting all the defendants. Originally 16 men were placed on trial, but District At torney Thurman nolled the cases against three of them and asked for the conviction for the remaining 13 defendants. The defense submitted, the case to tne Jury without Introducing any evidence. ,The trial consumed, a month, and more than 3W talesmen were examineu oeiore the jury was secured. Among the defend ants were D. C Copley, a member of the executive board of the Western iedera-' tlon of Miners, and J. B. Chandler, finan cial secretary of tho Idaho Springs, aim ers' Union. The others were all members of the Idaho Springs Union. fit was alleced that the explosion which destroyed the Sun and Moon transformer house on July 23 last was the outcome of a plot formed by an "inner circle" of the union in consequence of the employment of nonunion miners by the Sun and Moon Compay, after the union men had gone on strike. Philip Fire, a member or. tne union, was killed by the explosion, and It -was asserted that he was one of the three men assigned to blow up the build ing. Following the explosion, the union miners were forcibly expelled from Idaho Springs by members of the Citizens' Alli nncA A Iamb number of these will be brought to trial ,next month on informa tions filed against them on account ot their actions. DECLARE HE DIVIDED BOODLE. Witnesses in Grand Rapids Scandal Tell of Dealings With Salsbury. fiTLANT) "RAPIDS. Jan. 16. In the bri bery trial of ex-Alderman Ellen today, ex Alderman Clark Slocum swore he was a mpmhpr nf n sDeelal Council committee on the water matter, and in a conversation Lant K. Salsbury told mm tnere was mnnpv in it. He BUDoorted It. Salsbury finally gave him $500. which was delivered to him by Salsbury in tne lauers private office. TV-Aldfrm.m John McLachlan testified that Salsbury told him there was $2000 in the water deal for him, and Salsbury gave him J200. Corey P. BIssell, ex-member of the Board of Public Works, said Salsbury came to him, . and said he was In hard RtrnUn financially. And there was a deal on to get a water supply. Bissell swore "Salsbury asked it i wouia not tans to some of my friends In the Council and I rwrtTrifcfif! tn An so." He mentlonad Alder man Donovan and Kinney and authorized me to offer jiooo eacn. OFFICERS TURN HER BACK. French Woman Who Was Implicated in Noted Murder Cannot Land. NEW YORK. Jan. 16. Gabrielle Bom- pard, tho French woman who, 13 years ago, assisted .aiicnaei ji.yraua to commit a murder, which stirred Paris at the time, and whose trial attracted wide attention on account of the appeal to hypnotism as a defense arrived on tho Lucanla today, but was Immediately apprehended by Im migrant Inspectors, and ordered deported on" the ground that she was an ex-convict. having but lately served out the service imposed for the murder. At her trial It was contended that she was a hypnotic subject, and a hypnotist export tried to secure permission to hyp notize her in open court, and have her enact the crime, but ' the jury voted against the experiment. She was convict ed and sentenced to 20 years' imprison ment, which, with commutation for good behavior, recently expired. DANGERS TO LIBERTY. President Eliot Reiterates His Views About Labor and Employers' Unions. NEW YORK, Jan. 16. In ah address at l club reception In Brooklyn, President Eliot, of Harvard University, has reiterat ed his recent declaration that modern de mocracy In the sense that the majority, right or wrong, should rule, and labor unions and associations of employers as now constituted are dangers to liberty. Tracing the growth of the universities, he told how the students in the continental universities had wrested freedom from European absolutism, and in this connec tion ho paid tribute to the students who jrent heart and soul Into the revolution or 1Mb, or tnose wno fougnt and worked for Italian unity, and to the students that are now said to be endeavoring to bring about freedom of speech nn thought in Attorney-General Grows Facetious. ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 16. Attorney General Cunnen has received a communi cation from a man in Michigan, who In quires whether electrocution is an effect ive punishment for the crime of murder. The Attorney-General In reply stated that so far as he is aware no man who has suffered that punishment ever again committed murder or any other crime. Bones of Gigantic Human Being. CHICAGO. Jan. 16. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from WInnemucca, Nev says: Workmen engaged in digging gravel here have uncovered, at a depth of about 12 feet, a number of bones that once were parts of the skeleton of a gigantic hu man being. Dr. Samuels pronounced them the bones of a man who must have been nearly 11 feet in height Mrs. Gilbert, the Actress, Better. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. Mrs. M. H. Gilbert, the actress, who has been very ill. was reported better today. SarsaarUla is unquestiona bly the greatest blood and liver medicine known. It positively and permanently cures every humor, from Pimcles to Scrofula. It is die Best Hood s CH U RGH IS PUT FlRSfT Prosecutors of Smoot Hold Its Oath Supreme, SENATORS GIVE THEM HEARING Charge Is Renewed That the Mor mons Countenance Polygamy, and That the Elders Control All Temporal Affairs. . WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. The Senate committee on privileges and. elections met today for the purpose of hearing the pre sentations of the attorneys on both sides of the case involving the right of Sen ator Reed Smoot, of Utah, to occupy his was heard for some of the protestantsf and T. P. Stephenson for those who are representing the National Reform As sociation. A. S. Worthington and'Walde- mar Van Cott were present on behalf of Senator Smoot, who was also in attend ance. The first presentation was made by Mr. Tayler, who began his statement by say ing that he did not know that any proof would be presented la support of the charges that Mr. Smoot was a polygamlst. He took up tho question of the right of the Senate to expel a member, contending that the Senate's authority in the matter was limited only by the question of pro priety. On this point of testimony, Mr". Tayler said the protestants expected to prove tho following charges: First The Mormon priesthood, accord ing to the doctrine of the church and tho belief and practice of its membership. Is vested with and assumes to exercise su preme authority in -all things, temporal and spiritual, civil and political. The head or the church claims to receive divine revelations, and these Reed Smoot. by Ills covenants and obligations, Is bound to ac cept and obey. "Second The first presidency and 12 apostles, of whom Reed Smoot Is one. Is supreme In exercising the authority of the church, and in the transmission of the authority to their successors. Each of them is called prophet, seer and reve- lator. Still Believe in Polygamy. "Third As shown by their teachlnc jind by their own lives, this body of men has not abandoned belief In polygamy and polygamous v cohabitation. On the con trary, (a) as the ruling authorities of the cnurch they promulgate in the most sol emn manner the doctrine of polygamy without reservation: (b). the president of the Mormon Church and. a majority of the i apostles now practice polygamy and polygamous cohabitation, and some of them havo taken polygamous wives since the manifesto of 1S90. These things have Deenidone with the knowledge and coun tenance of Keed Smoot. plural marrlaee ceremonies have been performed by apos- ues since tne manifesto of 1S90, and many bishops and other high officials of tha church have taken plural wives since that time. All of the first uresldencv and the 12 apostles encourage, countenance, con ceal ana connive at polygamy and oolytr. amous cohabitation, and honor and reward oy nigh office and distinguished prefer ment those who most persistently and aennneiy violate the laws of the land. irourth Though pledged by the compact of statehood and bound by the law ot tneir commonwealth, this su preme body, whose voice is law to its people and whose members were indi vldually .directly responsible for good iaitn to tno American peoDle. nermit ted, without protest or objection, their legislators to pass a law nullifying the statute against polygamous cohabita tion. 'For all theso things Reed Smoot is responsible in law and in conscience to, this body and to the American people.' In connection with the third specif! cation, Mr. Tayler gave a list of the documents recognized by tho Mormon Church as inspired. In this list he did not include the manifesto of 1S30 end ing the command to take plural wives, but ho contended that this manifesto does not prohibit polygamy. He also declared that the doctrines and cov enants of the church are still published by the church, without any reference to the manifesto. In reply. Mr. Worth ington said the statements made by Mr. Tayler differ very materially from the charges made In the formal state ments, and he asked time In which to make a reply, which was granted. Jurisdiction of the Senate. Mr. Worthington agreed that there was no limit to the power of the Sen ate to pass upon the nullification of its own members, but contended that its jurisdiction is limited. He then laid down the general proposition that the Senate was without jurisdiction of of fenses which may have been commit ted before a member became a Senator unless committed In connection with his -election. "Do you mean," asked Senator Pet- tus, a member of the committee, "that this body is not permitted to inquire as to any moral qualification as to one of Its members, witn p. view to nis ex pulsion; that no matter what he did or said -before his election, he election purified him? Mr. Worthington replied that such was his meaning, and he quoted the tic tion of the Senate In the Roach case and the position of the House In the Roberts case in support of this view. In reply to a question from Senator Hqpkins as to what would be the effect If the offense should be or a continuing character, Mr. Worthington admitted that the Senate would have jurisdic tlon. He also said, replying to Senator Beveridge, that it wa not intended to admit that his client had been guilty of offense prior to his election. Senator McComas asked whether there, was any ono present wno appearea lor tne per son who charges Mr. Smoot with being a polygamlst. No one answered, and Mr. Worthing ton said that if ny one did appear to support that charge, it must be borne in mind that Mr. Smoot has positively denied it. He referrea to Mr. Smoot's answer setting forth tne circumstances of his marriage, which Mr. Worthington said is the only marriage he has ever contracted. Worthington referred to the charge that Smoot took an. oath to" support the church In connection with his election in 1300 as an apostle of the Mormon church. The oath taken by Smoot as Senator had been declared, he said, incompatible with the former oath, "and," continued Worthing ton, "it any one has proof that this oath of allegiance to the United States was taken with mental reservation, let It be produced." Charges Demand Proof. If that charge could be supported, said he, it would convict Mr. Smoot of acting a )le, and would be a violation of the com pact between Utah and the United States before Utah was admitted into the Union as a state. These charges, he argued, de manded proof, for If it can be shown that Smoot has furthered a movement to pro mote polygamy contrary to this compact, "then we will say, of course, that Smoot ought to be expelled" Worthington read a large number of court decisions leading up to the aban donment of polygamy, and then read from official church proclamations, including the manifesto- of 1590. declaring that po lygamy should be-abolished. He also read the amnesty proclamation of President Harrison, and declared that not only by REDUCED PRICES I On every garment in $12.50 Suits and $15.00 Suits and $2.0.00 Suits and i00 Suits and E F N that proclamation but by acts of Congress the peopla -orcUtah had been absolved from the charxejof polygamy by complying with the enabllijr actr.admittlng the state ; to the union, i Vancott msuJfr a statement In Senator Smoot's behalf. ,Ho referred to the act of the Utah Legislature nullifying tne anti- polygamy act end, he confirmed what Tay ler had stated, thattfie bill had. been ve toed by a MormOQj Governor. He said Senator Smoot hadfnqthlngto do with the passage of that bill ' and should ' not be charged with it He invited the fullest inquiry Into Senator 'Smoot's life. "We throw down the bars," he said, "and invite you to Investigate his entire career." ." "If," he went on, .you find' that he has ever been guilty of any offense against the law, his counsel will throw up the case and walk out. He also will throw down the bars as to Mr. Smoot's moral character." He denied that Senator Smoot had ever taken an oath which was lncon elstent with good citizenship. Senator McComas asked whether It was true that the apostles take a secret oath and Mr. Vancott replied -that, not being a Mormon, though a resident of Utah, he could not reply of his own knowledge. It was his understanding, however, that the Mormon apostles took "an oath. Senator Dubois asked how It was with thevelders, and Mr. Vancott replied that there might be some obligation taken In connection with the endowment cere mony. That was not, however, one of te charges. ' Power of the Committee. Mr. Vancott then entered Jnto an argu ment to show the Impropriety iot Inves tlgatlng the relations of other people in connection with the charges against Sen ator Smoot. He agreed, he said, with Mr. Tayler that the authority of the committee In the matter of the Investiga tion was practically unlimited, but in view of the fact that previous Inquiries by Congress had developed the facts with reference to earlier history of the Mormons, he thought the Investigation should be confined to the period since the admission of Utah Into the Union. He thought it improper to make Inquiry as to what practices other Mormons might have been engaged in. As for Senator Smoot, he denied emphatically that he had ever encouraged polygamous cohabi tation or other crime. He contended that if the committee should decide to make its investigation general with reference to the members of the Mormon Church, it should confine Itself to polygamy and not to polygamous cohabitation, for the reason that it had been Impossible, as he believed, to entirely stamp out such cohabitation on the part of persons who had entered into polygamous marriages be'fore President Woodruffs manifesto of 1S90. Senator Burrows, chairman of the committee, asked Mr. Vancott specifically concerning the charge that the first presi dency and the twelve apostles of the Mormon Church were today living In the practice of polygamy. In answering the question, he referred to these officials as the "governing power ot the church." Senator Smoot himself took exception to the characterization of he body, and at his Instance Mr. Worthington Interrupted Mr. Vancott to say that they do not con stitute the governing power of the church.. Mr. Burrows waived the point, and Mr. Vancott said that ha had no personal knowledge of the fact In the -case, but that he understood and believed it to be a fact that Joseph Smith, the presi dent of the church, was a polygamlst. As for Messrs. Young and. Wlndr, his information was that they were, both monogamists. With reference to the apostles. Mr. Van Cott said that It was his information that six or seven of the 12 are polyga mlsts, but, he added, none of them Is living in polygamous cohabitation. He said they had lived In obedience to the law since the issuance of the Woodruff manifesto. Smoot Does Not Know of Polygamy. Replying to questions from Senator Mc Comas as to the charge that polygamous cohabitation was practiced by members of the Mormon Church- within the knowl edge ot tho apostles, Mr. Van Cott said that it was not true. He declared that our superb stock The kind that FIT RIGHT and always Overcoats $7.85 Overcoats $11.85 Overcoats $14.85 Overcoats $19.85 ing Senator Smoot did hot know of such practice and that If he did he would give me miormaiion 10 me commiiiee. Mr. Van Cott said that where the as- soolates of Mr Saloo.t had practiced polygamy or violated laws their acts would subject them to punishment, but that would in no manner unfit Mr. Smoot from qualifying as Senator. Mr. Burrows asked Mr. Van Cott If I1I3 answer would be the same if it was shown that Mr. Smoot had knowledge of the violations of thOaws of hlsasso clates. "If he had knowledge of such violations and encouraged them, then I would say Mr. Smoot was disqualified for service as Senator," said Mr. Van Cott, "for then he would have been guilty of connivance at the disregarding of laws. But Mr. Smoot has urged over and over again that every law should be strictly observed." J Mr. Tayler replied to Mr. Smoot's attor- . neys on the point as to whether It was , competent for' me Senate to go Into the , acts of the Senator prior to his election. He laid down the general proposition that . acts of a continuous character should be investigated, even though committed be- , fore election. j "Nor," he said, "Is the church In gen eral to be Investigated, except as Its acts affect the propriety of Mr. Smoot's being here." I He added, however, .that It was lm- ! possible to know what-Mr. Smoot stands I for, unless it is known what the church I teaches with, reference to the charges ' against the Senator. For instance, Brlg liam Young had declared that the church should exercise control of temporal, af fairs. . "We want to know what became ot that doctrine or canon," he said. "All we want," he added, "is justice." He declared that proofs of Mr. Smoot's acts and his knowledge of other acts in contravention and defiance of the law would be supplied. 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