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: Senate on Case. .
V SMOOT A POLYGAMIST
Senator from Michigan Discuses
the Evidence Submitted to
the Committee,
SMOOT A VIOLATOR OP LAW
Reed Smoot On of the Twelve Apo
tlM of the Mormon Churah and
Identified with the Religious
Tenet.
WASHINGTON, Da II. Be-nator
Burrow flret reviewed historic! tact
In connection with the establishment
of polysemy bjr tbt Mormon church.
Re ld there hM been no proof ub
mltted to sustain the allegation tbet
Mr. Smoot le polygamlst, adding
tbet the recommendation of the com
mittee on privilege end election In
favor of declaring vacant the seat of
the Utah senator le no', beeed on
euro, charge.
Mr. Burrow Impeachment wns based
entirety upon the connection of Mr.
Smoot with the (fovernliif body of
the church, consisting of the preel
dency end the twelve epoetin. He
referred to thle body a a "hierarchy1
end mid:
"The power exercised by thle body
la fr reaching end commanding, hold
tng In Ite grasp practically the entire
memberehtp of the organisation end
through It the domination of the
etat by arrogating to Itself and In
culcatlng the belief In Ite followere
that they are endowed with eupernat
urej powers, prophets, eeere, and
ravelatore,' and . especially commie
atoned by the Almighty to dominate
the Inhabitants of thle world, and that
reslstence to the will of thle hierarchy
le rebellion agalnat Ood. The testi
mony fully sustains the allegation that
the Mormon prteethood 1 vested with
supreme authority In all things tern
poral and spiritual end that the flret
presidency and the twelve apostles are
eupreme In the exercise and transmis
sion of this authority." ,y
He eald that, "Since the admission
of tTtnh fhto the union the people of
the state have been, If possible, more
completely under the domination of
the Mormon hejrarchy than during the
long years of their territorial exist
ence," and In support of this state-1
ment, added;
'Immediately and at the very first
election thereafter, the' hierarchy re
sumed Ite domination In state affairs,
taking possession of every official po
sition In the state government and has
held them'evor since with unyielding
tenacity. The only office hold by a
. non-Mormon under a state government
, during the ten year of Its existence,
; as an cleotlve officer, has been the
j attorney general." '
He cited many Instances of politi
cal Interference, not only In Utah, but
? in adjoining states, mid quoted at
longth from the church manifesto of
.' 1896, requiring members te obtain the
consent of the hierarchy before be
coming candidates for office, Smoot
had been compelled to obtain this per
mission. "He was nominated by the
hierarchy," said Mr, Burrows, "and
the selection ratified by the Legisla
ture." He went on: "No more cun
ningly devised soheme could possibly
be concocted to put the church In
politics end make It potential there-
the moment It 1
known that a Validate ha the en
dorsement of the church and the per
mission of the hierarchy to be a can
didate, that moment be he back of
him the whole power of the Mormon
church and hit election Is assured.
There has been ho case in which a
candidate for a high office In Utah
hoe gained the consent of the church
to run iydrhe been defeated." ',i
He eald that Mr. Bmoot's member-
hip In the church governing body
which Inculcate a belief in polygamy,
le conceded. Concluding "" that the
members of the hierarchy teach polyg
amy aa a principle of human conduct,
he took up the question as to whether
they practice It. On that point be
eald: u.:: ?;,''l-y-;F':'S; H-, l.-: i'
"TJie evidence upon this point 1 so
complete and overwhelming as to
leave no doubt aa to the truth of the
allegation. The proof la Indoubteble
that In spit of manifesto of 1190 Is
sued by the head of the church, eoun-
ellng the uepenslon of polygamy, In
eplte of the expressed Inhibition of
the constitution of the state and of
the atatutoy prohibition of the com
monwealth, it appears that a majority
of the members of this hierarchy haa
continually and persistently lived in
polygamy and Is today openly and
confessedly defying the laws of the
land prohibiting each crimes. , The
record la ao shocking as to challenge
credulity." :-,". '
He epoke In thla connection of the
astonishment of the committee at the
confessions of President Bmlth and of
thj revelatlone of the fact that eight
of the twelve apostles have plural
wive. Referring to SmlthV confe
lon of five wlvea and forty-two chil
dren, Mr. Burrows added;
"If the publio press la to be cred
ited, this number haa been augment
ed during the lost year to M, and
while we are , discussing the right -of
the representative of the hierarchy to
a seat la thle UJy. we can Imagine its
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A FiOTIl R WOR LD FAIR
Company Organized in San Fran.
Cisco With $5,000,000.
FAIR TO BE HELD IN 1913
Four Hundredth Annlvereary of the
Dleeovery of the Paolfio Ocean and
the Completion of the Pan
. . - ama Canal.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ll.-San
Francisco proposes to have a World's
Fair In 1913, The project was pro
posed shortly after the Are, and is no
longer an uncertainty. Fifteen eltl
sons yesterday formed a corporation,
to be known aa the Pacific Ocean Ex
position Company, which plana to
give a mammoth fair In, 1913, to com
memorate the four hundredth anni
versary of the discovery of the Pa
cific Ocean by Balboa, and the com
pletion of the Panama canal. ' The
Joining of the two Ideas Is by the pro
motors deemed especially appropriate
oa It was after crossing the Isthmus
that . the navigator first looked upon
the Pacific. The organisation Is cap
italised at' $5,000,000.
ENTOMBED MEN.
One Man Burled In Debris Friday I
Alive and Well.
BAKERSFIELD, Dec. 11. Commun
lcatlon was had today with I B.
Hicks, one of the elx workmen bur
ied under tons of earth at Edison last
Friday. He is still alive and well and
through a two-Inch pipe forced
through the debris, food was passed to
him. Ricks said he talked with the
other entombed men two hours after
the cave In last Friday, but has not
heard fro mthem since and he believes
they are dead.
DENOUNCES
JAPANESE
Representative Kahn
of
Frisco Speaks.
OPPOSE NATURALIZING
Japanese Will Always Remain
Loyal to the Mikado in
Any Event.
IVULLI
LA5GR EXPERIENCE
Proposition of President Roosevelt te
Naturalixe the Japanese and Ql ve
, Them Equel Right la Hoi- '
lew Mockery,
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. Japanese
Immigration waa bitterly denounced
by Representative Kahn of San Fran'
Cisco In a speech tonight delivered be
fore the Credltmen'a Association .of
New York. Representative Kahn
stated that the people of the Pacific
Coaat were unanimously opposed to
Japanese Immigration and were con'
fldent that the Japanese would always
remain loyal to the Mikado, and that
the naturalisation of them, putting
them on an equality with white resi
dents, as suggested by President
Roosevelt, was a hollow mockery.
Callforntana wilt not stand for nor
tolerate that .kind of cltlsenshlp.
Should it prevail, it means a war be
tween the United Stated and Japan
and the only thing that will provoke
war. The eltlsens of the Paolfio tonst
have had experience with Chinese
coolies and now they are threatened
with a atlll more serious invasion, for
the Japanese have all the vices of
thj Chinese with none of their vlr
tues. He stated that the labor con
ditions, were ao different in America
and Japan that a treaty permitting
free entry to each country to the cit
(sens of the other would Inure to the
benefit of, Japan alone. He defended
the policy of the segregation of the
Japanese In the public schools of
California, and said that the people
of his state would never permit their
children to be thrown In close con
tact with adult Japanese.
Not only wag thi feeling general
throughout California, but the entire
western states, and it the present pol
icy as outlined by the President was
persisted in, it would open a breach
between the west and the east that
would sever the ties of fraternal kin
ship. :. Representative Kahn was fre-
quently applofd during the dellv
ery or nis evcecn.
KILLED AT ABERDEEN.
Two Men Killed While Repairing the
Telephone System.
ABERDEEN, Dec. 11. While repair
lng damage done to the telephone sys
tern during - the storm of last night
JA M. Dean and Oscar Hansbury, line
men In the employ of the Sunset Tel
ephone company, were killed. Dean
was killed by comlnir In contact vith
a live wire and Hansbury fell from
the top of a telephone pole. '
SALTON SEA.
Demand to be Made Upon Mexican
Government to Make Repairs.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 11. Senator
Flint of California todkty called at
the State department to make repre
icntattons concerning the Salton sea
and to request the state department to
make a demand upon' the Mexican
government to Immediately repair the
damage done at the outlet of the Im
perial canal While watering the
land of California, the canal had Its
Intake out from the Colorado river
on the Mexican aide of the interna
tlonal boundary and the senator take
the position that the break In the
river is due to the failure of the Mex
ican government to exercise proper su
pervision In the construction of the
canal -.
WILL CL08E BREAK.
8outhm PaoifSo Will Commence lm
mediate Work on Colorado River.
IMPERIAL, Calif., Dec. 11. An.
nounccment haa been received today
that the Southern Pacific will begin
work Immediately to close the break
In the Colorado river, Slncei the break
a month ago, there haa been no doubt
of the ability to shut out the water.
The new eystern will be more exten
slve and will coat In the neighborhood
of two million dollars. It will paral
lei the Colorado river thirty miles and
kg scvsr.ty -S ve days to buiid.
BISHOP MX ABE.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. It was an
nounced at the New York hospital,
whither Bishop McCabe of the Meth
odlst church, waa taken today after
having been stricken with apoplexy,
that the btxhop's condition waa decld
edly favorable to a speedy recovery.
TAINTED MONEY. .
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. A. Philadel
phia special to the Sun says that John
D. Rockefeller has sent word to. the
board of foreign missions of the Unit
ed Presbyterian church, whose head
quarter are In Philadelphia, that he
would give $100,000 toward education
al work in Egypt and the Soudan..
SPIRIT OF MEANNESS
Monsignor Montagnini to be Ex
pelled from Vatican.
HAS CAUSED ASTONISHMENT
Claimed That the Step I Taken a
Proof That the French Govern
ment Wishes to Show Church .
an Enemy.
ROME, Dec. : 11. The expulsion
from France of Monslgnor Montagnl,
nl, secretary of the Papal Nunciature
at ' Paris, who has represented the
Vatican at the French capital since
the recall of Nuncio, has caused not
only astonishment, but also conster
nation at the Vatican, According to
Vatican officials, this Is evident
proof that - the French government
wishes not only tp strike at the
church as a religious Institution, but
to represent It to be an enemy of the
repute and to be allied with the
rejKolIc's foes. .
Furthermore, the officials character-
Ize this step as being taken In a
spirit of meanness aa the French gov
ernment knows that the Vatican can
not, because of Its position, Indulge in
similar action as reprisal upon Indi
viduals who are looking after the
French Interests at Rome. .
ROUTED GOVERNMENT FORCE.
Chinese Rebel Compel Miner to Quit
Work.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 11. The rebels at
Plng-Klang, : province of Ktang-SI,
who have caused the foreigners em
ployed in the coal mines there to seek
refuge at Changsha, have routed a full
government force. The Chinese miners
have struck In sympathy with the
rebels. '' i
Retnforcenjent of troops are being
sent to the scene of the disturbance.
CONGRESS
IN SESSION
Senator of Michigan Dis
cusses Smoot Case. '
ORATOR IN THE HOUSE
Nomination of W. H. Moody for
Supreme Judge Considered
and Laid Over.
DISCUSS APPROPRIATION BILLS
Question of Presentation of Noble
Prii on President Roosevelt to
Raising Salaries of Members
, Discussed in House.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 1L Thla was
field day for oratory In the house.
The executive, legislative and Judicial
appropriation bill afforded a splendid
opportunity for a general debate cov
ering a wide range of topics from a
i dessertatton on Alfred Noble, (founder
of the Noble prise, to raining the sal
aries of the members of eongree, In
cluding a ' discussion of - simplified
spelling.
Boutell of Illinois, in speaking of
the beetowel of the Noble prize on
President Roosevelt, praised the
President's decision to use the money
In establishing " a fund for bringing
about a friendly understanding be
tween capitalists and laborers. Repre
sentative Gaines addressed the house
In favor of an Increase of salaries for
members of congress, and Murdock
spoke on theratlway mall - pay.
The question ; of - Senator Reed
Smoot's right to sit In the senate was
discussed by Senator Burrows; of
Michigan today in the senate for more
than three hours. ;; The senator had
carefully prepared his speech, which
received the closest attention through
out by a large attendance of senators
and crowded galleries. Senator Smoot
occupied hla place In the chamber. No
Interruptions were made throughout
the entire speech which waa an ar
raignment of Mormonlsm and the re
sponsibility which attached to Sena
tor Smoot for his Mormon principles
as a member of the apostolic body of
the church.
Senator DuBols announced , today
that he would address the senate on
Thursday on the Smoot 1 question.
Senator Raymond announced that he
would speak tomorrow on the Japan
ese question in San Francisco. .
The nomination of William H. Moo
dy to be Associate Justice of the Su
preme court was again taken up to
day, but because of renewed inquiries
from Democratic senators at this time
relating to actions by Moody while a
member of the house of representa
tives, It went over until tomorrow.
I Culberson and Cannack commented
on the story that Moody had been ac
tive In securing a reduction in the
representation of the southern states.
Culberson said there were several mat
ters affecting the attorney general's
fitness for the place on. the suprem
bench which the Democrats desired to !
Inquire about, No attempt was made
today to confirm the appointment of
Charles Bonaparte to be attorney
general, as that nomination depends
upon the confirmation of Moody.
When the Algeclras treaty In rela
tion to the Moroccoan affairs Is tak
en up In the senate tomorrow there will
be offered a resolution to follow Its
ratification, reciting that the Vnlted
States participate In , the agreement
merely for protecting its trade Inter
est and cltliens, but that It la not
the intention of this country to depart
from the traditional policy which pro
hibits tha participation in the politi
cal affairs of Europe. The disclaimer
la on the grounds that It would be In
consistent for the United State to
Interfere In the internal affairs of
Europe, while denying the European
powers the right to participate in the
affairs of the western hemisphere. ;
TRAVELING SALESMAN.
Railroads Prohibit Them Riding
Freight Trains.
on
OMAHA, Neb., Dec. It The rail
roads running Into Omaha having
abolished special permits to traveling
salesmen to ride on freight trains aa
In violation of the Heyburn law, Com
missioner Guild of the Omaha Com
mercial club wrote to the Interstate
Commerce Commissioner about the
matter, and received a - reply from
Commissioner lane. In which he ap
proves the action.
STAR THEATER.
The Empire Theater Company have
made an unqualified success In thle
town, as the large house of lan eve
ning attested. "A Flag of Truce" goes
from the start with a dash that swings
he audience with It
The -member of the company al
ready have their Individual friend and
we prophesy that the company can
have a long and successful season
In this city If they so desire.
GOVERNMENT BALLOON.
NEW YORK, Dee. 1L A new bal
loon has just been ordered by tha
United States government for use by
the War Department for experimental
tn military work. The balloon will be
capable of holding 80,000 cubic feet of
gas. It la the largest of its kind ever
made in America.
CREATED PRESIDENT
Mrs Bellamy Storer Claims' Disti
nction of Making Roosevelt
SECURED HSS APPOINTMENT
Influence With President McKinley
Procured Roosevelt' Appointment
aa Assistant Secretary of the
United States Navy.
CHICAGO, Dec. 11. A dispatch to
the Record-Herald from Cincinnati,
says: .
"My husband and I created Presi
dent Roosevelt," said Mrs. Bellamy
Storer last night to a representative
of the Commercial Tribune. "Presi
dent Roosevelt owes much today to
Mr. Storer and myself," ehe contin
ued, "It, was through my Influence
that Mr. Roosevelt waa made assist- :
ant secretary of the navy and It came
about In this way: . ,
"Mr. Storer and I went to Canton
.to pay President and Mrs. McKinley a
visit I told the President that I
was not there to ask for anything for
myself, but that It would be a great
personal favor If he would make Mr.
Roosevelt assistant secretary of the
navy.. He at first opposed it, by say
ing that Mr. Roosevelt was too much
of a fighter, but eventually he grant
ed my request."
THREE MEN KiLLtD.
Election of Mayor in San
Create .Riot.
Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, Dec. 11. Several
fights occurred here during the elec
tion of a mayor of the city, Revolver
shots were exchanged freely between
tha warring factions. Three men were
killed and several others were wound
ed. Political excitement continues to
run high and the government is tak
ing measures to prevent further con