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7 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1007. .THE SlOIlNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. yiOT IN DEFENSE Denies Practice of Polygamy Is Upheld by Mormon Church. THAT RELIGION NOT MENACE Believes That Any Man Taking Polyg amoui Wife Aftar luuanc of tha Manlfeilo Agalntt Praotlot Should Do Proseouted. WAHIIINUTuN. !'... Itt.-Hcimtor lti Union!' address ti the Hmmte to day III lll'fl'IIHl) f 111 H JlOKlllllll iin am- utor wua the fwtluie of tint aussluii. lie wua aiioril by Hiimtor IMlllnilhiiiii of Vermont, In an tuinlytlin Ispewh of tho kvIiIkiiik wlilih hud Ik-ii aulunlt tJ In the Tin smmtur sie-nt aeverul wuire In fuillnr cim1 Jrii ton of tin fornatry luovlaluii of tlm iirl rullurul Willi Ihu result tlmt ai-v-i' nil Hiiii ii'liiiriii" vim it k ri't'l In wliMi restrict the opcrnilmia f Urn tmiviiti In aevitiiil rctipi'cia, unn a--ilon of tlioj hill IukI not lin n oiiipli'i'il wlii'ii tin' riT'a wua tk''ii for III" -vi-nliiK 1 apn. Al tin- iilmit acalon HfVtrnl Mll not of it"ii"'rul linioriuni'! wrro imam-d. i Hi'klnit In IiIm own tl-fi'iii, Hi'ti-j nlor llwt Hinool nililtt'nai'il ih Hon-, ut! lodiiy on tlin 'IiitiiI autijitrl or Mol'lliililiNtii. II" ron-lclllll" I poly K.uny In tlo- tiiioii.Kl tiTiim, and d 1 1,! rill fiiiliutiriilly iluil Im hud taken no o,it!i In i onlt nt with tlmt h hua taken ft ni-imtor. Mr. Sinoot apokn In put t ii a follow: Mr. I'ii'l l. it ; In w lmt I almll a; In tli.' Hfiiu! I do not Intfint to analyx Ijio volumlniMia t.Htlniony tnk-n before tho roiiiinlti. r or to inuko an argument tlH-ri"n. Tli" Krnnir purt of Oil ti-a-tlinony t!ikn h'-fort- thf 8imite f "r mwi tliiiti two yura. and nil of It for lu-.Hiy oiui y-ur. It Im Imwi fully itr -KU'1 hy ttm dlMtlnKUlahnd 8nntora who have already apokm upon thla nertlon, My own U-atlmony, cover lntt nior tluin K'5 piiK"a cf tlin !l"rd la before you mid 1 do not feel that ! ahmild trcapaaa upon your Indutisomu In mi i-xti-ndi'd dlat-uln. IntWl, 1 ahmild linvo l-en rontxnt to ndmlt tins ! upon tl rivofd "lid pf'lii' mndo hy otli.ra, without eaylnit any thing myaolf. ix.i, tluu thr nr. certain inatt'i whirls run l" known only to tn y aid f; und 1 think tho Mn iitu ontltli'd to n frank Hlittiimiit from me a to my jwraotntl altltudo raM'-' tlnic thi-it" mhi t-r. Tho H'-tmtn la n tltlod to know my jM-raonnl iitlltuili' upon tin- atibjwt of jiolyK.uny mid up on tho auhji-fl of loyalty to thla K"v i riitio nt. fpou thoao tw.i matti-ra I ahllll rXprcaa niVH' lf tnli-fly, hut with rundor, "I'liHt. I ili'fln' to ftut'- iih I hiivo hir..t"foi,. tni-d, to tho Hi'imtt' nnd to tho country tlmt I mil not mid ncv .r haw li.Mti u iolKiinilKt. I hnve in .w-i ;.-.. bist wlfo nnd ah la my oroAont wlf. "Thcio Ima I n n in"r" or Won pro- vnl. nt opinion tlmt tho doctrine of -iiolyKiiiny w;i ohllKitry upon tho iVmii. rK of tho Mormon Church when In utli and In ftu't no Hindi obllijiitory iloclrlno hua cvt-r cxlHli'd. Thn rove lutlnn fonci'inliiK polyKimiy, na orlg Innlly mndo nnd na nlwuya IntorprcU'd, la prtnlHNlho, and not in.'indatory. Aa a tniilti-r of fiu t only a amall iiorcont iiKo of the iidhm'Hita of that faith have I'Vcr li'M ii polyKiinilBta. Tho vaHt maj ority of tho ndult nicinhera from It foundation to tho prcaldont Imvo boon tnnnoKnmlHta. "Tho Mormon iiooplo, however, re- Kard this ilootrluu althouKh pcrmla- nlblo In charactor-aa part of their ro- llirloua faith nnd whon the law wa pawd donoum inn its tiraatloe, tho en forcomont of the law wan resldtod on tho ground thnt It was unconstitution al, na boliur an intorfoionco with tholr ioIIkIous liberty. Appeals wero taken ro tho hlKhcat courts of tho United Statea, every phaao of tho'HuhJeCt waa tested In tho courts, and tho law was puhehl. Then tho church adopted tho mani festo Wfalnat polygamy1, which was ratified by the general conference of Astoria & Columbia R. River R. Co Effeetlva Sunday, September 0. lOOfr-Paeiflo Time. pin 7.00 a.m TvT 8-0O 9.10 U'28 PORTLAND OOIII.K RAINIER CLATHKANIB Ar ASTORIA Lv. Lv. ASTORIA Ar. Ar. WAR KENTON Lvr tv.WARHKNTON Ar. Ar. FT. HTKVHNH Lv. Lv FTTHTKVKN8 Ar Ar. WARBRNTON Lv. Lv. WARRENTON Ar, Ai. 8KA81DK LV. 8.101 8.2A l.OBlO.On 10.SS IV3T a.m. p.m A-in 5,M)n.4fll 11.851 edoii'M U1.M A-Ht fl.lt 11. Ml l'2'lft R.t 6.89 tho pmiplo and thereupon tho prnotlu of polygiuny for th future, was nhnn- finite I, "Thevlalua of Ihu tmin who hud en tered Into plural fnnrilK relation bo fore tho laaunneo of the mnulfeHlo had loon llxed before that (lino, There wua no power In the church or In the law to cliiniKe that exIatliiK fact. What hil l been (loiio had been Irrevocably done, The only iiteatnn waa to the future. What ahoiild be the attitude of the people Inward the future rev olution of thoae who had filtered Into polyKanioiia Hiatus In-fore the inaul feato7 Thla problem wna a serious linn, Tin' three naalstnnt United Htalea dlatrlct aitoi-uoya for that jierloil, ai;d other Kovcrninotit proaocutlng oillcera, taatlfli.nl before the commit Ice to the Kelieinl aolitlttlelit II 1 1 1' t 1 K he nou-Mol'- men people that the beat und iii!i'keNi way to get rid of th whole question waa to lot tho old-lime relatlona end In death, There wna ti general tte (uleai oiico by the peufdo In this solu tion nnd it la working out n complete nnd final mil lit Ion, At Ihu time the manifesto WiiS itdop toil there were Z tM polygamous houne holila In the church, ('nnful latla. Ilea have been taken and preserved and will be found in Ihe testimony which show that thla member haw gradually decreased until there was at the time the testimony cloned not to exceed &00 Slc houehi.da hi OX iHlenoo, "Hut, Mr. President, It Is claimed Unit lhert' have teen new- cases of iilygniii"u marriages sln'c the manl feato and litis prirHonta nlioif 'lier a dlfferellt system. I hivn no benltn. th'ti In declaring to the Hellate ninl to ihe Ann tli an piviple that In my ijln -Ion any man who ban married a poly K. munis wife allien the initnifeft.' alt. mid be nros.-cuted, ami If convli ied, should uffer the- penally of the law and I cure not who the man might bo. or what tii.wlHon he might hold In the church, b" should recclvg tho punish ment pronounced by law against his i -rime. Th" testimony taken before the committee tends to show that there have b. i n a tne polygamous marriages since tho manifesto, I Mlovo sincere ly, Mr, President, that such cuu? have been rnre. They have not re ceived the sanction or the encourage nieiit of tho church. "The Mr.rm.m Church has stopped plural marriages, nnd no polygamous relation assumed subsequently to 1H0O Is wlih the prrmlaKlon of, sanction of, approval of Die church: that Is tljial and fixed. Kvcry am h violation of the law hns the express condemnation of the law, "It. fereiice has been made to a treas onable obligation which It Is soiikIu to claim Is a part of the Mormon en dowment cei.ni.iny. The Senate will understand that thee eorwnonlc are of a sacred nature to those participa ting In them and are not therefore di vulged. They were Instituted In the M-miou Church by Joseph Smith some time prior to bis d-ath, nod are yet given as part of t!e temple ceiuinonleS, Itelng of a religious, spiritual chunie . r. they are for the living, and the dead-a part of the Mormon belief .be ing a vicarious perform nice of ordln inu.s rcyooooles. There does not exlHt In ttio endow ment ceremony of the Mormon Church the remotest suggestion of hostility or antagonism to tho Culled Suites, or to any other nation, They are of pure ly ratings nature, wholly between the person taking them and his God. as with the ritual of various fraternal organizations regarded as sacred und secret. "And here In tho Senate of their .countrymen, upon the Incontrovertible witness b rue by the brave survivors ami the !i. role deed of the Utah light artillery. I hurl back the charge of the d. famer thnt thero wna ever a word or brorith of hostility or disloyalty in tho sacred religious ceremonies in which they or any other persons par ticipated as members of tho Mormon Church. "It Is not nn Infrequent occurrence, Mr. President, for Homebody often a person of prominence, to come out with a declaration that this or that or tho other thing Is 'Menacing' the life of the republic; thnt we are fol lowing tho path which brought Rome to decay; that our wealth, our Indus trial combinations-, our free speech, are crowding; tho nation to destruc 21. 28. 27. Ar. 'a, in p.m p. m. in ll.NV v.mi 8.40 8.'JJi 10.4ft io.no 9.W 7.40 8.20 8.10 8.15 6.30 1.4N 10.45 7.& b.0ft 2.') 7.M 6.0ft 115 10.85 3.00 10.15 7-4a 7.41 10.14 748 10.05 7.27 9.M tion. NoiwIllistMiirllng all these dire predictions, nono of which' la more ub t urd limn the myth of Mormon 'lller arohlfil iloinlnatlnn, the Amerlofui Un ion la g'dng to stand; It will continue a free and enlightened government, It la founded upon tho popular will of llberly loving people, It discus lis fiiTbllo questions and decides thetn according lo rule Mud nut of tolerance humanity and Justice. It la built on tho undying principles of human right and human freedom, Aa such It will advance. It will grow, It will Increase. Jt will progress. No other nation will prevail against It. It has the favor of (lod und the gratitude of Ha own peo ple to perpetuate It itlong the centuries to come aa they have maintained It In th century that has passed. "Those who lament Its political over' throw or shiver with apprehension of Ha being swept away, will not live httig enough to view na a reality the fancied i mi mo of their litriteutatlona and ap prehensions; nor will their chlldreen or their clilldrn'a children. The gov ernment of the Culled Statea la here to atay an dto wlnlt over every ob Ktiiele, And'ao far as 1 am concerned, I formally and aolemnly aver In every vote and action aa United States aen ator I ahull be governed In the future, aa I have been In tho past, only by my onvlcltlotia of what Is best for the whole people of the United. States, under my oath to support the consti tution and laws of this nation. "In dosing, let me say under my ob ligation as a senator, what I have aald under oath before too committee, that 1 have not taken any oath or obliga tion, religious or otherwise, which con lilcts In the slightest degree with my duty as a senator or aa a citizen. I owe no allegiance to any church or other organization which in any way Interferes with my supreme allegiance In civil affairs, to rny country an al legiance which I freely, fully and glad ly give." CHRONIC CONSTIPATION CURED. One who uffra from enronte con atlpatlon la In danger of many serious ailments. Orlno Laxative Fruit Syr up cures chronic constipation aa It aids digestion and atlmulatea-the liver and boweta, restoring the natural ac tion of th'se organs. Commence tak ing It today and you will feel better at once. Orlno Laxative Fruit Syr up docs not nauseate or gripe and 1 very pleaaant to take. Refuae sub si Itutes. T. F. Laurln, Owl Drug Store. CHANGE OF COMMAND. HAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 19. Oenra Wlntl.-ld S. KdKorly. I'. S. A., who r-lurni-l from lln Philippines hint week nnd In now vhtltlng In Los Angela, haa been ordi-reil to Atlanta, to take com mand of tho Department of the Oulf. Colnmd J- I'. Woodbury, now stationed at Fort Liwtcin, Waah., probably will lake temporary command of the De p i' lincnl of California. It's tho hlKhcst Htnndurd of quality, It's a natural tonic, clounaea and tones your nystfin, reddens the cheeks, brightens the eyes, glvos flavor to all ymi pit i, iwiiiMi-i ivucivy muuiiiuui Tea docs. For nale by Vrank Hart. An eoark syrape eentainlac eptates eonatj. fata the aowali. B'a Laxative Honey anl Tar auTaa Ua bowala and conuiai aooplitss. Sold by Frank Hart's Druf Store. 416 BOND ST., ASTORIA, 0KEG0 Copireap, 1 Cauoh. etc. i INMataa, it Conrbtmi to 1 NaUanalPure I 1 1 u 0. 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