jviormoruem
Hnd the Case of
Reed Smoot
IT is Just three years since the sen
ate committee on privileges and j
elections took up the question of j
the right of Heed Smoot of Utah
to occupy a seat In the upper branch
of congress. All this time the inquiry j
has lieen in progress at intervals, and
the country is expecting a report on [
the subject before the close of the pres- j
ent session. The chairman of the com
mittee, Senator Burrows of Michigan,
says he will insist that a report be
made tie fore the members of congress
again go to their homes and the wheels
of legislation again cease to griud. In
the course of the investigation many
interesting apd startling facts have
been elicited about Mormonism and the j
practices of its adherents. Huge peti
tions have been presented to the senate
against the retention of Mr. Smoot as
a member of that body. Only the other
day Senator Perkins of California pre- 1
seated one signed by several thousand
women of the state from which he j
hails, and simultaneously Senator Pat
terson of Colorado offered one signed
by thousands of members of the gen- i
tie sex who reside in the Centennial
State.
The testimony before the committee
has brought out a great many tilings
which throw light on the operations of
the Mormon hierarchy, but the ques
tion upon which the proceedings turn
Is that of whether Mr. Smoot can be
loyal to both the Mormon religion and
his oath as a senator at one and the
same time. Those who oppose his re
tention of his seat urge that the Mor
mon hierarchy upholds still the prac
tice of polygamy and thereby defies the
laws of the land which Smoot in his
oath as senator swears to sustain. They
also urge that in the endowment house
ceremony, through which Smoot lias
gone a number of times, each member
ST ATT" E OP BRIOHAM YOUNG, SALT LAKE
CITY.
present prays the Almighty to avenge
the blood of the prophet Joseph Smith
upon the nations. It is argued that a
man who takes such an oath as this
cannot consistently serve In a position
of high responsibility in the national
government.
Testimony has been given against
the Mormons of Utah during the pres
ent session of congress not only by
gentiles and former Mormons, hut by
members of the sect which claims to be
the original and true Mormon church.
The headquarters of the sect is Lamo
ni, la., and it is there that its presi
dent. Joseph Smith, resides. He is said
to be the eldest son of the Joseph Smith
who originated Mormonism and claims
to be the latter's legitimate ecclesiastic
al successor. lie is now seventy-two
years old. The quarrel between these
two branches of Mormonism dates j
back many years and has to do with
Incidents connected with the stormy j
experiences of the Latter Day Saints
In Illinois in the early part of the last
century. The sect which has its head
quarters in Iowa terms itself "The
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints," and its members J
do not call themselves Mormons. They j
do not practice polygamy and have
sent missionaries to Utah to preach j
against the doctrine. According to the |
testimony of one of these men. Elder
E. C. Briggs, he had to call for the
law's protection against Salt Lake City
Mormons when he undertook to de
nounce the Institution of polygamy, a
circumstance which, it is alleged, indi
cated approval of the doctrine by the
Mormon leaders in Utah. President
Smith and other officers of the so called
"original" or reformed branch of the |
Latter Day Saints gave Important tes
timony against the- Utah Mormons be
fore the senate committee.
Other important witnesses were
Charles A. Smurthwaite of Ogden,
Utah, a director of the Beck Salt
works, who became an apostate be
cause he was driven out of business by
the "apostles' trust," and Professor
Walter N. Wolfe, former teacher of
geology In Rrigham Young's college at
Logan, who was excommunicated be
cause ^be did not pay his tithes and
also, as the witness claimed, because
he opposed polygamy. Mr. Smurth
waite alleged that an addithtoal cause
for his apostasy was a falling out he
had with President Joseph F. Smith.
~~ is was due to the fact that he sus
sed that "grafting" was going on
Ltnong the apostles and asked them to
make an accounting of funds In their
possession, a request which was re
fused.
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ARMSTRONG OF ROCHESTER
Senator at the Head of the Famoua
luaarunee t'uiumlttee.
The commit tee of the New York leg
islature which conducted tho Investiga
tion concerning life Insurance opera
tions thrust a great many prominent
financiers Into the limelight. The In
vestigation has been concluded, the
testimony has been digested into the
form of a report, and recommendatio n
haseil upon it have been handed in : >
the legislature for such action as tfc t 1
body may see fit, and the public be "i j
to realize the magnitude of the t.i .
performed. Much of the success < ' ?
investigation was due to the pen * >: 1- ?
!ty of the chairman of the couimtttc ?.
t-euator William W. Armstrong of
liochester. Ttiough he was not so co i
r t.-.../-. ? i
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SENATOR W. W. ARMSTRONG.
spicuous in the proceedings as the at
torney of the committee, Charles E.
Hughes, he is said to have guided its
deliberations with a firm hand and to
have been Insistent upon thorough
work in respect to every phase of the
matters in hand.
Senator Armstrong, though but forty
two years of age, has been fourteen
years in the New York legislature, and
that is a long time for a man to remain
in continuous service at Albany. He is
reeogn'jted as one of the ablest and
most honorable of the men who make
the laws for the Empire State. He has
a strong, smooth shaven face and an
impressive figure. Though he Is too
hard working a man to engage in
many sports, he is fond of swimming
and one day at the University club in
New Y'ork surprised his friends by div
ing the full length of the tank. The in
surance investigation was Just about to
begin.
"Bill," said a friend, "if you dive into
the insurance bog and stay under that
long there's no telling what you'll bring
up."
It is thought Bill's dive Into that bog
satisfied the utmost expectations of hia
friends.
When Senator Armstrong was six
teen his father became totally blinu.
and the support of the family devolved
upon the boy. This involved delay In
his plans to become a lawyer, but he
finally overcame difficulties and was
admitted to the bar. lie is very thor
ough in .everything he undertakes and,
though he is not penurious, is so sys
tematic that it is said he can account
for every penny he has spent since he
was seventeen years of*age.
THOMAS P. FOWLER.
The Chnirmnn of the New York I.lfe
InvcNtiuntf nu: Committee.
Thomas Powell Fowler, chairman of
the committee of the New York Life
Insurance company appointed to Inves
tigate into the political contributions
made by that concern under the Mc
Call regime, is a lawyer who is identi
fied with a large number of corpora
tions. The committee of trustees of
which he is the head reported that the
sum of $14S,"02 had been illegally paid
for political purposes by New York
Life officials and advised legal actions
THOMAS POWELL FOWLER.
to recover the money from those re
sponsible for such use of the property
of policy holders. The officials directly
connected with the disbursement of the
money were President .John A. Mel 'all
and Vice President George W. Perkins.
President McC'all has died since the re
port on the subject was made. It
found that whatever the motives actu
ating the contributions the latter were
Illegal. Inasmuch as such a use of the
funds of the society was unauthorized.
Mr. Fowler has been for twenty
years president of the New York, On
tario and Western railway. He was
born at Newburg. N. Y? in 18ol and
graduated from the Columbia Law
school in 187-1.
Stories Cold
In the
Cloahrooms
SENATOR ED
MUND W. PET
TUB of Ala
bama la In bis
eifihty-rtfthyear and
Is tbe oldest man In
the senate, but he
reeoutly announced
tbut he was a can
didate for re-elec
tion. The senator,
despite his ase, has
a quick wit. Some
"ES4*?5: w' o"1' him ,ho
other day that he
was bolus counted among the "White
House senators."
"1 have seen things written about
White House senators," the senator
raid, "and ab >ut penitentiary senators.
1 don't want to be classed with either."
Shortly before Senator Pettus came
to the ret' ite the first time, ex Senator
Pttgh was the Item leratlc boss of Ala
bama. When Pugh was conducting his
canvass for re-election to the senate
Pettus went to him and asked for his
lndor ement for a local Judgeship.
"Noils use." said l'ugb. arrogantly. '
"You are too oU to bo a judge."
"Well, by gum," shoutcl Pettus, "I
may he too old to he a Judge, but I
ain't too old to be a senator!"
And be wasn't, as Pugh found out |
when the canvass was over and Pettus ;
was elected.
The senator was a lieutenant iu the j
Mexican war, a forty-niner during the
rush of gold seekers to California and
a Confederate brigadier. He was sev- j
euty-six years of age before he sought j
political office.
Representative Henry I). Clayton of !
Alabama and Representative Griggs of i
Georgia, whose districts adjoin, went ]
hunting one day last fall. They stayed
out later than they
1(1 .111.1 ? 1 1 ^?
sunset found them
selves miles from
home and without
food or drink. They
trudged along until
they came to a cab
In at the end of a
lane they had been
following. Clayton
mnnpd nn tho
An old man stuck
his head out of a HENRV d.ci.attos.
window and asked gruffly, "What do
you all want?"
"We want to stay here all night,"
said Clayton.
"Well," growled the man as he bang
> the window shut, "stay there; no
body's henderin' you."
Tills story was told In the senate
cloakrooms apropos of the speech of
Senator Patterson, supposed to be a
Democrat, In which he eulogized all of
President Itoosevelt's policies:
"A local census enumerator visited
the senator's home In Denver and was
received by the negro butler. After the
usual questions he asked:
" 'What is the senator's politics?"
" 'Fo' de bawd's sake, mister, I dun- i
no!' answered the darky. 'De senator
ain't done been home since breakfast j
time.""
Representative Joseph C. Sibley of
Pennsylvania, who recently announced
that he would not be a candidate for
re-election, according to a story told by
one of his friends, was a redhot fighter
for the rights of the dairymen against
the oleomargarine people. He worked
valiantly for the
passage of the oleo
margarine bill.
After it was pass
ed he went out to
his district and of
ficiated at a fair.
He was made ref
eree to award prizes \
for the best butter,
solely because of
his great work for j
me inn ana ms ox- i
JOSEPH c. b:.,i.sr. Vrtuens on dairy
questions, tie went
about his work enrefully and con
scientiously and awarded the prize?
of course without Inquiring the name
of the maker.
When they came to look for the au
thorship of the prize winning butter
there was a howl at Sibley's expense.
It was the name of the most celebrated
oleomargarine making concern in the
United States.
There Is an enthusiastic Ohio news
paj>er man who haunts the steps of
Senator Foraker for local items. Re
cently the senator was sitting in a
dentist's chair, when his persistent
satellite darted In and demanded the
latest news. At the moment Mr. Fora
ker was at that peculiarly distressing
epoch when the dentist takes the first
buzzer out of your tooth and looks
around, and out of the corner of your
eye you can see that he is trying to
find a bigger one. Mr. Foraker rose
up In his chair,
with anguish in his
eye.
"What in blazes
do you want?" he j
demanded. I
"Senator," said I
theOlilo man sooth- '
lngly, "I trust yon
will remember that
I represent an aft
ernoon paper and senator j. b.
therefore cannot foraker.
wait as the morn
ing paper men can. I wanted to find
out about"?
The dentist selected the largest and
fiercest looking buzzer In the shop and
approached. Tho Ohio man took up a
commanding |>osltlon on the other si le
of the ehulr. Senator Foraker sank
back, with a groan, and in a few sen
tences told what the Ohio man wanted.
The latter departed, with many thanks,
anil the buzzer began its work.
Later in the day Mr. Foraker was
talking polities with some callers, when
suddenly and without the slightest rele
vancy he began to grin. They asked
him what the matter was.
"I was thinking of that Irrepressible
tna i Johns." eh nek led the senator. "He
Interviewed me In the dentist's chair
this afternoon. I hope to heaven that
on the day I'm buried nothing of inter
est In Ohio iKilltles occurs. If It does,
Johns will pry Hp the coffin lid and usk
me the particulars."
Itepresentutlve Charles II. Grosveuor
of Ohio, who after nearly twenty years
tf service lu congress was defeated for
renomination a few days ago, has re
eeived several |>et names from his col
leagues in the house. One of them is
"the Sage of Athens," the reference
Ik iug not to Athens, Greece, hut to the
town of that name lu Ohio, which Is
the home of General Grosveuor. An
other ? hrhplet of the veteran legls
!.u >r is "Old Flggers," in allusion to
his fa. .e as a no
lit ion I statistician. I
An aftermath of the
general's unsucccss
fill canvass for tv
uotuluntlon Is a
charge that his t. 1.1
a 'cis resorted to
bribery of his op
ponents In order to L
win a Majority of |
flip votes Ot tl 10
,, ,, charles ii. gkos- i
convention, tin the ve-ob
other Imnd. General
Grosreuor says he was defeated Ik
cause the will of the people was over
ruled by n combination of bosses and
grafters.
The congressman Is noted for his
sharp thrusts in debate. One day dur
ing the session of the last congress
Representative Baker of New York,
who won a reputation as an objector,
wanted to make a speech. The item he
wished to speak on was about to be
postponed until the following Monday.
"The gentleman can talk then," Mr.
Hemenway of Indiana told him.
"But I have prepared this speech at
considerable labor and something might
happen to me between now and Mon
day," Mr. Baker suid.
"Let us hope so," shouted Repre
sentative Grosveuor, who led the ap
plause.
Kansas is taking a position of lead
ership in the tight against the Stand
ard Oil company, and one of the most
active foes of the oil trust is Congress
man Philip Pitt Campbell, who the
other day introduced a Joint resolu
tion in the house of representatives
calling for a congressional inquiry into
the relntions of railroads and oil com
panies throughout the country. Rep
resentative Campbell awoke one day
during the session
I? of the Fifty-eighth
congress tofiml hlm
j self famous. The
| ! uprising In his own
I j state against the
| Standard was Just
% attracting general
attention, and In
vestigation talk was
in the air every
-J where. At the exact
psychological mo
CHILIP PITT CAMP- 1 ?' * * . ?
beil meut Mr. Campbell
sprang lu the house
a resolution directing that a govern
mental Inquiry be made Into the work
ings of the oil monopoly. As he had
heen In conference with Mr. Roose
velt, It was believed that he represent
ed the president In this move. The
resolution went through the house
with a rush, and the investigation thus
authorized has for some time heen In
progress. It was Congressman Camp
1k>H's first term, but he at once got into
the limelight along with that other first
termer of the same congress, Mr.
Townscnd of Michigan, who helped
rive a name to the railway rate bill.
Mr. Campbell was born In Nova Scotia
in 1S<!2 and Is a graduate of Baker
university, Kansas. He rend law on
his father's farm and was admitted to
tile bar ill IKS'.).
In the debate on the pure food hill
which passed the senate not long ago
an exchange of wit occurred between
Senator James A. Hemenway of Ii
(liana and Senator Wcldou B. Ileyburu
of Idaho. Mr. Hemenway served ten
years in the house of representatives
and is thus thoroughly famillnr with
its usages, but he is not so well versed
In the traditions of
the senate, I n '
whirl) he Is serving t
his first term. Sen- I
ator Heybtirn was t
In charge of the I
pure food bill, and ?
Mr. Hemenway re
ferred to him In
debate as "the gen
tleman from Ida
ho," language that
Is In accordance
n*H1i tho piiat/mt i\t
tho house. In the jamcs a. jif.uen
senate they say wat.
"the senator from
Idaho." After Mr. Hemenway had
called Mr. Heyburn "tho gentleman
from Idaho" sereral times he realized
he had made a mistake.
"I hope." he said apologetically, "that ,
the senator from Idaho will pardon me
for calling him a gentleman."
A little later Mr. Hemenway had oc
casion to refer to Senator Oalllnger.
He said, "The senator from New
Hampshire, the most eminent physician
In the senate."
"Thank you for nothing" snapped
Oalllnger, "Inasmuch as I am the only
physician In the senate.'
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