[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, Dubois, McComas, Overman, Pettus, and Smoot, with attorneys Richards, Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. Jackson continues; Nicholson and Hickman are recalled. The committee recesses from 12:55 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Charles W. Penrose testifies. Ellis is recalled, followed by William Budge and John Henry Smith. The committee adjourns at 4:30 p.m. (1)
-- Dec 19, 1904
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, Dubois, Pettus, and Smoot, with attorneys Richards, Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. Smith continues, followed by Isaac Birdsall. The committee recesses from 1:55 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Birdsall, Budge, and Smith all continue, followed by William Balderston and A. C. Nelson. The committee adjourns at 4:10 p.m. (1)
-- Dec 20, 1904
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, Dubois, Pettus, and Smoot, with attorneys Richards, Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. Smith is recalled, followed by Benjamin B. Heywood, Annie C. Thurber, and Charles Mostyn Owen. The committee recesses from 12:50 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. Balderston, Owen, and Penrose all continue. Afterward the chair rules that such testimony "tend[s] to prove the doctrines of the organization," and the committee adjourns at 3:55 p.m. (1)
-- 1904
Church Membership at end of year: 324,289
New Converts : 19,388
Percent Change from previous year: 6.36% (2)
-- During 1904-1906
U.S. Senate hearings regarding seating of Reed Smoot, an apostle, elected to Senate in 1902. [See Smoot Hearings.] (3)
-- During 1904
[Joseph Smith] April 6 - Joseph F. Smith issues the "Second Manifesto," which reinforces the 1890 Manifesto and prescribes excommunication for those who continued to practice plural marriage. (4)
[Joseph Smith] January - Reed Smoot submits carefully prepared rebuttals to allegations against him and his church. (4)
[Joseph Smith] March - The Reed Smoot Hearings begin, evaluating whether Reed Smoot should be allowed to be a senator. (4)
-- Jan 1, 1905
Dr. William H. Groves's Latter-day Saint Hospital opened. (5)
-- Jan 10, 1905
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets briefly at 10:00 a.m., then adjourns. Present Senators Burrows, Knox, Overman, and Smoot, with attorney Tayler. (1)
-- Jan 11, 1905
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, Dillingham, Dubois, Knox, McComas, Overman, Pettus, and Smoot, with attorneys Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. William J. McConnell testifies. The committee recesses at 11:55 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. McConnell resumes, followed by Burton Lee French. The committee adjourns at 4:25 p.m. (1)
-- Jan 12, 1905
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, Dubois, Foraker, Knox, and Smoot, with attorneys Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. F. H. Holzheimer testifies. The committee recesses from noon until 1:30 p.m. Frank Martin, James H. Brady, and J. W. N. Whitecotton testify. The committee adjourns at 5:00 p.m. (1)
-- Jan 13, 1905
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Bev-eridge, Burrows, Dubois, Foraker, Hopkins, Knox, Overman, and Smoot, with attorneys Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. Whitecotton resumes his testimony. The committee recesses from 11:55 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. White-cotton continues, followed by Hiram E. Booth and Arthur Pratt. The committee adjourns at 5:05 p.m. (1)
Footnotes:
1 - Paulos, Michael Harold (editor), The Mormon Church on Trial: Transcripts of the Reed Smoot Hearings
2 - Wikipedia, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Membership History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints_membership_history
3 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History
4 - Wikipedia, 20th Century (Mormonism), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century_(Mormonism)
5 - Hemidakaota, "Church Chronology from 1800-2000," http://www.lds.net/forums/scripture-study-forum/12108-church-chronology-1800-2000-part-1-a.html#post214550
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