[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, Dubois, Foraker, Knox, McComas, Overman, and Smoot, with attorneys Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. The following all testify: James E. Lynch, Hugh M. Doug-all, Alonzo Arthur Noon, and William Hatfield. The committee recesses from 11:55 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. In the afternoon, James H. Brady, William McConnell, and William Hatfield continue, followed by John P. Meakin, Robert T. Burton Jr., Samuel N. Cole, James A. Miner, and W. D. Candland. The committee adjourns at 4:00 p.m. (1)
-- Jan 16, 1905
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, Dubois, Foraker, Overman, and Smoot, with attorneys Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. James A. Miner resumes, followed by Elias A. Smith, and William P. O'Meara. The committee recesses from 11:50 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. O'Meara continues, followed by Charles W. Morse, William M. McCarty, and A. S. Condon. The committee adjourns at 5:15 p.m. (1)
-- Jan 17, 1905
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, McComas, Overman, and Smoot, with attorneys Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. William M. McCarty is recalled, followed by Richard W. Young. The committee recesses from noon until 2:00 p.m. Young resumes, followed by E. D. R. Thompson, Charles De Mosey, F. S. Fernstrom, C. V. Anderson, H. J. Hayward, Jens Christian Neilsen, and William Langton. The committee adjourns at 4:40 p.m. (1)
-- Jan 18, 1905
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, Hopkins, Overman, and Smoot, with attorneys Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. James A. Miner is recalled, followed by James E. Talmage. The committee recesses from 11:45 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Talmage resumes his testimony. The committee adjourns at 4:45 p.m. (1)
-- Jan 19, 1905
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, Dubois, Overman, and Smoot, with attorneys Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. Talmage continues his testimony. The committee recesses from noon until 1:30 p.m. Young and Langton are recalled, followed by Glen Miller, John W. Hughes, Mary G. Coulter, and Mrs. W. H. Jones. The committee adjourns at 4:25 p.m. (1)
-- Jan 20, 1905
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, Dubois, Knox, and Smoot, with attorneys Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. Smoot testifies. The committee recesses from noon until 2:00 p.m. Smoot resumes his testimony. The committee adjourns at 4:30 p.m. (1)
-- Jan 21, 1905
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Bailey, Beveridge, Burrows, Dillingham, Dubois, Foraker, Knox, Overman, Pettus, and Smoot, with attorneys Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. Smoot continues his testimony. The committee adjourns at 11:55 a.m. (1)
-- Jan 23, 1905
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Bailey, Burrows, Dillingham, Dubois, Foraker, Hopkins, McComas, Overman, and Smoot, with attorneys Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. Smoot continues his testimony. The committee recesses from noon until 1:30 p.m. Smoot resumes, followed by Moroni Gillespie, John M. Whitaker, Oleen N. Stohl, and J. U. Eldredge Jr. The committee adjourns at 4:13 p.m. (1)
-- Jan 24, 1905
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, Depew, Dubois, Foraker, Hopkins, Knox, McGomas, and Overman, with attorneys Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. Frank B. Stephens testifies. The committee recesses from noon until 1:30 p.m. Stephens resumes, followed by Z. T. Sowers, James E. Talmage, Oleen N. Stohl, William Langton, and David Eccles. The committee adjourns at 5:05 p.m. (1)
-- Jan 25, 1905
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets from 10:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Present Senators Burrows, Dubois, and Knox, with attorneys Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. (1)
-- Jan 26, 1905
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Bailey, Beveridge, Burrows, Dillingham, Dubois, Knox, McComas, Overman, Pettus, and Smoot, with attorneys Tayler, Van Cott, and Worthington. Taylor begins his closing argument opposing Smoot. The committee recesses from 11:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Tayler resumes his argument. The committee adjourns at 4:30 p.m. (1)
-- Jan 27, 1905
[Smoot Hearings] The committee meets at 10:00 a.m. Present Senators Bailey, Beveridge, Burrows, Dillingham, Dubois, Foraker, Hopkins, Knox, McComas, Overman, Pettus, and Smoot, with attorneys Tayler, Van Gott, and Worthington. Tayler continues his argument, followed by Van Cott in Smoot's defense. The committee recesses from 11:55 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Van Cott resumes, followed by Worthington, also in Smoot's defense. Tayler closes. (1)
-- During 1905 February-March
[Apostle John Henry Smith] Visits Utah Mexican Rubber Company lands in Mexico. (2)
Footnotes:
1 - Paulos, Michael Harold (editor), The Mormon Church on Trial: Transcripts of the Reed Smoot Hearings
2 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics, p.xviii, A John Henry Smith Chronology
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