Mr. Worthington. Senator, when were you born.

Senator Smoot. January 10, 1862.
Mr. Worthington. Where?
Senator Smoot. In Salt Lake City.
Mr. Worthington. Have
you lived in

Utah ever since your birth?
Senator Smoot. I have.

Mr. Worthington. It has been your place of residence?

Senator Smoot. It has.

Mr. Worthington. Give us the names of your parents, please.

Senator Smoot. My father's name was Abraham O. Smoot. My mother's was Anne K. Smoot.

name

Mr. Worthington. Both of your parents were Mormons, I believe?

Mr. Smoot. They were.

Mr. Worthington. And I believe that your mother was a plural wife of your father?

Senator Smoot. She was.

Mr. Worthington. Is your father living? Senator Smoot. He is dead.

Mr. Worthington. About when did he die?

Senator Smoot. In 1895.

Mr. Worthington. Is your mother living?

Senator Smoot. She is also dead.
Mr. Worthington. And she died when?
Mr. Smoot. She died in 1896.

Mr. Worthington. Are you yourself a member of the Mormon church?

Senator Smoot. I am.

Mr. Worthington. And have you been since you attained years of discretion? Senator Smoot. I have.

Mr. Worthington. Are you a married

man?

Senator Smoot. I am.

Mr. Worthington. When were you married?

Senator Smoot. On September 17, 1884. Mr. Worthington. And to whom? Senator Smoot. Alpha M. Eldredge. Mr. Worthington. Have you lived with her in the relation of husband and wife since that time?

Senator Smoot. I have.

Mr. Worthington. Have you children by her?

Senator Smoot. I have.

Mr. Worthington. How many? Senator Smoot. I have six children by her-three girls and three boys. Mr. Worthington. Have you at any other time married any other woman? Senator Smoot. I have not.

Mr. Worthington. Have you at any other time cohabited with any other woman in the relation of husband and wifeSenator Smoot. I have not.

Mr. Worthington. Or in any other way? Senator Smoot. I have not.

Mr. Worthington. When you were married to your wife, were you married according to what is known here as the celestial ceremony?

Senator Smoot. I was. In the temple at Logan.

Mr. Worthington. Did you at that time pass through the ceremony which is called taking the endowments?

Senator Smoot. No, sir; I did not. I will state, however, that I took the endowments before, in the early spring of 1880. I was then 18 years old. My father was going to visit the Sandwich islands for his health, and he asked me to go with him. I, of course, was very pleased, indeed, to accept the invitation, and before going my father asked me if I would go to the endowment house and take my endowments. I told him I did not particularly care about it. He stated to me that it certainly would not hurt me if it did not do me any good, and that, as my father, he would like very much to have me take the endowments before I crossed the water or went away from the United States.

I lived in Salt Lake City from my birth until 1872, and then moved to Provo, and I have lived in Provo ever since. I have been in the mercantile business, in the woolen-mill business, in the banking business. I have been in the cattle business, and in the sheep business, and in the mining business. The only particular office that I ever held in the church was that of counselor to Edward Partridge, in the Utah stake of Zion, and I was appointed as such in April, 1895. He was president of Utah stake. I was his counselor for five years, and I was appointed one of the twelve apostles in April, 1900, on the day on which Joseph F. Smith's last child was born. I have held one civil office, a trustee of the Territorial insane asylum at Provo, appointed by Gov. West. That is the only special office I ever held or ever wanted to hold.

Mr. Worthington. Did you take any oath or obligation when you became an apostle? I did not.

Mr. Worthington. Do you recall the ceremony or parts of the ceremony through which you went when you took your endowments?

Senator Smoot. I could not remember it if I wanted to.

Mr. Worthington. Do you mean that you do not remember anything about it or that your recollection is vague?

Senator Smoot. I have not enough of the details to give the committee any information.