When asked about his long exile today, he…
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Smith, and son Hiram Smith, he is the nearest
relative of the prophet who holds by the tentes
of Mormonism, and he is the last of the promi-
nent officials of that church to sign the Ed-
munds-Tucker act, which act resulted in presi-
dential pardon just two weeks ago.
When asked about his long exile today, he
said: “When the indictment was found I was
in Idaho in charge of certain church records
which the United States authorities were trying
to gain possession of. I at once left the country,
going to the Sandwich Islands, where I remain-
ed two years engaged in missionary work. From
Honolulu I went to Mexico, and from there
made several trips to Colorado, New Mexico
and Arizona. Indeed I have been in Utah half
a dozen times since 1885. Of course I have
traveled incog, and only among the Mormon
people. I then went to the northwest territory,
laboring among the Mormon people there.
When, my pardon was signed I was in Cali-
fornia, and started at once for Utah, and have
for two weeks been in the Cache valley. I have
accepted the anti-polygamy manifesto and be-
lieve that polygamy is dead forever.”