I was actually referencing Brigham H. Roberts, who was elected to Congress in 1898. The petition was in regard to him. Smoot was a monogamist & actually pressured the Mormons to crack down on the polygamists (because of the pressure he was getting in D.C.). Roberts was a polygamist who had been arrested for having two wives in 1886. Despite that, and despite the "Manifesto" of the Mormon church in 1890, Roberts took yet a third wife in 1894 and was overhwelmingly elected to Congress in 1898.
(So the next time somebody pulls out the 1890 "Manifesto" as some supposed "move" against polygamy, remind them of their 1898 polygamy endorsement via their Roberts vote...It was, though, the Smoot hearings that led Joseph F. Smith to issue "Manifesto II" on polygamy in 1904, which historians regard as more of a "true date" in which the LDS turned against polygamy.
It was, though, the Smoot hearings that led Joseph F. Smith to issue "Manifesto II" on polygamy in 1904, which historians regard as more of a "true date" in which the LDS turned against polygamy.
So many manifestos, so little time....and Section 132 remains untouched.