The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-10-31
FEDERATION OF CHURCHES.
Action Taken at the Ministers Meeting
REGARDING Roberts of Utah.

Action Taken at the Ministers Meeting
Regarding Roberts of Utah.
AT the meeting of the Federation of
Churches of New Haven and vicinity
held at Center church chapel yesterday
the following resolution brought up by
Rev. DR.. McLane was adopted unani-
mously:
Resolved That in the Judgment of
the Federation of Churches of New Ha-
ven and vicinity, Mr.. Roberts of Utah
is a violator of the laws of the United
States by virtue of plural marriages,
and should not be permitted to have a
seat in the United States congress- We
therefore respectfully request our rep
resentatives in congress and our sena-
tors to use their influence to prevent
Mr.. Roberts having a seat"
DR.. McLane referred to the fact that
he had been in recipe of several COM
munications from Mr.. Campbell of Salt
Lake City, asking him to secure as
many names to a protest against the
seating of Mr.. Roberts as he could. DR..
McLane said that he knew nothing
about the gentleman who had sent him
the circular, or as to whether his mo-
tives were patriotic or interested but
added that he felt that if the Federation
We're to take some stand on the matter
the action might do some good.
Rev. Mr.. Irvine strongly supported
the motion of DR.. McLane and detailed
some of his experiences In Salt Lake
City, where he had come in contact
with the effects Of Mormonism among
the nom Norman people. He thought
that the Christian people of the coun-
try ought to make a strong effort to
run Roberts down, and favored the mo-
ton.
Other speakers supported DR.. Nc
Lanes motion, among them DIR. Lines,
DR.. Phillips, Mr.. Kerr, Mr.. Sanford,
Mr. Beardsey and Mr. Foster. A
unanimous vote carried the motion
when it was put to the meeting. Dr.
McLane formulated the motion and the
secretary will send it to the state rep
resentatives at Washington at an early
date
Or, w. L. Phillips presided over the
meeting and Rev. Mr.. Dickerman acted
as secretary. Among the clergymen
present were Rev. DR.. e. S. Lines, Rev.
w. A, Beardsley, Rev. F. r. Sanford
of Grace p. K. church, Rev. A. f. H.
vine, Rev. w. ]. Mulch, Rev DR.. w.
w. McLane, Rev. Mr.. Mossman, Rev.
j. Lee Mitchell, Rev. A. X. Foster, Rev
George Foster Prentiss, Rev. f. r.
Rev. N. J. Squires, Rev. M. r. !
Kerr, and Rev. J. F. Saxton Reports
of the various committees were read
q nd of ha I'm of ~,
city in canvassing the wards for church
without churches discussed |
and the district chairman heard Rev. |
Fl. l.. Hutchins, who has the work of |
canvassing the city for the church di-
rectory in hand, reported, as did j. A. |
ToWle, his assistant, who had the Ital- |
ian districts especially in charge. The |
figures presented by Rev. Mr.. Hutch |
ms show as follows:
There are 21,355 families rated. OF |
these there were 1886 without Bibles, of |
whom 81 are Protestant OF the fami- |
les who do not attend church 2,409 are |
Protestant and PA Catholics. Of the |
Jews 314 families do not attend
The number of Protestant children |
who attend Sunday school is 5,O93.
Those not attending Sunday school,
Who are between the ages of four and |
sixteen number 1913 The number of
Roman Catholic children between the
ages of four and sixteen, who attend
Sunday school is 55SS, and those who
10 not and between the same age num-
)ers 3,105. The number of Jewish chill
lren attending Sunday school is 424,
md of those not attending 915.