Arizona republican., 1899-11-26
The Crusade Against Him
 Assumes Proportions.
MANY SIGN PETITIONS
Ten Tons of Pamphlets Have Be en Issued by the League for Social Service Protest From American Missionaries in Japan-The Fed erated Clubs Late Action in the Case.

New York, Nov. 25.-The league for social service is receiving thousands of signatures daily from all parts of the country to it's petition against the seating of Congressman-elect Brigham H. Roberts. One hundred thousand persons are represented thus far. Copies of this petition have been sent to every congressional district in the country, except in the state of Utah. The office of the league is at No. 1O5 East Twenty-second street. The first returns came in on Tuesday when twenty-two copies of the petition were received. On Wednesday fifty-two came in, on Thursday sixty-two and Friday seventy eight were received.
 Ten tons of pamphlets have been dis tributed from the leagues offices among Young Mems and Young Wo- mems Christian associations, the Wo- mans Christian Temperance unions, churches of all denominations and young peoples societies in connection with them. More literature has been asked for than the society had funds to supply, and Rev. Josiah Strong, president of the league, has been com pelled to issue a circular to applicants stating that all the literature required will be forwarded free on payment by the consignee of the express charges. He has also issued an appeal for funds for further contributions. He states that every ten cents subscribed will enable the league to supply 300 persons with the leagues anti-Mormon liter ature.
 Tn addition to this, Dr. Strong has sent out within the past three weeks 1000 letters to clergymen. The league has received a petition to congress signed by 13S American missionaries in Japan. The missionaries say that the fact that the government countenances polygamy in this country is a subject of derision among the Japanese, who cannot reconcile such a state of af- fairs with the teachings of the mis- sionaries.
 A statement has been given out at the woman's board of home missions of the Presbyterian church by Mrs. Darwin R. James to counteract the ef- feet of the action taken by the feder- ated woman's clubs of this state at their recent convention in Rochester on the Roberts case. The clubs re-
 
 Roberts. This action, Mrs. James says. must have been due to misunder- standing.
 "The election of Brigham H. Rob- the Fiftieth congress-" declares the statement, was a test case to decide whether the time had come to fulfill Brigham Young's prophecy and thrust Mormonism down the throat of con- gress, polygamy and all.' Polygamy is one of the corner-stones of Mormon ism, necessary to all advancement here and hereafter.
 "I much doubt, if Miss Anthony and those associated with her had known that the election of Roberts as an avowed polygamist to a seat in con- gress puts official approval on a tyr amy and degradation of woman un- paralleled in the history of the world. that the resolution to ask our repre- sentatives for his expulsion would have been downed without a strong protest. Miss Anthony may not know that ac- cording to Mormon doctrine there is nor even for a polygamous wife if she does not support her husband in con senting to his taking numerous wives" ROI ID MInnAY SAINE RORRE,RY