The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-09

Delegates Last Night.
Detroit. Mich, July Sim both tents
of the Christian Endeavor convention
| today, resolutions which had been
adopted by the board of trustees were
read, calling upon all Endeavorers to
do their utmost toward preventing
Congressman Roberts of Utah from as
Stunning his seat in congress. The Rob-
erts resolutions were as follows:
THE board of trustees of the United
Society of Christian Endeavor, speak
ing in behalf of over 100000 Ameri-
cans, solemnly declare their conviction
that the seating of Brigham II. Rob-
ertS of Utah as repreSentatve-at-larg
from that state in the F'ifty-sixth con-
gresS would be, and would be generally
understood to be, d conformation OF the
crime of polygamy; a blow at the sane
tity of the marriage relation, and a
peril to the purity and integrity of the
family, upon which our civil and re-
ligious institutions so largely depend.
We consequently call upon our rep
reSentativeS in the national congress
to rise above all partisan and sectional
and personal considerations, and in de-
Tense of our reputation and character
as a law-abiding people, to deny Mr..
Roberts a seat among our national
aw-makerS."
Accompanying the resolutions was
submitted a memorial to congress to
be signed by EndeavOrers, urging tut
most endeavor to accomplish Mr.. Rob
ertS' expulsion, in accordance with the
provisions of the national constitution,
article l, section ,, as follows:
Each house may determine the
afc-f7
members for disorderly behavior. and,
with the concurrence of two-thiros,
eXpel member
Legal Marriage Monogamic.
The memorial also urges submission
of a constitutional amendment TO the
Legislatures of the states, defining legal
marriage to be monOSamic and making
polygamy and pOlygamous cohabitatio1
a crime punishable by severe penal
ties including Acknowledgement and
disqualification from holding any fed
eral or state office
a decidedly anglo Saxon spirit was
impaired To the speeches at the Chris
tian EndeavOr peace jubilee" held on
Belle island this evening. All the
| speakers were representatives of Eng
| disappearing countries, American and
British and all sentiments favoring
greater friendship and closer relations
N L
subjects were heartily cheered.
Wet. raw weather throughout the day
| caused considerable curtailment of the
attendance, but at 4 o'clock after the
sun had at last shown forth, several
thousand EndeavorerS had grouped
about the speakers stand erected in
| one of the pretty groves of DetroitS IS
| land park President Clarke, who pre-
sided, spied Mayor Maybury in the
crowd, and called him to the platform.
In a. short speech, made later, the
mayor spoke of the appropriateness OF
Belle isle for the scene OF a peace
meeting since history had recorded
that Indians had always held the is
land sacred since no blood of either
savage or civilized men had ever been
shed in violence there, although nu-
merous battles had been fought else.
where through the same region
An Appeal For Peace.
After singing patriotic songs and
God Save the Queen" the following
memorial was read with the announce
ment that its sentiments had already
been endorsed by the Hon. Andrew D.
White, president of the United states
commission to the peace conference:
ITO the senate and house OF repre-
sentativeS of the United States or
America: We, whose names are affixed
hereto, are members and friends or the
societies of Christian Endeavor, num-
bering in this country over 10000 or
PLANTATIONS with more than 2,oOo,OOO
members and in foreign lands over A.
600 organizations with nearly 1,OOO,OOO
members. 1t is the sense OF our world
wide fellowship that impels us to this
memorial.
Canada. Great Britain and Australia
contain hundreds of thousands whom
we have come to honor and love as
brethren. Among the HindooS and
Persians, the Chinese and japanese, the
natives of Africa and Madagascar, the
republics of South America, are large
numbers who are thus closely knit to
us Our comrades in Christian En-
deavors are found in France, Italy,
Germany, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey,
Greece, Norway, Sweden, Holland.
Denmark Austria ana Belgium In
Spain itself, our foe in the late war,
is a rapidly increasing number of them
and Christian Endeavorers were found
in each of the opposing armies
Adherence of War.
I'm view Of these facts, we wish to
express our adherence of war and our
solemn conviction that il is the duty OF
every civilized nation to do all In It's
power toward making war Impossible
we wish to record our desire for the
speedy establishment of an lnterna-
tiOnal conference TO discuss TINS matter
proposed by the car of Russia. and 10
urge our country to act promptly upon
the proposals of the conference. Ana
especially we desire by our signatures
to appeal for the immediate considera-
ton of the question of arbitration pc
tween this nation and Great Britain.
that the Anglo-SaX race may become
united in the interests OF peace anu
good will
ting this memorial. we are
srrboldened by the assurance of a cor
dial reception on the part of large num-
beers of our legislators. and we are con-
6dent that the congress of the United
States of America will, in the future
as in the past, prove true
May the divine blessing attend your
deliberations"
The Rev. James L. Hill of Salem,
Mass. first spoke for the United States
..eince the morning stars sang together