Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-06
..,rcr.Lro THE "NEws,"l

,sprcIAL TO THE "NEws"l
Lexington. p. c., Feb. 6. = the
, 5,n. room OF the committee on ju-
e. n the House was crowded THIS
I.-sIag by a tlrong Of ladies and gen
4 l.mso who appeared to .denounee Nor
f.,l.n and poygamy. The men were
/ minister's. representatives Of all the
F,,,..tant denominations, and as rule
1 .bers OF the missionary boards Oh
| 4, ,hnrcbes. The ladies were OF that
! IN type who devote their lives to the
| AN q social reforms and who EN-
L. when possible, opportunities 10
4 ~ from lie the horrors and vices
La they seek to correct.
/ ne annual convention OF the Nation
nal Woman's Suffrage convention is
4 sspt 10 be held In this city, and many
| ne veteran workers In that cause
Sgr present,
/ Not member Of Congress who has
\ ,Diuced any Of the many resolutions
1 amend the Constitution TO suppress
\ ygsmy was present. Every member
4 Hs Judiciary committee was present
H. al listened attenuyely.
! Gen. J. Eaton introduced the speakers.
E,ays addresses, he said, would be
n b. nature OF testimony OF the hor-
q md sin OF polygamy, gathered by
be- who have witnessed 1t. AT
tsir, date, speakers would appear be-
be the committee who would submit
b. Arguments In favor Of amending
b. Constitution.
~ Ray, the chairman Of the COM
tuse promised Mr. Eaton that the
k,nmliiee would eheerfully accord an
Opportunity for legal argument.
Bishop satterlee, the bishop Of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese Of Wash
'tEoR spoke for 8 moment on the
sancily Of home life. and trusted that
hauonlsm the most insidlous enemy
p he domestic hearth, would soon be
sboIished.
d. J, A. S, Hobart a Baptist minis
ie expressed the pleasure the Baptists
p this country had at the expulsion Of
l@oerts from Congress.
d. Randolph McKlm. the rector Of
p most fashionable Episcopal church
7 Washington, claimed that In spite OF
'as pfoiestations Of the Mormon au-
la9'lties polygamy sull remained the
Backbone Of Mormonlsm.
d. A B, Leonard, Of the missionary
iEleiy Of the Methodist church, adj
eNssed himself TO the question really
Before the committee. He expressed his
conviction that the anti-polygamy
amendment TO the Constitution would
. Promptly ratified by the legislature
O every State in the Union.
John A. Dix. Of the home board Of
h'sons Of the Presbyterian church.
Declared that polygamy was not a re-
lsoas question, but one to be dealt
'AA BY the federal power. No reliance
0ald be placed In the Mormon hierar-
''y, which the clergyman then pro-
.''aed to denounce vigorously. Mr.
uAoh spoke Of The wide spread of Nor
. !. IN Idaho. Wyoming, and other
'1'es besides Utah
representative Alexander OF Buffalo.
member Of the committee. asked Mr..
na'n Il the Mormons in these other
''a's' outside Of Utah, contracted plu.
=. - Marriages to which Mr. Dixon re-
,I'' mat he dii not know. Mr.. Ray.
~ chairman Of the committee. inter-
~ - Don't you know, DR..
Ion he asked, that in
! nos every State there are men with
,. ..5s or four legal wives. due to the
49, '',on o. our marriage and divorce
-sA Don't you think that a uniform
amaze and divorce law would reach
~, 'sl as efectually as any other
.'. ,'s'a' gentlemen expressed their
~ " approval Of such a law.
:. ~ !, L R. Foole Of Brooklyn said that
-, -' eyes Of the Mormon" Church IN
-, ~. Of al its leaders pretense, poly.
'.'n folly. WV " "O'
'-'n came the ladies'. Mrs. James. OF