The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-25
SHE BELIEVES IN PoLYGAMY.
It is Not Practised Because It |
 Against the Law.

It is Not Practised Because It Is
 Against the Law. l The Kansas City branch of the La
 dies Relief society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Is | holding its annual meeting and Mrs
 Anna T. Hayde and Mrs. Sarah J. Can non, two active workers from Salt Lake City. are here reviewing the national 1 work with them. The first session con- vened yesterday morning and was con- tinued all day. The society will meet 1 again this morning at Il o'clock, and again this evening at o'clock. Mrs. Hayde, who is an interesting talker, was the principal speaker dur ing the morning, She reviewed the work from the time the society started in 1S42 up to the present time. Mrs. Hayde is very proud of the relief soci- ety.
 You know" she said, Eve are the oldest organization of women in the world. Our organization has existed ever since the revelation which came to | Emma Smith in March F, 1S42, when Christ said: I now turn the key to you in the name of God, and this society shall rejoice and knowledge and intel ligence shall flow from this time The prophet Joseph Smith, John Taylor and Willard Richards met with eighteen la dies for the purpose of organizing a so- ciety whose object, as stated by the prophet, was to provoke the brethren to good works in looking to the wants of the poor, searching after objects of charity, administering to their wants, to assist by correcting the morals and strengthening the virtues of the com munity, and save the elders the trouble of rebuking, that they may give their time to other duties and continue in their public teaching"
 Mrs Hayde is from the fountain head of Mormonism.
 You call us Mormons," she said to the reporter, but we call ourselves Latter Day Saints. Out in Utah we are doing great deal of work. We women own real estate, grain, stocks and thls year we have taken up the industry of silk raising. Not long ago we pre- sented Susan R. Anthony with beau tiful black silk dress made from our own silk, so you see we have been doing something"
 "To which branch of the Latter Day Saints do you belong?" was asked.
 Well there are no two distinct branches" she replied. T suppose we come under the head of what people call the Brighamtes.
 "Then you do or do not believe in----'' the reporter hesitated for a word.
 "Polygamy-you might as well say lieve in it, but, understand, we don't practice it. You see one of our doc- trines is obedience to the jaw of the land. The law of the land is against the practice. and so we submit. I do believe firmly in this--in what you call nv--for I have seen 1t practiced, and the women and men are more vir- tlous and happier. If Isaac and Jacob and the others of the Bible believed in it. why cannot we. There is founda- ton for it all in the Scripture. The women out in Salt Lake are not jealous of their husbands, neither are the hus- bands jealous of them, and they all live happily. The husband takes care of and educates all the children and provides for the wives. I believe in 1t, and some day I think the world will come to take the same view of the mat ter. In my mind, it is the best and l only true relationship"
 'Is it on this subject of polygamy | that the Latter Day Saints are di- | vided?"