New-York tribune., 1902-10-03
ANTl-MORMoN CAMPAIGN.
WOMEN OF THE CITY To RENEW Eff
FORTS OK BEHALF OF AMENDMENT.

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The women OF the cify who are interested Oh
seeing the auti-polyEamy amendment passed AZ ths
next session of Congress are preparing Tor an
active campaign 20 bring about their object
petition bearing the signatures OF a million voters
from al over the union rs nov before the judiciary
committee. Parlor meetings wiz be held. Womeu'S
clubs viii be addressed, and literature distributed
u the petition should receive the attention OF
the judiciary committee az the coming session ot
Congress the labor - collecting names viii have
70 be gone through with again.
What want do is 10 arouse the women or
the country" said Miss Sarah Elliott, of Eliza
beth, y j. who has recently returned from JtaA,
20 a Tribune reporter. Miss Elliott. who is g cea-
CONFESS OF tho Protestant Episcopal Church, has
lived eight wears in Utah. When asked. apropos o.
the proposed constitutional amendment which viii
make polygamy uat.oual crime concerning the
conditions IN Utah. Miss Elliott sah
Personally am very fond OF the Mormon peo-
pie. but polyEamy st.l exists among them. Poiyg-
amy IS un-Americau, 10 rs ana insult 20 American
Noua~hc0d NV whole feeling against Mormouism
Is that it degrades character and Gnd-rmir-s the
family. P0ygamy stil exists in Utah, although it
Is hard 10 prove n legally Why is it nor punished
in the courts. II is The fine is S. or IN The case
o. a rich man q may b- Increased 10 Sic. u Is a
State and not a national. offence. and the
courts are always on the side Of the offender. the
punishment Is "a nominal one.
with hundreds of Mormon women poygamy Is
8 Uf their religion IAf To say 'ltl ii"t are
dfsranlltahIe women IS very wrong Mormon women
are often cultured and brilliant. but the best OF
them feel no sense ~ degradation IN being the
third or fourth wife. That Is where they are alb
normal 1noy are among the most strenuous Gp-
holders of polygamy. The uitter'st opponents OF
tHe proposed amendment
I'm the spring the Mormon women In co-h'l
assembled in Salt Lake city said Pray Tor u.s.
sisters. We going on mission 70 washington
% avert legislation THAI is adverse 10 U.S. -\oN' Il
poIygamy Is really abolished In ltaH as thr MOT
mons assert and some Geutiles believe, hoW cot-d
s-y legislation along that line possibly harm them:
Why are they 30 opposed 20 law the only eiIrci
OF which would b. TO make criminal what a'-oi-
iuF to them. no longer eNistsF
.of the political aspects Of Mom0uism," Miss
Elliott continued Il as a Nom an, know Ati-e rA-
c.gt that the Institution Is growing IN every part
of .hg irtermo1u'aiu region. HaFlnE secured to"''
through Statehood the Mormons are no" 4''''','
ON securing al least the balance of power lA s.'1"
States az Idaho Nevada and 'ailioiiH'' p" @
thar time comes they Will be- IN position 10 dc
tate terms 90 political parties. The Mormon
CHURCH Is dreaming always of an empire IT'D tl' ~
termogntain region. ana This i s fast sgcgmp.isG- @
y has nolrisning missions ln Ny"-lotH -,sliy
converts are made lu the south ,s..- go
Any woman IN ian who = s15 iTnm the
government This scheme rs being Norhta N'lS
po.ygsrng T6e man vim trrre wives mas clearly
considerable advantage over CHE man WIN ,tI On,
Nil only one. was once reported ~ -, 10 -,
M1tmCrFm is bad now vas nftA years 49,
never said that M0TmUusm ls nov >" 't'H "-'s
frank was. but j uO less danbei o~s ai5u
lnsldio4s AS NormoUs believe thar 600 lilri-l9
q give The world them. they are gong ahoul I's
eonqlest Ike the sensible people ih'y are ~ 81
N9Ioushly lT.rriCal way. --. 49,
. Natural conditions ore much better in iah lilaa
Nney We're even twenty years ago f1.i lit 'ai--s
ola bitter quarrel ON between Mormon ditN
Senlle The Gentle is dlSCTtTuludtfd aEalli-l, m
sNef} way. though not $50 much ln bis t-llrS, .lN'
ssu Lake 'lfy. rs Ben small setteInent7 hr N'I
mons themselves acknowledge This calmly SAT-
AXE tity iz q show UlaCr-fne saints MAKE ~ -
~ purpose n is beautiful. brilliant CITY. ana -
EASTERN tourist comes and spends n feN oaN7 aiiN
= oetooled hy glamour To see Mormonism as l-
one must 60 INTO the back counties t'ne may
- iong time in Utah before reaAzlHs tle t1N.t
- Priesthood. vet n forms a su1tie hetNNih n
Ss..laclng every department II hfe - strons -
olsm even now that it took S-if' ana t4ie
p-L-LHsal minds ~ the country 20 deIedt - ~.
-.-I's when he wanted 10 SIT IN Congress itl
s-ttr urge that education viii stamp olt PolE
sS-[l don't believe n will Tor by the thlt W
t--.auon could De completed MormOnism would
Country.
iarn say this Is a Womans question. 50 u Is
r.c-'eetAN involves the moral and social desfada-
L...-,N Nt women, and women naturally tee4 more
aDlt m than men. Tne lnterdenonllilat tl9ila4
-s--illi OF Women for Christian and PatnOtlc ser
-. n-s petition signed by million voters be
te Ut .icary Committee. and feels hopeful ot
k.a-.e me proposed amendment carried. because X
st...Te 80 American always rises 70 the
,rtr-s ~ ne American woman, and ~ she VII but
-. nrt objection 10 polyEamv he VIII see mat
urs.h - heard. i cannot believe that American
ei-.en VII continue 20 permit condition of az
49, - anomalous 50 un-American and 80 deroga-
'' I'D t1e-r own Wonanhood. 70 endure