Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-30
Presbyterian General Assembly
Formally Asks Congress to
Expel Reed Smo0t
THE CREED is DENOUNCED
Unanimous Vote on Resolutions Which
Declare That Mormons Still Encour-
age and Practice Polyeamy in Viola
laton of the Law and Their Oats
End of the Session.

Los Angeles, May 3o.-Formal de-
nunciation of Mormonism and re-
quest that the United States senate and
house as we'll as the people of the
United States do all possible to eXpel
Apostle Reed Smoot from the senate
formed the chief feature of the closing
session of the 115th general assembly
of the Presbyterian church yesterday.
The assembly was unanimous on the
question, and adopted the following re-
solutions reported blythe Rev. DR.. w. w.
Holloway, from the standing committee
on home missions, to which the ques-
ton Of Mormonism had been referr-
ed:
Whereas. this hierarchy, the church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
persists in the active encouragement
and practice of polygamy in disregard
of their own pledges and oaths to the
contrary; in contempt of the clinical
convictions of the American people and
in defiance of the laws and constitu-
lions of the state and United States;
whereas, lIllS lleIdItHS teteitiS,
Jan. 90, 1903, thru the Utah legislature.
has had elected 10 the United States
senate a high ecclesiastic, one of its
chief authorities. the apostle Reed
Smoot, in direct violation of its pledges
to the nation to refrain from interfer-
ence with the affairs of states; and,
Whereas. this apostle, Senator Reed
Smoot. is a direct representative of
polygamy. born of its system and in
cordial sympathy with it as a divine
institution, revealed as a law of pri
mary obligation, and made mandatory
by the most solemn sanctions; and has
encouraged its perpetuation and pract-
ice by his personal influence as an
apostle, and,
Whereas, in thus doing this the
apostle senator aids and abets crimi
nails. menances the American people, is
unfaithful to the laws and constitution
of the United States pays his first al
legiance to the first presidency and
apostolate to which he belongs, and is
the American senate; therefore,
Resolved that this assembly most
respectfully but earnestly call upon the
people of the United States to use their
utmost endeavor, employing all honor
able means to secure the expulsion of
Apostle Reed Smoot from the halls of
the national senate, and urges the sem
ate itself and each member thereof to
exhaust all legal means to this end,
and in accordance with the provisions
of the federal constitution.
This assembly also calls upon the
people and congress of the United Stat
es in both houses and each member of
each house to employ and exhaust all
legal means to secure such an amend
ment to the federal constitution as
shall define legal marriage as mono
gamic and make polygamy under ev-
cry guise and practice a crime against
the United States punishable by ade-
quatc penalties, including the olsen
reimbursement and disqualification to
vote or to hold office in the United
States or in any state or territory UNI
der the jurisdiction of the United
States
DR.. Henry Van Dyke presented from
the bills and overtures committee a
resolution, submitted by the committee
on home missions, reciting the pitiful
condition of 5000 or 1000 Indians on
the Maricopa and Pima reservations in
Arizona because of lack of water, and
urging the secretary of the interior at
Washington to take steps without de-
lay for the erection of reservoir at
San Carlos on the ella river for the
relief of the Indians. The resolution
was adopted unanimously
The general assembly dissolved at
4:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon, all
business before it having been COM
pleted.