New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-31
MORMON W0MEN's STATUS.
Their Condition Makes Them Pitiable Mar
tyrs, SAYS Mrs. Weed.

TIA 1ro-nen witnesses n the Rrnoot Investigation
are Drawer than the Iasn, according 70 MIS-. malta
weed who, as a representative Of the Interde-
norn,natlonal Council OF Women. has been present.
Ct tie hearing from the beginning.
The women tel the truth" sasd Mrs. Weed at q
pa-lor meeting held yesterday afternoon at tho
home OF Mrs. George c. Penneu No SIS West one
hundred -and-fourth-st "or they lie only 10 shield
the.r polygarnous husbands and when they Go thAs
tie deception IS go evident as 70 be pitfu4
Speaking OF the woman witness Mrs Weed satdi
While che was tes1fying she shook like person
n 6 chill and the gszee OF the Mormon elders
pierced her Ike srlettoa ! know from experience
what that gaze Is I had thirty pairs Of Mormon
eyes riveted on me al meeting IN Chicago and
after the meeting one Of the elders came TO me
and said f. would be Just well for ms TO forget
3 story I had told II story Of q Mormon
husband who when his frat wife could not be
persuaded to allow him to marry another. went
eoodby and cut ber throat to save her soul.
This Is the shedding OF blood Tor the remission
Of sins, Of which you have read In the reports OK
the investigation ana you WIZ nave houGeo- =
you nave to!jo"eo le INA 81 49,; H Iesssn tbs
shock that these revelations nave given 10 the
i've YOU had yoGr throat cut yetT they are try
ing 10 make light OF This charge and throw dust
rs it true" asked a woman IN the audience.
'-tl2et the Mormon women are the greatest bul"aTk
Yes, taat Is perfectly true said Mrs Mrs Weed
They believe absolutely that their salvation de.
Inany sons viii have greater honor in the kingdom
OF heaven than the Virgin Mary, for Mary was
The mother Of only one God. while the Mormon
mother believes that she may be the mother of
many gods. With the MorTnOns any may be-
come G god Il IS part OF their creed that
are now, SO God once was, and as God now is, so
we may be- Every child born Of Mormon parentaSs
IS god IN embryo
But IL is rot true that the Mormon women are
happy. They are the most pitiable dupes and
''ASother question I am often asked Is how the
Mormon men are able TO support so many wives
when an ordinary man has as much rs he can 90
rha; The Mormon Church looks out for II, and
gives every Mormon wife hundred and sixty
acres OF land This Is great help to the mis-
EtOl2Tfes IN making converts Of women. know
Of case IN which maid converted IN q
short interview with Mormon missionary at the
door. She returned 70 her mistress and said she
door. who said he had the only revealed religion
and VINO promised her one hundred and sixty
OF land and q husband a woman didn't get
chance ike that every day. the maid said. and
che shouldn't miss Il when IL did come -
Referring to the frequent argument that It is
ridiculous for the Senators, many Of whom may
themselves sit in Judgment Reed Srnoot Mrs.
Weed said:
''There IS q difference between & thing acknowi-
edged 70 De a crime and the same thing made the
D6E' OF this religion The Mormon does not live
who does not believe IN poIygarny. II is absurd to
say that this tenet Of the Mormon creed Is dead
when Mormon elders Bereneiy and audaclously de-
clare that they Still practise It and will continue
70 practise II while the breath is in Their bodies
unless prevented by the laws Of the land If po-
lygaIny is dead II Is the Invest dead thing under
the sun
Ii conclusion Mrs. Weed satd that only the WON
OF the land could save 1t from the perm of Nor
LncnIsu. They must act and act quickly. for
re president Of the Mormon Church already con-
groI.eo the votes OF six States and when he Sc
cured the balance OF power 1t would be too late,