The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-04-14
THE MOVEMENT AGAINST SM00T

We are in receipt Of the following
circular letter which il self expana
tory
SATiosAL LEAGUE or woNgs's ORGANIZATIONS
Formed To
Protect The Country Against The Unreasonable
And PolyRamous Teachings And Practices O
Mnrmonism, And to Maintain Christian
Ideals Of Marriage
March II, 1904
Dear Sir At meeting Of the Executive
Board Of the National League Of WOmru's
Organizations Of America. held Mt the Capitol
IN Washington, resolution was unanimOusl y
adopted requesting that on Sunday, March n
or as soon thereafter ~ possible, every clergy
man IN the United States ask every man in his
congregation 30 write 10 his Senators, request
ing them, in view Of the evidence already pre-
scented in the case Of Reed Smoot, to vote
against the retention Of said Smoot in the high
est law making body in the country.
For the honor Of American womanhOod, and
the protection Of the moral standards Of the
American home. the National League Of
women p Organ zaiion rcprcsei,tinRat least a
million women nsks this ~ the minister's Of
the Country, In aid OF their battle In defense OF
the home on which the safety Of the nation
rests
Earnestly requesting your cooperation In
maintaining :hn moral standards ola Christian
nation, W. are
Respectfully yours
MIS- Frederic Schon Phila, Pa, Chairman,
Executive Committee
Mrs Darwin =, James, New York N y.
Vice Chairman
MR. Alfred y Warner, 1902 Delaware Ave
Wilmington Del Secretary
Mrs Tcunis Iipmlin, 1906 Connecticut Ave
Washington, -. G., Treasurer
DR. Sarah j Elliott New York
Mrs j. = Mumford Philadelphia
Mrs Margaret Dye Ellis, Washington, ID e.
Mrs Howard w tippincnit Philadelphia,
Mrs Charles Thorpe Philadelphia.
~. , ~. 4. . Mo-.
Mrs Theodore Birney. Washington u G,
Miss Mary a Buruham Philadelphia
Mrs Joseph Price, West Chester, PA
Mrs Henry f Blount, Washington, y C.
As we remarked above this letter IL
self explanatory The movement needs
no aid from na else we wonld give il
our unqualified endorsement and oui
hearty support II IL the spontaneous
uprising of national sentiment, a
sentiment born Of long ages Of civiliza
ton and which no freak religion can
ever eradicate
We have said before and we say again
that the relation Of the Mormon Church
to this nation must be- defined less by
the rules Of Blackstone than by the die.
tate- Of deep planted instinct AZ far a.
the investigation Of Reed Smoot is con
cerned nothing his NJ yet been brought
out to show that he il u polygamist. A
great deal indeed has been brought ont
in reference to his religion which WA
cxtrancons to the point Of the invest.
CATION. But this much Of vital lmpor
TANGO has been brought out, namely
that Mr. Smoot is the representative II
a band Of avowed polygamists who are
confoasedly bnt awaiting their time to
practice their belief extensively and in
the open The mere fact that some Of
them still continuo To co habit with
plural wives acquired before Utah was
admitted 10 statehood il OF slight i'm.
port compared with the fact that the
leaders Of the church one and all have
indicated their unfatering belief in the
pernicious doctrine II il this belief
that Is to be feared and that puts the
MormOns on au entirely different basis
from the rest Of the community in
which they live and which will always
mitigate against their being allowed
in that community