The Springfield herald., 1905-07-14
.EPW0RTH PLATFORM
LEAGUE PASSES RESOLUTIONS
Declares Against Saloons and Army
canteen-Protests Against Admis-
sion Of Senator smoot-calIs for
Stricter Divorce Laws.

Stricter Divorce Laws.
Denver, July 10.-The seventh inter
national convention Of the Epworth
League closed its work las. night after
adopting the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the National Bureau
of Reforms, of which DIR. w. F. Crafts
is the secretary, the Lords Days AL
lance of the Dominion of Canada, and
other similar associations having for
their purpose the promotion of civic
righteousness and moral reform legis'
lation, be heartily commended to the
support of league members through
out the United States and the Domin-
ion Of Canada.
Resolved, That we believe the tenn
perance movement to be especially
important to the social conditions OF
our own times, and that no compro-
mise should be made in the incessant
warfare that must be carried on by
the church of God against all forms
of intemperance. That We reaffirm our
conviction that the Methodist Church
is the greatest and most efficient tenn
perance agency in the world. and urge
Epworth League members everywhere
to adhere closely to the position of
Methodism in its warfare against the
liquor traffic in all its forms. And
that we hereby heartily commend all
the forces that are working for the
promotion of temperance and prohibit
tion Of the liquor traffic by education
and legislation. and we express our
especial qualification over the sub
stantial victories won and the encour-
aging progress made by the Anti-Sa-
loon League in the United States and
the Dominion Alliance in Canada, and
recommend to Methodist young people
earnest cooperation with other
churches and organizations through
these mediums.
Resolved, That we urge upon our
league members and all others whom
we may influence the courageous ad-
vocacy of social standard by which
the law of purity shall bear equally
upon men and women.
Resolved. That inasmuch as Reed
Smoot. senator-elect from the state OF
Utah. is subservient to a system that
is antagonistic to the purity and in
tegrity OF the American home and
subversve of the law of the land by
reason of his official relation to the
Mormon hierarchy, We earnestly and
solemnly protest against his admission
to a seat in the supreme legislative
body of tie nation, and we urge upon
the attention of Congress the need of
passing laws making 1t henceforth I'M
possible for representatives of such
treason-working system to obtain
seats in the legislative bodies OF the
United States. And we urge the Con-
gress of the United States to submit
to the people constitutional amend
ment prohibiting polygamy or plural
marriages within the territory OF the
United States.
Resolved, That we are fixed in our
attitude of uncompromising opposition
to the sale of beer, wine and spirits
in the army canteens and deplore the
advocacy of the canteen by officers OF
the army and others as place for
dispensing intoxicants; and that we
cali attention to the dangerous confu-
sion ION the part of such advocates)
of the moral issues involved with the
separate question OF the provision py
innocent means for all the social and
material needs of our soldiers.
Resolved. That the growing evil OF
divorce calls for uniform Legislation
by which the whole nation should be
protected from the evils of legallzed
lust and encroachment upon the sane
tity of the marriage bond.
Resolved, That the Hepburn-DolliVer
bill for the prevention of the inter
state transportation of intoxicants in
plain violation of the prohibitory laws
of the several states deserves and mas
our hearty approval, and that we seek
to influence, by all right means. mem
bers of the national legislature in the
interest of the bill.