Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-29
EVILS OF MORMONIsM
ADDRESS BY MRS. FRED T. DUBOIS
BEFORE LOCAL UNION.

A forcibe address against THE Evils of
Mormonism'' was made by Mrs. Dubois,
wife of Senator Fred T. Dubois of Idaho, at
the meeting Of the womens International
Union yesterday at Calvary Baptist
Church. She declared the suppression of
Mormonism 10 be matter of the greatest
Importance to women. Action was taken
by the union against Mormonism and polyg-
amy. in which the members of the United
States Senate are urged to unseat Senator
Reed Smoot of Utah The officers of the
union were elected to serve another year.
Mrs. ]. H. Robinson, president of the
union, presided.
Reports of the progress of missionary
work or the various denominations were
read as follows: Methodist, by Mrs. Clara
l.. Roach and Mrs ]. Ellen Foster; Baptist,
by Mrs. Charles F. Winbigler: Christian, by
Mrs. Emma baltimore; United Brethren
by Mrs. w. Topham, and Lutheran, by Mrs.
]. G. Butler.
Miss c. NJ Hankemeyer a Congrega-
tional missionary in New Mexico, said the
great maj ority of people in her territory
are of mixed Spanish and Indian blood. and
stand almost alone without a well-dehned
religion, as they can hardly. she declared.
be called Catholics. for frequently images
of the Virgin Mary and Indian idols are to
be found side by side in their homes, and
they seem to combine their religion with
idolatry Miss Hankemeyer dwelt upon the
great need for physicians and teachers
among this class of people in New Mexico,
and urged that more of these be sent there.
Miss Charlotte I. Holman a missionary
stationed at Ajmere, India. made an ado
dress in which she spoke of the great har-
mony which exists In the Indian mission
field among the missionaries of the various
denominations. The report of the mission
work of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union was made by Mrs. Margaret Dye
Ellis.
Regarded as Serious.
Mrs Dubois in her address against Nor
monism said she believes this to be more
serious question than is realized. In point
ing out the evils of polygamous marriages
she said that she knew of a man who mar
ried sisters and of another who married a
widow, who had a young daughter by a
former marriage, and that when the daugh-
ter grew up her stepfather married her also.
She stated that she thought il the duty of
all Christian women when so assembled to
protest against Mormonism and polygamy
because of their dreadful evils.
Mrs. Dubois spoke most earnestly on tho
duty of the ChriStion women of the land
protesting increasingly against the presence
of Mr. Smoot in the Senate, and petitoning
that he be unseated.
The reports of the secretary and treasurer
were given and also the annual report shows
ing that this union had held two largely att
tended public meetings, both ant-Mormon.
and had also arranged for the week OF
prayer held annually the first week in
January.
After address against Mormonism by
Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis, anti-Mormon
resolutions were adopted declaring that
las mothers. wives and sisters, we view
with alarm and apprehension the continued
Entertainments of this great hierarchy on
the sacred influences of the home.
THAT in their book of Doctrines and
Covenants they continue to teach that
polygamy is right and essential to saliva
ton.
THAT the president of the church, Joseph
H. Smith, is living in poygamous cohabita-
ton with five wives, that eight out of tho
twelve apostles are openly living with
plural wives, thus defying the law of the
state and nation, and proving that the
Mormon hierarchy have broken their VOW
to the government, by which Utah received
statehood.
That in the interest of morality and
good government we mist earnestly urge
the members of the Senate to vote for the
unseating of Reed Smoot of Utah. that the
exalted position now occupied by him may
be filled by a man representing the law-
abiding element of the state.
That we shall continue our endeavor I'M
til the Constitution of the United States
shall be amended, DISTINGUISHING all polyg-
amists"
The officers of the union elected yester-
day are: Mrs. J. H. Robinson, president;
Mrs. Clara l.. Roach, first vice president;
Mrs. Clinton Smith, second vice president;
Miss S. L. Weightman, secretary, and Mrs.
o. B. Brown, treasurer.