Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-26
SHOOTS REMOVAL IS ASKED
Presbyterian General Assembly Declares
Mormon Church 10 BE Reasonable,
INSTITUTIONS SAID TO Be THREATENED
senator from Utah Declared TO ne IN
Full Accord with Men who
would Destroy Cow
eminent.

eminent.
DIES MONIES, Ia, May Sat the open
ing session of the Presbyterian General Az
sembly today Commissioner Samuel Wish
ard, d. D.. of Utah presented memorial
TO the United states senate praying the re-
moval Of Reed Smoot as senator from
Utah. Amid scenes Of greatest excitement
and demonstration and without a dissent
ing vote. the resolutions, were adopted and
ordered Immediately dispatched to Wash
ington.
The resolutions are as follows:
Whereas, The Mormon hierarchy claims
the right and authority TO make constitu-
tons. presidents and kings, also asserts
mon priesthood; and,
Whereas, Its teachers, claiming inspira-
ton, declare that the government OF the
United States and All other governments
must be uprooted; and,
Whereas, Reed Bmoot, claiming to be an
apostle OF Jesus Christ, with all authority,
is living in harmony with this teaching, and
in harmony with prophet, seer and revelator
WSo have s%on hat ssS we're Violating
and.
whereas, These violators Of the law are
a reasonable organization; therefore be II
Resolved, That as citizens OF this govern
ment we earnestly petition the senate Of
the United states to declare his seat vacant
and thus help remove this reasonable
menace to our free institutions.
Resolved, That we urge sll of our minis
tiers to inform themselves OF the reasonable
teachings Of the Mormon hierarchy in refer
ence to civil governments and citizen rights.
Resolved, That a copy Of this action Of
church in the Tinted states OF American,
in session Al Des Moines, Ia, be transmit
ted TO- the senate and the president OF these
Union Sentiment High.
| Church union sentiment reached Its high
est pitch in the Presbyterian general as
| sembly here today when a delegation OF
| seventeen commissioners from the Cumber-
land Presbyterian assembly we're received
| in the assembly of the northern church,
now in session In this city. AS the hour OF
| 10:3O-the time set for receiving the Wis
| itors-arrived dead silence fell over the
great convention hall. containing the $50
commissioners and about 1000 visitors.
The next instant the air was rent with
cheers as the whole gathering came to It's
feet, following the appearance of the visit
ing delegation at the front doors OF the
Auditorium.
Half the delegation was led down one
aisle and half down the other by re-
ception committee of prominent commits
| SlOueEbs Dc1OIe lne1 piobiVSSSu hNe
feet pandemonium had broken loose. Men
climbed onto the chairs. women leaned far
out over the balconies and box ratings and
everyone waived a hat or a handkerchief
The applause was deafening and continued
while the visitors were marched to the
front of the hall and escorted to the stage
and for FIVE minutes afterward.
Cumberland Delegates introduced.
The seventeen visitors were drawn W
in a row facing the crowd. Stated CLERK
w. II. Roberts announced to the assembly
who they were and then introduced then
one by one to Moderator Hunter Corbett
: the Cumberland moderator, Ira Landrith
being first presented. When the modera
tors OF the churches. which were two yes
terday and one today, clasped hands ex
: actly in the center and at the front edRt
I of the stage, the demonstration reached
It's zenith, commissioners and visitors real
izing that actual union had at last come
to pass.
As each visitor was formally introduced
to Moderator Corbett he stepped forward
, and the two clasped hands, while the grea
: ball swelled with round after round O
, applause When the ceremony was con
cluded there was scarcely a dry eye ii
the Auditorium. The visitors were thei
pTtbeHleu 10 tfc assembly anu NdIH OtlIN
cred a brief address, expressing Joy ant
gratitude at the contamination of the re
union OF the two churches The visitor
were as follows: W. J. Darby. Evans
Vile, Ind. ]. Frank Smith, Dallas; L. &
Kirkes, Amarillo, Tex: L. Il Darby. Kinks
Vile, Mo-; e r. Beard, Lebanon, Tenn.
Ira I.andrith Nashville; s. F. Stahl For
n Smith, Ark; W. ]. Fisher. San Fran
cisco; w p. Bone, Lebanon, Tenn j.
= Aubry, Sterling, Colo; T. A. White, Arson
Tex; u c. Howard, Stamford. Tex; @. 6
: Davis, Abilene Tex; J. M Hubburts Mar
. shall. Mo-; j. D. Boone. Sulphur. l. T.
;. The assembly today passed a resoiutio
: providing for a combination OF all evangel
icai churches against the liquor traffic. Al
invitation was extended by the assembly /
other churches to appoint committees .
> meet for the purpose OF drafting plans 70
4 the work The meeting place Of the genera
committee will be named later. Withou
comment the report OF the committee o.
church erection was adopted.
A The report OF the standing committe
on church erection adopted by the al
sembly showed that 2g1 churches had bee
erected at an expense Of S2T2 8e4 A splen
did church was erected at Havana. Cuba
toward which one woman contribute
$4,000 The board recognizes an increas
in the number OF churches erected and a
8 advance in the character Of buildings. Tn
4 largest award for church erection went
South Dakota. Sl5,eso.
Total receipts from the board from a
= departments was $S17,S10.
The board called attention TO the necet
sity OF contributions for Cuba and Cal
fornia. the latter because OF the reeen
:, earthquake and FIRE.
K Next Meeting In Columbus.
n Columbus, o., was today chosen as tn
r. meeting place for next years session O
the Presbyterian general assembly, defeat
/. ing St. Louis by an overwhelming vote o
i. the first ballot. The contest was quiet an
Il without the usual sensational features
I Tonight a popular meeting in the interes
r Of temperance was held. An EFFORT will b