Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-18
OLYGAMY IS fLAYEO
Salt Lake Pastor Scores the
Utah Senator.
HIS EXPULSION IS URGED
Big Mass Meeting at Metropolitan
N. E. Church. ri
AUSPICES OF W0MANS LEAGUE
Rev. Paden Strongly Denounced Nor
monism - Says Apostles Live
With Plural Wives.
OF woMAN's LEAGUE

Rev. DR.. William NJ. Paden. pastor Of
the First Presbyterian Church Of Salt Lake
City, Utah. who came to Washington on the
specific mission to tell what he knows
about the practices of the Norman Church.
and plural marriages in particular, deliv-
cred long and most scathing arraignment
OF that hierarchy and its disciples from
the pulpit of the Metropolitan M. e.
Church. John Marshall place, last evening
before very large audience.
DR.. Paden. who is president Of the Min
isterial Association of the Northwest took
occasion during his remarks to pay his
respects to Senator Knox. declaring that
the senator from Pennsylvania 'in defend
ing Reed Smoot in a speech in the Senate
( aquiesced in polygamous living"
Rev. Frank Bristol also contributed an
Interpolation criticising Senator Knox and
those with him defending Smoot by saying
that IF the Senate fails to unseat the
Mormon senator 1t will mean that the Gen
tiles of the United States are not repre-
scented in the Senate"
One of Dr. Paden's most significant dec
larations was that polygamous living, in
stead of dying out, claimed by the
Norman Church. has been more practiced
in the last five years than in the previous
twenty-five years"
passage from Scripture supporting the
point in advance that the plea and prayers
OF unclean spirits was and is, " Art thou
come to torment us before our time? Let
US alone As applied to conditions among
the Mormons which We have to deal with"
he continued, this means let those who
are living In polygamy alone; leave them
to the penalties OF the worlds to come or,
as Senator Hopkins of Illinois put It, the
president of the Mormon church is destined
like Brigham Young. to have his acts and
deeds passed upon by a just Judge, and
will then pay in full penalty for the crimes
he committed while on earth: meanwhile
we are to let him alone; in other words he
reflects the words of the unclean spirit He
wants the people of the United States to
leave polygamous living alone till the day
of Judgment. To let Reed Smoot retain his
seat in the Senate is TO indorse this policy"
DR.. Paden maintained that this is the
ethical plea made by the signers of the
minority report in the Smoot case ut
amounts to this. he declared. The major
ity OF the people of Utah have agreed in
the continuance OF polygamous living. They
have not made war on it but have acqui-
esced. and in so doing have taken not only
the wisest course, but probably the only
course that promises effective and salts
factory results. To put II briefly their
plea is: The majority OF the people of
Utah acquiesce in the continuance OF polyg-
anus living. President Smith and the
prophets. seers and revelators of the Nor
mon church, including apostle-prophet- Seer
and revelator. Senator Reed Smoot acqui-
esce. Therefore the people of the United
States should acquiese. The polygamy de-
tenders. including Reed Smoot, do acqui-
esce In the continuance OF polygamous liv-
ing: the majority of the people In the
church and state in which il dominate ac-
quiesce. Therefore the wisest course to
take with the unclean spirits is to let them
alone.
The Let-Alone Policy.
Then they make the plea that the people
of the United States. having in times
passed acquiesced, have let the unclean
spirit alone. they must now. In all charity.
continue their let-alone policy. They plead