Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04
Mrs. Emily S. Richards Exhorts
horts Auditors to Use Fran
ohise for temperance.
FOR ACTIVITY IN POLITICS
Mrs ,Iulia p. NJ. Farnsworth Also
speaks at Length on Same Subject
AZ Relief Society Conference.

The afternoon and closing session OF
tbe Relief society conference convened
IN the Assembly hall. commencing at
n m. yesterday. 1t was the first
,,n,e that the organization has been in
,ossion two successive days, and each
meeting was more largely attended
,han It's predecessor. Only few emp
=, seats we're seen during the after
noon of Friday.
A number OF spirited addresses were
sc,verod, and the musical exercises
ssain were very interesting. BY special
seS,,est. Mrs Lizzie Thomas Edward
ssnq "Daughters of Zion Rejoice Ever
more" Robert II. Siddoway rendered
The solo. mo Cross, No Crown" Miss
ciairabel Gardiner sang Face TO
Face" and the hymns, "Oh we noun
taIns high" and 1.-The time is far spent"
were rendered by the congregation.
Airs Priscilla r. Jennings offered the
invocation and Mrs. Ruth May Fox pro-
nounced the benediction
BATHSHEBA w. SMITH.
President Bathsheba w. Smith ex-
4ended a welcme TO the congregation
IN a few we'll chosen words. pronounc
inc n blessing on all present and their
sisters throughout the Church, and
nromising that speakers would occupy
The pulpit thatwould be heard through
out the building
MRS. L. S. RICHARDS.
Mrs Emily S Richards said the in
,ontion Of the Prophet Joseph Smith
IN organizing the Relief society was
not only for the benefit of women, but
for the welfare of the entire human
family.
one great phase of women's work in
Utah and her sister states of Idaho,
wyoming and Colorado, said Mrs. Rich
ards is the exercise of the franchise.
A few women are alive to sense of
The responsibility of acknowledgements,
hut the majority are not All should
he active along these lines. The move
ments by women in public affairs have
for The most part been in the interest
of humane subjects, the care of chill
dren and kindness 10 animals. The
only trouble is that the sex has not
asked or demanded more rights in the
matter of public affairs.
In conclusion Mrs. Richards read an
excerpt from a letter written by Rev.
Anna Shaw, president of the National
Womans suffrage association, calling
mon the women of states where female
suffrage is enjoyed, to sound aSpirants
for national convention as to their at
titude towards woman's suffrage for
the entire nation.
MRS. JULIA FARNSWORTH.
Mrs Julia p. NJ. Farnsworth spoke
al length on the subject OF temper
ance A sketch was given OF the
life and Iabors of Miss Frances VIII
lard, the noted worker In the w. e.
n. U.
The speaker strongly admonished
Women to become active in politics
10 the extent of seeing that only tenn
perate men are elected to public Of
lice, and that legislators shall be
chosen who will see 10 1T that laws
are passed regulating the liquor traf-
&c, even to the extent of prohibition.
Strong drink is fast becoming a men
ace to the nation. and Utah is by no
means free from its communicating In
iluences. Such n condition should
rot be permitted to remain, for this
state should not be one whit behind
the foremost of her sisters in the
Union.
MRS NANCY PUGAIIRE.
Prest Nancy Pugmire reported the
Is composed OF 20 ward organizations.
The lady has a splendid voice for pub
liz speaking and at once won the rec
ignition of her listeners.
MRS. CARRIE THOMAS,
Mrs. Carrie j. Thomas of the gen.
eral board of Relief society, said that
from childhood she had placed the
mutto. Mothers in Israeli on a high
pedestal No higher or more honored
title can ever fall to the lot Of woman
kind
MRS. MARTHA TINGEY,
Mrs Martha H. Tingey, general
superintendent Of the 4. j.. NJ. l. A.,
asked If every woman present was
really converted To the two great prin-
eiples OF womans suffrage and tenn
Nraace No one can properly teach
principle she said. who il not thor
oughy imbued with ths principle.
MRS EMMELINE d. WELLS.
The women who have lived and Ia.
bored in the Relief society are rs
great and as deserving of honor as
We're the women of the Bible, with the
Single exception of the mother OF The
Son of Cod declared Mrs. Emmellne
l.. Wells,
Speaking Of the spread of Relief So
elety work, Mrs. Wells stated that 20
branches had lately been organized In
Europe by Mrs. H. Il. Penrose q
member OF the board. The Relief
society Us now represented In evory
part of the civilized world. Mrs.
Wells made an earnest plea FOR a re-
NVal ot the silk industry In Utah.