Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-27
TRIBUNE Taxing
mold [. !. SWEET n WAY
Mrs. Alice B. Locke Of the Macca-
bees on the Grannis
Interview.
MRS. HoLLIsTER N PRESENT
Was Not Able to Be at Womcn's Meet
Ing iii Seattle on account of
Sickness.

Sickness.
Mrs. Alice Is. Locke. state commando
ser of the ladies Of the Maccabees of the
World, reached Salt Lake City last eve
ming for the purpose of transactins
business connected with that organiza-l
ton. When seen this morning she was
very emphatic in correcting certain
statements made by Mrs Elizabeth
Glannis of New York, to the Salt Lake
Tribune. about a week ago, attempting
to involve Mrs Lillian M Hollister,
who had Just been made president of
the National Council of Women, in ~
fight against the Mormon societies who.
are affiliated withqHthe National Coun-
ell,
Mrs. HOLSTER is also supreme com
mander of the ladies of the Macca-
bees OF the World, and it is on this ac-
count that Mrs. Locke is indignant that
herchief's name should be involved in
anything like partsanship strife, when
she & knows absolutely nothing about
the matter. The Maccabees are. more
over said to be an unsectarian organi-
zation, and IL sectarian disputes We're
not naturally repugnant to Mrs. Hol-
would be precluded by the spirit and
constitution Of the ATaccabees constitu-s
ton from taking part in anything APP
preaching q sectaiian quarrel.
MRS. HoLLIsTER NOT PRESENT.
Mrs. Locke says that Mrs Hollister
was not present at the meeting which
elected her national president OF the
|5Miomans Council She Swas unable to
he present$Gon account of sickness,
and therefore Mrs. Grannis could
not have received any authorization
from her on any expression as to what
she would do. Not satisfied with any
thing short OF u report on the matter
from the National headquarters of th,
Maccahees, Mrs Locke sent an in
qliry to Miss Bina NJ. West, supreme
record kceFer who is acting president
of the order in the absence of Mrs.
Hollister. Yesterday afternoon the fol-
lowing reply was received from Port
Huron Michigan.
Mrs. Alice 3. Locke, Wilson hotel,
4 Salt Lake City. x. A Ks II + RI
Mrs. HOLSTER was not at Seattle
on account OF sickness and knows III
solutely nothing about the questions
Involved in Grannis interview. The
ladies Of$tlle Maccabees of the world
are In no way responsible for the
statements contained in the interview
nor for the action of the National
Council. Our order is non-sectarian.
organized for home protection.
(Signed) MISS. BINA} NJ. WEST I
The Grannis Interview mentioned
above was given to the Tribune, and.
is,c,1 of Jt1ll
C;rannis3 is there quoted as saying. in
part. 1.-THE National Council of the
United States showed where it stood
on the questions Of Mormonism and POI
lygalny, when 1t elected Mrs. Lillian,
NJ. . &FIollister of Detroit president by
unanimous vote, despite the fact that.
the Mormon representatives. spent,
money like water to prevent her cleo
ton" said Mrs. Grannis.
Mrs Holister Will hold her office
for the next three years. and we are
certain that before her term expires
we shall have been successful in our
long fight against Mormonism and. po-
lygamy,'' she continued.
"Our seventh triennial meeting will.
find no Mormon delegates present. The
anti-Morinon element is in control now,
and nothing can keep the pro-polyg-
amy organizations within our ranks.
connections any logger"
HIGHLY IMPROBABLE.
Knowing Mrs Hollister perfectly as
she does. having been intimately asso-g
ciated with her in the order of the
Maccabees for some time past, Mrs.
| Locke says there is not$the slightest
ground for thinking that Mrs. HOLSTER
Will ever act in anything but the
broadcast spirit tShe has been noted
for that as Supreme Commander of the
Maccabees, and now that she has been
| raised to the position of president OF
the National Council look for nothing
different"
A prominent member of the National
| Council of Women who was present
said: ut is highly improbable that
Mrs. Hollister will take any action
against the Relief Societies and the
Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement
associations of the Mormon Church.
One OF the articles of the Constitution
of the National Council of Women
reads:
This council is organized In the in
terest of no one propa ganda and has
no power over the organizations which
constitute it beyond that of suggestion
and sympathy; therefore no society
voting to enter this council shall there-
by render Itself liable to be interfered
with In respect to its complete organic
unity, Independence or methods.
If that means anything it means that
the societies of the Mormon Church
will not be interfered with in spite of
the talk by Mrs. Grannis.
VT is a well known fact, which she
has never attempted TO hide. that Mrs.
Grannis has always been opposed tooth
and nail TO anything Mormon. The in
terview in the Tribune is said to be
in keeping with her methods all the
time. where anything Mormon is con-
cerned.
GOVERNOR NAMES MEN.
Twcnts-seycn Delegates 10 National