The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-26
WOULD NOT TRUST
SPEAKER Cannon
PreSbyterianS Discuss Pro-
posed Investigation of the
Liquor Traffic.
HOME MISSIONS REPORT
AN ADVANCE OF SIX PER CENT
IN RECEIPTS FOR YEAR.

Atlantic City. n. J., May 25.-Com-
missioners Of the Presby terian assem-
bly, objected today to Speaker Cannon
OF the House Of Representatives hay
ing the power Of appointing the pro-
posed federal commission for the in
vestigatiOn Of the liquor traffic in the
United States. The matter was
brought up in a supplementary report
on temperance which followed the
main report yesterday.
In discussion of temperance leglsla-
ton, Congressman W. S. Bennett Of
New York, one of the leading laynen
and father of the bill providing for
the commission, asked for support for
the measure by the assembly Rev.
L. II. Laughbaum of Oklahoma City,
said:
IT would be willing to have the
membership Of the committee placed
in the hands of Congressman Bennett,
but I am not willing to trust the
speaker Of the House with the ap
pOintment of the commission"
Dr. Laughbaum and other commits
sioners attacked the proposed bill on
the ground that the intended investi-
cation work would only delay needed
temperance reforms.
Congressman Bennett defended the
bill, which he contends will place be-
fore the country the exact status OF
The temperance question
White Slave Traffic.
Members Of the assembly applauded
the introduction of a resolution con-
demning the white slave traffic, in
trOduced by Quincy Thacker Of Elk
Rapids, Mich.
Commissioner Thacker said:
There should be an Old-fashiOned
Iv.s,, oil 4 in,
this terrible business"
The resolutions are:
Whereas, The assembly cOntem-
plates with adherence and detesta-
ton the recent exposures of the ne
fariOus business commonly known as
the white slave traffic;
Resolved, That this assembly be
lieves that this traffic should be made
a crime not less than that OF murder
and a corresponding penalty attached;
Resolved, That We plead with the
authorities, both state and federal,
that they Use their best endeayOrs and
respective powers 10 stamp out this
evil within our entire borders, lest Goa
come and smite US win curse"
Thanks of the Jews.
Simon Wolf. former consul general
20 Egypt, appeared before the con-
VentiOn on invitation, and expressed
the thanks of the Hebrews of the
world for the resolution adopted by
The assembly on Monday cOndemniug
persecution Of the Jews in Russia
The trial OF the case brought against
the synod Of New York, accused Of
hereSy. because of its licensing OF
Aessrs. Steen, Black and Fitch, start
ed yesterday before the judicial com
mission at the ChalfOnte hotel, being
continued today, and is expected TO be
-n-r- l. L.
tomorrow.
TIE board OF home missions in its
report stated that the total receipts
for the year were $1.10S.343.65. The
board expressed qualification, because
while the churches of the country had
been asked to contribute an advance
of but > per cent in their offerings,
the advance had really been per
cent, and this advance amounted to
Sl6,I0T over the previous year
Report on ''MormOnism."
The board reported progress in
nearly every field. and in discussing
MOrmOnism, said:
This problem abides and has lost
none of its perplexities. As a system
ii still has all the ugly marks or sin.
Those who know it best and meet 1t
daily on the field think it resembles
MOhammedanism in its subtlety and
SenSuality. Yet there are indications
that God is honoring the work OF our
church in this hard field. Men and
women have come cut of Norm Onism
into the light and liberty of the sons
Of Cod"
Speak king Of Indian missions, the re-
port says:
with only SO0,545 Indians in the
United States, exclusive of Alaska,
there is a larger per cent Of heather
unenlightened by the gospel among
this people than among any other
element Of American population"
The report says that the estimated ad-
herents of the Presbyterian faith
among the Indians are $4,000. ard
that not people in the world is more
devout than those Christian Indians.
Discussing Alaska, the report says:
There is really no Sabbath in Alas
ka, with steamers, large and small.