Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-15
Settlement in Newark, PrOselyt-
ing in Oranges, Says Mrs.
John r. Paddock.
MAKE ACTIVE CANVASS
IN CITY AND VICINITY
WOman's Federation Passes
Resolutions DeplOring the
Spread of MOrmOnism.

Mormon invasion threatens to des-
troy the sanctity of the homes of this
nation" was the startling declaration
man of the legislative department OF
the Woman's Club of Orange, at the
closing session Saturday afternoon of
the New Jersey State Federation of
Women's Clubs at Asbury Park. The
Mormons have sent their followers into
our very midst" continued Mrs. Pad
dock.
They have a settlement in New
ark and have taken a house in
Orange on the same street on
which the Orange High School is
located, and disciples of. the Mormon
faith" she asserted, approach the
young girls of the High School every
day. Within the last two weeks seven
teen persons of my acquaintance have
been visited by Mormon representa-
tives." she declared, of whom there are
1000 in the country, and they are can
vassing Orange and the other suburban
towns.
Girls Accept Faith.
Mrs. Paddock said young girls are
induced to accept the faith, sent to
Utah or other Mormon States where
women are allowed to vote and there
the ballots they cast strengthen t.
Mormons as a political party. She con-
tinued that the Latter Day Saints
boast that the time is not far off when
they will control politics all over the
land and be able to dictate terms, and
she said party leaders now know this
and seek to curry favor with the Nor
mons.
Following Mrs. Paddock's address the
Federation passed resolutions deplorine
the spread of Mormonism. The resolu-
tions declared that the Mormon religion
is a national menace, and that, mas
much as the Mormons now hold the
balance of power in sever States, II
will only be a matter of time when they
will be able to control the national gov
eminent n prevent constitutions
action against them and against polyg-
amy. The resolutions also led the
women of the federation against the
invasion of Mormon missionaries into
their towns, to warn all young girls
against the subtle arguments of Nor
mons and to bar their homes to Nor
mon disciples.
Through the efforts of the women
the Palisades have been preserved, and
Mrs. Walter K. Wildes, chairman OF
the department of conservation, stated
in her report that the tract to be used
as a memorial park on the summit il
still an unkempt waste of land ano
not a credit to the efforts of the women
who worked so hard to secure the
Palisades. Mrs. Cecilia Gains Holland
of Upper Montclair, commended that the
clubwomen had been at fault in hand
ing over to the park commission the
sum of 81, 400, particularly as the fed
Grafton does not W the land of Me
mortal Park, so can do nothing to i'm
prove it. Another one of h club
women declared that while this in It.
self was unfortunate, it was, after all
the fact that the women had saved tho
Palisades and not of a memorial parl
being placed there, that is of the mos
Importance.
Federation Offcers.
The officers elected at the fedora
ton area President, Mrs. Howard
Crosby Warren, Present Day Club, I?
Princeton; vice-president-at-large, Mrs
William Townsend Ropes, All-Rount
Club, of Montclair; district vice-presi
dents, first district, Mrs. George Dur
bin Chenoweth, the Reading Club, .
Woodbury.; second, Miss Helen Iippin
colt, the Porch Club, of Riverton
third. DR.. Ella Prentiss upham, Satur