Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-27
Fight Against Mormon Emblem
on Ship Service Bitter.
SHOWS Y0UNG'S STATUE
Secretary of Navy Meyer Has De.
clined to Take Action.
MINISTERS DISCUSS MATTER
Resolutions offered by DR.. Radcliffe
Are Adopted at Meeting Of
Pastors Federation.

President Taft will be appealed to II
the Secretary of the Navy does not re-
consider his recent decision not to make
1t plain to the committee of Utah citizens
who are to present the $4,000 silver
service to the battleship named aftee the
state that the engraving of Brigham
Young's statue in Salt Lake City must
be removed from the large coffee tray be-
fore the service is presented. The Secre-
tary Is to be approached within the next
day or so. and II he still adheres to his
decision that there shall be no change In
thhe engraving Of the service the execu-
tive will be appealed to.
This campaign was decided upon at
meeting Of the Pastors Federation at the
Y. NJ. c. A. today at IL O'Clock, with Rev.
DR.. ]. J. Muir. pastor Of the Temple
Baptist Church, president, presiding.
ORATOR and heather were applied to
the memory Of the Mormon prophet by
Rev. DR.. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church,
who introduced the resolutions OF pro-
test to the Secretary of the Navy. asking
that the objectionable engraving be re-
Eoved from the service.
Addresses by Women.
The ministers. after a strong address
by DR.. Radcliffe. went on record at
once in favor Of the resolution. Later Miss
Janet Richards of this city and Mrs.
Owen Of Utah made brief addresses to
the federation, after which the execu-
tive committee Of the federation was
Instructed to take the matter up at
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membership for the special effort in
hand.
Although the Secretary Of the Navy has
answered the first protests that there is a
precedent for accepting the service with
the representation Of Young on it-that
of the service to the battleship Mississippi
with the replica Of Jefferson Davis on 1t,
and over protests-he is to be interviewed
again and urged to convey the informa-
ton to the Utah committee that the en-
craving should be changed.
The firm in New York still has the OBJ
tectionabiy engraved tray In its care.
Miss Richards explained, and it can be
quickly changed.
This statement also set at naught
the general belief that each piece Of
the service has an engraving of the
Mormon prophet and that to refuse to
would cause the loss Of a finer service
than that OF any other ship of the
navy.
Miss Richards also voiced the senti-
ment that the engraving Of Mr.. Davis
was one of "a loving husband and
father. whose people and whose state
are loyal to him and his memory
In this connection she urged that the
non-Mormons Of Utah who contributed
to the service are against the proposal
to have the statue on the tray, but
that for business reasons they do not
protest.
Mrs. Owens Remarks.
Mrs. Owen also declared that as soon
as the matter was brought to the at
tention of the country recently through
the press a meeting was called of the
descendants OF Brigham Young. and
that during the session one who stands
high in the state announced that there
had been many things in the early life
OF the Young line which he thought
they might do we'll to forget.
Representative Hawley of Oregon made
brief address, in which he told the
clersymen Of the deep respect the ma
tional legislators have for the members
Of the first estate-that OF the gospel min
istry.
Rev. Henry r. Brundage, pastor OF the
lexington Presbyterian Church. and Rev.
j. Kelly Argo of the Hyattsville Presby-
terrain Church were presented for MEM
bership by Rev. DR.. Donald G. Macleod
of the First Presbyterian Church and
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