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New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
By FRANCIS NJ. HUGO,
Secretary Of State.

~HE approaching Constitutional Convention
which is to meet in Albany on the first
II Tuesday in April next, will be event Of
supreme importance. AS the proceedings IN the
conventions held in the course Of the last century
and a quarter were Of widespread importance 10
the country as well to the people OF the state
lust so the meetings and discussions OF the deIe-
Gates to the coming convention promise to be OF
sneciaI interest to all citizens Of this state VINO
cherish its prosperity.
Constitutional revision on a comprehensive
seale is a rather solemn responsibility ana thero
should never be occasion for haste. In the oral'-
inc of proposed amendments to the present CoH-
stitution the members of the coming convention
will be called upon to consider the extreme uem0
crstc ideas which characterize some of the re-
cent constitutions of the Western and southern
States. They will quickly understand the diff
eulties experienced by these and other similar
conventions as reflected in the efforts of their
members TO escape from some Of the evils which
ars present in all state governments. The New
York convention will wish to have the last word
on the future administration of state affairs, but
IN the effort may encounter difficult work, for
events subsequent TO other conventions have al
WAYS disclosed a series of problems not contem-
plated at the time by the men who framed these
constitutions.
In addition to providing the framework Of
government, the qualifications Of electors and
the like. state constitutions should contain a
guarantee Of a few simple, well established
nrinciples, lest in moments of excitement or un-
der the temporary pressure Of special interest
thew should be disregarded. Constitutions were
not made 10 lie codes of law, nor were they IN
tended TO embody the opinion Of momentary
majority upon an entirely unsettled question:
Tbcv should not attempt to be an exhaustive
treatise on the organization or administration
of the various departments under It, but written
and enacted in form that the student OF CIV"
Government in an elementary school may uhue'-
s,and Thus. there would be little necessity OF
., ,esst less occasion than formerly, 10 nave u
wait for the Court Of Appeals to tell us "ha'
Tho Constitution means. The new instrument
should aim, first, at cearness and simPAc'!,
Certainly. in one Of the oldest states II "ould
be deplorable to see attempt to incorporate
n body of statutes in the fundamental law as
has been done in some of the latest ones. Inc
story of constitution making in Oklahoma and
Arizona has not been inspiring one, though 1t
may have vslss in slowing US what to avoid.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
HOW wARSHIPs COMMUNICATE.

Every battleship at sea has its wireless installa-
tion adjusted so that it send and receive sig
mails and messages to other warships at or in
harbor and TO stations ashore. One ship Is always
in direct touch with the Admiralty, whence the
latest information received at headquarters from
all parts of the world is Immediately transmitted
TO the feet while each of the other ships
posing the fleet is similarly responsible fon some
particular station ashore or for cruiser squadron
hotilla of torpedo boat destroyers
For the purpose Of obtaining information as to
the whereabouts of the enemy and guarding
against surprises wireless telegraphy is, of
course, invaluable, says "The Wireless World"
A great number Of cruisers sent out ahead
and spread number of miles across The duty
of these ships is to keep thorough lookout and
report TO the ship in the battle fleet looking out
on their particular wave-length. This ship in
turn, reports by semaphore or Morse lamp to the
admiral of the battle feet. The cruisers are
sometimes assisted by torpedo boat destroyers
Now, if thirty Of these ships are used it will be
readily that the area of their vision is enor-
NOUS and it would be almost impossible for a
feet TO pass unobserved. Immediately any of the
ships sight the enemy's squadron they would re-
port at once by wireless, stating the number of
ships sighted with their speed, latitude and
longitude, etc. The admiral would then give his
orders, also by wireless
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21

he wished to consult to his table, but ordi-
narily each wife and her children sat together.
Each wife had her own house, which she man.
aged independently, and there was much IN
this patriarchal system to commend itself to
a woman-the absolute protection and free
dom from all material care or want. Among
some households there were disputes between
the wives, jealousies and the like, but my
mother was idolized by my fathers other
wives. They went to her with every prob
lem, looked up to her and counselled with her
in a way wonderful to see.
There was very close tie between my
mother and me, and l shall never forget the
morning l was to go with my father to the
endowment house-it was before the Temple
was competed-and take the vows OF the
priesthood which all Mormon men take. L
was but thirteen-too young, l think, my
mother felt-but l already had shown indi-
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
City's Shops Keep Hunger Away

girls 70 perform -1onotonous tasks i0' =. !.
emergency dole. While out OF WORK e, =,
girl at least be put to work in the line u -, :.
previous occupation that she may "
efficient when she returns TO her loo' ..
In addition to the class on Fouf'n n. ,.+
the committee on scholarship is also eO"s ',
ing one in the Manhattan Trade scnOO =,
East Twenty-third Street. Fifty giIls q. 'I,,s
rolled in this class. In various otne' ,ss
classes are being conducted to tram o'~
servants. and to teach various crafts o.
tic science, such as cooking and se"ins. ri,
Among those who have been pfO'DIr r,,s
connected with the emergency worS a. ,,.
H. Gary, Henry Bruere, John H. ',"I,f r,
Charles Stelzle, division directors OF .,,cs,
emergency work; Mrs James Speysf =. - .,or,
of the women's workroomsi mr'' r.s,,s
M. Boyd, supervising the mems wills>
Mrs. William Fellowes Morgan anu u.otr.
II. Childs. who direct the shops !"
The shops are located as follows: v,s
Men, Dock Department building .s ,''' srss
Fifty-sixth Street Y. M. {. A. c,n,eh u
and St. AIMS Avehle; ST. Philip ' "a vs.
West 13sd Street; Christ Church, >. g.
Thirty-sixth Street; 1874 EldFldSe og ~. s,l,cS
lege Settlement $50 Grand Street; i'' ~
Avenue, Brooklyn. ni E~
Men and women, Union Set'en'' o., FcS'
lo4th Street; Salvation Army lzZ >, ssse
teenth Street; Salvation Army %
Street, Brooklyn. ,os East EisD'
- Women, l54 Hester Stree', u,oadssy
Street; 2s6 Mott Street; 2a Eas'
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21

severed all the dear family ties and made me
an outsider and an outcast But go back to
see her every chance l get, and l know she
understands me-that / was born rebel.
And yet my mother, whose sufferings moulded
my earliest revolt against the institution OF
plural marriage, was the one exceptional wom-
an who suffered less from polygamy than al
most any woman l could cite. My father had
established his household in all luxury and
dignity on an estate that was much like
feudal barons domain. There was central
assembly and dining hail. where all the house
hold met at mesls-my father, like patri-
arch at table at the head OF the hall, usually
with guests Cor the great and famous from all
over the world came TO see him, the most won
derful man l have ever known), my mother
and the other wives each with her own table
for her household. Often my father would
summon one or more of his sons with whom
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
Continued from fifth page.

The women employed have, as rule rather
than the exception, been the sole supporting
manstay OF large families. Many Of them are
widows who have to nurse young children.
None OF the many places open 20 mer for COM
fort are open to these women, partly, it is said,
because women are not wanted there and part
ly because the greatest suffering cannot induce
them to go to such places.
In cooperation with the Mayors commit
tee scholarship committee is endcavoring to
prevent the haphazard entry of boys and girls
into the labor market Office classes were
started at 395 Fourth Avenue, where girls are
being taught stenography and typewriting, use
OF the switchboard, English, spelling and book
keeping. At the noon hour milk is sold for
l cent a glass. The girls who are attending
the classes Of the central committee are paid
90 cents a day.
Regarding this payment Mrs Fellowes Nor
gan, who is chairman of the scholarship COM
mittee, says: The scholarship committee aims
TO capitalize the time of girl while she is out
of work and to provide her with such training
as she may need to make her a more efficient
worker. If such training cannot be given to
her, the committee will at least find out
whether or not the girl has chosen the right
kind OF work and whether her training has
been adequate. II is the workroom idea OF
emergency relief, but it has an educational
twist. 1t shows the abs, rdity of putting a
stenographer into sewing room or asking
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
HE RATIFICATION OF A REVELA-
TION FROM GOD.

1t was years afterward, following the dark
est hours in the lives of our prosecuted and
prescribed people, that it fell to me to take
from that gentle, unworldly old man, Presi-
dent Woodruff, the manifesto" written by
him in the shaking hand of age denying that
the Church had been solemnizing plural mar
riages Of late and advising the faithful to re
frain from contracting any marriages forbid
den by the law of the land" The ratification
of this manifesto, which President Woodruff
offered as revelation from God, was the most
solemn hour in our community life, and
went forth with it to Washington, the pledge
of the Mormon Church to abandon the preach
ing and practice of polygamy.
do not wish to dealize the polygamous
relation, but in ronogamy a man is not per-
secuted for his marriage, and sometimes he
does not appreciate the tie. In polygamy the
men and women alike had been compelled to
suffer on its account by the grim trials of the
life itself and by the hatred of all civilization
arrayed against it. They had grown to value
marriage by what it cost them. They had
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
Ex- Senator Cannon Tells
of Personal Experiences
That Made Him an
Active Rebel.

the faith of the Boer his sagacity and his
Diplomacy and his power TO read and handle
men made him as fearfully admired as any
Dom Paul in the Transvaal.
Feeling as I do about my father. cherish
ing the memory Of my boyhood friends and
affections, with my heart lifting yet to the
heroism of the Mormon pioneers, of whom
my father was one i have nothing in my
heart against the Mormon people. have
paid them tribute always, great in their virtues,
capable Of heroic fortitude, living by the ten
derest sentiments of fraternity, as gentle as the
Ouakers and as stanch the Jews, l think
of them as a man among strangers thinks OF
the dearness of his home.
Nor do war against relgon-God torbidl
But against the crime of polygamy and the
treason of temporal kingdom in free re-
public l will lift my voice as an American
citizen and call upon the United States to
pass constitutional amendment whereby the
government can prosecute polygamists ana
stamp out polygamy in those states IN which
the Mormon Church holds the political and
judicial power to protect itself from state
prosecution and in other states in which
polygamy is growing.
SISTER EMELINE UNRECONCILED TO
AN UNNATURAL HATRED.
The FIST consciousness l had of what plural
marriage meant to a woman-ot what 1t meant
to a Mormon woman-was when l was lit
tie fellow, too little to understand exactly the
significance Of the words that | pondered on
for wears afterward. 1t was at quilting party,
which is a social function among Mormon
women only comparable to bridge parties or
teas of New York women. The sisters
always brought their children who were too
Young to be left at large and it was COM
mon thing for the little ones to play around
under the Guilt while our mothers and "aunts'
(our fathers other wives) discussed the al
fairs and gossip of the kingdom over It, On
this occasion, which was at my mothers house,
l recall that they were blaming Sister Emeline
because she was bitterly unreconciled to her
husbands taking a second wife. | was small
child then, but the sentence that l remembered
and thought over for years afterward was this:
In defence of Eneline some one declared that
"Emelne said she wouldn't have minded 1t so
much but that the second wife was her own
sister, and it was sin against Heaven to hate
your own sister" Pondering over that as the
years went on, finally found the awful sig
nfcance in that sentence. 1t was matter OF
course that every Mormon wife should hate
the woman her husband took as plural wife,
but it broke her heart to be compelled to hate
her own sister, You can find in that the key
to what polygamy means to the Mormon
woman.
The suRerings of my mother under the
curse Of polygamy made me resolve to do all
l could against that monstrous thing when l
had come to manhood. My mother is still
living in Salt Lake City, and my aspostasy was
a great grief to her, as it was to me- for it
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21

rank J. Cannon, Of Salt Lake City, er-
s1ldtor from Utah. son Of the late George Q.
dnnon, first councillor of the Mormon Church
Under three presidents, the man tcho took the
pledges of the Mormon Church to Washington
achereby Utah 1cGs admitted to statehood, IS
in this city at present pushing his fight against
polygGmy under the auspices Of the National
Reform association.
BY FRANK J. CANNON.
II WAS born a Mormon My father was
the first councillor Of the Mormon Mormon
N Church and, next to Brigham Young
the most powerful man in the kingdom
NV mother was plural wife. l was one OF
a number of children of my father born IN
celestial marriage as it is called by the
Mormons I was baptized into the Mormon
Church by my father when l was eight years
old, and ordained into the priesthood by my
father when I was thirteen.
Nv father was the most remarkable man
I ever knew or hope to know. AS mission
ary to England he impressed Dickens, who
wrote of him in "An Uncommercial Travel
ler." lanes Bryce said of him: He was the
ablest American l ever met" An English
adventure of romance and almost incredible
achievement.
As youth he had been sent by the Nor
mon leaders to California to wash out gold
for the struggling community; and he had
sent back to Utah all the proceeds OF his
labor, living himself upon the crudest neces-
saries of life AS a young man he had gone
as a Mormon missionary to the Hawaiian
Islands, and, finding himself unable to con-
vert the whites, he had gone among the ma
tives-starving a ragged wanderer-and by
simple force of personality he had made HIM
self power among them, that in later
wears Napela, the famous native leader jour
neved 70 Utah to consult with him upon the
affairs of that distressed state, and queen
Liluokalani, deposed and in exile, appealed to
him for advice. He had edited and pubhsheo
a Mormon newspaper in San Francisco ana
he had long directed successfully the ahars
of the publishing house in Salt Lake Clty
which he owned. He was a railroad builder,
banker, a developer of mines, tlnancler OF
a score of interests. He combined the activl-
ties OF statesman, a missionary and man
of business and seemed equally successful IN
all. But none Of these things, nor all OF them'
contained the total of the man himself. he
achieved by force of personality that was
more impressive than its achievements.
A MAN WHO BECAME KING THROUGH
VIRTUE OF PERSONALITY.
If he had been royalty he could not have
been surrounded with greater Difference than
he commanded among our people. A feeling
of responsibility for those dependent upon
him, such as king might feel, added to
sense of divine guidance that gave him the
dignity of inspiration, had made him maJes-
tical in his simple presence; and even among
those who laughed at divine inspiration and
scorned Mormonism as the Uitlander scorned
New-York tribune., 1915-03-21
p1m1me> nnORMON1SMs POISONED FANG, POLYGAk
Temporal Kingdom i'm
Free Republic Enslaves
Men Even More Than
Women, He Says.

.,.;ons of an independence OF spirit wnich
made my father wish to have me SaieV GU
chored in the Church L remenlpei hei
she stood in the doorway facing the aVe'ue
of trees that morning. She knew no" 'ou
bled | was, and she told me that II iei'
could not 20 through with it-out was 'o'
much a man. child though l was, to leave
woman face trouble for me. went through
T. NV father acted as my guide, ana was
80 Young, so awed and intent on MS pai' =.
the ceremonial that l remember little oi "ia'
saw and less Of what | heard only tha' ~
w,s all most impressive and exalting and cal
culated TO wake the whole spiritual nature oi
a child or man to responsiveness
When 7 came to mans estate-l was nine
teen when I married-the most romantic anu
beautiful experience OF human hie ediie ~
me. I fell in love- In general way all MOI
mon men accept the principle OF celeS'ia,
marriage" but this principle has no appear
IN il for a Young man in love for the hrse
rim. and with all the ardor Of his nature Inc
love of one woman, and one only, was the sole
ideal of my manhood, as it is OF all normal
lovers, Mormon or Gentle
A MARRIAGE CEREMONY is INTER
RUPTED BY PRIESTLY COMMENT
The Young woman was OF well known
family of the Church, and in due course Oh
tim. we were married. The night before sne
became nv wife she asked pledge from me
that would never take plural wife ana
"live I'D 70 my privileges" in the Mormon mar
riage covenant. l refused to give her thiS
nledec. I wanted her entire trust. Whatever
she may have thought OF my REFUSAL She
trusted me- And in that sacred hour when
we stood at the altar the priest VINO per-
formed the ceremony took occasion 10 re-
mind me that ! was child OF promise ana
man. like David, latter the Lords own
heart" and that he had hoped that l would
prove an examplar of Mormon manhood by
marrying two wives ar one altar! HIS WORDS
at that solemn and beautiful moment when
pledged myself 10 the woman / loved seemed
70 me horrible desecration. My wife told
me afterward that l turned white as II with
sudden illness. l felt sick, nauseated, dis
eusted. and this at my wedding! / hurried
her away from it all soon as l could
did not even kiss her at that altar; not until
after I had her alone, where / could fall on
nv knees before her and give her the pledge
she had asked from me the night before the
pledge of my sole love and loyalty to her out
Of all the women OF the world Never had l
felt as strong a revolt against this curse OF
polygamy as upon this day. when it rose up
to desccrate my holiest hour at the marriage
altar.
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etta fora Hart. The wedding was a
pretty event In the society Of Cam
bridge, o., the home OF the bride. Ar
Ter the marriage was solemnized Mr..
and Mrs. Waterhouse left on a we'd
ding trip through the West, during
which they will visit friends at Chi
cago, and later the exposition az San
francisco. Upon their return to
wheeling, in October, they will make
their home with the parents OF the
bridegroom. on Chapline street
Yesterdays bride Is the daughter Of
MT and Mrs. Robert F. Hart. OF Cam
Bridge. Is a member of the 1913 class
graduated from Cambridge College,
and a social favorite in that city.
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About People
Movements ~ individuals t.
and From :i's City.

Mrs. NJ. 5. J. Taggart. OF Toronto.
OHIO Is the guest OF her sister. Miss
L. o. Parker. OF Fifteenth street.
Archer Jackley. OF Anderson. Ind
a former member of The Indiana leg
stature, spent yesterday at the state
fair
Daniel Dague. of Golden. returned
Iyesterday from sherman City. Mich.
I where he has spent the last several
/ weeks as the guest of his son. Mi.
lam Dagu. He vas accompanied mere
I by his granddaughter, Miss Isabella
lDague
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Frey. OF
South Chapline street. are the proud
parents Of a boy. which arrived yes
( Mrs. Victor Rigot and daurheer
Mary Ellen. Of Pittsburgh. nave ar.
rived In this 'lty for q visit with
relatives and friends.
MI. and Mrs. Lawrence Murphy. OF
nonkers, \. Y. are the guests o.
Wheeling friends
{ Mrs. }. Cochran. OF Cameron. Is the
guest OF Miss VI. r. Joyce.
Miss Margaret Wright has returned
from q visit with friends al New Mar
tinsyille.
Mrs. Harry Uthman will leave sat
I urday for Portland. Me. where shs n
{ 70 represent the daughters of Liberty
OF west virginia Al their national
Z conference which convenes on Ines
day, September H.
II. W. Roberts. Of Sistersville. AT.
tended the state fair yesterday
Mrs. W. =. CaywoOd and son. Willis
are visiting Mrs. CaywOOd's mother
Mrs ;. A. Niece. OF the Island
Mr.. and Mrs Peter Garrett. of Glen
/ dale. left yesterday for Atlantic Cttv
Baltimore. Warrington and other
eastern cities
Ex-senator g. y. Slemaker ana
daughter. Miss Helen. Of Sistersville
We're here yesterday attending the
state fair
=. Marker. Of the upper end OF the
state. is the guest or his brofber
Ihomas r. Marker. Of South Chapline
Charles Michael. Of the South SIDE
j. spending the week-en In Hunftnp
Ton the guest 81 friends
Dr W. u. Turner. OF Sisforsv,ttc
spent yesterday a. the State fair
MI. Befaram Allsion. OF Fast fi,er
pool o., has accepted a position v,t,,
the John Coleman comuant -,
twenty nth and Chanilro steele
Morris VI rk0rltz. Of sIrferayttt,
returned 10 his home there Iaef ni@,t
fair. ''"'e
George W Morgan. or sisiersvi,ie
.as returned home after spending Two
Gays az The state fair.
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ALL SOCIETY
AT THE FAIR
RACING CARD AND NIGHT HORSE
SHOW DRAW LARGE
CROWDS.
Weekly Events at Country Club Post
poned Because Of the Exposition
News Of the Social
Circle.

The State Fair this week has claim
ed all attention to a great extent, the
race meet OF the afternoon and par
ucalarly the horse show of the even
ing occupying society almost to the
exclusion OF parties, large and small.
For this reason the bridge tea and the
dinner dance at the Country Club.
which always meet with favor were
postponed. Without the several visi-
tors from a distance who come in for
fair share OF attention the present
week would have seen almost a cessa-
ton Of tia gaities usually in evidence.
Large crowds were present yester-
day for the races and more than a
gOOdly number found the pleasures OF
the day in viewing their fleet fav-
orites. A large and cheerful assem-
blage catered for the horse show OF
the evening. The rain did not spoil
the evening. The melancholy outlook
did not last long as the clouds soon
cleared and the evening was delight
fully pleasant and cool. Next week
will no doubt see a revival OF the
charming luncheOns. teas and dances
OF the past the winters pleasures
gradually establishing themselves in
favor.
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no.r .'rurrune GwcndoIen cry out 10
"d should have been more wirked
Do DEL POIGNANT cry and one fraurnt
NII. "HInInr OBJ thv-r VINO nrr hon-
"I'I 'HnN aHHUkIrIH hN the love and sr-
'.I fIInu ul some other humnn hnInr.
30 NHI can UNr fu himself alone
N' WHn CON afford to ignore what ar.
NI. Iffr uNfrnnnr.a creed NAV h.
HNNINe Everyone owes If rnf only fn
uin I fu Two uu fn hIa nIrhrat UrHfa
q. hU IIlr fu fhc best boz Knows. ..f.
I-n t' those who admire and ileaIire
eve ago shaped and fashioned b.,
M'f, WN lnfN. HNa Goethe
10 You Know me GOOD rou
My Ne noinr
n UNCUT EINInn word nf advice
W''N.if uHNinr AMY arfIrc effort fr
H.IIf" another Nnu mIN be ahanIrr
character nrrnnnr If rrra.r
H.. ."N f.'t sou are uuf doing much
Iu IHr world SOU ore tfffnr fn
NnIr .wHI niche fo fhr best I'd vn0r
I.IIff. sou orc fIFInr Oh be- patient ana
courageous unI Kind hHf fhr rfrns
H very ewnN fuu wish tou mIrhf
OH rrrIIHr fninra Irrf rnf. nv friend
500 uft l. ioInE far grcatcr things
f.Hn NHu realize
roo mese thy rarden ss fair a. thou
rh.ue workcst never alone.
Irrc N1nro Do u bose Plot b. uaKt 10 thin
Nay see and mend hIs own"
RUTH CAMERON.