Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1905-03-12 | Page 1 | Mothers' Congress and Mormonism

4 MOTHERS CONGRESS SS AND MORMONISM Washington March 11 Th National Congress of Mothers held its final filIal business session today toda with delegates present from the seventeen states including California and Texas In an address Mrs Frederick of Philadelphia president t of the congress spoke of the part taken by b the organization in pressing the inquiry into Senator Smoots right to his seat On that point she said The National Congress of Mothers has taken an active part in se securing securing securing curing Investigation of the right t of a Mormon ormon apostle to a seat in the United States senate Your president laid the facts before senators urging help in checking the growth of polygamy and church domination in the school and in the civil affairs The election of an apostle of the Mormon lormon hierarchy was regarded d as very serious and the mothers m congress cannot ignore conditions which degrade womanhood and wife wifehood wifehood wifehood hood and which give to children false Ideas of home and marriage President Roosevelt will address the congress on Monday Mondoy night and andon andon andon on Tuesday night Senator Dubois of Idaho will speak on Mormonism 3 0