Show ANTIPOLYGAMY RESOLUTION Prominent Clergymen Advocate its Adoption by Congress Washington March 27A delegation o prominent clergymen appeared before I be-fore the House Committee on Judiciary I Judi-ciary today and were heard in advocacy I advo-cacy of Showalter antipolygamy resolution i reso-lution The delegation was composed I of Dr T P Stevenson of Philadelphia I Dr Hugh Johnston of Baltimore Dr Kerr B Tupper of Philadelphia Dr Joseph E Smith of Baltimore Dr Byron By-ron E Sunderland of Washington and Dr Sylvester F Scuvcll of Ohio Woa leyan university They argued unlcrly arged earn estly for the adoption of the resolution Dr Scovell urged that morality was the supreme law and Dr Smith that polygamy threatened American womanhood wo-manhood He said that history would show that Just In porportlon as a na tion was polygamous in that proportion woman was sunk In degradation Dr Scovcll said that the pedestal had been erected in the Edmunds law the plinth In the exclusion of a Mormon Representative at the doors of the na tonal Legislature and we were now ready to plant the perfect figure on the te summit of the column to defend the national capital and the great West from further pollution and shame |