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Show WOMEN SOLID 1 AGAINST SMOOT I Hierarchy Denounced 111 by Mothers. . II Senate Is Requested to Re- H move the Apostolic 11 Senator. H Thanks Extended Ex-Senator Cannon 1 Pl Through Salt Lake Tribune for lllil Calling-Hierarchy to Account. ' flit 11 Special to Tho Tribune. I "WASHINGTON'. D. C, March 17. "Tho I women are solid against Reed Smoot and IN he might as well make up his mind to go J j IH home." So said Mrs. R. R. Cotten, ono of J H tho vice-presidents of tho Mothers' con- ill grcss, this evening, when the resolutions I I'l concerning Mormonlsm were unanimous- I lil ly adopted. It was tho final session of II IH the congress and tho delegates wero on SI ll hand to hear what tho committee on reso- 111 lll lutlons had to offer. II IHI Would Drive Utah From Union. j fl Tho chairman, Mrs. Cotten, read the IjH resolutions and thoy wero adopted with- jj (H out discussion. Ono dclcgnto thought slllH Utah should be driven from the Union for III iH having violated her statehood pledges, j J! but the president frowned down the sug- III 11 gcstlon. illilH Compact With Nation Broken. 811111 The resolutions reclto that the lnvcstl- 8LH gallons Into the right of Reed Smoot to ll 'l sit In the United States Senate has proved j jH that the Mormon hierarchy has broken III jH Its vow to tho Government by which I MH Utah received her statehood; that Presi- jll dent Joseph F. Smith and eight of tho ill 11 apostles aro confessedly living in polyga- liKI my and nro still, through their book of 1(11 "Doctrines and Covenants," teaching IHilH that It is right and necessary to salva- fll'jl tloru !lli' Treason to Government. llniH It Is alleged tho Investigation has clear- 9(iH ly proved that every member of tho Mor- Hi 'M mon church who takes endowments takes flrl an oath which Is treasonable to tho Gov- 311 crnmcnt of tho United States. !:H Demands Retirement of Smoot. jH After reviewing tho testimony given' bc- III jjl fore the Senate Investigating committee III by tho Superintendent of Public Instruc- ilr ll tion In Utah, arid stating that but four llrl lives stand between Senator Smoot and jll tho presidency of the Mormon hierarchy, ill tho resolutions ask the United States Sen- lM ate to remove Reed Smoot and to tako 11111 such measures as will effectually prevent II nny organization from defying civil and III ! divine laws. Jll Commends Action of Senate. I H Tho resolutions commend tho United fl ''1 States Senate for Its action in refusing Ill'l statehood to Arizona and New Mexico, ns ill tho polygamous conditions thero render It III unsafo for them to rccslvo statehood. It Is urged that no polygnmlst bo appointed j by tho United States Government to hold official positions, and that as nuthontlc ill'l Information shows that many are now y holding such positions, it Is further urged Khl that tho Government do not glvo its In- dorscmcnt to crlmo by appointing po- liMI lygamlsts in Government place. Ilrl Thanks Ex-Senator Cannon. j H Tho thanks of tho Mothers' congress j aro extended to ex-Senator Frank J. Cannon of Utah for "tho valuable services ho has rendered to the nation in tho clear, lH bravo manner In which, through Tho Salt III Hl Lake Trlbuno, ho has called the Mormon III hlorarchy to account for broken faith, for I nl polygamy and church domination in poll- I IH tics. Though expelled by tho Mormon II ll hlorarchy ho Is welcomed into tho ranks I of loyal, law-abiding citizens as a bravo I LH defender of homo and purity." II Thanks Those Who Battle for Home. ill ! It Is also recited that tho Nation ll'l Congress of Mothors accords to tho Unit- I '11 ed States Sonators who havo stood brave- I lH ly with tho women of America in tho bat- 91 tie for the homo their earnest thanks and III' HUH gratitude. JOHN E. JONES. j ' |