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Show SILVER SERVICE ROW 'IHKEH IIP. TO TAFT WABHINOTOK,' D. C, March U. The Presbvtarlaa mlnlstsrs of Waahwsrtaa hava filed la tha White house for tho preeldent s atteatloa whoa ho returns hsre tha following protest: ' - "Tho Praabyteruui chdrch of Washington. Washing-ton. D. C, protests against tha proposed acceptance by tha United' State government govern-ment of e liver aenrloe Tor tha United ate tee battleship Utah bearing aa Its conspicuous ornaments tha repreeenta-Uone repreeenta-Uone of tho Moravia tempi and the house of Brig ham Toung. It Is a recognition recog-nition by tho government of a dtstlnot ehureh organisation and thereby aa offense of-fense tO the eld rKurphM nt tka. mon wealth of Utah an an affront to the traditions and principles of th nation, which Insists upon the absolute separation separa-tion of church and Stat. It I unmerited honor to an Institution which has been for rears a source of distraction and danger to our social and national Ufa. and today an sctlvs and Impending peril. "II Is an offene lo the moral eena of our people, which views with alarm ths Increasing political power of an Institution Institu-tion which. In Its attack upon th purity and Intsgtity nf aha horns and Its per- ..u asiiini iTHrai OI UIS COm- moo law, ia a continuous threat against the peaoa and the very Ufa of the nation. na-tion. Rev. Joseph Kelly, pastor of ths Fourth Presbyteries church, etstsd that ths Mormon church had been fought in the pulpit, aa well aa In ths affairs of th Jia-tlon. Jia-tlon. owing to the fact that It la 'linnet 'lin-net urn!, and a dletlnot menace la the purity of the horn." Th matter. In his opinion, will not stoo with a mere nmteal hut wtu K. mm m. ,.tn w. government either will be forced to reeog-. reeog-. niss Mormon lata aa a power for good, or ' refuse the gift. Th allver set. It Is declared, contains upon svery piece an engraving of the ' head of Brtgham Toung. snd also a rep-' rep-' reeentatloaof tha Mormon tsmpls U ' Sslt Laks City. i Ths attitude of tha navy depart msnt ' to whk-h the protect undoubtedly will be I referred has been In the paat one of noninterference non-interference with th action of tho state i making a gift ts a United States war vessst A protect waa mads against aooeptane from, tno stats of Mississippi of a service i bearing a likeness of Jefferenn Davis, former preeldent of the Confederacy. The protect, however, wss perfunctory aad use service waa accepted. |