Show Liberty protected by law is the only liberty uder der the flag This was the closing paragraph of th the stinging protest made through the press by Mrs Irs Angle Angie F. F Newman lc vice president at large rge of ot the In Industrial In- In l Christian Home association tion against the utterances of the women who ho ho participated In a a. mass meeting In the Salt Lal Lake e theatre on March 6 1886 t to memorialize congress congress congress con con- gress against the execution of the national la law w touching the divine order of marriage She was waa bitter In her In-her her protest alleging m many ny t things She concluded by saying Homes are art the ro rock k on which this republic Is b t Homes where on one woman as queen upon a athron throne thron whose honor knows neither compromise nor division And I In whose veins flows flows' the blood of the Pilgrim Fathers protest against the unfurling of the flag above ah any people leople over o any home where priest priest- I dominate Treason Is la notto notto not notto to find shelter under th the flag ana wh whatever ot of sympathy or prot protection c- c tion the women omen of Utah expect expect from this go government Is disclaimed in their pres present nt hostile attitude They cut the cords which bind th then them n to the worlds world's heart when they thus blaspheme me the n nations nation's repudiate repUdiate ate the nations nation's Sovereignty and the Christian home Liberty prot protected ct d dby L by law Is the only liberty under the flag i Jn opposition to the memorial presented presented presented pre pre- by Mrs Newman to congress on May 7 the Mormon women from Utah before the same committee in congress the committee on education education tion and labor made protest which In part is as follows As we are c the representatives of ot the Mormon women we ve do In their name nam most emphatically protest pro pro- test teat against any such pret pretext being used for tor obtaining a a. share of the public funds No Mormon woman old or young Is com compelled to marry at all still less to enter polygamy Every young woman Is as free tree to choose h her r own d destiny as s the bird In the Ule air free to marry from mo nb- tives of purest affection the man of her choice or free tree to U live in single blessedness to the day of ot her death If it she so desires Mormon girls have homes as happy as pure and as desirable as ns any of ot their Eastern Kastern sisters slaters rs and far more In independent In- In dependent Mrs Newman has haR no right to Insult the noble band of ot Mormon matrons and maidens T by y asking public alms for tor their benefit while slie he 13 Is i Industriously ing the malignant falsehoods by which bitter prejudice has hu already been created and their r religion We Ve most positively assert that there Is not a Mormon wife whether r plural or otherwise who rt accept charity at the hands of those who have procured and are still demanding the passage Of ot laws whose enforcement has brought SorOw sorOw sor- sor Ow and d desolation In their once ht happy py homes This memorial was signed by B. B Wells Ellen B B. B Ferguson Fer Emily S. S Richards and Josephine M M. West on behalf of ot the Mormon ormon wom n nt n Mrs m e Newman man in in reply to this memorial said The appropriation is not asked for tor in be behalf alt of ot the aristocracy of ot the Mormon ormon church whose very luxury is the holocaust of ot Th These se women by their attitude politically and their a avowed vowed hostility to Christian marriage mar mar- niage have cut the cords which bind them to the worlds world's heart The Insult should not be cited On her return to Utah on October 13 1886 the gentile citizens of Salt Lake City tendered her a public re re- re The chairman of the corn com on arrangements Rev 5 S. S J. J Carroll welcomed Mrs Newman in lit behalf of ot the chur churches hes of Utah who Introduced Governor Caleb A. A West Vest who also aillo made a a. welcoming ad- ad ad ad- dress |