Show ANTI antl lormon PETITIONS PETITION noid noil presented in the U S senator clator cn atOr june issa by schafer enat br hoar noar to the tre honorable the senate and house of of the U cited slats stats at the last annual me meeting eting of the womans comans home Miss missionary ioria lorla 1 society 1 lety of the methodist J episcopal Epif copal Z church 1 a held beld 1 I in an cincinnati cinel cluel ti ohio nov 13 th the following resolutions were adopted I 1 unsolved le solved that a committee be appointed to confer with the tile civil and religious authorities of sait salt lake and to make careful investigation att on 0 of tile the relation of tile the ballot in the hands of the women of utah to territorial legislation and to congressional representation sen tation at the national capital and above all as to its power to ler ier perpetuate the religious bondage and aud domestic slavery of the women to so enfranchised and if upon suell sueh conference and examination they shall llad the facts to warrant ar they shall draft a petition to congress for the disfranchisement of the women of utah the committee pointed appointed dp in pursuance of the above resolution navan made the investigation required find that the women of utah were enfranchised by an act approved february 12 1871 that the act was passed by the legislative assembly of the Terr itoi Y of utah all the members of that body being belne men high in anthor ity in til the c mormon church Clr cir and that it Is the testimony of reliable wit nesse the territory Torri tory ahe abe familiar with the facts that the authorities of the mormon church placed the ballot in the hands of the tho women of utah lor tor the sole hoie purpose of neutralizing the votes otes of non at the date of tills this act were settling in the territory in considerable numbers the committee likewise find tind that under the provisions of this act ft aforesaid which makes tile the wife of t a native born or naturalized citizen a legai alegani voter foreign forein born women who have married citizens within a few lays days or weeks after their arrival in utah are arc permitted to vote a elect elections lons ions occurring less than six months after their arrival id this country and that many votes are arc thus cast at every election by foreign born women who are arc wholly ignorant of our institutions and laws and in many cases of our language no quent law has changed these conditions except under dihe the rulings of the utah commission they must be six months resident this committee aiso also alsor find that the mormon women thus gri franchised enfranchised are bound by dobli obligations actions which they con cou consider sider sacred to obey ogey the authorities of then theA the mormon lormon church in things temporal as well as spiritual and that to cast a vote in opposition to tho the will of these authorities is to incur the penalty of excommunication they alsor also dind find that the laws of utah chiun chien deprive the wife of the right ol of andol and ot any claim upon the property or earnings of her husband give the husband the power to punish the wife for disobedience by depriving depris ing her of a home and of the means 0 of I 1 support and had as this power asand is and has been exercised to compel women to submit to the introduction of plural wives into the household it is not reasonable to suppose that a wife will risk the loss of a home and the means of support by bv voting v 0 ting in opposition to the com commands mada of her husband and the authority of the church the committee lind find further that as a con consequence of the subjection in which mormon women are held they vote as a unit for tor the men inen selected by the church to fill all the offices in the gutof gift of the people should the act conf coni conferring erring suffrage upon the women of utah be annulled the power of the mormon leaders would be weakened by the loss of about votes votes and it would be possible in some in instances to elect as county officers and members of the Leg legislative legislate islat assembly bly men who do not owe primary allegiance ti to the mormon church under existing conditions mormon women perpetuate pe aate their own slavery by voting tn only for men irlen who can be relied e d upon to carry out the will of the first presidency of the Chur churell bli ell As members of the legislative assembly and as county and municipal officers these men clothe the exactions of the church with the forms of law and cement the union of church and state tate and through their delegate to congress and otherwise they persistently oppose any legislation designed ta lessen the power of the mormon priesthood for the reasons above given your petitioners petition ers therefore pray that the act ai conferring the right night of suffrage upon the women of utah be bean fin tin mrs airs it S rust corresponding secy W if AL S M E 0 mrs linella amelia S quinton secretary national indian association frances E willard urs mrs airs joseph CIll cummings mrs urs thos A hill cor sec see wems W F M a mrs A i 11 II ge president of the womans comans omans P presbyterian r c board of missions of the V northwest mrs airs S 8 fisher elsher president womans comans ch aan arst C hoo hoog A D cummings cumming 8 jane J banh bancroft ro I 1 dean of the womans comans college evan eval evanston mrs airs E E marcy anna S davis mrs urs asbury lowrey mrs elon eion foster mrs hirs bl biho bishop ho p 1 narris harris al E ch new york cui CUK city amri air nir alls bishop I 1 IV W wildy al E ch C cincinnati ohio mrs hirs A R clark mark treasurer womans comans home al S amr arp s bishop C II 11 eow fow 1 ler ME cli ch new york city mrs I 1 E 11 kumler president womans comans Foreign miss sec ot odthe the presbytery of cincinnati 0 mrs airs 11 it warman War mari marr president W C T U no J 1 chicha ati 0 mrs airs V F A aiken alken ecrett I 1 comans womans home mission S society clety 11 MK 11 1 t 1 church cin 0 mrs airs S K li leavitt aritt avitt president cincinnati baptist lim S cin 0 J mrs hirs louise E fisher prest W CT U cin 0 mrs airs A E newman lincoln neb mrs 0 V culbertson secretary W V F ar S M E ch mrs bishop jaggers PH PE ch mrs bishop H M E ch mrs airs amos shinkle cevin ton kv mrs airs john davis ch ch ex lid W at S 5 mrs airs mary maher mrs C V culver cor sec see and treas erie coress W 11 IL al S judith hennessy al mrs r s anna nichols ichols ie hols hois I 1 the names attached attacked to this paper represent at least women of the different christian denominations in this country through the offices of the several benevolent and philanthropic included in the list lirt pa no 2 W was P resented presented in the senate senata june 19 1884 by senator hoar it Is the same poti cibu as no 1 but signed mrs airs angie angle r F newman Ne winan supt bupt of mission work of the 31 E EN church utah territory |