Show WOMAX WOMAN suffragists OPPOSING fhe EDMUNDS BILL at a meeting held bv b the woman suffrage association in boston on the alt the following follo resolution oa was waa offered and the app ended all discussion cusson followed as we learn from tue buaton boston herald id resolved lie Be soloed solved that silica all persons peros gull guilt 13 of polygamy iu in anale and fel female little are virtud tit d um tile plO lion now before ta ly oitt lit rau cantue gent lie aai polygamous mornion mormon wn anie e mormon meu men are permitted tuv iu voi oteis is and unwise un vise un aa inexcusable violation of higlin prized and generady gene gen raly ersly exercised therefore tue we re tully fully ask tile the conr coar 9 e buien to 10 amend ur or deleat the utah aill A 11 mr r fay of sout liboro spoke tiu ugly lu in rapport bUpp of the resolution lie bied sir mr edmunds as a man not tilted fitted to he be either senator a ludge judge or r a president deat the author of the utah butali bill was opposed tu to both wo woman man age aud and pi rev kev annie H shaw described the bill as an insult to the womanhood of but bat s tw tea times tilmen greater an insult to the manhood of america a LAp applause 1 rev E A winship suggested the striking out of the word defeat in tue i resolution evolution A mr stillman Still iuan contended that however much objection there was to po i osama gamy it wa apart a part ol of the mormon religion and government had no niril to interfere with religious faith he described the bill as unconstitutional and said that not legal enactments but moral influences alone would uproot polygamy mr hoar objected to the postponement ot of the down downfall fali of mor because there were a few women di franchised disfranchised dis mrs ednah ednard D cheney rep replied led it was all well to have honorable but we should take care that to cute tain them we did not cause others to suffer the idea that in chii countin there could be legislation to destroy the rights of any class was remar remarkable kahli injustice was a great dual deal chaa polygamy applause slid add to have injustice in congress was as a far farK greater reater dauber danger and than the immorality ol of a small portion of the population loud applause it was finally deeded de aided to alter the resolution making the closing seu sep tence a request to the atie congress mento amend or failing to amend to defeat the utah bill the following resolution was also carried resolved that the thanks of massachusetts chu clim betts women are especially due to Sei senator hoar and the other senators who voted against the utah bill on the ground of its injustice to non mists and that we ask the senators to vote tor for senator blairs beairs resolution forbidding disfranchisement on account of sex mr S hoar next stated objections to woman suffrage leading to a brief dis cassion cus sion which brought tile the afternoon meeting to a close |