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Show Women Sorry for Their Action. Salt Lako City. During tho courso of his uddross at tho general conferonco confer-onco Senator Reed Smoot said: "I havo met many of thu leading women of tho nation. Thoy havo asked mo concerning my belief nnd the doctrines of tho church. I havo talked to them and tried to tell them whnt our principles nro. Many ot thorn havo told mo that thoy had signed n potttlon against me, but that thoy had signed It under misapprehension, misappre-hension, and thnt thoy would do nil thoy could to undo tho wrong thoy had dono. Believes In Seven-day Religion. "Wo Invito an honest investigation of our tenchtngu, nnd If It is mndo, both tho Investigator and wo will be tho gainers. Somo ot tho thinking men of tho country nro deploring the fact that there appears to bo somo thing wrong In tho present day rollglon, ro-llglon, and that It seems to affect people's peo-ple's llvoi on Sundny only. I would not glvo n 'shuck' for any rollglon which Is not a seven-day religion and does not enter Into tho evory-dny life of tho man who claims to hollnvo In It." i |