Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1882 — Anti-Polygamy. [ARTICLE]

Anti-Polygamy.

A large mass meeting, to express abhorrence of the great crime of polygamy, and protest against its further tolerance under the laws of the United {States Government, was held at Farwell Hall, Chicago. Hon. Thomas Hoyne presided, and the Hon. Schuyler Colfax was the chief speaker. He urged the meeting to resolve that the national law shall be obeyed, and stated that polygamy has grown even stronger since the death of Brigham Young. John Wentworth and William Bross also addressed the meeting. Resolutions were adopted expressive of the sense of the meeting that Congress has the power, and should exercise it, to wipe out this foul stain upon our national fame ; telegrams and letters were read from persons and places, and an executive committee was appointed to further the objects of the meeting. Gov. Hubbard presided at the anti-polygamy meeting at St. Paul, at which resolutions were passed nskiug Congress to disfranchise offenders in Utah.