A National Reform Amendment to the Constitution
The judiciary committee of the United States Senate has been instructed to submit to that body within thirty days after the assembling of the next Congress an anti-polygamy amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The National Reformers are entering upon a special campaign to have this amendment so worded that “it shall contain an acknowledgment of the laws of Jesus Christ as the basis and standard of such legislation.” Among other things they propose “to arrange for an effective hearing before the judiciary committee,” and “to send some one to Washington for the months of December and January for continuous labor with the members of both Houses.” Having failed thus far in their efforts to secure such a change in the Constitution as would serve as a basis for religion by law, these reformers will now seek to gain their end by attaching a written religious rider to the proposed amendment. This is a call for faithful work in setting before all the people the real meaning of this movement, and what will be involved in its success. This issue should be met promptly and vigorously.