Show ats als sy f t X adis 3 S 0 00 6 TT T T R S M I 1 V ny BY JOHN TAYLOR DELIVERED in the tabernacle bae Tae macle macie salt sait lake city sun lda da afternoon mag nag 4 ath th 1884 REPORTED BY 41 j fon for lor lon a short time been heen away sway from froin this IMs city visiting in our southern settlements in company with president 10 gorge Q cannon sev several eral of the t twel twelve e apostles and a number otlean 71 i ing brethren of the church we have feea south bouth as far as aa st george we visited the on one day and i afterwards met with the people eople of triad city and neighborhood an fn na a two days vs t meeting we 1 also aiso held a number of meetings in the different settlements on our why way there and on our return wo we found generally among the saints a feeling to observe the jaws laws ot of god to keep ills his commandments to live their the religion aud and und to pursue a course thatis that Is right and honorable fable fabie 18 able bie ble before god our heavenly F eathen ather the roads have generally been very bad on account of storms but the members of the company enjoyed themselves very well weli the people whom we visit ed seemed to appreciate our bon bOU coming n and the instructions which they ceceli bcd red and I 1 am pleased to meet with you vou on 1 ain jin this your stake conference today to oay day there are one or two subjects that I 1 haye thought I 1 would treat upon beoh slightly ly andio this end I 1 ask your attention it is proper that we should have hake a thorough understanding of all things associated without wi with thour our position as a ter ricort it is proper likewise that we should shou understand ld our duties and re gpo to the nation in which we live uve it is also proper that we should mi understand our duties in a social cap duties which we a owe to each other and then it is pro proper er we ve should understand our r relationship ip to god our heavenly father AS intelligent mortal and immortal acting i ina lna haual dual oual capacity associated with the the hea heavens vens tens wIth thIngs n past bast things present rese nt and things t to 0 lo 10 comit com it is night right I 1 say ay that thit wave vive should comar comprehend the position that we ve occupy before god our heavenly tai tat tather occupy her ef ore the natian an which we live ive lve hmong among ourselves as individuals and nd communities and be able abie td act art ly wisely isely prudently intelligently and fi it according to the fa fag faa laws A of god and of I 1 the constitutional and proper laws of men A thing has occurred an relation to a T L chango of time in id this country that I 1 c thought though I 1 would refer to I 1 wa ill iri i formed by the superintendent of our i telegraph company that they were pur to change changed the he time in the yar var varn vann ous offices of the company I 1 emmea dimmed lately telegraphed back to understand him to sto stop these things until a general understanding had been reached for such changes change s vf V without ilith out a general understanding would ll 11 ha havea eia ela tendency to produce coref confusion r and coref confusion ulion is not a thing that should rt i exist in the midst of the latter day 1 nS 14 saints aint s with the intelligence that we f P profess r odess to be in possession of I 1 fo found und 1 a little thin thing of the same kind in st 1 1 george I 1 30 do not know hardly howit how it f originated but when we ave came to look i at our watches and com aurb them with t the he time on the town clock ther ewas a difference of about fifteen minutes N 7 some person had bad oot got the idea there wa w that they ou ought to be e governed by the of st george which differs as chatot that of salt lake this change in stgeorge was altogether 1 I outside of the change that has been adopted in id many of the cities in the avast i gast east while it is proper for people to understand the true meridian of the 11 places they live ill in lly it would not be considered right lor tor every place to set ciup up a stan standard darI darl of its own 1 which would td a good deal deai of u uncertainty and i az y with alth regard to fo the alteration made in salt shit lake liue any change that asfor is for the 3 better cuetter is a thing thing we ought always to adopt but anything that tends hs as I 1 1 l have said to confusion ought always eways tto be avoided not being uli hii informed ormed of the arrangement that had been made nor llor of its nax nat natura natorp ura arp and supposing it to bo b simply h a railroad Tall road change I 1 thou khou thought glit it il was rather tather a strange thing for the people here herd say in thi this city to change their time at the instance of a railroad br or a telegraph company oui oni pany which must V af of necessity haye their tin tir time regulated according to circumstances but on onen en quiring more f ully fully into the matter matar I 1 have found aund that it is isa a principle thit that lias has been generally aci acl adopted opted if I 1 have been correctly informed by the leading cities and states of the dast past but hut just how far and how extensive t the e change is I 1 am not at present pre prepared pared to say it struck me immediately upon he heaning hearing arin it that if it was anything 0 01 a national character and was proposed to be uni dini verbally ver sally adopted it would be a thing 1 we iye ought to adopt but if it was a sectional I 1 tl affair etwas it was a thing to be avoid r ed eol as tending to promote promote disorder and confusion 1 wi will refer to one or two 16 things wherein every body who reflects a little upon a subject of this kind will see that bon confusion fusion must necessarily eneyat 1 occur unless the change is gemple trene frene raf tor for instance here on this temple tempie eor nor block there is a small building arob ob servitors servi tory tors wherein vh ereta certain instruments are arb kept for regulating the time a and ana n d tor lor for other purposes associated with astronomical astronomic L observations etc I 1 re member a number of years ago at the instance and request of some government wh who here who ament officials were I 1 believe belleve were officers officer of the noted united tates lates geological arvy ur vy president iotis young ordera a large ehe the heavy ml y rock to be hoe cut and placed in that t building for astronomical purposes and up to the present time from that place observations have been taken from time to time to place us in a correct position in relation to the blur ian in which we vye live and to correct our time accordingly As you are aware we have of our own quite an exten siye telegraphic arrangement chilt that extends very vers veryne nearly arny anny all over the territory that was gotten up years ago in ordeta that lvell we plight ht have rapid communication on throughout lout all of our settlements hind und that we at any unie time could obtain intal intelligence pertaining to matters assoria ted with disorders connected connect edwith with indians and othar other circumstanced nce that might light call jorth forth our action and this has been used gene gent rally among otner things to regulate the time of the territory regulate hitoi that tah ahen when the meridian was corrected here hefe the proper time would ie be telegraphed to all the telegraph of aces in the territory this was adjusted twice a week and fience hence they hll bli ablhad hag bag theace same bame time precisely andal andai four Fout watches were correct that is 18 if they ney kept good time f if they did not of course they were not liot correct but all good watches no matter where wb happened gapp happened ened to be in the territory indicated J the same time hence I 1 1 was a little 1 surprised at the difference of time in st george and I 1 told them such things were weid not proper ought not tobe to be and sand could not be sanctioned and iad the same thing would apply to other places and other ces As we reached nearer home I 1 heard that the city council of salt sait lake had adopted the new time all well elou enough wi provided other things icings were right but tut lut the city council ot of Salt Lake does not govern the terni terri tory there are a number num berof of cities in the territory with their mayors city officers leers off and municipal regulations pos equal rights with i the city of salt bake lake a ak 1 6 and although it might be thought pro proper er to 0 regulate ma mattens matters aters in regard to this thing say in this thi city elty yet at the same time it would be equally iet tet y as proper that other cities other towns and other peoples should be consulted hence in view llew of these things being president of the telegraph company I 1 sent a telegram such as I 1 before fore referred ref erred to requesting i g the gentleman antle who had kiad charge of our ter tem tapa operations ic here to stop sto ing of that klad kiad until we could coula couls nave veaco a correct ui understanding of bf these matters A and nd see h how ow far they extended add arid what was their nature natura for it is 19 proper r that wa we ina lna in a territorial capacity should hould act het lif acord in a matter of orthis I 1 kind I 1 have been beer told sinea hine hinc by nim I 1 im and others that the thing thin is vety generally entered into and if it is then it would be proper foi fol forus us to adopt it and if not hot it would not be proper proper there la Is a very great difference of time for instance between betwee ii here herd and boston doston and there is quite a 1 difference between beti yeen Veen here and california wehre behre we are a long way ivaz west of onland one and east of bf the osher othen and ana this difference of longitude produces differences of time as all air who have studied th this is subject are acquainted with now yow then this thesis Is one of those things inis that it is necessary to consider well weli before changes are are made ji 54 order that unanimity and harmony anay m prevail among amon gils us in regard to things that appear ver deiy small smail in themselves but which would make great confusion if not properly reu regulated our territory extends several several hundred miles fo eor for r instance st george Is about miles south of this place wit with h soM variation of gourse course and then our our northern settlements extend quite ti h distance but we can very easily casily regulate the matter of time in ourt our territory te br because there is only a slight difference between one place and ano another perhaps fifteen or sixteen windam minutes as a most of our important settlements lle ile in a bl belt beit elt eit nearly north and south with 9 4 limited extension east cast and if this chan chat change e kasnot was not generally adopted adopt edin in theun the united fred states then we should not be in harmony with them if we adopted iland the same difficulties would exist as s have existed heretofore which nible nom mom be removed and i I 1 am inclined to think friem what little I 1 havea heard that this change hauge will per naps laps be a very good one and if f so 1 after consulting chevar the various adus author authorities al el ahr throughout the territory we hd feel at liberty to adapt q p pt iab it but t ido I 1 do not think it is prope props ri for one city or two erthree or three as thomase the tho case may be to make an arrangement affecting the ohp whole abdell e ta territory tr because no city council can g god 6 outside of its lis own cit city limits ardzis andzis and ard as all others are arc concerned about which whick the peo pie piel generally should be consulted and wherefore I 1 eisent sent the heleg telegram rain previous U ly mentioned in order that ie brogh look into these matters aud annd have things adjusted upon pon correct principles and if Is if is 4 a n national dional thine of course we will comply with it alfil there are things that are loose about it we do not want it we do not want to be changed about by irresponsible individuals and thrown into confusion even in so small smail a Tt matter patter 44 a time this may appe appear ar a very veny email thing to some mal mai but ut it is oneff those till titi things D gs that interferes with the order and harmony that ought to exist among peoples and nations I 1 might enter into considerable conversation about the way that things are arranged in reg regard ardito to latitudes and longitudes and the various 0 operations p era tons and ples pies that exist abon among the nations pertaining to L these thes matters mt s but that is subject a I 1 that does not concern us at present and therefore I 1 shall shail pass it by suffice it cosay to say in regard to this proposed chance chahee thatis that if wo vvo nind and it is correct and renerd generd general th thron ro 11 a bout the U united states 0 or at least the ik leading ead g pr prominent in pities and states ol of th ahse united ere would be no great difficult tj 1 n us adopting it inthis in this territory but I 1 it to show that it is not an individual affair nor an affair that belongs to a city non noi two or three cit cities ies les b but ut it is a thing tiang that belongs to the anft ought to be considered d by the people they thereof ll 11 The thedois there rols reis is another 4 thing altaf that abat I 1 have bave heard a little about there has ilas been a v ery cry 0 s affair associated with the crift trift trial triai anric 0 of a a murderer here who has bc been twice tivice previously tried and convicted and aud still the matter is before the courts who is to biame blame is not forme for me to say that is a matter that is r ted with the mhd judiciary and they I 1 suppose ard arb are for their acts it is s customary in manx many parts of these united tates totes when ihen the judiciary is sup supposed p ased to have done wrong 0 o introduce d uce I 1 judge lynch I 1 I 1 aid ald hid for the people to co constitute tute lute themselves into a tribunal and to take tike the responsibility of changing the supposed criminals orin ar in somo some may way taking their lives ilves I 1 have heard that h t some som e remark had been made herg here ill lil r rezard regard gard to thi ahls s nian man llo lio hopt t who has as a we we it itt 4 kill I 1 feua I 1 a young man under very agar aggravating i aydt I 1 ng circumstances and abid that thi the eg peoble people ea 0 1 iq had felt very indignant ab about 0 t th the tho 0 course that has been lieen pursued by bythe te h courts pertaining to this matt matter e r a and nd some bomp one had crie cried dout out when he was as on n i the way to prison lynch himl himi I 1 vant vann tto to state here gat that w we do not n t want any I 1 lynching lunching lyn ching aloag tuv us let other people do t that at kind of thin thing if they want to it is not 9 a doctrine we believe in it i 1 a principle that we ite are arc opposed to in every form and n every sh shape apeland and I 1 thought I 1 bould speak of aitto it today to day in order that yon tou nil nii alight tit lit 1 know glow jiow at least rast what our fee fec feelings lingg ai are in relation to these matters we wd have laws given us to be gov governed e arned by and I 1 think thins we are ure told in one dt our revelations that it is proper to obey obeys every law that is constitutional the judiciary is a tribunal that has been beed appointed pointed appointed and provisions made mado for laby ag y the constitution of the united states and there are laws lams passed for the arraignment of criminals add arid for the adjustment of all ali matters pertaining to th the judiciary and if even bronfe or blas bias of any kind should prevail we have haye nor no right Tight to cha change the order and principles which haye have been beem laid down by n af pf the united states and pt by the laws lawa thereof k 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