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Show CEDAR WARD I CONFERENCE. I Ward Authorities Unanimously Sustained M by the Vote of tlie People. s .1 v M PRESIDENT U. T. JONES ON VOTING. Church Authorities Nominate mid (he H Members Blcct. Nominees Cannot ' 'H Hold Office Until f-lcctcd. M Ward conference was held in1 Cedar ward last Sunday at which the oflicorri H of tho ward wero presented to tho pco -H pie for their approval. Before tho pre- H scntingof the names of the ofllccr.'i ,H President U, T. Jones addressed thu H congregation on the subject of within; - H on such occasions, explaining that it H was Important that all church member:) H should vote for or against the Individ- H uals that were presented, and that H without the saints sustained the ofllccm they could not hold tho olllccs that they H were proposed for. In relation to nCK ativo votes thu president said that H while It was the right of every one to ?l vote as they felt' yet no one ought fo H vote against an o nicer in tho cburcTi H without having a reasonable causo.for " H so doing, and that prejudice was tot :i M rcasonablo cause; also said that ho M would not caro to vote against one of M his brethercn even it ha had what hu M considered a reasonable cause, without M llrst acquainting the person with the fact, and giving him the chance to re- H move it or cxnlnln himself, or In case H of his failure so to do, laying in a com- H plaint against him to those in authori- tl ty over him. Explained that In the s- H lection of these church olllccrs It Is gen- H orally understood that the authorities H lmc the right to nominate, and thu H 1 membura to susuiln or rcjocthand If thu M a people reject, Iho nomlncertA. not. In- H k talei,' cj.tt.woulrt be'tuvrfoe io place r. -m rmrxl eonaxgeo'lt'wns also rfcord' day M I when thoreconisof the different or- ganlziitlons in the ward should bo pm- H Minted for Insjiection. It is important that a record be kept of tho ordlnatlonu, removals, organizations, eta, of cacti association, society or other part of tho H wind, v.. -. M The Sunday School was reported . by "1 Supt. Palmer as being in n satisfactory H condition. The Relief Society was r H IorU;d in fair order by Its president, H Sister Annie Thorley, and tho Y. M. M. ,; I. A. and Primary asocia .on wore r- ported Jn good shape. Prof. Joseph H Cosslett reported tho choir as being H all right, and invited thu people to vN H it them nnd get mi Idea of thu labor U required to keep up with their part of the worship. H |