| Show ASKING FOP FOE information Ws we have referred our interrogator to his bishop or Te tea ashers hers for his zer answer 4 diton IE tue THE JOURNAL I 1 have beard considerable about discipline lining the last few days more than I 1 ever b heard eard about it before N siw nw w I 1 want to know if it still etil means what it used to the application of a general rule for the b of all I 1 want to know if it 11 wits was discipline that sent prank frank Cati catitton tion to the U S senate while it kept moses thatcher out i want to know if it is discipline that 04 keeps frank in the church while it tries to crowds crowd brother muncs out I 1 want mant to know if this discipline prevents hundreds and thousands of moses thatchers brunds from holding up their hand to suet sustain tain him it seems mr editor that whet frank cannon can get the indorse ment of liis his father and losepha los ephr F smith that thai moses thatcher 0 to be entitled to some considers consi derm tio tion n we all know frank and we all know moses and when frank is upheld and moses dropped we ab at know there is a agger in the wood pile discipline dit is a good thing but bur when it sends men out on missions to preach the ibe gna t Q every nation of the ear frank at home looking after domestic matters in their absence it ought to be extended if clemency clemen cj is shown to any on one iii il lUvar COL who cafe j i avd JAL their cipra u f h V nv ii re tem V ber listening licten ii te ning ing to was wag the one made ina by ruther brother joseph F in the logan 0 tabernacle about the time we divided divided on party lines discipline never touched him I 1 happened to be in brigham city when president cannon spoke against the democrats I 1 like it but when his denial appeared in all the papers next day discipline would have made me ma keep still about it only brigham jr gave t away I 1 have often wondered if brother brigham jr was ever disciplined cip lined for that discipline is a great thing but it never seemed to have any terrors for 11 II E baker when he used to fill his paper with libels on moses thatcher Tb atcher who was wae his ecclesiastical superior even when the bishop took baker to task discipline stepped in and said leave brother baker B alcer I 1 alone he be has authority for what he is doing 0 and baker has since been made a presiding elder in oregon discipline never seemed to worry brother geo F gibbs for although 0 he was proved to be a bearer of false tidings and an unwarranted intermeddler interra eddler he still retains his big old position prepared no doubt to send out further farther communications to more discreet people there is nothing like discipline a though although it may send men to idaho to advise their brethren to leave their church and forswear their religion it also impels them to say that they were acting without authority and that they misrepresented a and lied about those in authority tho rity yet discipline never took from them their ecclesiastical positions for they hold bold them to this day discipline should never tie te used to subordinate the people who toil and donate to the up building ini of zion while ambitious men carry out their schemes and place their relatives in ill all available positions and I 1 dont say that discipline dici pline plina has teen leen used for that purpose you will pardon a digression mr mr editor if I 1 refer to a matter that has no bearing on anything any thing contained in this letter but a piece of poetry by robert marshall ball oa do continued on silt page ASKING FOR FOB information continued from page 1 the glory of the cannon family is now lying yin before me and this is what it tells about that we have president cannon at the head bead of the dominant domi nent church his son frank at the head bead of the dominant party his brother anous angus at the head of the chief stake his brother david at the head of the st george stake his son john in charge of the church organ his nephew gep M 31 chairman of the republican party and president of the state senate and so on ad infinitum I 1 think that poetry had bad better be called in but to return reburn fo the subject under discussion I 1 want to know why christian conduct and devotion to principle can not balance in the scales of discipline against a matter of flesh and blood I 1 want to know if it is the lords will that men who have given to him freely of their time and means who have served years and years on missions who b have ave lived moral and upright lives w who ho bave have upheld and defended the gospel at all times who have never done one act to bring shame to the people or reproach upon the church shall be dropped from positions they have filled with honor while men like frank cannon with recommends from froin pre president i joseph F smith and bishop thomas stevens are praised to the skies and loaded with honors if discipline does this it is not the kind of discipline dici pline we knew in the days of brigham young when men of independence were admired and men of god preferred I 1 hope mr editor that you may be able to give me some gome liitt on this subject through the columns of your valuable paper as tb there ere are many many who feel a good deal like I 1 do and want to see some explanation of these things 0 that looks reasonable DISCIPLE the questions asked are entirely out of our line and we respectfully fully refer our correspondent to his bishop or teachers for the information he be seeks ed |
