Show MINUTES odthe of the seini annual odthe of the F Y jf X R J L A held Sunday evening april ath in the thi assembly lake olty city TIc meeting eting was called to order at by president wilford woodruff fl after singing and prater prayer tho the roll of stake take S superintendents ten dents was called and representatives froin fourteen counties responded spon ded the minutes of etious conference were approve approved dand and the statistical report lor for the year wag was read rea d by the sec secretary y apostle wilford woodruff president jos F smith and apostalo moses thatcher were unanimously sustained ai bcd as the general S i 11 tendency with junius P ve wells am M 11 hardy rodney badger as their assistants elder junius F wells said that in order to secure a unanimity in tho the form of reports and record books throughout the territory it had been thought wise wise to app appoint a committee to draft forms elders milton if hardy bosvelt jos felt Velt L B R martinlau Martin cau E H anderson and junius fi wells were nominated and anani sustained Bu stained as the members of bf this committee very encouraging verbal reports were given by the representatives odthe of the young and several of the youil young ladies associations showing an increased membership a desire on alic part of the members to acquire khow knowledge ledge and a universal determination to uphold the truth and honor oie the p principles aples bequeathed to them by their fathers fai liers prest wood woodruff ruff said the there had been a number of nia machines chines started in this territory to manti manufacture facture lies notably one in salt lake cit city y one ono odthe of the falsehoods ground out by these engines was that the mark in ark of their parents immorality was stamped upon the faces of the issue of polygamous marriages this was not true he lie was willing for any man or set of men to look on th the e faces of the young oung people present and chereb thereby I determine Tle tent ne ali the truth or falsity of the tile assertion the tile prophet joseph had bad said that if our ii rights ts were refused us by all cartmil earthly y rulers r there lifs yet quo hi higher glier to whon we mast must appeal who would not desert asif we dra draw w near to him 11 I apostle A p ostle albes thatcher stated state that while there was vas a deep rooted prejudice re juaice against fsr in the united kates states there were many honest men who were the friends of eq equal al rights tights he had recently attended attend edu a discussion sion ip in the city of chicago upon a subject relating to the position of the latter day saints which h had confirmed him hip in this belief prest jos P F smith gava some good advice relating to th c p tion of ali the two parties in this territory he bo hoped ped that ike places of f business of the th e holy outsiders would not be polluted by the presence of our unholy brethren the conference was adjourned for six months singing n praise god etc Ben benediction effic t ion fy by apostalo erastus snow |