Show F J CANNON FINALLY EXCOMMUNICATED TED Former Senator Frank J Cannon was excommunicated yesterday after afternoon afternoon noon from the Mormon church by the action acton of the high council counci of Weber stake stake in sustaining the action of the bishops bi hops court of or the Fifth ward Og Os Osden Ogden Ogden den Weber stake of March 4 1905 in inthe inthe inthe the J Cannon case of William vs Frank FrankJ Frnk Mr Cannon was oas notified that if he desired to defend his rights rIght in Iii the case he lie must mut appear before the high coun council counci cil ci at 2 p m in yesterday but owing owing to the fact that he was wa to be b allowed no witnesses nor a stenographer in the hearing he lie offered his defense defens in a let letter letter letter ter to the high council counci and the presidency pr si dency ency written under date of or March 13 In Tn this letter l Mr r Cannon takes ex exception exception to the contention that the bish bishops bishops ops court had authority to try tr him on f charge of He maintains that the issue isue is not did he write the editorials which appeared in the Trib Tribune TrIbune Tribune une and which were the basis for the charges changes chare brought against him by b Rack ham but were ert the charges true The high council counci convened convene in the Second ward assembly hall hal yesterday afternoon and received the answer of Mr lIr Cannon to the charges charge of the bish bishops bishops bishops ops court co rt These The e charges s weyd were by special messenger r At the close of the session it was announced that Mr lI Cannon had bad been excommunicated from the church Unless he shall choose to appeal appal to the first presidency of the church hurch he be stands excommunicated ted from this time Letter Leter to High Council Counci In his Ills letter to the high council counci Mr Cannon refers to a letter which he re received l from Mr Ir Bluth setting forth the the conditions of the trial No Witnesses Allowed The letter from Secretary luth bear ing log date of March larch 12 lii l follows in part The transcript from the bishops court will wi be t read rend and you OU will wi have hav the th privilege liege of showing cause cau verbally or vI in writing why wh the decision of the Hurt court shall not be b t sustained and ud the further action acton of o the high council taken which would include excommunication In Inthe Inthe the l very nature of ot the tte tte ease case there ther is noth ing In at lt issue I ue upon which testimony will willbe wil be b needed neede so s that there ther will i be i no 10 wit 1 present prent for the accuser or 0 per milled 1 tor the accused The Th council counci pr will wil not have a a stenographer and and oC or course curs this excludes e all al parties except those named above thO Your Brother bruther t V BLUTH Meat of Cannons Answer part Mr Ir Cannons answer proper follows in partIn In answer to your present proceedings s sI I T cit cic cite first frt the answer anwer made in the the bishops bi holS court urt in what you sail 1 ii the case casc C of C William vs Frank J 1 Cnn Can Cannon non 1 I ask ank that the th answer an m no D read rd th lii t full ill and anO L 1 particularly particular reiterate the pro test which I therein r m i and which which I I make t against t your SOUl exercise of ot jurisdiction in a ease es involving my ds din or excommunication as asu you u claim im hI I c cite to you the fact act Ot the real rel issue laue has hl ha never nevet been b eu under tinder r ton tion by the bishops count const cuI Admitting for the sake of or argument as I 1 do dr denot not ad admit admit admit mit for tor any an other oIlier reason that at the bishops court has jurisdiction o r suCh suCha sue cur a I matter mater the only issue could coul be whether r rI I had told the truth about President Jo Joseph Josephi seph F Smith in the te articles In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Tribune and ud In tho personal conversa conversation tion held hold with Elders Shreeve and Rack ham barn ton The wih question was ns not whether 1 I wrote the articles artcle queston but lt whether Joseph F FSmith FSmith Smith was a I false prophet prophet leading the people without revelation leading them J astray and leaving the worship of f God for the worship of mammon mammonI I 1 contend that this thin Issue was never I tried te before the bishops court Coming now to your summons to ap appear pear per before the high council counci I make this further point That by the documents document received receive from front your our clerk it i Is evident that you propose a pretended hearing which shall also ignore the real Issue which shall U also ls preclude mc me from sup supporting porting my case C by witnesses and which shall also prevent me from fr m having a a full ful copy COP o 0 the proceedings And yet e as us one sentence e in each of the two letters from your our clerk offers an apparent opportunity for me to state cause caus why wily I should not be le excommunicated from the Church of or Jesus Christ or of I Stints Saints lints 1 I will wi make rt reply ply while at the t e same time 11 reasserting the protests of or my first ti an answer answer reasserting that no legitimate lIm te trial and no trial of the real reul issue has lisa yet been held before the bishops bi hops court and that it Is Impossible Imposible for you to legally review as a higher court the proceed proceedings proceedings ings Jn of or a lower court which had no juris june jurisdiction diction dicton and which does doc not present to you ou the findings of or any case c se in which the thereal therea thereal real rea issue i ue was tried As cause cuse why I should not be he excommunicated excommunicated edi editorials I 1 declare that the two In the Salt Lake Tribune eon con concerning which complaint has lias been made were vere true taking into consideration the fact that one of them was written In Inthe Inthe inthe the tone of or a It parable and that my state statement statement ment meat to ta Elder was also true That Joseph seph F P F Smith was owns a false alse het and aud wis leading the people astray astr Maintains Smith Is s False Prophet The whole case cas then if Ie there be any an should exist within the Ule Is Jo Joseph Joseph seph F Ii Smith a a false fal prophet and is 15 he leading Jedin the people p astray As Js you ou permit to t me mo no other other witnesses I cite the t e following as proofs of O t my 1 J He declares delaros that he lie has Ims never re rc received received c a revelation for the guidance of ot ho tho church churchS S He disobeys the revelations of the church ur I As you refuse to permit me to present him lim in iii person as a witness winess I present his ils lil testimony given before the committee on and elections of tho th United States senate in which he be affirmed the two wo above made I contend that hat no man can be a s acer er and revelator for the Church of Jesus Christ Christof Christof of of Saints unless he lie receives revelations for the church I t contend that hat a man who announces that he In Intends intends tends ends to live hive lve in disobedience of the rove is thereby If hr i he hc be bo a leader lender set setting ting ing an example which will wH lead lend the peo poo people pie astray astra if they the follow him As you ou allow me mt no other witnesses I call caB upon every ev one ono of or all al who are arc present to an answer answer rJ to God and to the Saints I if f the th charge made by bJ me Is true or false also If I you say sa that my charge is true rue then you are supporting a it false Jou leader loder and If you ou say sn that my m charge charges charSe Is s false then you ou are denying the word ord of the man whom you ou alejo to be the prophet of God I Cites Smiths Testimony As to my charge that he lie has left the worship of God to 10 the worship of Mammon let me inc call can your attention to his own testimony in which he ic cites the number of or corporations in which he be is president and director and let Jet et me ask you if any man of his limited powers and without thin ion t n from God can perform intelligently faithfully and honorably all al the duties of these runny many offices and yet have any anytime an anytime time left for devotion to his duties dute as asa asa a a prophet of f God GodIn GodIn GodIn In conclusion I ask you to hear bear and heed this statement The people of Utah are beIng belner made to suffer throughout the world because of the follies and und falsities of or Mormon ormon church leadership Covenant with wih the nation has been ruthlessly brok broken naton en by bJ leading men of the church and with tb tb the knowledge c assent and support of the leaders The president of the th Mormon Mor Mormon or ormon mon church cannot annat escape direct r By B the tiie tle violation pledge with wih the country county the whole body bod of or the Mor non mon people are in danger statehood for Utah is In peril Derl The Tle people will wIn willbe willbe be punished for for this mans acts I do not pose lose as 1 a a revelator but 1 I say IY TO you ou and ask you Jou to remember that before this generation shall have passed the lead leaders led leders leadem ers em of the Church of of Jesus Jeus Christ of oC r Saints will wl be compelled to submit to the which gov govern govern govera ern era American citizenship or they the will win willbe merian be je compelled to flee fee the power of ol the United States State Says Faith Should Be Kept When Utah entered d the Union nion the Mor Mormon mon Hon leaders On n their honor for tor t r themselves s the th people and their suc sue successors that never more would the Mor Mormons or mons mona antagonize the government nt At that time all al talk about bout I a of God under Mormon control and to the government government of f C the United States had ended ndel undo and by every implied and cv e even n by hy direct promise In some instances such claims were never more mor to be renewed During nearly fifty years ears the Mo mon people waited for statehood They he re ye received received it lt from rom a generous and an forgiving government When they the allow any an man mail manto manto to set himself u un as their leader header and above the laws lans of or God Go and an man mazi thy they the thee are are e not 1 t only ungrateful to the nation naton both bt but they are vengeance both humn human and ad divine |