Show SAY DR LEILICH I IS DISTURBER A 4 Text T ext of Uw tie Protest t Against the Uti tk INSIST THAT HE SHALL GO 60 GOJ MATTER J H D wom ET aT cm w JIl JIlt 4 t ltv Kov Hp J 1 U Ii Leilich Superintendent 4 4 1 4 lar sincerely ly regret 4 that I ha t necessity compels compel pe us to Inform NU u of the earnest prayers era of our Ue MI and OUt our people peo that you YOO may ay 4 x Kir r our nur connection with the t ti i tab t u Ii mission for tot the following J 4 4 have utterly failed to f bring about a harmonious 4 i r f the pastors paston oad aad their ot of oft 4 i t th h mission J Second e every ery charge cba t tt 4 i t he h congregation o tIon are depleted dt when whenn y n ii are ar announced to hold the tbt quiet f ft t turly Irly U The quarterly con 4 t dreaded and lOud they are 4 4 r nee are ar 4 uly Illy attended by It its II members In lii 4 i II tort ort of their pastor 4 You mu must mut t be a aware ure in int 4 th t h ht language of statecraft you yc are i 4 i 4 fInk nut nr gr J gruta u t with weh practically 4 mission Ion t vrr vr r charge hae In hi the know how bow our 4 t 4 stand and lii hid i It to 0 bring 4 I Ihm In harmony with the tM present t 4 4 T 0 t e It if 4 yI 1 aUt A Ut tb the cause taUM of hrUt as a aIth 4 vi M Ith minister you will grant grantir 4 ld 4 cir III ir r requeSt at st once onN o 0 av Ute Ite m In the th work and further lurther t ti 4 i fn from i those who have bavo ben been 4 m ur ul You w wen well ll know that 4 t tn n nfl work can n e d with division 4 4 V have i on other than th t the most t tIt 4 It f feeling e lIns but tout we must be ho beto hotte 4 i tte ie to our W u and aid to ourselves 4 if I r Dr J 1 L 1 I LeWek has hi h his detractors detractor h ii hI aso d n has bu his h supporters The latter r rho vh ho however are few rew are trying to tomake make beard heard above the roar roaro or lIf o th polemical storm to which so 50 much attention has baa been attracted in inthe the th past few days Dr friends deplore the tb circumstances rc which on the controversy and they l he be should bould have bave a It chance to de det t himself They do nut not attempt to the truth of the charges made against him but they believe some of ot the thu th grievances could be satisfactorily and they regret that e ort the difficulty v r not made to adjust lore it had assumed its present p nt pro I on They believe the situation ii h 1 nut not so serious but that less Ie vigorous n in hods could have been employed to shout the desired result This indicates a Ii dl of senti ni nt and some of ot the members even m tu tion the necessity ity for the present u it ul Ion turn for the leaders Iden of the church 01 ot her he seem to find and enough against In III administration to strengthen the conviction entertained b hy by member members that hi hie remove 1 to some other lither field of usefulness I would be for forthe forI the he I ht best interest j of the church in the tite When Dr Leilich ca ene ne here h ho b wis wai to receive 1500 This included the parsonage TIlt Dr Leilich arranged the affairs affair of ot the church it i lit Is claimed so iIO ti t a it t his hi salary could b be Increased to tom toS toS S m oo The pastors of the various mis missions In believe that tha his salar Alar shoud lIbou d dha tine ha v remained the th same Ara and that of s me m of the met mar hc have been work workIng It Ing hll n for a meager r salary Alary should have hare ba been Ihn increased d Reduced of ore of r C the pastors yesterday stated that tha t four presiding pr i elders eldera are aN needed in inthis Inthis Inthis this held field ld When Dr Leilich came hero hert thie t were three th but there are but two nI It is by b reducIng th number Dumber aiKi anul a by hy oth ot othe economic management that Dr Leilich baa ba been able to draw M o per r year from this mittle Th The members member do not look with favo fa YO upon pun the fact that he allowed his name to 1 bt b used in III the east to secure invest in in the Snowbird mine of which I D Ii is said to hold a large a r of si St tolk o k The mine thus thua tar far it is claimed I Ihas Ihas li has is been a 1 and lId no ore Oft i ih h hl hta i yet et t been found in paying II tI prospectus Prospecting is ia being belDI carried Mi on I in tile the th hope of finding a paying lead Ri n J F Price was wa made t of ef the mine min and withdrew from the church in order that he be might gif fue 1 I his time and attention att to the work it H is iu i expected that he win will return t to the tile ministry Were Wee If lotU e r The Thu Motion engendered by Dr Lei tAl Leili li h hs x administration caused several sevel pe petitions to he De circulated protesting against his b reappointment nt On One of ot tl tise tbt se was started at tt Provo Another at It and an a third at Eureka Eurea A protest was WaI started by the lay layn iM n of this city and is Ia similar to the theon on nn signed by the officers of the hilI A rOpy copy of this petition was wasa w f a m und ed yesterday and to is given gell above Ml All II the ministers in the jurisdiction v nl L h the he I exception of the Rev ReY John C FH kel are said 14 to have Julve signed the pe petition petition They Tb y are as follows follow George GeorgeV GeorgeE V E J c ne net Second Methodist church J JH JH 1 H 11 Heath Hath church H G Lt Park Prk Methodist J 3 H el pastor etor iliff III ft church W B Purton G C F Cook Park Perk Perky I i it II y H W Parker Payson Wildman Murphy Provo Rev Thomas Johns Joh JohI Johnsl Murray l I urray Rev G 8 S Womer Ogden i v Jc Jo eph eph Wilks Corinne Rev Mr MrK K i ley Mere r The n protest was waa also ablo by the following deaconesses Harriet I I a E Laney Salt Lake Miss XIa Edith Smith Murray Miss MIN Catherine r Pk Pek ik Iliff Mrs JI Cordelia Robinson of Da flu ts Is Deaconess home hone Salt Lake City MT BleW Statement ItatI I was wU never ner asked a ed to sign alp the peti petition tion tinn urging the recall of ot Dr Leilich the Rev Ke John Joba C Bickel pastor of ot ott tu flu t h First Methodist church rhu h I might church to is tori isI vu ilY ay that the First Methodist ri I i no nn way wa interested in the matter I Ii It i t n il too busy bu to engage In any contro i F sy with a superior officer I have 1 i uI i teen been the petition but sincerely i t rrt the tile publicity the matter has baa hasK baan K n i n If there was any an objection to toI I r Leilich it could have hav been present eil to Bishop Warren for eon con and the humiliation that has bU bUhn b hn n thrust upon the church could have haYe been ht n avoided It is i an error to tu say AY that any aay un unfriendly friendly frit feeling exists exist between Dr Lei lie luh h and myself I knew him in the iM tt I t but we were ere always alwa friends Dur DurIng inK Ing the ecclesiastical 1 trial of Dr S C Swallow to wallo In ID Pennsylvania about a year yeara ago a o I was v attorney for tor Dr Swallow T I r Leilich was hostile to my client l ut this thia fact engendered no DO ill III feeling brt een Dr Leilich and ancS myself When 1 i was wall sent to Salt Lake Dr Di Leilich hid he been an n enemy of mine I could have ha prevented pr vente my coming here beret but buthe buthI buthe he hI raised tallied no word against me meI I have han been here but a few months and know little regarding nt Dr administration of affairs frat in IQ this tb mis missionary ml missionary Sold Geld But I believe belle in fair fairplay play and justice I would not t uphold Dr Pr Leilich if it he has done cIon anything v w roD rong nor DOr would I endorse public clamor lamor against him unjustly As A I have bave said Mid I am too busy buy with 1 1 my own church to mix S up in any out outside outside side matter The n result reat Is to very satis satisfactory t factory to me DIe for since nee Dec Dee 1 last we weha have hae ha eo had an aD increase of seventy venty new members t |