Show THATCHER IS DROPPED i i he is no longer one of the twelve apostles ADDRESS TO THE SAINTS the imperative necessity of submit a elon I 1 on to counsel insisted upon especially in tho the cases of 0 high church B IL roberts baltes sl ilia submission imd refers to me els disregard of 0 tho the of the spirit authorities have aavo the tha keys and will keep ther cheza immense throngs thrones attended tendel at con conaci cont ferit ci ence yesterday and hundreds could not nol set get into the tabernacle aclo atter after the aln gini and the open opening prayer by elder john D T mcallister apostle heber J grant read the statistical reports that of 0 the women a relict society for or the year ending december a 31 IMS 2395 shelled an enrollment of anz and t that bat branches had been organizer in the state receipts receipt of 0 various kinda 0 f property including amount on hanl hand at the beginning ot of the year expended during the year ZI ald n 4 D H young president jane S III ellch c h ards edg W n smith and sarah AT ICIm kemball ballo vice presidents r ame mme line i E B wells secretary find and isabella mj I 1 ho horre r r e t treasurer r e la i ur e r sign elen the report T the h e a annual n n u 1 r report e po rt of 0 the young la dies national mutual improvement association so of zion front january 1 to january 2 use ISM was number of associations soc lations 40 cash on hand band and re eclied calved property 45 balance ot cash property issa increase in membership lit in average attend ance til ell slimed signed by elmaria 3 tailor tai IOP president marla maria T Y dougal and martha IL 11 counselors ann AL cannon secretary and treasurer of 0 the primary associations ot of the tha church six of the stakes riot not reported number of 0 associations oni cers anil and members average attendance meeting with mith miscellaneous exercises 1135 3 donations to charitable charl purposes IN to missionaries 13 43 signed by louis 13 felt president lillie T freeze counselor may hay anderson secretary and nine aids to I 1 the general loard ivard I 1 THE CING apostle john henry smith was the fint speaker ot of the morning lie ile referred to the erection of the Brig Br ighani harn young monument which had been placed on a temporary pede pedestal etal iff protect it from heljo hunters he praised the monument and urged greater creator zeal in completing it ile he next urged kloct ter for home publications and lauded their value he here bore festl monr to the unity and zeal ot of tho the chuich authorities elder john bebo astin rejo rejoiced teed k enjoyable meetings ti ties should bo be liberally literally anil unity should prevail among amone the saints there could be no doubt of 0 the keyo key o being beina with the first presidency it mas B difficult at first for or him to realize the correctness front from the old to ilia ali new position but now he was con incel on every great reat occasion the I 1 prominence ot of the first presidency was man manifest irest and this conference Is a a notable example of 0 this president wilford woodruff spoke I 1 next and said the lord was waa responsible for the ina manifesto n lie he related some acme perso personal n at experiences and claimed to have IV been led by the spirit of 0 revelation from his boyhood he illustrated I 1 by telling how hour ho be had been shown long lone I 1 before it occurred that he should dedicato dedicate th the e temple in this city ELD eldell SUBMITS elder 13 jr it explained hie big joy in this worle and how his testimony of its truth was sure he had perhaps not always been guided by the spirit but whenever lie bad riot nat submitted to the guidance Rul danco he hail had reaped sorrow he recapitulated recapitulated the word ot of the lord to the church anil andl spoke of the iho work done said the power rod and order of oc the new dispensation would never bo be removed front from the earth the loyalty of 0 the people la in this work sustained them in spite spile ot or their imperfections imperfection fi and the h S a testified alth power that the authority now exer clied in love and zeal by the th pric priesthood should never be token taken froni from thern them they would be sustained of 0 god ged and even though wate tome might have hav stumbled lit in the darkness they might still return to the path of right taking ad cage of its unerring guidance eul dance to the rood good of salvation ile he sustained suit alnea with humility and faithfulness the decisions and instructions of 0 the presidency and apostles and felt to urge uree all to submit them elves in ob obedience collence to the counsels and labors of the priest hond bond lie ile hoped always to be able and willing to place the kingdom nedom kl of god goa and its interests paramount to all other issues I 1 the session SessiO lu lit in tho the afternoon george 0 cannon annott announced laced the addina Ad dita to the saints printed herewith which was read ty apostle grant girt after the reddin re odin T th the e adoption ot of the alio ad address dresa WAR wai wa i moved by nt angus arua it Ca cannon lulon find and seconded amended by elder cr joseph E taylor opportunity top for remarks was ims offered ott ered but nothing WT was bald aid and the motion to adopt carr carrvel lel unanimously president george Q cannon then presented 6 the ore beneral authorities viz colford woodruff MS as prophet S sor so ar r and revelator and of the thai church of jesus christ ot of latter day saints in all the world georg 0 cannon as first counselor coun in the first presidency joseph V smith as seen second it of counselor in tile I girat arst presidency lorenzo snow as a president of ibis th twelve apostles As a members of the council of tf twelve apostles lorenzo snow franklin D richard brigham boling Yoi inar II 11 iyman I john henry smith heber J orant grant john george geore e teasdale Tc asdale W taylor W merrill anthon H lund nad kimol abraham ab I 1 A ham H cannon the Colin counselor selom in the first presidency I 1 and the twelve apostles as n prophets Prop liets seers and revelatory revelators I 1 patriarch to the church john smith airet seven ceven presidents pi of the seventies seymour B boling C D fjell I 1 sted bated B jr roberts george reynold jon ro nathan G ill rulon S wella well an anil a rdward stevenson I 1 william B profit preston on as bishop with robert T burton as his hl first and a john IL winder as his seo ond franklin counselor D It IchArds as church iris torian orlan and general church recorders Ite corce V I 1 t h john X jaques and nd charles W ren I 1 row rom as is hla his assistants an the church ar board d 0 I 1 education Wll Wil tord roli 0 lomino I 1 I 1 snow gorr george Q cannon non karl G maeser mi eser willard yo youna u ng george W thatcher an aninion t hon ir 11 lund james sharp shari anil nil joseph r 1 smith As trustee ln trust tor for the bo body ot it livor known us as tile the churtz of jesus christ ot of latter day D ay iy saints wilford john nich 0 ison na as clerk of 0 the gentral conference comfore le all lit the vot 11 ll ng to sustain the ties as presented pre sentil was unanimous the tha noteworthy feature of 0 tho the aboa I 1 11 tho ill 0 onil islon of balne pan c from tle ile list of the twelve apostles CLOSING WORDS apostal Dri ghant young indorsed endorsed Indor sed all that biad been dono done at the conference Ion ference and alj said it boull bring relief to the people under me ile new conditions tha saints ts he hoped would be equal to fill all emergencies many vicissitudes biad air been pa passed bcd through of lite resulting in tho the unexpected wealth and po arty of tile the people these WOM intended to pre ill the e people for tile the use of tho means god od was preparing to give them for the further ATI po of the cause of truth lie ile t tilled to the growth and improvement of tho the people pc cp of god and tho the attention being belli attract attracted kil to the latter day stunts from the world w orld at are if 1 president 1 ident geog Q conron closed the speaking by dwelling upon spiritual gifts especially that of revelation ty by which the church Is led lie he deigned the operation a of that gitt mid and coplan oj 01 rome or of its loading leading manifestations ito also ajao tile tho saints to regard tho the first presidency lit in their true light ind nd declared thit that they had bid never done anything hing to t forfeit their confide confidence nee lie he asserted cam arted that if they entertained i a feel inc of lovo love ond in n those whom gott goil loved tile the almighty would coless them tho unjust reproaches of tho the world could be borne born with nith but foundationless foundatIon found loss of brethren cut to tho the soul he a continued lop for some time rh biilna inc i timely instructions appropriate to existing conditions find closed by explaining recent efforts ot of the lares Id elloy to establish csiA bIlah enterprises that aid give work anti and profit to the ibo jeora 14 president woodruff pronounce 1 the benediction and the conference stood flood for sli months ADDRESS DR BY THE authorities their position on tile th point of counsel and politics I 1 TO TRE THE SAINTS to tho the officers and members member of the church of jesus jesua christ of L latter day saints alca in ID Gen general cral conference asom blod dour dear brethren and ana sisters every lat ter for day saint will nill recognize tile value of union not only in action but in matters of fit faith and discipline an aa to the rights and authority of tho the priesthood of tile iho son ot or god it la 19 of the iho highest lepor tanco radco that there should be 16 tie no of opinion aaeng the th officers and members be of the church of jesus christ of litter day saints feeling tho ilia feces m ity of A correct understanding ot of this it principle r In ciple we deem buom it proper at ill this Is sixth an ni veary 0 of 1 tho the organization of the lite church in t theao h eso lost last days to prepare and pram t a statement nt on oil tho tha subject em ieli t g tho the which has always prevailed in the church and our laws apon it wo we are prompted to ado adopt P t thol athla course cours nt at the rho time beca because u so of I 1 covents which hao during the lite late political i icat contest A great diversity 0 or opinion on tho ilia subject has been expressed and even by leading elders in tho the Ol church lurch which latter fact has na naturally ea in some instances to cons haa d erable d division of sentiment it Is of oc great importance that we linder friand ouch each other and that there bo be harmony in our teachings it li especially amr important octant that these teachings shall dunall bo be in accordance with tho the rules and regulations and doctrines which ft alch havo have been I 1 laucht lit ht slid and which havo have pre prevailed from tho the bw aig until the present timo having not only tho the sanction of undisputed asao 1 but ut tho the approval of at all faithful ild leaders 1 in n tho the church and of him in whose name find and by n hose authority they act in tho the lato late exciting contest to which aich reference has ben been made tho the presiding in some instances havo have acon misunderstood in other instances they bave been awn mirre which has bos led to a wrongful conception of their real lows lewa it has been asserted aaser ted too freely nd ind without I 1 round atlon 1 that I 1 there C r e ahna 09 lon ilif n on n 11 art part to 10 aler arc j I 1 I 1 elberty II 11 r and to rebuke in some course which was applauded in others other in ili a vord that they havo have appeared to desire to assort assert and maintain an a lar unjust duatt and oppre sulva control over the actton of ong fl of tho the members of tho the church and la ili thua Us dolne doing have endeavored to effect feet a n u union nion of church and states state in tho the beat of political discussion assertions aaser tlona have been roade made and arguments used con v to th thal public mind A raise idea con c the th position ot of the iho officers cera of the church and beuving th impression that there hits lia been and nas a nou non being mado made an attempt to h the union above referred to now that the excitement has haa passed anti and calmer reason has haa resumed its sway away wo we think it prudent to set el forth 0 a tit thin a I 1 L BU 11 ma may tWid the iho exact position poo poa acup occupied by the leading authorities 0 of f tho the church in the first place we wish v ash to state tn in it tho he mott most positive and emphatic langual lan guaco e that ot at no time lime haa boa thero there ever been caay y attempt or even dottore on the iho pa part rt of t uio lie lading authorities referred to to ba havo vo the th church in any manner encroach upon th the rights of tile tho state stale or to unite unit in any de th HIP functions oi of the ono one la ith of toe other peculiar have surrounded the people of utah for many years a majority of them in every portion of the territory belonged to one on church V R BER of ct which was entitled to hold bold a and d did bold some omo ecclesiastical office it 1 a eay to rea how to tho the casual cucual observer or it appear singular tn ular that so marv many Y 01 officers of the church were also alao olli 0 of f the state stale lut hat chilo this nas the lac C in tile tho case the iho cIN distinction batu between I 1 hl mo church and the state throughout elioso yeara care was carefully maintained 1 I ho president of the church held let for eight years tho the civil office in the community haung boxing been appointed by tho lite national administration governor of tho the the cirill secretory secretary of tho lite territory was a prominent church official an apostle ri presented ilia territory in congress Conf fres as ft a during ten years tho the members of the ihu lerl latura held hed ao aja a o offices in thi the church this was ass dunavold able for tho the most suitable men aero cro elected by the lotes of the people an aal as aa ve no have stated every reputable man inar in the entire community held some church po eltion tha ill most ener coll end and capable holding loading position a tills this Is 1 nil all natural and plain enough to those nho con older thu the circumstances but it furnished opportunity for those bhoge who wro were disposed to assail tile pec tillo of tho the territory to charge thern them Is ft th attempting to units unite church and state A fair Invest of tho the conditions m hlll ill abundantly disprove th taft charge and show dhow its utter cr falsity on oa behalf of tho the church of ahl which c h wo we TO are leading officers wo we desire a acain a ln to tote state to the members and also to t tho pub llo ila won tren rally Tally that there hm has not toi been len nor Is 13 thero ther tho ilia remotest desire on our part or on the part of our co to do anything looking to a of church find state we dt declare stclare clare that there him has near been any ny nit tempt to curtail individual liberty tho the pr liberty of any of the lh officer or a of tho the church the first pres pr og anti and other leading officers did MAKE CERTAIN suggestions ONS to tho the people when tho the division on party lines took ilce that movement was wa an entirely now new departure and it way was naceb eceil a ary r Y in order that the iho full bl benefit a should hould not be b lost lont which wan ans hoped to from tills this new political dIv division Isloa that people who were ghoul should bo be warned against hasty and ill red action in somo some cases they apro coun con flad to bo be niso wl and prudent in tile alio po pi steps they were nere about to take and this with will lie 0 o idea of at them their will to either bide to 0 I 1 big extent and nd no further was la as anything 9 rahl or dono done ukon upon this con quention quent lon anti and at no time a and nil u andor der no |