Show BISHOP l RSEN RETIRED Relieved of His Bishopric at Spanish Fork PEOPLE INCENSED AT ACT Manner of His Removal Causes a Sensation People Refused to Sustain Act of Priesthood While His Successor Weeps Because of Refusal ITRIIJUNR SPECIAL Spanish Fork Nov flAt a meeting hold in the Third ward mretinghousc yesterday afternoon Marlmix Larsen waa relieved of hla bishopric and George Hales I a bishop of Mammoth I was made bishop In his place The manner of dnl1lh It lui I the I sensation of the day nn It was contrary to the expressed wish of the people It came about as follows Two weeks ago last Sunday a rumor wasi allont that Bishop Larsen had been asked to resign his bishopric The people were indignant nnd the choir threatened In bolt If ho was ivllcved flue bishop took occasion to publicly announce that he knew nothing of U and moreover ho hula ue woiiiu not roslgn A week later lie received I a letter Informing him of the action of t ho priesthood Yesterday afternoon Pnsldtnl Page of tho Ntbo slake and tils second comisulor Henry I Gardner were present at tho rogn lar mooting of the Third ward congregation congrega-tion I and the meetlncr was given Into the hands of President Page He stated tin action of the high council and nskcd nIl who would sustain the proposition to re lievo Bishop Larsen of his office to manifest mani-fest it by raising the right hand Not ono hand went up The negative was put and a number voted against the proposition President Page said It was evident thai the people Were not In favor of rclraslng St tho bishop from his office but ho wished It I I understood thai the priesthood had the power to relieve a man of his offlti whether tIn man hlmulr or the PeoPle wished II or not He said Bishop Larson had made a good bishop InI ho declined to give the reasons for lie action of hue priesthood The proposition to sustain George Union as bl hop was called for and only a few hands went up No one however voted against him Tile new bishop was very much affected by the failure of a number of prominent men to sustain him and wept like a child On recovering himself he apokc at length promising what he would do and lamenting lament-ing the tact that In the ward where ho had been known all his life any should fall to support him ai bishop So much lime was consumed that the ordination of the now bishop went over to another meeting I |