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Show NO ROOM FOR YELLOW DOGS leu City i Refoge Is Established. J. Golden Kimball Talks Significantly Sig-nificantly of Twisting the Lion's Tail. Another Inflammatory Speech in Which He Tells of tho Woes of Women Who Apostatize. Special to The Tribune. LOOAX, Utah. Jnn. 31. Tho Cache quarterly quar-terly conference) tvn.i continued hero today. Tho uoual routlno of ountalnlne tho ccneral nnd locnl authorities 6f tho church by vote wan cono lliroush with, VIco-Proaldent Isaac Emlth procntlnc tho namco from a written list, nnd the Concrctatlon votlnc In Imitation of President Smith, whoso own right hand always showed first, oven rhcn hln own name was presented. ThU over, and a few minor details out of tho way. Vlco-Prcslilent Smith stated that a better method of hcntlnr the tabernacle la a crylns neccsjlty. Illustrating his thought by concrelo facts, and proposing that a heating plant bo Installed, tho same to cost. Including all repairs, approximately $00. a small assessment as-sessment on a convocation of 7100 people, which be stated is the population of tho Cache stnko at tho present tfme. Tho motion proposed by Mr. Smith to Install the steam plant under the tnbcmnclc carried unanimously. unani-mously. Before this motion was put, however. Mr Smith noked tho Saints to hear A pontic Clnw-ton, Clnw-ton, who. with J. Golden Kimball, was present pres-ent on tlio platform. Business Subject Up. , Tho apostlo responded, describing his oxpe-rlenco oxpe-rlenco with tove-heatlntt .it Brlcham City, tho Insinuation In the meellnc-housn there of a hot-air plant, and tho destruction of tho bulldlnc by fire which. In his Judementv was n Rood thlnff. slneo It brought them their now bulldlnc heated comfortably by steam an It Is. Out of this recital tho Inspired man nr-gued nr-gued bfor Israel tho importance of th Immediate Im-mediate Installation of a strum and not a hot-air plant In our crent tabornacli. brlnc-Inc brlnc-Inc to bear, In support of Vlco-Prcsldent Smith's Ideas, all his apostolic Influence, tho audience, belnp deeply Impressed by his locle and cocont rcasonlnc Hts could not, however, how-ever, finish his argument on this Important consideration without talcing a fall out uf thc Hmoot Investigating committed at 'Washington, by a contemptuous slur nncnl hot-air at the capltol. which found tryrnpathotlc rcspotisc In tho audience. It belnc sensitive to thc faintest faint-est KUggestlon of Inspiration. J. Golden Kimball followed the apostle, as also at tho Rfti-rnoon meetlnc yestorduy when revelation and polygamy enuaged bis thoughts. Now, hownver. bis thomo wua tithes, the subject Ixdng suggested to his mind by the discussion of his Inspired predo-ccHHor predo-ccHHor rotative to financing tho new beating plant It was a fruitful theme, strongly bandied und cogently applied. On Sumner's Trail. President Kimball seomed to bo on tho track of borne one. evidently cndrnvorlng to reply to KOino attuck uion thin tithe proposition, proposi-tion, a person progent assuming that It was tho argument of The Tribune's editor In the Sunday Issue that he va.n after. Ilowovcr. ho essayed to demonstrate the necessity of tithes both to the financial nxlstoncc of tho church and tho spiritual well-being of tho Individual member, tho latter needing somo extraneous forco to keep him humble nnd ralthful. As-oumlng As-oumlng tho demonstration of his argument to bo complete, ho launched out to prove that In tho Mormon church no one can beconio wealthy, not from want of capacity to aequlro riches, but bccoune "tho Lord" will not havo It so. himself having need or each man's surplus sur-plus dollars for lb accomplishment of his high purpofc. and he will havo It. Heading from Doctrine and Covenants, bo orfercd proof of hln contention, showing that what Is not consumed by tithes and the vnrloUH offerings, will be demanded under some other gulBo for the "building up of ZIOn. tho new Jerusalem, Jerusa-lem, thc cltv of refuge. Into which the Inhabitants Inhab-itants of tho world will flow, when wars, both nt home and abroad, will bring terror to mankind man-kind " Orator Was Aroused. Inspiration now flowed freely. The orator wok awake, his towering form, his long nnny. his blazing eyes, nnd his thundering tones made of him a sight worthy of tho orea-slon, orea-slon, as ho denounced the enemy, fulminating In hot anger and fnnatlcnl wrath against tho wicked, predicting thc most dlroful calamities upon this and all other natl6ns. and comforting comfort-ing his auditors with tho noothlng Assurance that tho Saints would ba nnfe ond happy ln tholr city of refuge. Cut whllo peace and safoty would bo In abundance for tho faithful faith-ful and obedient, who freely hnd given for tho establishment of this holy place, yot for othcrr. oven In tho city of refuge, there would bo naught but terror. ... "'Tho lnio will come," he roared, "when God Almighty will call on you for your rlchM and tnko them from you, nnd build his city of refuge. God Almighty will uweep this country coun-try co clean thnt. as Urothcr Brlgham said there will not bo n yellow dog to wng his tnll This work Ifl going on and will prosper In tho faco of all Us enemies. Woe of Apostates. "Notwithstanding that thcro will be much apostnsy. Women, delicate, beautiful women, havo married Gentiles, ngalnst tho teaching of the church, who would glvo their whole lives If they might only now go through tho holy Urnples and receive the blesslnc thcro. But they cannot do It not now, but It thoy repent tho tlmo will como when thoy may go through." Rovertlng to tho testimony given by President Presi-dent Smith and other polygamlsts at Washington Wash-ington liuii pprlng, this apologist for the constitution con-stitution drmandod. 'Havo tho brethren violated vio-lated thp laws of thn land, and of tho church, and of God? No. not tho lnwn of Ood. not tho laws of Ood." This he tried to establish from tho Doctrlno and Covonantp, nnd then with fine scorn against critics, and zealous defense de-fense of President Smith, bo declared ' But for Inspiration and tho power of God upon him be could not have answered as ho did bo-foro bo-foro tho cnmmlttco during live long days of tho sovcrcst trial If ho Is not a prophet, who io7" Koplylng to the Implied criticism of President Presi-dent Smith for "giving things away," he demanded, de-manded, "Who can say what Is good for tho church, und what Is not good? Wo havo mado mistakes. Wo havo put our foot In It-put It-put our bead Into tho linn's mouth but wo havo twisted bis tall I Don't go to Jail before be-fore you have to, brethren before you nro sent and wo will twist bis tall till ho winces!" |