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Show Mm of KiN CMCH jHv . 1 Smith Affirms the De-K De-K ' Excommunicating rfChristensen. fclU ' I K'CISHAKEN Kk ONE END TO OTHER If Brchipped Because He I'tGive Up Business; Randalous Record. (BrtiB Tribune. )Lmk CITY, Sept. 30. On jBt, September 26, 1907, Jo-vpith, Jo-vpith, president of tho Mormon. Eraetl the decision of the high ilRBrigham City excommunica-JEhris excommunica-JEhris Ohristenscn. Thus ends If ort of a member of tho Mor-h Mor-h to maintain his standing. 5 l same time deny the right sv.' nurch officials to dictate a Rainess affairs. f 2, 1903, the following ias given: L5 Is ChrlEtensen and C. O. An- f '&i ithren: The following decision fc2 by the Hlch Council yesterday, instructed to notify you of (lie much as Brother C. O. Ander-id Ander-id In behalf of himself and ' iris Chrlstenscn In rcsard to -pavilion which they are crect-wented crect-wented certain propositions be- :-tt oiincJl, the Council, after the m, decided that If It could not JtC iformnr decision Riven on this '-rraa also the advlco and coun- 7V hieetlnp that these brethren wprk on said pavilion, and that s tuse It for dancing purposes, a pavilion be removed, and tho rthi 'Its construction be disposed of. salb h Your brother, sa NEPHl ANDERSON. Clerk. io this decision these musi-ajl; musi-ajl; itained that it was a rule ijgj jurclu that a member was is business and political af-r,i af-r,i f cited the famous Christmas 7s" elter of the Mormon church, th to the effect that the tea lid not "dictate a member's iis political or his personal I 3! k , - fi to Mus the president of; informed the musician? that ' fjnle of interpretation in lhat such a statement should fd by Latter-day Snints to the "opposite from what it 1 ather words, that statement was for the world, but thai, it should have an opposite meaning among Mormons. That according to the Doctrine and Covenants all commandments command-ments arc ' spiritual if they emanate from a spiritual advisor, although tho advice may be to do a temporal thing, such as settle in another Stale, remain away rom a saloon, or to cease pursuing pur-suing a. certain business. Refused to Accept. The musicians refused to accept this explanation as final, and Apostle Joseph Smith, at the request of President Joseph F. Smith, came to Brigham City and gave tho same affidavit. lie was immediately summoned to "Washington "Wash-ington to testify on this matter. There he denied what ho had stated hero in the presence of hundreds of people. The musicians still held out. and they refused to tear down the pavilion, but, on tho contrary, they continued to use it. On August 1, 1S103, the following n"o-tico n"o-tico was served: Office of the Presidency of tho Box Elder Slake of Zlon. Brigham City, August 1.. 1503. Dear Brother You are hereby notified to appear beforo tho High Council of the Box Elder Stako of Zlon. Monday, Auguat S, 1903. at 2 p. m. In the Tithing Hall, and show cause why the hand of fellowship fellow-ship sfrould not be withdrawn from you as a member of the Church of .Ipfus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for rejecting tho counsels of the stako presidency and High Council, which you repeatedly Bought; and' for disregarding the decisions of the High Council which were cl-en In your case. NEP1II ANDERSON. Clerk of Council. After this notice had been served tho matter was dropped until after tho decision de-cision was rendered in tho Senator Smoot case. When' tho United States Senate turned its face against tho people peo-ple who were being ground down by this ecclesiastical despotism and rendered its famous political decision in- favor of tho hieh church officials, these officials immediately proceeded to grind down theso musicians. They dropped from their official positions about thirty-five people who dared to go to the dancing academy. Thoy denied these musicians the right to pursue their lawful calling and their right to load a peaceable life, free from molestation and attack. These high church officials combined together in order to work their will upon these musicians by compelling individuals to abstain from business intercourse. Every cruel weapon .of aggression was used to render the life of these musicians miserable. The right of these men to earn a living for their families was denied. This case shows that the Mormon courli) are courts of fixed judgments. Pised the Judgment. loseph F. Smith instructed thnt these proceedings should be instituted and fixed the judgment. Then the charge was preferred here and tho high council coun-cil was summoned. These high coun-cilmen coun-cilmen were severally seen before they met and thev were asked if they would sustain the former decision if permitted to sit. They all promised they would except James B3-water: the senior member mem-ber of the high council. So the' tried him and dropped him from his "ofliciul position in the church before the meeting meet-ing of the high council. Then the councilmen met and listened to tho testimony tes-timony aud "looked wise. After tho testimony tes-timony was given thoy were asked to sustain the former decision as agreed. They accordingly sustained it. Then this appeal was taken to Joseph F. Smith, who had rendered the decision in tho first place, and he affirmed it. Tho trial, thorofore, was a mock trial. It was an insincere imitation of the forms of justice. It had an absolute counterfeit counter-feit appearance. Thoir administration of justice is just as much a mockery, a delusion and a snare as is their ro- ' ligious or political elections. |