Show JOSEPH F SMITHS REPLY to the heralds rabies we hape it is satisfactory in reply to misleading telegrams end the comments on it published in the herald of november ard 3rd president joseph F smith sent the following letter 10 that paper to the editor of the herald DEAR SIR in your issue of this morning in editorial article under the caption of moie of it I 1 find tha following A special in this issue of ahe herald says that on sunday last at logaa president joseph P amith took advantage of the congregation assem bled to worship the almighty to deliver a harangue changing tha fc ervice into a political meeting and fc elting up tha G 0 P as something for the people to worship etc ahe dispatch referred to under ordinary would be sufficient correction of tho above misstatement of but believing the herald dots not intend to mislead its readers by falie hoods I 1 desire to make the correction necessary to put it right before the public the services at the logan conference on sunday abt were devoted to the worship of the almighty and the ex of the to tha ance of religious duties and not one word was said on that day by any speaker on the subject of politics on monday the and 2nd dinst the conference assembled for the transaction of business and for general counsel to atie people on temporal as wall as spiritual matters therefore the meeting was iu no sense chanced from the worship ok the almighty to a political meeting I 1 as stated iu the herald from the siad point of a republican and on my own behalf I 1 should per hpe the herald for its advice i given in such pointed manner to the mormon church officials in regard to preaching partisan politics and taming their pulpits into hustings etc but I 1 assure you no such was needed my discourse on monday mainini moi nini occupied twelve minutes not more than civo of which was devoted to politics I 1 simply gaye general advice to the people and requested the democratic saints not to leel like john henry smith and myself because we happened to have descended from a race of and were theres fora traditionally as well as conscientiously republicans abor I 1 was convinced that good Republicans as well as good democrats were capable of becoming od Jo imona to correspondent your the hand and front of my offending 10 have been the public announcement no that I 1 was a republican very respectfully josepfa SMITH SALT CITY guv |