Show SAINTS IN SESSIONS IN I SALT LAKE CITY SeventySixth SemiAnnual Conference Confer-ence of the Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints Attended b an Immense Crowd V i The opening service of tho seventy sixth semiannual conference of the Laterday Saints In Salt Lake City on Friday October G drew an Immense crowd mid much enthusiasm was manifested The feature of the morning services was tho address of President Smith while time sustaining of authorities and spcidi of Apostle Reed Smoot hold tho closest attention in the afternoon after-noon Tho most Important development of the day as far as President Smiths speech is concerned was his invitation invita-tion to all faithful all tithe payers and Saints in good standing to examine ex-amine the books in which are kept the tithing accounts Ho said those who paid tithes were welcome to look In the book and see but that ho l i didnt propose to let every Tom Dick and Harry In the country pry y into the records President Smith openly defied any man to prove that a dollar of tithing money had been wasted or stolen and expressed gratification nt the in prnnKlnir tithes President Smith welcomed the Latter Lat-ter day Saints to the conference and expressed his gratification at the unusually un-usually largo attendance In his openIng open-Ing remarks he said that the authorities authori-ties of the church had been active and diligent In the performance of their duties during the past six months Ho reported missionary work In good shape with the exception that the demands de-mands for young men to preach tho gospel wore greater than the supply Largo amounts have been expended expend-ed In tho erection of meeting houses In wards and for stake houses said President Smith The truateeln trust has been called on to furnish largo sums of money for the erection of churches meeting houses and also houses of entertainment I would like all to know that the church of Latterday Saints Snot S-not only In houses of worship but of instruction and amusementthat the people may have places tor young people to gather In dance and the enjoyment en-joyment of desires of the heart in righteousness Counselor John II Winder and Counselor Anton H Lund also spoke at the morning session Apostle John Henry Smith Hudger Clawson Reed Smoot and Hyrtim Smith wero the speakers at the afternoon after-noon session of the conference John Henry Smith paid an eloquent tribute to the mission workers of the church In conclusion ho bore testimony testi-mony that tho present head of the Mormon church was honest able uprIght up-rIght fearless as all other presidents of tho church had been Rudger Clawson appealed to the congregation to know If President Smith and all the others who had addressed ad-dressed tho conference had not spoken spok-en by tho spirit of God Apostlo Heed Smoot sold that ho know the gospel of his church was true and that the work of the authorities authori-ties was tho work of God I say to you Laterday Saints he said that people never had any more confidence in any man or any set of men than they have In tho presidency of tho church today The adversary is try ing to stir up strife to set people against the authorities by making un just attacks upon them but hell fall in this Just as sure as tho sun rises After a brief address by Apostle Hyrum Smith PresIdent Smith presented pre-sented the names of tho authorities and church officers to bo sustained by tho conference All were sustained without opposition Answers to charges of tho He organized or Josephlto church of IAatter day Saints and additional testi mony that the tithing flatus were righteously spent wero the important development of Saturdays sessions of tho seventyslxth wmlannual confer enco of Latterdny Saints Elder Brigham it Robert replied directly and Apostlo C W Penroso Indirectly to assertions name by Pros dent Joseph Smith of the Josephlto church and his leaders at the after noon session fn the mornIng session President W T Jack oC Cassia stake IJnho uphold the handling Of the tithing funds by President u JOB Smith as truAtee In trust ep h V Brigham 11 Roberts that rtfon adfirej Or portion devoted to the Ch i of tho Tosephites chargD was In direct C t dwor to tho speech made by the aQ dent of the Reorganized church pr T Salt Lake IQ j City Sunday September Tho president of the rwrEl I movement Is the ron of rmrg 10seph aol t ed Ile prophet and claims that the sueccy t sion came rightfully to him I in hiV speech Elder t Roberta claimed that nover had the MormoT r as Individual more rights nt the great power centered in the nnd that I Pitt dent was exercised with modcratlot j Ho denied a statement made by the president of the dissenting church I that the world at largo had been ° prejudiced against the Mormon jr 1 doc trine by tho followers of BrlgW J J Young that they were refusing to brace the new faith elIl j Apostlo Penrose while making no t direct reference dwelt on the charge 1 that there had been a hiatus or dij organization following the prophet t death and in a speech preceding that 1 of Elder Hdberts vigorously 1 upheld I the succession of Brigham Young 1 The attraction ofrtho last I day at I the state fair did not thin the attend r anco at conference a whit something like 5600 persons being present at I each session I J Apostle Georgo A Smith delivered t the opening address at the roornlas I session Ho rejoiced that the Saints I were n peculiar people but rebuked Ian I-an apparent tendency to overlook for I giving those of the authorities who j had perchance unknowingly offend ted t-ed some member of the church He gave the Mormons counsel that II they felt affairs were not going right in Zion It was their duty to look Into I their own hearts and see If they could I locate Ute trouble and dlssatlBtactloa there 1 Frank Y Taylor president of tit J Granite stake Apostle Smith and during his remarks paid a glov f Ingtribute to President Smith Patriarch John Smith one of the most venerable members of the church made a brief statement bear Ing his testimony to the truth of Us religion but explaining that the con dltlon of his health and voice ten tiered It impossible for him to speak nt length W T Jack president of the CassIa Idaho sal < o besides eulogizing President Pres-ident Smith and other leaders of the I church spoke feelingly of President Roosevelt for the work that this man i of destiny Is doing in reclaiming the arid wastes of the west Probably tho greatest crowd that over attended services In the tabernacle i taber-nacle was present at the closing session f ses-sion of tho conference President I Smith speaking of the enemies of tie church said I ° i asic fOr this mercy upon my enemies ene-mies upon those who slander me std lie about me I ask God to pity Idea and to have mercy upon them I ask t God to pity those who are misguided I ask God to have mercy upon loose who do this with their eyes open uJ I 1 ask God to pity them because they need Gods pity and mercy more tin tho others r would not harm a hair of their heads for all I possess In the world And I ask my brethren to I keep l their hands oft tf 11m Coat touch them Dont touch those who are paving their way to destruction Let them go Give them the liberty of speech they want and let then write their own doom It doesnt hurt us and If it does them any good Jet I I them do it This conference Is a its tluiouy that Mormonism is not dead nor sleeping but a living entity and Is still doing Let the world knov It Another feature of tho afternoon meeting was a remarkable story of a vlslon told by Samuel W Itlcbards brother of the late Apostle Franklin D Richards and a member of tt t e quorum of tho seventy Nauvoo regrets having driven the Mormons out and would gladly welcome como them back declared German E Ellsworth president of the northern states mission at the morning meeting meet-ing of the conference You do not hear of the Latterov Saints missionaries stirring up discord dis-cord laying traps telling lies and to lag that which will bring their opponents > op-ponents discomfort said Elder Ru I Ion S Wells of Salt Lake In speaklsr of the peculiarities of the Mormons nut you find them traveling Without purse orscrlp often going hungry aDd enduring Indignities to which theY have not been accustomed The gw peculiarity of tho Latterday Saints Is their quality of love Tho Latterdny Saints are trW established in Canada In Ores Montana Idaho Wyoming tallforiiif Utah Colorado Arizona New MexIco Mex-Ico and have gone over the wall and are In the republic of Mexico still further tH I ther south and in tho states of Union the countries of Europe asa the Islands of thesea said A n wins president of tho Juarez stakt of world uw Mexico All over the Saints have acquired possessions i a be SO few It Is true and It must accordance with the gospel Tho coliglous atmosphere of COW fornla Is abnormal said Joseph Rob miP bison president of the California slon Christian Science Is stront d sp I there theosophy ho said as Is rplrll it imllsm Unltnrinnlsm etc making a hard land for Mormon proselitlog bren I Tho conference Is said to have end attend in point of one of tho greatest rS ante In tho history of the church |