Show THE DAV pres wilford woodruff talks on politics ADVISES TO UNITE good aice only ifould lic sr put pitt into public office Ite garil lefis politics there was a political sensation at the clodus moments of the tha general conference wednesday aday afternoon caused by a short abort address by president woodruff president cannon had haec an concluded a I 1 leighty address and it was cloene closing time when the venerable white w hite haired president arose and aad said eaid 1 I 1 take the liberty lib ra by as president of the tha church ef cf jesua jean s christ of latter day saints to say that I 1 realize wo we ar are e groaning under poverty affliction tax tas aaion and expense which would not ha be if we were united to io do our duty this idea of principle of being afraid to do something because you are democrats or republicans is wrong wron it is your duty to get gether tp and appoint men for ayery capacity in the state and city you should do what is right aud and let tho the consequences follow follo fr the other speakers aud and exer exorcism cism at con conference farence were as follows fol lowa 1 I havo ha vo been at conferences under the presidency of joseph joaeph smith I 1 have been at conference under the presidency of Brigi bain young under the presidency dency of nf john taylor and sines since his death I 1 have attended conferences under my own presidency there rests me t aday sixty four yent years ra of life passed away as aa a member of the church I 1 have hava addressed addra saed you often and I 1 dont know tha I 1 j cr address you agair 0 x I 1 want to sav say a few words on principle I 1 want the latter day saints to take to heart the words of the apostles and elders eldera that have been spoken here the day has bits come when the mouths of wilford woodruff george Q cannon joseph F smith and the twelve apostles ape sties should not no ba W closed it is said we should s y nothing bout about poli tice but bat god almighty requires you to unite together to unite in your boar temple work and units in your polite if I 1 say unite in your 1 I 1 meau mean for good men to govern tho the city i the tae state stata and theN the nation Lation and when you dont you lose of the essence of your rights you should unite together to elect your city council and all the tha state organization the day has haa come coma when you musi put aside democracy aad republicanism lies lican cism ism and as latter day saints unite end and you yon will not ba taxed to death THIRD DAY the speakers at tho the morning session were elders 0 D fjelsted B H roberts and geo reynolds of the first seven presidents of the seventies and apostles M F cowley and A 0 woodruff the purport of the addresses was mainly on the utility of the young peoples associations each bore stron strong 0 testimony to the divinity of the latter day work president george Q cannon made the following presentation presentation in oin to the church school and religion classes during the school year 1896 7 there were open colleges 3 high schools 3 academies 6 seminaries 1 total 13 of these there were located in utah 8 in idaho I 1 in mexico 1 13 the teachers therein numbered teaching 2928 in classes of these pupils were not members of the church while 81 had not yet yel been baptized of those in tho the church held the and 1012 the priesthood religion CLASS rm REPORT rorT reports have been received from classes in 86 wards in 11 different stakes these reports show classes instructors pupils brother maeser has visited 21 stakes in the interest of the religion classes in the afternoon after nonn the first speaker was elder young of tho the first council of seventies he made allusion to his recent visit to lincoln nebraska where hs he attended an irrigation congress lately held there while thero there ho he was much interested in visiting old camping places of the saints as they wended bended their way from tho the missouri river to utah long on before the railroad was built across tho the then great american desert ile he likewise told of tho the hearty welcome and courteous treatment he and his associate delegate from utah received at the hands of the people of lincoln joy was expressed at the possession of a testimony concerning the work of god with which the saints were connected connect eds and the fact that tho the people of utah were becoming better known because of the greater diffusion of information concerning them was referred to with satisfaction elder C W peirrie was the next eaker ezeaker ED ho he epa thank thankful fal tor for tho the manifestation of the tha spirit throughout the confer conference enco and felt fall to bear a arong testimony to the divinity of the work and to its eternal increase this testimony he had bad received when a boy and it had been greatly by manifestations throughout his active ministry all blessings promised to tho the saints would to be fulfilled unto them if they mey would hear and aad follow the counsels of the servants of god and place themselves in harmony with the tha priesthood all temporal labors b be ing consecrated to tho the lord L rd the great mission of the Latt erday saints in redeeming rede emine the earth and its people was detailed all work to that end would bear full fruit all acts leading to this great result would re ceike due reward the proper order of 0 the priesthood should bs be observed to the unification of the people and their guid guidance aneg by vie spirit president george Q cannon ad address drees ed the tha conference the opening portion ot of his discourse consisted of an enumeration of the prominent anticipations of the latter day saints sainte they involved great changes 0 earth and among the hosts of 0 men and included the establishment of the millennial era he then shaved sow these grand conditions would to be brought about by man laboring under the direction of god the speaker took the ground that those who would not actively engage in this ibis work would finally be removed from we bidet ef cf the people of god he cited incidents of history a associated s socia ted with the dealing of god with man as exemplification a of the correct corree tp ness of this position in this connect tion approaching calamities terrible in their character were alluded to and reference was made to the dreadful causes olthos 3 visitations end and destruct t lions the people were warned against the bor horrible and bligh blighting tinz crimes of the world |