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Show iSicrv Tliat President Sniillr Or-JoKilfte ce)iQceot Resignations; Uliile-Jolin tl2nry Smilh, Penrose cad Oiiiers Forced If; 7hot Seine Saints Ssy. ' , v. r -::;; ' .. - THE TCtffi M7 HOSIIOM APOSTLES. ORSONFERQUSON WHITNET, ajed 61;, born in, 6alt Lake Ctty; ' -5 -tuhop ElhUnOi -ward for twenty-eilfht yara;'aaiiBtabt church his- , J i ; .v. . O , v v DAVID OMAN M KAY, aged S3; born 'ln ' Weber ; county; f .aonV of 0 ,rulK)p.David. McKay; alnce, 1900 principal of Weber Stake academy. , 4 Q GEORaH FRANKLIN : RICHARDS,-aired 45 ; born'aiFarmlngtonr O ot th late Franklin ""D. Richards, apostle; first counselor to H. S. O 7 "JW pttaldat of Vodels stake.'1 ; ;'- y- ' Ti.it the dropping of Apostles Taylor Tay-lor ad Cowley from the quorum of the twelve Coee not": meet with universal appreval of tlie members of the' Mor-mon Mor-mon ' church, notwithstanding- the unanimous vote of the congregation, -is fast appearing. As stated by Apostle Lyman the two apostles - had resigned because they were out of harmony with . the presidency presi-dency of the church and the quorum of the apostles, ' ? "In what way were they out of harmony har-mony r Is the question that is 1 being asked on every side. "Did. they, have lthe usual church trial, or was their resignation res-ignation forced upon them?" If the latter is true was it done In ' order that Senator 6moot- might say to j the Senate: "The members of the twelve J who have been charged with violating I their covenant with the Government have been deposed?" . Eays Smoot "Will Stay. , , . ; v ; , ' A few minutes after the. adjournment of yesterday afternoon's session, a well known HepuWan and,," 7w$sm personal per-sonal friend of Senator Smoot said: 'That setuee'lt. ; Smoot will keep :hi seat." . " . . ,. ' ,- .A prominent member of the. church raid to a representative of THE TELE-GUAM TELE-GUAM this morning: ' , "The dropping of Apostles Taylor and Cowley 'came inJi measure as a surprise sur-prise to me. It is true that I have heard that such action might be taken.. I knew that their resignations- were In the hands of the first presidency and the quorum , cai.move? 'Sometimes' I think that it Is, yet I hate to think so. . - ; "If Reed, Smoot and his political ambitions am-bitions are to be made the motive for choosing and deposing of apostles, what tenets of the church have we that we can we hng to? ,.,' "Politically 1 1 am an admirer of .Mr. Smoot, but I question his right to draw the church into his political ambitions. And. that's the way It looks to me Just at the present-time." , , SELECTIOir OF APOSTLES " ' " "'1 ' ANNOTJS'CED. BY LTMAH ' " ' "' S OW STJUDAT AFTERNOON' ; After ; two hours of expectation nd doubt ' the largest" number "of members of ;4he . Mormon - church . that ever, assembled as-sembled r In the Tabernacle J;.voted unanimously . yesterday afternoon ''to depose' two members of the quorum of apostles." and by the same "vote; sustained sus-tained 'the7gnrl authorities of 'th Churchy three "new epostlesi a. president of - the JlrsUquprura vcifthe; seventies Ian assbrtant chqf oh Mstorlaii;' and 'an " assisUnt choir. leader.. . v , ' , t The feeling of the great audience 'can hardly be- told.1 much less described. That- the 'sltUatlOq was one of intense excitement' could plainly me seen as each .succeeding speaker arose to . address ad-dress them. - , - . j . Anxious for theXxpected. ' . i ; .As 'one person the -vast audience leaned forward to catch -the words of the speaker, only to lean back a few mmutes later with the feeling that' the speaker was not going - to mention what was uppermost- in - the minds of ail. - ' When President . Joseph F. Smith arose, at 3:30 every person in the audience audi-ence : leaned i forward to catch every word that he said. President Smith-read Smith-read the report, of the special auditing committee appointed , last . October to audit the tithing of the- church. -" Having Hav-ing read the report : he resumed his seat, and the choir sang an anthem. "P : X Lot Falls to Lyman. ' ' Francis M. .Lyman, . president of the quorum of the apostles, then arose, .- and again the audience was all expectation..- President Lyman spoke of. - the church-schools and the educational Institutions In-stitutions the State, 'Which he declared de-clared iwere the equal of any in -the United States. , He then rreferred : to the Industries of . the State, -which had brought abundant - prosperity - to all sixth, day of February,' in the city of Richmond, Cache county, our 'beloved brother, President M. - W. . Merrill, passed from this life, making a vacancy vacan-cy In the quorum of the twelve.' I have also, to announce to you, the resigned tion of our .beloved brethren, John W; Taylor' and Matthias F. ' Cowley from their positions in the council of ' the j twelve,- because they found themselves I out of harmony with the presidency of the church and with the council of the twelve. Their resignations, you may well appreciate, caused us the deepest sorrow and they were accepted by the council of twelve apostles and the presidency-on the 2Sth day of last October, causing two more vancancles In ur council.. " - n "On the 23rd day of December last our beloved brother,' Christian D. FJeldsted, .a member of the first council coun-cil of the seventies, passed away,, leaving leav-ing a vacancy. in that presiding' quorum, quo-rum, also four important vacancies to be filled at this conference) as we have been directed to do this by the - Lord through our president, Joseph F. Smith. In voting for the authorities of the church we desire that you shall vote, well up on every question, that there shall be a sea of hands in this Tabernacle, .In the galleries, upon the stand and everywhere, that every hand shall be raised as their minds may be upon every question." The -announcement was received with a death-like stillness by the audience. audi-ence. " . 1 . Officials Are Sustained. Apostle - Lyman then; in order of their rank, submitted the names of the officers of the : church . for their approval. ap-proval. . : , . ; , , - ' He then announced the names of the first ' presidency each-being. voted on separately. 1 Following this he announced an-nounced - the names of the apostles, each of which was voted on separately in the- following order: Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, . George 4' ; ' -v. - ' . v. - - i r-v-,;- .y, V.Vi-.- V,.:-' .. ; ; " - V? 1 ' . - - ' -, , ( ' ::. - .- , : " . 'V': " ". ' ' Orson F. Whitney. i . of the twelve." I do not know if they were by request. The question of their acceptance has been discussed a number num-ber of times since last October., ; Smith Wanted Them to Stay. ! "I think that'. I am stating a truth ' that cannot be honestly denied when I , I say that during most of these discus- ' sions President. Joseph F. Smith. Apostle Apos-tle Rudger Clawson and Apostle Hyrum M. Smtth have been opposed to accept-! accept-! ing the resignations, while Apostles John Henry Smith, George A.. Smith and - C. rW. ' Penrose have . urged that they be accepted. "Cut recently I told a member of the ! quorum of the twelve that if the names of Taylor, and Cowley were not. presented pre-sented to the conference I would not - vote to sustain him as a mender of the quorum." ." ' "Did you vote to sustain that member mem-ber of tr-.e quorum at yesterday's meeting?" meet-ing?" was" gekedr -.Qid Not Attend Conference. , ' "I djd not. I knew, what was coming. I was informed the latter part of last week,-and I did not attend yesterday's conference. I told my wife that she might go to meeting .and I would stay homo and take care of-the children, which I did. "One thing that I want to know, and wh hI understand was not explained ye-Zerday. is why . were Taylor and f iviey out of harmony with . their U. -her officers? And if they were, why wujs not Teasdale in the same way?" Another -prominent member, of the chuWh, one who has served for a number) num-ber) of years In the missionary field, saiJ: . - -' Doesn't Set Well With Him. ' "Tho depofilng of Apostles Taylor and Cowley is one that I have . tried to ex-. ex-. plain to myown eatlsfactiort ever since yesterday afternoon. I have been unable to do so. A thousand times I have askea r.-myself the question, can It be a polltl- 1 ": " ''. " ' ' : v.-.v ' .George P. Richards. . , j, the ; 'people. President H Lyrhan -had spoken for twenty minutes and the audience au-dience had lost much of the' interest which was exhibited -when he arose. Whispers were- heard on-'every side: "He is not going to - say anything about the apostles." 1 "We have reason to rejoice," continued contin-ued the speaker, "but there are things which we have to be very sorrowful about" - - -. - These were ';, the ' same . words " as spoken by President Smith at the opening- session of. the' conference. ..Every person in the audience. felt that' something some-thing of Importance . was about to . be spoken and each leaned forward with expectation;' nor were- they disappointed." disap-pointed." .Continuing, President Lyman said:-; - (..', ' Resignations Announced. . "It becomes my- 'duty . to announce officially to ' the church ' that' on the j ' ' : I Teasdale. . Heber, J. . Grant. Rudger Clawson,. Reed Smoot, Hyrum M. Smith, George A. Smith, Charles W. Penrose, George F. Richards, Orson F. Whitney, . David O. , McKay. . ' The last three named were the new apostles,' succeeding Merrill, Taylor and Cowley. r . Next the names of the ' first J seven presidents of the seventies were submitted. sub-mitted. In this Instance as a body,' the vacancy caused by the death of C. J. FJeldsted being filled by the selection of Charles H. Hart, ' former District Judge of the First district, comprising compris-ing Cache, Rich and Box Elder counties. coun-ties. - . . . . . In presenting .the name of the ( - 'Continued on page 8.) ,. , ' -' . '-. ' ..''- ... . . ' ' of the church present. Again the vo4e was unanimous. The work, of the choir was of the usual high order. Homing Proceedings. .. ? : . Presidents. W. Ivlns of the Mexican mission, Apostles llyrurn M; Smith and tjeorge A. Smith were the speakers at the morning Kesslonj' lilder Ivlns stated that he had traveled 2200 miles to attend conference and that more. that, thirty others" from Mexico had lone the same thing. He 6poke of the condition of. the church branches in Mexico und of the need of missionaries to preach the gospel gos-pel to the Spanish speaking world. lis urged that ' in learning to Speak the French, German and Latin ' languages it would be well to have some, especially espe-cially the young men taught the Bpan- lsh language. . t '' v v ' Say Church Will Qtov. ' Apostle Hyrum HI flmith referred tos the growth of the church darlmr the pist yeaV and said that It would continue con-tinue to grow in spite of the fight made upon1 it by so-called ministers of the gospel, .newspapers and .others." He referred re-ferred to the action of eome Governors and Mayors, whom he did not - name, " Yet they cannot prevail against, the church of God," said the speaker. . Visit to Joseph' Birthplace.. . Apostle George A. Smith referrtd to home Industries and urged the people of the State to ask fdr home manufactured manufac-tured . goods when they went to - the store. He then spoke At length of the recent visit of President mlth arid others to the birthplace of Joseph Smith and of the unveiling of the monument to the memory of the founder of th church, "And I want to say," said the speaker, "that every member of that party paid his own expenses. None of . the moneyj was taken from the tithing fund as some have alleged." " l . New Hormon Apostles. (Continued from page 1.) churoh historian and his assistant, that of Joseph F. Smith. Jr., son of the president, was' announced "to fill the vacancy caused by Brother Whit-ney Whit-ney being- made a member of the quo- '. , r ::."..'' 'A David 0. McXay. rum of the twelve." Horace Ensign was 'made assistant choir leader, a position po-sition whlch he held prior to his mission mis-sion to Japan. 1 - "The vote Is, unanimous on every name," announced Apostle Lyman. Audience of 12,000. ' The audience, as already stated, was the largest that ever gathered in the historic building, not less that 12,000 being crowded Into the auditorium, while overflow meetings were held In the Assembly hall and- on the grounds. The first speaker of the afternoon was Apostle John Henry Smith, who spoke upon the disregard of the sa-credness sa-credness of the Sabbath by the people peo-ple of. the church, and urged that they pay more respect to "the day that had been set. apart by the Lord as a dnv nf ret " Apostle Smith was followed 'by Apos tie 'C. W. Penrose, his remarks being chiefly, doctrinal and orthodox. Report on Tithing. President Smith then arose. . He held in his hand a paper which nearly every one In the audience believed contained the Important announcement. announce-ment. It was, however, the report of the auditing commlttet of the church, three of, whom were appointed as special spe-cial members at the October conference, confer-ence, which report Is as follows: Salt Lake City, Plan, April 4. 1906. President Presi-dent Joseph F. Smith and Counselors. Dear Brethren: We, the committee appointed , to audit the accounts of the church (or the year 190S, beg leave to report as follows: We have examined the accounts of the trustee s-ln-truit and are pleased to say that they are kept In a very businesslike manner; that tb mechanical mechanic-al part I very well done, and that a a matter of bookkeeping they leave nothing to be desired. de-sired. We hav also examined the accounts of the presiding bishop's office, together with the auxiliary accounts, which are reported at that office. These accounts cover a very wide range, as you are aware, dealing with every stake president and bishop In the church, and also dealing, a they do, with many other matters. mat-ters. - There Is a large amount of labor and a great degree of technical knowledge and executive ex-ecutive ability Involved In properly keeping them, and we are pleased to say that we found everything In a very satisfactory condition. The accounts ar as accurately kept aa those of any bank or mercantile Institution of a high order. We also noted that the presidents of stake and bishop of ward ar so fully Instructed In reference to fh care of the revenues reve-nues of the church which come Into their hand that there I a very small percentage of loss or waste and the accounting Is made on an intelligent and comprehensive basis. W also audited th book of the Deseret New and found that the account have been kept with car and accuracy. The Deseret News, In -our judgment. Is . ably and Judiciously Judi-ciously managed and th business Is In a prosperous condition. It give us pleasure to report to you that th accounting In the different department leaves no room for criticism and so- pleased were wa with th condition that our labors hav occasioned oc-casioned us great satisfaction. The purpose for which th disbursement of revenues of the tithes have been made are exclusively ex-clusively for the various Institution of th church and therefor meet with our commendation commen-dation and approval. W are satisfied that the financial affair of th church, under the direction of the flrsV. presidency, hav been -conducted In a most conservative and economical econo-mical manner. Your brethren. RUDOKR CLAWSON. W. RITER. CHARLES W. NIBLEY, A. W. CARLSON, - Member of th Auditing Committee. Books May Be Seen. After reading the report President Smith said: "Brother Reed Smoot was a member of this committee, but was absent, and has not participated." I Continuing, he said: "I will again repeat what I have 'Said before In the presence, perhaps, of nearly as large an assembly as this, that any ' tithe payer .of the -church can at any time he or she desires have access to the tlthing-books to examine their account. ac-count. If any one feels dissatisfied with reference to their credits, they have, the privilege of applying to the office of the presiding bishop and they will be shown their accounts, and I will guarantee that they will find there, credit for every penny they have ever paid In tithing." . Apostle Lyman then put a motion that the report be adopted, which was done without .a dissenting voice. Free Organ Recitals. ' Just before the close of the meeting President' Smith t announced that It was proposed to give, free organ , recitals re-citals during the summer months' on Tuesday and Friday of each week, and asksd the acquiescence of the members ;; '. . ,'; ; ' - . W |
