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Show -'8zar3,fiT: cc::i.': ' . . ' ' ; 1 ' . . . . ' The .Tabcruacle nai fillei to overflowing over-flowing yesterday ao.J the Dumber of ! person who attended, the seventy-seventh semi-annual, conference services , more than filled "the.' place and caused twOr overflow meetings to be held. The closing of the services restcrday were markedly C.'W. Xibley declaration decla-ration that the Mormoa church' stood lor the "open shop" and the address of Apostle Orson 1 . Whitney in whieh be declared that Mornionisra gave the greatest possible freedom and taught 1 every n'a w free moral agent. The maetiDg closed Saturday with the sustaining of the officers of the church and a few changes in some of the official offi-cial positions.. Apostle Reed Smo.rt was absent when the vote for sustaining sustain-ing the fihurch officials was asked.. Hot' a dissenting vote was noted during the conference. ' . .. . C. V. .iNihky was the first spcalter yesterday. Ho declared that the mission. mis-sion. o the ehurch tended to make poverty pov-erty less and that'if brought about all things for which e feocifclists are' j struggling After declaring that the people of Utah' had a greater feeling of safety in this State than in any other place, he said: 'Men who own mines, railroad and smelters eel that their interests are more safe here among the Latter-dav Saints than elsewhere. There is no danger from mob. Jaw, no danger from violence and no danger from strikes. The church takes the position that every ev-ery man. is free to labor or not as he sees fit. It feels that all men ought to labor, but acknowledges a man 'a right to quit if he wishes. " The church concedes that any man may go on a strike; that he may join any association-and persuade other to join, but when he undertakes to ki'l the man who wants i labor, then the rbureb says. 'Thus far and no farther.' He most not interfere with tho maa who wishes to labor." He declared that the interests that bad been protected throughlhe. church maintaining industrial peace were now using their capital against the church. - -Apostle Oeorge F. Richards criticised th airt for thir fal'ir to kp th word of wisJoin and tho tendency to follow fashion. . I' We ape and copy Gentile fashions." said Mr. Kit-hards, ''whr-u we-ouiselves I should set the fashious." - . The loyalty of tbu Mormon people wan foiled by Apmale Orson F.' Whitney. Whit-ney. He asertod' that Joseph Smith, the proplict, wes inspired by the same dispensation a Chrit, Moses, Abraham .and a number of others, lie declared that Mormonism itself -constituted the greatest' possible freedom taught that every man was a free moral nent. He read at length revelations frura the toctrine and covenants to that effect. The speakers at tho 8fternKo session were Bishop R. T- Burton, Apostle David Da-vid 0. McKav, George Revnolds, .1. Golden Kimbsll, Rulon 8. Wells. Joseph Jo-seph W. McMurrin and C. IT. Hart. In adjourning the conference President Presi-dent Smith made a short address, in which he paid a high tribute to the men under him. He declared that in time the name of the prophet Joseph would be respected by as many people as now revere the name of Christ. . Those who "talked at the overflow-meetings overflow-meetings were Richard W. Young, N'cphi Piatt. BishopOrrin P. Miller, Joseph Jo-seph E. Robinson, William T. Jack end Thomas E. Bsssett. Apostle Smoot presided pre-sided at the meeting in the Assembly hall and Eliaa Kimball presided over the outdoor overflow meeting. - - Only a few changes were made in the officials by the conference Saturday. Satur-day. Horace Cummings succeeded J. M. Tanner on the ehnrch board of education, educa-tion, and as general superintendent of church Sunday-schools. . Apostle. David O. McKay waa chosen to succeed Mr. Tnnr as second assistant superintendent superintend-ent of church schools, and on all the other boards on which Mr. Tanner held a position the name of Mr. Cummings wss substituted. Mr. Tanner was dropped at the conference last spring. frinr then the work ha bc-n in charge of Mr. Cummings and Mr.' McKay. 1 Apostle Orson T. Whitney was sustained sus-tained as a member of the church beard of education to succeed John Nicholson, who secured an honorable release on account of ill health. Ouni-au McAllister McAl-lister . waa appointed in Mr. Nickol-son Nickol-son 'a pla; as -Wk of the i-onfercn'-i. |