| Show PREST SNOWS LAST DISCOURSE Delivered nt at the General Conference of tho h of or of Saints In tho Tabernacle Suit Lako ako City Sun Sunday day October Oth 1001 Government ol of ot of The ol of Local Priesthood A Second Counselor Cou Chosen and sister It l Is brethren My dear rather a marvel 1 to roc me that I venture venturo to this afternoon not but that talk to you and would to say lilY I and the theol really like to tho by the cx ex It II and Ind perhaps voice ol e to ray ot of your faith rAlth and prayers I may have iho tho voice olee to address addre you ou for tor a few tew minutes I have been delighted to hear henr henrot of ot the spirit that haa hns attended tho tM speakers since this conference opened It shows to me one glorious fact that during the last six months the Latter day Saints have baN not been Idle When tile the Elders 1 address this conference and the Spirit Is 13 upon them more than It conference It v as at lit the tho preceding shows most clearly that there has been an nn advance on tho part of ot the utter Latter Saints In the performance of ot their duties The Th next conference we wo have If the Saints will continue to Improve as they have dono during the last six months our Elders will have havo more of at I Ithe the Spirit and their addresses will bo 10 even een more Intelligent and more service serviceable serviceable able to you than they havo been during this conference Brethren and sisters God bless Iless you This Is what I 1 wanted to say to you I hare hn 0 had bad a digressing cold the tho last eight or ten days which has mado mo very cry hoarse and I feared ten red that I would not Ilot be able to appear at all during this conference GOVERNMENT OF STAKES I want to say BIlY a 0 few tew words In refer reter reference ence to one particular subject and I Ido I do not wont what I shall say to be Ie for tor cotton gotton It Is o matter that concern nil the Saints you are nil interested In It and especially the Presidents of ot Stakes their counselors tho High Councilors tho Bishops and their counselors and ul nil those who vho havo ha 0 been to hold certain portions ot of the Pr nd to be X n the various Stakes of Zion There are now fifty Blakes or f Zion and Slakes ate ale composed of ot several words wards On an on thera th ro lire are probably seven or eight wards to each ench Stake Over each ench wake Stake thor thore a h and two and Velvo Councilors Then there are Bishops and Councilors over the respective wards And now what hat responsibilities rut rest upon the of oC flaws cf of these Stake The Th dominion of ot the Saints S to toa a n large extent and the highest and most Inot sacred responsibilities re tire bre de dr pending upon there fiU thero ther l Ie something to do for each ench t or f th thee o authorities that I have men I The most extensive and Im I responsibilities devolve upon these officials And although I doubt not they have been pretty faithful in the past they have not been so faith ful tul In tn some respects as they ought to have been they hove hae not realized their fi cred responsibilities so much as liS the they might have done This Church Is now nearly seventy two years of age and we lire are not ex expected to do the work of ot the tho days of ot our youth but to do greater larger and moro extensive work worle The Lord Is coming one of or these days das lie IIo la Is Interested In n l the work norl y you u ought to be doing and anxious to be doing You lou ought to do nil all that you possibly can and leave everything In your busi business ness affairs that you ou wisely can do 1 attend to these matters The Thet I t Presidents of or these fHt Stakes should consider conFider the people In their respective t Stakes In their various dominions I They should regard them as their own I family as ns their sons daughters and take as deep an Interest In them themas as u they the to take In their own wives and children It should be their thought by day and by night how and In what way they can be most service serviceable able to their respective charges Oh brethren do remember these things that I am nm now n w talking about do not forget torget them You Presidents when you retire to your our rest you probably can spend half en on hour before you OU go to sleep let letour your our thoughts thou ht run over your our several sev Jurisdictions See wherein cither physically financially or spirit spiritually you ou cnn can help and nM hat cnn can be bedone done best in advancing the Interests Interest ot or your official family These DI however wise energetic they may think themselves and the most of ot them certainly are very ery wise wis energetic need to bo looked after atter It U 1 not duty of ot the Apostles to look after octer them OF or APOSTLES The Tho Apostles have a n work that Is In another direction altogether I want the of Stakes to real reut realize ize Izo It Is l their business not the business of the Apostles It li h the bud buu Iless of ot the High Priests the Elders the Bishops Priests Teachers and Del Dei cons to look after these thole things Do not lay this duty dUt upon the houlden of at tho Apostles It Is not In their line at least leftt only occasionally There Thera Is a n certain channel by through which the tho Lord Intends to ex lit His tons daught rs n nto to romao from the to establish righteousness thai channel Is III till the Priesthood which has established hell and shown clearly the nature and character of the various of or flees and duties thereof The Apostles and the th Seventies It Is III their business by the appointment of ot the Almighty to look after arter the tho Interests of at the world The Seventies and the tho Twelve Apos AlIoS tits tI ore oro special witnesses sef Unto till HIP na nu nation tion of or the earth The business of oC the tho Priests the th Elders the Bishops Is to look after the tho Interests ot of these various arlous organizations that I haw have mentioned You of the various Stakes of ot Zion the time Is IB corning coming when you will not have to call and depend so much upon the tho Twelve Apostles Apostle They will be directed In othe channels and I wont want you ou to h understand It and do 10 not seek to throw responsibilities that belong to tl you OU upon these thle Twelve Apostles and upon the Seventies DO NOT IT I wanted to say In this and to speak It with energy and anu In a wa 11 that you will not forget fornet It that you OU cannot forget torget It H Is a wonder Ful tul responsibility and the Lord expects It of ot you You ought to know how the laws of ot God Goll are observed In your respective the Sab Sabbath bath Is kept whether the young people are aro swearing and ort oft at midnight when they the ought to be at homo home how the par por parents govern and control them how hev tar far tarth the th people arc aro paying their tithing cor correctly correctly what they the ore are doing In regard to their meeting houses their school schoolhouses schoolhouses houses and ond their houses of amusement whether they lire are expending their time and means menns too much In these directions or not enough and what you can do In helping along Look at these things and everything that pertains to the tho happiness of ot your children the members of at this family of yours tee 11 what you can mn do about It And 1111 the Lord God of ot Israel will help you In this because It tt Is just what Ho wants you to do It Is the duty dut that He has placed upon you ou to and nM Ho certain certainly ly Iy will help you ou Dut when you take any an other course when you OU depend up upon upon on the Apostles to reform your o r respective re pec tive Stakes you are doing mat t at which you ou have no business to do Do 0 It your yourselves our selves selve you Presidents of ot Stakes and counselors you Councilors und and you Bishops Tho Ugh Council should visit I lt nil through the Stake which they have hac charge of In connection with the President and his counselors It Is not the business altogether of ot the High Council to just watt till some persons come before them and wont want some Bome little trifle e settled They have got t to do some something something thing else el e more noble and grand than such Buch little matters Oo Go where you can cando cando do good be lively In It ItA ItA A SECOND COUNSELOR bless you ou Saints I am nm triad to see such a 11 vast multitude as ns there Is l here and that I 1 understand has been throughout this conference I 1 repeat I am so 80 delighted to hear that the tho of God has hils been on the El Elders 1 1 I ders so bountifully as It has and tho they the have spoken so well so Fa w el elto to you as they have I thank you fo to the tho faith you have hl ve exercised exer UBI when I arose hero here I dill did not know that could live lIe words but now I 1 hav hll said what I wonted to say A great deal could be 00 enlarged upon this an nil anthe the brethren will do so as s I serves Benes There Is still one matter that I speak of ot I am going on n pretty rett fust tast t tn ward werd my year ear I wi soon be years ears old and have been laboring now fur som months with but one PresIdent dent Joseph F Smith I feel teel as ns thouc thou I 1 wanted a little moro help h counselor and I have selected sel on through 1 believe bellee tho manifestation of ot the Lord who I think will be ener and strong will servo serve the people and help helt me and President Joseph T P Smith along In a n proper way and 1 I hope you will sustain and support him God bless bIen you ou Amen SECRET SERVICE DETECTIVE FOSTER I iJ Tho above hot of ot United States St Secret Service Foster showing him surrounded by I reporters as WI ho stepped from the court room The maltose maltese cross Foster In the picture v to prevent the tho disclosure of ot Inventions I Iund und end loss of ot papers Inper or remittances es after the same sume hac been beell given Into tho CUB cus custody tody tod of or the tho The pension en lon laws provide that a caveat eat shall bo filed In tM confidential archives of ot the and preserved In As A the patent believes that the section was Intended Intend d to 10 apply to the keeping of all applications secret as ns It specifies that they shall be filed In like manner In the confidential archives of ot tho the following rule has bos been Inserted In III tile the rules rule of ut practice Caveats and pending applications arc preserved In secrecy No Information tion will be glen given without authority respecting re the tho filing by 11 any ny particular person of ot a n caveat or of or an 1111 application for a patent or for the reissue of a 1 pat patent patent ent the of ot uny particular case cese before tho office or the subject mutter matter of ot any ony particular application unless Jt shall bo necessary to tha tho prop proper rOp rOper er conduct of ot business the of ot office lice fice ficeTo To rem ore nil temptation on the part of an to make use of ot any all Idea den suggested to him by I any nn paper tiled to even prevent his unconsciously absorb absorbing ing In an nn Idea and later Inter innocently devel developing developIng the name as liS his hili own sections and Revised prohibit it the grant of ot a patent to an or of the patent When It Is added that the office does Its best to employ only reliable men women Rims alms always to preserve them on a high moral plane and that I so complete Is the system of ot records record I within the office that It can be he told al nl almost most certainly who has hIlS handled any particular case up IV to ta Its lis date of Issue I sue so 80 that detection would almost surely follow tollow disclosure it will be he seen that the tho likelihood of ot any an wrong on tho part of or tin the force torce Is reduced to al almost almost most nothing The Tho loss of ot papers Is quite Julie effectually guarded against by b a ay at em of or charges A paper taken from a IL divi division sion slun or sent there tor report is charged M ro that hnton an examination of or the tho charge chI slips shows where to look tor a Ing paper If It following tile the charge slips tails falls to produce the paper papel a n re request request quest Is made of at the chief clerk cerk by t the th head of the tho subdivision i expansible foi Co the safety of Iho tho paper for tor a n general to be made for tor It This h ap approved approved proved by the chief clerk and for tor forwarded warded to the wherein Is located the tho official searcher who Is then with authority to look In III every possible for the paper Upon his call oven even ana other places generally regarded re M as private vate ate must mUll be thrown open o n for tor his un unhampered unhampered hampered Inspection 1 If is very r rt Indeed that such a Ii sl falls fa II I to dis discover cover the paper one out of or a 11 quarter of ot a million Cover aver 10 e lyt I t as os 6 tl oppose they would by l II 1 Blown Into W or accidentally with other papers To guard such uch losses loues th waste paper Is toI n paper Is II lost eve tho leaves of or hooks are turned over Ole file jackets opened and Inspected cases pulled away from the tho walls vH PRESIDENTS WHITE HOUSE GUARDS t It I if Yf I l I 1 f I i 4 I I II I I t J I Ii it iti i I 1 W T HISTORIANS Of 1 j The above absolutely authentic photograph Is Interesting In view of ot the sad catastrophe which has hns recently robbed the nation of or Its executive U It shows Iho the men employed as plain clothes police I to guard the portals ot the House Jouse The building la In the picture pic ture Is II tho executive mansion at nt Wash WashIngton Ington I IV V desks moved antI and folded papers opened Under tho complete system stem of ot book bookkeeping keeping cX under mull and ex express press clerk and clerk no loss of remittances can occur litter after the entry has hns been made on the books bocks of ot tho former A loss lops may occur lii transitions In ln tact fact the th past report for all 1111 mail handled In tho United Status of t tho department how chow about one letter In 2500 Ir mall Is reported lost and about one letter In In registered re consequently this office might ex expect the tho some proportionate loss losson losson on lit It mall mail to tu have on nn average three or 01 four complaints a of ot missing mining letters Upon U It UIs Is frequently found the com om complainant has hM forgotten to tn send pend tho th l 1 ItEr ns r stated that for ome rea ren not IIO U It has hils gone Kone to th lend dead letter oI u It has been lJ r and finally finall to him that nn an em of ot his own awn has hilI stolen It or he lie even may mil have written the tho complaint Hint he never nOer the letl n A stated hoping In that way to tu nn of ot time to save a 11 fee 01 for sumo lIum other reason renson A considerable of or tho complaints received rf If tastes S are arc for tor the above reasons not genuine To l pi v in tho n h first class clas matter Is 18 delivered Into null and express room in locked mail mailbags bags and in not opened except in the presence ot III the chief clerk or one or hU till tho letters letter are arc slit silt In his by nn who Is II not to touch their contents tha tho silt lIt letters aro given to to open and make up the contents under tho personal supervision of the head hend of or the room All remittances art nt once entered on Is known as ns beok A and these with their accompanying letters arc MO banded through a 11 wicket to the financial clerk who en eh enters tit contents upon book n If It tha comes in 00 other way than br b null It I III handed to the tho mall und express clerk and treated ns as above At tho aid ot of the day the tho footings of or books A n must agree Although there thero Is opportunity tor dishonesty except on the part of ot tho financial clerk who Is 18 as al being a h man of ot the strictest Integrity and vho is under heavy henly bonds thu rules of ot practice provide as liS |
