Show THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED that was wag a good lesson in common sense taught by apostle heber J grant in conference sunday morning he took the questions asked by THE JoU lINAL considered them seriously and answered them in the same manner that is a bession which should not dot be lost upon the saints of cache stake too many get angry when questions are put to them especially if if the questions are plain and pointed but apostle grant did not he gave gave them the consideration they deserved these are the questions propounded by TIM THE JOURNAL any church has the tight right to male make any rule it pleases regarding rights of ef its of ficera ficere or ministers in in politics politics no one questions that but if some member or officer of the church cannot conscientiously si sign n such a rule is he to have his name 5 dropped from the rolls and that too without a trial Is that regular Is it just Is it the christian way of doing things 18 I 1 it right to punish before a hearing does it not show undue anxiety ungenerous baste on the part of somebody f instead of retting getting angry and preaching a bodycot as some of the ignorant understrappers trappers do in this county and oneida too we are informed apostle grant shows an I 1 ameri american spirit which it would be well for all his followers to emulate to the first question if some member of the church can not conscientiously sign a rule of dis 1 is he be to have his name dropped from the rolls apostle grant answered in the negative in answer to the second third fourth and fifth questions apostle grant said no emphatically and added that any latter day saint ought to answer those questions just as he answered them in answer to the sixth as to whether it is right to punish without a hea hearing the apostle said that it was not ard and then he be went on to tc explain that apostle moses thatcher had bad not been dropped from his quorum but only te temporarily apor suspended and that as soon as he be recovers sufficiently he will have a full hearing bearing but then we expect the hearing will be in his quorum the majority of whom have already expressed an opinion as to his bis guilt or innocence the seventh and last was answered in the affirmative apostle grant saying that the passing of judg judgment 0 mert before a hearing bearing would certainly show undue haste baste on the part of those who might do such a thing then the apostle we went nt further and said that apostle moses thatcher had never been brought to trial that he never had bad been accorded a hearing and that it was therefore wrong to pre prejudge lim him but added the speaker moses thatcher is in the dark now we admired the earnest earnestness neEs of apostle grant appreciated the careful consideration he gave our questions was glad to hear the words of affection for moses thatcher which fell from his lips all of which tended to raise the speaker in in our estimation but when he admitted that there had bad been no trial no li hearing caring and then contrary to his bis own idea of right and justice grant passed judgment saying that the accused was in wrong and in the dark it 0 bard for us to understand but ol of the these se things course we may not see eee in their proper light yet we do know that the liblit of human intelligence shines upon n principle of justice old as time ana immutable as eternity founded upon the wisdom and experience of mankind since the dawn of the world that every accused person shall have a fair and impartial trial before an unbiased tribunal before judges and jurors who have not made up their minds as to the merits of the case or expressed an emphatic opinion relative to the guilt miltor or innocence of the accused |