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Show Second Day's Session. Salt Luko,Clty. At Saturday's session ses-sion of tho soventy-elghth conferonco of tho Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Apostlo Reed Smoot was tho principal speaker of the day. Apostlo Smoot mndo no reference to his recent experiences In nnd with thu federal sennto further than to dcclaro his belief that mony persons who wero convinced nt ono tlmo thnt ho should not retnln his scat, now havo ncknowledged their error of Judgment and nro glad thnt tho senators voted or thoy did. Apostlo Smoot delivered nn Interesting nddress; ono ot tho features of his talk was tho recital of a list of Instructions which, ho said, hln tnntlior liml clvon to him. nnd which follows: Pray to God for guidance and bless--Ing. Take for your motto: "Fnlth In God, self-reliance, honesty nnd Industry." Indus-try." Inscribe in your homes this motto: "Buck Is a fool; pluck Is a hero." Do careful from what sourco you tako your ndvlce. Rlso ubovo tho envious nnd willful llaiy. Placo your ambitions abovo tho goal you intend to roach. Remember that energy nnd determination deter-mination nro tho lovers that movo the world. Don't drink, chow, smoke, swenr, deceive, read trashy books or pay attention at-tention to villous nnd lying newspapers. news-papers. no In earnest. Do generous. Do civil. Lovo truth nnd virtue Iovo your country and pray for Its success. Do strong. Shun not tho struggle. Stand up and speak out bravely In God"a name. John R. Winder, n member of tho first presidency, spoko at somo length. Tho drift of his remarks was that it wero far hotter for tho church to represent rep-resent itself thnn to bo misrepresented misrepresent-ed by othors. Other speakers of tho day wero Presldont Josoph F. Smith, Apostles Hebcr J. Grant nnd Rudgor einwson, nnd Elders Union S. Wells. I). II. Roborts, J, W. McMurrln and Soymour D. Young. At tho gonornl conferonco tho re-oloctlon re-oloctlon ot tho present officers of tho church wns concurred In. The auditing audit-ing committee reported that It had examined ex-amined tho nccounts of tho trustoo-In-trust and found that the books wero kopt In oxcollont form. |