Show MOSES THATCHER DEPOSED Defendant Not Present at the Meeting In II llrlerSratanat is lilrli Living Jlrmtirr of the Connell Twelve Mrrr arenca5 ale < in > nrtlns llrnlherwnllednced III 110 Lams ml Stank In the hnrali Salt lkr 1 City Nov t9Mnea Tlntchf 1m l no longer in Apostle nl f the Motmcm church nor the holder ol any other office In the Priesthood He nye n-ye terdy summarily deprived ol nil lilt odlcll authority by Die Council of Twelve Apusllrs and retire In he rank nl the mall number of men In the chinch who art nut elder The Apntile wet at 10 oclock In the HUtnrtan office President Snow and nine other were pretenl time full mem l > er > hlp ol time Council excepting Mr Thitrher there helm one vacancy that nl Abraham 11 Cannon The accused Apostle did not appear lie h1 been notified that hit trial would occur but I the notice did not Invite him to be present So he did not attend It li probable that hi would not have appeared 1 ap-peared even If 1 hr had been Invited at his request for a public hearing was denied de-nied The Apostle sitting n < iin eccleslas Heal court preceedrd In consider thee the-e i before them Hut little lime was cqutred tn reach a conclusion No ivldenre wa presented The official tiinouncement nl the proceeding Kate that eaCit Apostle expressed him ell What wa aid doe not appear but It wa undoubtedly In Hup nllh he remarki made by niemSrr of l the Council at Ihr October conference1 when Mr Thatcher wa stated to be out nl fellowship with hl > quorum The f Inlon was unanlmout that at he was out ol harmony with hubs fellow Apos tie > and had refuted to act In accord with them he must be deposed The order was accordingly made that the offending Apostle be stripped of all lilt clerical function Ircitdcnt Snow and other Apostle alter the action was taken went across the street to the churrh offices and Informed the Pint Presl Icncv that the expected had happened The following brief itatement of the proceeding wa drawn up and signed by 1reildcnt Snow and ai a notice to all Mormon was printed lilt evening the Deieret New the official organ of the churcln To the Officer and Member ol the Church nl Jesus Chtlil ol IVIer Day SalnhlThl i II I to II form you that at a meeting ol the Council ol Apostle held hit day Thursday November 19 1890 there being present Lorenzo Snow Franklin I > Richard Ilrlgham Young Francis M IymanJohn Henry Smith George Tendile Ileher J Grant John W Taylor Marrlrer W Merrill and An limn II Lund which meeting wai called Inn the purpose considering and taking action on the case ol Cider Motet Thatcher and ol which meeting and Its object he hat been duly notified alter a full conilderatton ol all the clr cumilancet ol the case and alter each I Apostle present hid expressed hlmso upon the subject It was unanimous decided that Mote Thatcher be seer crest from the council ol the Twelve Apostles and that he be deprived ol his Apostleship and other offices In the Prleilhood LORINZO snow Ireildcnt Council of Twelve Apostles The office ol which Mr Thatcher It I deprived are thoie of apostle president ol the Cache stake nigh priest seventy and elder lie was made an elder In 1857 when he wai but 15 year of age lie became a seventy In 1859 to which office he wa ordained by 1 Ilrlgham Young In 1877 he was made president ol the Cache stake and was ordained high priest He became an apostle during I dur-ing the session ol the April conference n 1879 and hat therefore been a member mem-ber of the council that deposed him yesterday for nearly eighteen yean While Mr Thatceer It I ttlll a member of the church he It I disqualified from doing any church work lie could not even be a missionary without being again ordained The apostles who pasted sentence on Mr Thatcher decided not to give out any statement on the subject In addition to the notice given above and those teen last evening were uncommunicative uncommunica-tive We have nothing to add to the notice that appeared In the Newt said Johh Henry Smith Matter simply came to a head and we decided whether Moiet Thatcher or the majority wai to control Mr Thatcher bean up I bravely under the blow he hat received lie deeply egrets the icverence ol hit official reo lotions with the church he has served In rarlout capacities nearly forty years but he feels that he could rot have hon orably conceded what was demanded ol him |