Show MOSES THATCHERS REPLY Stands Now Where He UIIB Always Stood TIhr Ileptles to trmldent Mnmuw Comlunlon Mertlag alt tt 0555g o Ioliil hr Iolnlt 1011 Ve u ns rim l V 14r I LoflAM Utah December 1211 Kkler l irento Snow resident 01 the Twelve Apoillett DEAR IlaorniiR Your recent letter written for publcatlon In Die Deieret Newt at the request 01 five young men of I Silt Lake City demand an answer from me In the Inlrest 01 falrlees frlendi family and the Saint throughout tin world The dull It a paluful one ur painful Indeed tint pertonal contlder liana would lie a motile Iniufficlent In Induce mr even on a matter MI vltall Important to me and mine to lake up my pen In set defense I have read and reread jour open lei lee and have purposely delayed replying In It hoping ahd 1 praying that a tente of right and justice nay dictate what I write Inane holding the high and rr apontlble peflllon you occupy In Ihr church and for whom I entertain tentl ment of profound reaped no matter what you may think or lay about me I confess aitonlihment not only at the letter but at the pint of your communication commu-nication for ail have always 1 under vtnodyour itlipoillton your Meat 1 1 of uitlcearul 1 your love of mercy that communication does not appear In your advantage Lorcnio Snow at I have known him during all these years of hi presidency over the quorum of apostle no where to my mind appears In that bitter and acrimonious commnnlcallon Our political dirterencri In Utah have unfortunately and ash believe I unnecct arlly resulted In crlmlnatlona and recrimination re-crimination and the resurrection of niliundentandlnga long since elpllnc1 or aellled Helorc their Introduction t never new you turn a deal ear lo pleading plead-ing for ipeclflcatlont on the part of an accused brother Nor la I It like you to Ignore my earnest alien repeated requests re-quests for charge against me which you furnished by the column with evident evi-dent alacrity for a public print In order to gratify the apparent eurloillyol five Yung men 01 Salt Ik City If as you nay I was not entitled to a public hearing hear-Ing aa my case was cots public matter why did you make public chargea agalnil me In a newspaper when you refuted re-futed loglveme even an Intimation of sear In private It la difficult for me lo understand hy yoiJhare publicly accused me when > privately you would not I why you pre nenlcd specific charge against me after my depoial Instead of before why you M > readily granted the request of the five young men when you pretltlently refuted mine why you gratified their curloitly and that of the public concerning con-cerning an affair In which you declared I was the principal party Interfiled Thlt treatment thltdlicrlmallon It dim cult for mo to comprehend Mop can I conceit the object of those young brethren In asking a further u planatlon of the conduct your quorum toward me the entire corrcpoiulencc on the subject being In their potaettton The Deierct New had already declared officially that the action ol deposing me liadbeen Inspired dictated authorlied and approved of Rod Holding he Newt ttatamcntt In view It may teem strange to many of the saints that the young men ahould atk further reasons lor my disposal and stranger allll that vou ahould decor It necessary to furnlth them Ilehlea the putillth corret pnnJcnco was complete II told lit own tory of the patience and forbearance which had been shown me The appearance el Ihote letters In aces ulaar newspaper and I Infer from your remarka that the Deteret News la not ecular was probably brought about by the dlrfCt personal attacks of < he Neua which hat not appeared U be friendly is iiMunder I the prtaent management Ind why ilwuM I have gone to the News when lit columna Mere dally 1 Ailed with mUrtpriaeiilatlana of my conduct And petition Vhtu It was sleety de 1 lard Ihall had ben pledged political upport for monllu When It was forcing me upon a platform I never onttructnl and attributing to me word I had had never uttered Hut have you not In even official declaration from chow occupying higher poiltlant than 1 ever held appear first In a tecular paper I pa-per and afterwardi In the organ of the church Why ihould l you feel called upon lo i meet tome of the itatenicntt contained I In that public corretpondence Wen you not satisfied wlh the judgment of 1 the people at to the OIarlh of I te controversy contro-versy Your aide waa placed beforcthem lust aa fully aa It had been placed before be-fore me If you believed a further ei ilan < tlon wit due why did you not give to me when I requested It time and des Pardon me for quoting the following htrhcipretlon from your letter r The evident uurpmc In puollihlng these cum munltattom was to exclt public tj m pathylandlheunnecasaary and super flu out appeal tinny contain convey the Impression that they were concocted con-cocted for that purpose judlng from tlrr can h n nlp a 1 ram ro 1 It irnai I surer Inch I rol n nnetlunua and 1 nnr vv UI I I known tIan the > d1 1 he hn air regarded 1 never wuuh t have made them I will confess they were appeal > it to the publli but In my brethrn They were crlr ol an gulch from a heart racked with pain They were pleat for mercy payers fo r light for Information a lo my offendIng offend-Ing Hut why ahould you Imagine that that they were published la idle public pub-lic sympathy Do you eontlder that In be the natural result uf their publication publica-tion An appeal from one In dli trett In Jeopardy U I not concocted Rather lOCI It not require the deliberation delibera-tion Of a trained killed and diplomatic mind to dote the ears and heart of men against lIch appeal You says During that Interval April In October he was visited by many of 1 his brethren tome of them aprxllet and no change was effected but he failed even lo attend the October conference nr In manlfett a dlpotltlon la tnnform In the principle of the declaration tl It I true that he was In poor bodily health during that period Hut he wat not ton III In upbraid brethren whn tried mini peso him with the danger of hit post 1 lion nnr to accuse tome of them of having blanket Ihrir conscience In signing the declaration Did you President Snow ever hear I me ay anything nf the kind Which ol the brethren did I upbraid or accute of blanketing hit conscience You do not win aware ol the fuel thai of all he apostles and member of the flrtl presidency only one Apntlle F I D Klchardi ever tolled with me about the manlfetlo since the day It was pretnted to me for my signature True llrolhert Itlcharda and Young called one day 1 just as I was leaving my residence In Salt Lake City for the depot with guettt and 1 I j we tacked a dew moment wime me car rlage was walling at the door At another an-other lime I salt to brother John Henry Hen-ry Smith Ilow could you knowing ai you do of my work In the church fdr a quarter of a century vole for my sues pension limply bfcauie I could not see my way clear lo sign the rnanlfeito low I could you adjudge me guilty condemn con-demn me and etecule your judgment ill within a few hour and without a tearing lie repliedI will not talk wllh you about that for you are ton III and converiatlon on that tubject will make ynu nervous I then raid Which Ilrother John do you think would make me moil nervous and III 10 have the brtthcren humiliate and degrade de-grade me hy dropping me out ol my pore or talking about It after the deed li done1 Said he I am with my brclh men During all tines weary monllu while lrlenlt and plijlclknt believed I was on lire serge of the grave I was admlnlitered only once hy member 01 our quorum allhogh day after ilay jngagementi made for that purpote were for reason unknown tome not kepi And after Ihe manlfetln Mat returned re-turned to yon untlgned none nf the ipnttlea etceptlng three mentioned ever came lo my house nr t lilted me for any purpose whatever I do not mention men-tion sins hy way of complaint but became be-came from the general tone and certain italemenlt In your letter you III not ieii < n Ire l fully acquainted with the e laces A few men holding a letter authority In the church called and argued with me and lomethiWi may hate heard the peevish plalnli ol a tick man which It teeiiii were carefully delivered and preserved pre-served riot with which you are iron Illlng In reproach me It appears that 1n every grnan thai I uttered In my pain and weakness was home away and use id 10 Imison the mlndi nf Ihote living In I the light agalntt a weak and hclpleti brother I In Ihlt connection I would like In I Hate that even before the pretentatlon nl that manlfeito for my algnilure tint me of the brethren had taken up I A labor with me concerning any nf Ihe millers It was made In embody You contend that ihouldhave ilgned It damply and tolely liteaut oilier nfl cert nl I the church had signed It without with-out hellatlon and without requiring time deliberate I cannot tee how that ttalement adds to the credit of the document Such matters dinand deliberation and became I always so contend I am called contumaclou and 1 obtlnate It may he that tiller II H Uoherlt ilgnetl without comlderatlon but I have been aulhorltalhely Informed that tlroitg and healthy at he Mat In I mind and hody several niemberi ol the quorum to which I belonged labored with him day after day for week befori he contented In accept the prlnclplei 01 abnlutlm It contain How many srI the brethren deemed It necessary to waite their time on men though I was sick and near the portal ol death No one Yet they opectcd me to sign It when It watpretenled although you IIY I watconiMereil contiimncloui and 1 obtlnate If that was my dltpotltlon I why was I not laborciijwlth l for week Or why was I eipecled to answer it I without such attention Did you really believe me contumaclou and obill rate nalI do not desire to be nmlcritnnd us complaining ol the short lime given ore for lire contldcratlon if the manlfeto the hour and a half at noon on the day my name was dropped from the lIt of church official I underilnod It then as I understand It now Hut when I heard his claim had been dltcmted for weeks by the other member of Ihe I I quorom ol apoitlet tint a lyilcmatlc pre ntal j n I I J hi I I been I II f lrvntrl 1 lo HflMf iln Ixrl I was Irl Ito I-to wonder II the lirlif II ne alltied nnr was the yes nit nf deaign or accident out of and Com I You aav thai mercy com patlolT the reason for degradln nit were ant given at the April conference I fall lo aee wherein I was benefited bt a comia lnn which gave mine to ti many rumor mytterluua hint dar In ilnuatluna slander and attack unjutt lluttona and unfair couirMrlMint which have been tludloutly created and dlt temlnated tlnce that time Nor can I appreciate the manner In which my tune was left emn atalu quo by the remarkt of the brethren at the October conference confer-ence I had received auurancea and reaiturancct that nothing would be donenr aald affecting my case until I abould report myself ready for tilI You say The assurance In which he i refers were lallhlully lulfllled lie was left In atalu quo I The average nun light IM I hird to convince that lilt In lerettt would not be aflrcled by creallnar adverse public opinion by concerted and preennct rlert action on the part of tleuort entruted with hit tale In pre Judlelng Die people agalntt him When tribunal prnnouncet a man guilty and announce In the world lit judgement hu he beenlelt In tutu quo You complain because I did not for a IIIIIe attend roy quorum meeting aa regularly aa nthera hail done The time In which you call attention covert the period of a lingering Illnett from which I have now atmmt entirely recovered Hut I do not oder mr tlcknent at an es cure > for my absence at you had n eared me from all official dutlea during great pnillnn nf that lime advltlng men me-n travelIn seek enjoyment and health The charge that I have treated the cOllncll wlth conlenlllt ned nonwt but a reference to the teller which patted between tit I endeavored per Ittently patiently and at thoughtre I apecllully ascertain what my brethren breth-ren held agaldtt me what differencei there were between usIn order that w e might arrive at a u understanding and finally what their requirement were When I went to the meeting place of the quorum of apostles after being 1 assured by the brethren that I would be welcomed and no objection would be made I found the door closed iI my face From that time until my dull I plead for a statement of the grievances against me but dared not Intrude In-trude on my quorum again without an nvllatlon aa I had no desire to give of tense I was never aware that I had nc right to speak In public mcetlnga until publicly reprimanded for to dnlrgi I did not think I was barred from the temple until its door war closed In my face And now you MV that I pre score to attempt an entrance to the temple What could 1 have dnni Every I moire I made was crltlclted and condemned and teemed In Invite new form nf tenor and humiliation I luvelin detlre quibble but hereli a passage In your open letter to which I iletlre In call your attention It WM but a few dayt 1 after the OctnUer conference confer-ence even If It had entirely clod before be-fore he appeared and poke at public meeting at though he ttlll held the authority In which he had not been sot lalned at conference This necettltatrd the announcement from the lint presidency presi-dency through the Deterct Newt that he had nu right In olfielatr the print hood while In hit tutpended condition Notwithstanding that announcement when he chnte lo present himself to the authorities he pretumed to attempt entrance en-trance In the temple for that purpose and al 1 a time when line tint preldercy at well at the twelve met for the can Mention of other church mailer ind Inr milling their prayer circle I pretented myself at lime slaw 1 ollhe Kilt InVc temple n oclock ant Thurulay October II lSi The meet Iraq which promulgated the announc men ton refer In was hen In I tettlon It wan not publlthed In the Dtwrct New until evening and was not received re-ceived by me for at least five ham liter mv return home from the temple You will not deny that these are farts and vet jou blame me for entrance en-trance to the temple In dltrcranl sl an announcemrnt which had not lees line mutated At no other Him ltd I attempt at-tempt entrance to the tempi lobe I re fused admittance Thlt pnlnl loin direct line with jour former tlalenient In our nrlnlnal ctrre ipomlencein the effect thai tn casa I had femluglv dlmbeyrd t our letter of the aid nf October I suss nfiie admittance ad-mittance the temple on ih nib or ei lht dayt before When muM not inderttand that you eiplalned It by taylng I waa In the dark N bull the same eipUnatlim well anMer in rrgard to the paragraph above quoted I did not mention mj lat I iintrUullon to the temple In the way of a boast but the act remain that the tiniplt was rieverlhelei ctinttructed with lund cnnlrlbuteil by the Saint lint when 1reldent Joseph F Smlih declared that I only gained admlIon KI In dells upon by the kin of my teeth i state ment your open letter nenied br corroborate cor-roborate I could not recall any hell lancy on the pail of any one abut ak tog or receUlngmy donation during the period of tta conttructlnn Another paragraph In > iir tether la I truly remarkable and epd11 hrcln the public It Informed that lIclCt In my Interrtt had been malntilnr I bl 1rcl dent Cannon now abtent at luu sty from the suit How far that bush IIMI Iranaction between two memberi Ii i t h lia ha t a bearing on mv fif t nll n man lr public from mire p I thii and prttt I cannnt tat hum fu I re levelornnenta mar show Ita rein M rei-n pasta nd reseal londltlona It I het nt Iteration In garbled form at hoI ill ho-I 1 Instance and at It has been told In pbm and private on highways and b > n uy howl that lilt I no arced And a fat at I am concerned there la I noti IR 1 < < In It that I would have anybody IfnuMe hlmwlf keep at a teerel 1 will indeavor to maybe you Iretldent Snow that you have not been well potted on this matter For thai however how-ever I attach no blame It you for the slur of llulllon Heck It a long one I hall not hetltale to face willingly my part In the affair Here la an eatract Iron your letter When resident Ueorge Q Cannon alter the decrease of Ireildent Taylor wit In prison for Infraction ol the anti polxamv law I Moet claimed that llrniher Cannon had defrauded him and de I threatened the pretence of Treat them I Wundruff and others nf the twelve li ue him at law and thus bring many Kale aflalra before the public through the cnurit Only nn being emphal IcaMr warned President Woodruff and hers that such aeouraeparticmdarly In nmhert Cannon cnndjtlon would re nil dltatlmutly In him In hit church Isuton did he desist On Iretldent t annona release from eonhnement he mutter was fully Invetlgated and It drmnnttraled that Instead of llro ther Cannon owing him he was In nnilher Cannon debt lon amount which he lubiequcntly paid 1or his Inulli and hard language toward Item ther Cannon he hat never apnloglied nor made any amend Thii Incident It I cferred 1 In In Ireildent Caunona ab xnce from the state lie hat always preserve silence on Ihl matter and did not with It mentioned against Ilrolhej Thatrhcr Itut It la I Important In showing ing Motet Thatchert iplrlt and bearing towardhli brethren The doting lenience no doubt aalltflei the public at to the ron for bringing the matter up I am not sorry you mentioned II at It glees me an oppor unity to correct the rumor which Ira s been well circulated among the people In antwer lo a letter written by 1reil dent Woodruff on the Jth of December 1309 on lima very topic I wrote December Decem-ber 7th or two day I later making the allowing itatement of my poiltlon In conclusion you will permit me to say > that I have no dltpoiltlon and never I have had to take advantage of any of my brethren In I the poilllon In which Drother Cannon was placed for I regret hit Imprlonmcnt I believe quite at ilnccrcly any of my brethren Upon that point I hardly think that Ilrother Cannon hlmtelf entertain any doubt Forlhe pretenf at leatt there It no need u go Into further detail I regarding I Ilul lionHeck matter eiccpt to correct o IIr assertion hat Inlead of Ilrollier tm Cannon owing htm he wan In Ilrother Caanona debt 1 can think of no ex planlion ao brief and authentic ai a copy nf the receipt I gave him In act tlement ol our financial difference It eadti 1 Know all men by these present That I do hereby acknowledge the reclpt from Iretldent George Q Cannon ol an order ilgned by him and dated Aug S i860 on Secretary George Reynolds lor the transfer In my tell of twenty three hundred and tlnlyclghl id A3rd l24nSl6 6J hare of the palled atock if the llulllon Heck and the Champion Mining company And that Ihaterrclted I all the dlvldendt delayed and paid hy laid cOI1I nary on the tald J3rs i663rd share as hon hy the book nl the company loss one fourth or 15 per cent on all dlv klcndt declared and paid by aid company since Sept I l8tS line tald 15 per cent having been paid aa I am In ormedtn the Ilulllonlleck and Callfor ila Mining company Thlt receipt It I Intended and lull operate op-erate at In full nf all demandt l nod clalmt hy myself Inches and ailgnt agalnit Ireildent icorga Q Cannon on account nf aald 1308 If 63 chorea of lock when the tame hall hate ire Iranferred on aurrender 10 line ucr tarn of the company of the proper slut k certificate upon which said trannfer maybe may-be model and It loin full for the dlvl ilendt thereon attpecirlcd therein Mnnea TiiATCiini Salr Lake City Utah Sept 14 Isr Thtae shares for which I had paid repretentol a value to me at that time eecdlng j oooo an amount I did I not feel 1 able and willing to lose My anslety about It Mat naturalIf nOli pardonable par-donable And now let me call your attention another atonlhlng attcr lion In jour open letter Information I to the joung men You say In 1866 he proclaimed In public dli coupes Ideal and prediction not en diincd by hit brethren At Icwlton o Cache county notes were taken of hi utterance and publlihed on a flyleaf He was subsequently written to by Ire dent Taylor and hit antwer h I on file While he claimed he had not been accurately ac-curately reported he gave hh own language lan-guage under hit own hand to the effect of prediction of event to occur within Rn years which have failed of fulfill meat and which are founded on erro neout Interpretation of Scripture He wrote for publication a tort ol retraction retrac-tion whlcfi really took nothing tuck but merely charged partial errors In the report of lilt extravagant remark Not one word uttered by me at Lewi I ton on the occlon referred to partook of the nature of a prophecy ai coming 1r1II mm nr ill + 1 I ir II r ar Ihtng whatever I flairI 1 m belief upon nmoll topic tullnedlcled nothing I quotid somewhat eitemlvelt iron f the bonki of revelation held bv in at i > rih < r don and alto 1 from the hltmrt of mime Prophet Joseph Smith I was not and could not he held ponlble hoe lung hand report of what I said nnr far typewritten type-written or printed slips said lo have been multiplied and circulated among the people Hetldea It 10 understood by the Saints that the sermons even of apostle are not regarded aa doctrine Nevertheleti I have constantly endeavored endeav-ored lo avoid teaching anything errone out or out of harmony with he rcvala tlona of the Iord While In Meilco In lEHo I was wrlrt ten to by Iretldent Taylor and Cannon regarding this matter and In reply I staled In substance what I had said In Iewltton Of course I could not remember re-member the enact words I had used but I cloted letter at follow II In your view there It anyihlni In these renmrki erroneous contrary to recorded re-corded revelation and hlttory or contrary con-trary to the iplrlt Intplratlnn and ref elation In you or If their utterance by ne wat premature or Imprudent ilo 1 me the klndnett at yuur earliest con cnlence to point the tame mil 1 and tuggett the meant belt calculated calcu-lated In your judgment to correct the same ahnuld the enclnted notice f which It youhlnkbet can be tent In the Newt for publication I be cnnld red insufficient to top the multpllca tlon and circulation among the Silnta nf erroneous report of my remark at heretofore mentioned The notice was apparently aatltfac nry aa It was published In the Dr eret Weekly Newt of December I SSI AI lollnw I Any elated or written document clr I ulatcd or Ihat may beclrculatedamong the Saints ol God aa a report of any see I nmn or part of aermnn termont or parts 01 lermont or of any private or public remark salt lo have been made iiv me are unauthorlied unless pcron fJ i db 1II ally revised bv me or written over my signature And the making and circa hating of any such unurthorlied report It without my tanctlon and without my consent MOil TIIATCIKR In the lame Issue Ihe Newt commented comment-ed editorially ai follows In another column will be found a notice from Elder Moiei Thatcher of the council of the apostles We direct general attention to It because there has been a great deal of comment over tome remark attributed to htm which have been copied and circulated and lately have been printed and dltlrlbuted among the talnti It li I very unfair lo ake thii course unaulhorlied aid we consider such proceeding worthy of icvcre tonsure Those who have print ed 1 and dlttrlbuted the alleged eslractt trom a sermon delivered by Elder That cher In Cache county tome lime ago have In our opinion eiceeded their right and thoie who rely upon the purported remarks ai authentic and lobe lo-be dltcutied at prophecy or doctrine nay be led Into error at the report thus dlttemlnited It without authority 01 the peeler We are pleated lo revive re-vive the notice from Cider Thatcher idc chcccfuPy give Itli place In our columns Subsequent to the year 8W no furllu r complaint was made until the appearance appear-ance of ynur open teller len yean latter and at no additional requlrcmenti Mere made of me I had a right lo bellcic the tatter long since adjudicated No ont on-t any time ever Intimated to me In any way that thti was cherlincd secretly igalntl me by any of my brethren Candidly 1reitdent Snow what li there In all tins Hut In any way can be construed AI a unification for the unkind un-kind comment you hove made upon the clrcumttancei Your itatemcnti arc calculated Injure me In the etll matlon of many people Mho have read your teller and condemned me without remembering or having read the net crct Newt December I iSSri Surely you Mould not Intentionally do mean Injury You lay further lie dliputed with President Taylor at In Ihe appoint1 01 prettdcnt of the Logan temple and contended for a man of hli own tclectlon even after the pret Intent announced the appontment by relation The truth of thtt matter It made plain by the action of Ireildent Taylor letting let-ting me apart on the tame day atone of the counselors nf the president nf the Logan temple Ireildent Taylor would not have Introduced dltcnrd In the temple tem-ple and had I contended agalml him that would have been the effect I would not hate been made I third officer In that tacrcd plate If I had been In inch open rebellion ai you depict 1rci dent Taylor was my guest In Logan al line lime the president of Logan temple was named On Ihe morning of tin Jay the appointment wat node Iriil dent Taylor came down tales and before be-fore breakfatt he stated In the pretence of witnesses that he felt Impressed lo appoint M W Merrill president of Ihe Logan temple and asked me what I thought of It I replied that It was a good iclccllonj that he might enamel the take over and not find a man better adapted lo Die potlllon And I gate amy a-my Ion that Ilrother Merrill wa financially well to do and could afford lo gtveto the work loll time and attention that he was secretive and methodical 1 In hli habit President Taylor laid h e was pleated lo hear me lay 10 I never al any lime or In any place opposed lh e appointment but was continued third ollicer In that temple tillby the action of my quorum I was dcprlrod of all j pr tlr e Vow although Ihl p I slot > mike a very ponltlee chare again mr iou may have thla matter confuted with Ihe election of a president for Cche lIke In my abtence from cnaferenre In Salt Lake from which I was nCIId hv Iretldenl Taylor on account of Illnet In my family Elder C O Card was chosen take president succeed Illthop Ireilon who hail been called lo the office he now hold A few slays later I was Informed by a member of my quorum ai to the action taken In the matter of the Cache lIke pmlJency and my opinion wat asked about It I stated that since Elder Card had been unanimously cho ten I would acquletce Later on an effort ef-fort was made to remove President Card which I oppnied I look Ihe ground that while Ilrother Merrill woo the stronger character I would oppose Ibe I removal Irettdent Card ai hit appointment 1 ap-pointment was generally known among peopteand hit luminary ulimlttal was sure lo result In Irreparable Injury In-jury I only mention this mutter b I cauiethere Is I no foundatloi for complaint com-plaint In lime other lnclilelt and you may hive confuted he two I cite this as a pnttlble reason for your charge because be-cause I have no desire to quibble Here It I another of your peclllc chare When Wlllord Woodruff accettlon to Ihe presidency was under consider anon at the proper lucccttor he ipretted nplnloni which hoed that he regarded human amarlneta and butlnett ability at above that tlmpllclty 01 character and iiitceptlblllty to divine Impretilont which are notable In that allhful servant of God and objected that such a man could not grAIl the situation of affair or cope with the dlfficultl rhlnl Ile waa overruled but persisted In lilt l view 1 To my mind there never was any qucttlon about the proper successor to President Taylor I did not regard It ai a debatable matter for I always held Preildent Woodruff at the logical tuc tensor to Prcildent Taylor I maintained main-tained this at the time and have since tcitltled to Iti propriety on many occa stuns I have always held that with the death ol a president diet the authority author-ity of hit counselor and the lupreme authority of the church li I then veiled In the quorum ol apostles Upon the death Ireildent Taylor Wllford Woodruff ai the head of the leading quorum of the church was therefore the leading officer offi-cer In the church In my view no one had a right to assume hit authority or Issue addresses to the Latter day Saints Ignoring him Yet an addrett was hud 1 h-ud which did not deaign to mention Ireildent Woodruff or any of the apoi tlei Had my name been signed I to It you might well accuse me of attempting to oppose the accession of PrcUent Woodruff but my name was not there If there was a contest between human marinetanj tlmpllclty of character for the presidency I unsure you my preference were far the latter Simplicity Sim-plicity ot character li I an ornament tony to-ny poltlon although III It often tub tervlcnt In human smartness You make thla general charge agalpit n nv temper or dlpolttnn III bearing with hll brethern was uch that ne could not brook dlttent and retentcd non ricceptsnce of hit personal viI vi-I have always tried lo be honett careful care-ful contldcrate and contclentloui with toy brclhcrn I confeit that I have had ny personal vlewt on almott every quta ton that came up Iliad I thought that I was entitled to them Had I cntertan cil I the illghteit doubt of my right In the quorum to my opcnlont I would never havelilven the Ix brcthcrnto wliomjou r refer the opportunity to yule mean pottlethlp Aa was I protested part of three daya before giving my content to President Tay lor Hut III ever resented resen-ted the non acceptance of my vIew on any question where I had been accorded he right to present them I do not recall Und U-nd now r come to what appear to be the chit reason for my suspension and subsequent disposal vir lie political politi-cal manlfetto read in the April conference confer-ence I regard tint at the main lInn code between ut because of the apace you give It In jour letter and became Iretldent George Q Cannon aid plainly plain-ly I to Elder II II Itoberti that It was not right to circulate other charge about ore ai my name would not have been dropped had I leaned UK manifesto and became a leading apostle declared that within three day from my refusal to sign > I would have been brought to trial had myhealth permitted I alto because I wat never publicly or privately acs cased of the other oflentet you charge until after III presentation for my tig nature and bit becaute at the Logan high council meeting Ireildent Joseph t r Smith gave that at the reason for my upenlon Yon tay there was nothing new In that document ai It I relates to church dliclpllnei that lilt contain that which hai alwaji been an established doctrine of the church and that usually men do not require much time to contlder a matter which they have always held to be rlgl Had my vlewi relating this subject v harmonized with jour itatcmenti there would have been no hetltancy on my part In promptly tlgnlng that Inttru mcnt or In accept Ihlt rule of dliclpllne Had understood that It wai limply an old and etlabllihed doctrine of the church I would have given no attention to the previously published declarAtion Percy Mlddlcbrork Frank Roc and Patrick Ioweri sons ol prominent cltlten of Florida N Y took a ride lit I a sleigh returning about mldnlht Roe and Power attempted to assist Middle brook from the Iclgh but fouud he moss froien UlR The prcildcnt and party were huntIng hunt-Ing duck on the louthcrn eitrcmlty of South Island S C their reward being too bird ol which the president brought down 61 Pretdent Cleveland also Joined In a deer drive but none of the hunter got a shot owing lothe high water oh the bland |