| Show A STATEMENT enoi NT za ano SNOW the following corra ilea is ia copied n il train like D N alq we publish li it eliat a t number of conr read nt ilo do not uke the leading arling le salt L like ake jiA silt salt lake city nov kov 24 1896 ajer elder loranzo calzo isnow president of the twelve apostles dear pc ar bro As there hasteen en fl lunch itic disca ion over the alie cor I 1 u moses thatcher Thatch cr ind and yourself ani and some rollie of our own people ire are it sea va in ill I regard r arl to to lie alic primary y cause of bro Tha leher s lick lack of harmocy with your quorum pradina to hiis his excommunication flier efroin in behalf of a number of alch pet persons sons we pell you this coin ill wp wf are aware awnee that the diffie din ic bilty uirl mainly rested with avith tit the twelve and one of its members also that alien action wa aras 13 taken in ill the case there was wag no need of your bour making fakilis further explanations we can can appreciate your abstinence e from controversy tro versy on oil a purely church matter through M tile the public prints but sr that there appears appeals to be a mi misapprehension s of the facts in the case and that ciany man good people are 1 liable in consequence of that to torm form irl incorrect correct conclusions wy we respectfully ask you if it be not with any rule of the church or of the council over which you preside to make some public statement which will serve to place this matter in its true light before the Sa saints ilits and clear away the mists which I 1 to some at least seem to surround the subjects L of moses S Tb thatcher atcher s deposition As lie he has zivan to the world the private cor correspondence n den ce that passed between you and him in a capacity is it fair eve even n to yourself and your associates to leave leava the mattelin mat terin its pr present e fondation fondi tion and open to so much misconstruction if you would make an explanatory L statement tater nent through ca the deseret news we believe it would ie be highly in esteel esteemed ned by many others as well we ll 11 a your brethren in ohp th gospel nephi L morris lorris arnold G giauque F barn barns s 11 C badger T A clawson salt sail lake city F nov 30 1896 les rs N L morris morri A CT giauque A F barnes R C badger and T A clawson Claw sou dear brethren in response to your esteemed teemed ps communication of the 2 ith dinst I 1 have jave determined after conference with devoral of tile the apostles to offer some explanations on oil the case of moses thatcher ind and comments on the correspond enca to which you refer th through z the columns of the dese deseret ret news e w q to lie continued |
