Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-07
CALIFORNIA SAINTS.
San Francisco Examiner" Statements
Concerning Them.
MISSIONARY WORK on TIE COAST
How Newspaper Man Dishes W
Facts aud ideas About
the Mormons.

The San Francisco ErlmHer con'
t,lus the following article regarding
the Laitef-day Saints In California
aud the work Of the missionaries labor
ing there. IL will be observed that 10
giving the narrative the newspaper
man has injected q number Of ideas OF
his own that are foreign to the views
and condition OF the sainis The article
reads:
The old.llne polygamisi Mormons are
making an organized move on Can
iornin. This state is now one Of theit
MISSIONS, and nearly tc1ro " us
ciples nro engaged IN prOsolyung. AZ
result, churches have been uiab'
iished In this city, Oakland, sacfa-
niento and san Bernaruino. The COM
grcgation la this city has soveniy.aiE
mumbcrs, the one in Oakland about tue
came number, ami those M Sacramento
And San Bernafdino are snidto 1ugfgN
ing rapidly. In Los Angelic Ban
Diego aud other population crnlcfs %
the southern half OF the state there are
halt dozen Elders nt work under
bHnup lhgi4lt hhN n hAais 49,
stationed In or travelling through the
northern half
soquielly has the prosolyting been
conducted, that tho presence Of the
Mormon missionaries has not become
generally known. The movement Ia
California commenced In August, 1872,
when ]. l.. Dalton arrived here from
Salt Lake Ia search OF the scattered
members Of tho Church u Jesus
Christ " i.attef.day Saints who hal
straytd over the Sierra Nevada. BY
September Elder Dalton had
secured sufficient number Of followers
q organic, branch OF the Church Ia
OAKLAND, with Joseph Mattress as ptusi'
dent, anu 10 October a second branch
was put IN working order In the capital
city, with Aaron Gnrlick NJ ils head.
Ia tho spring VI last year Elder Dali
ton had 40 much work on his hands
aud the Held promised 10 DO 10 ifultlul
that six more Elders were sent Out 10
assist him, anu the state was regularly
adopted ua mission. J.. ID. Gum.
mings and A. 5. X sllor were located
Ia Sacramento, II u. Williams aud a..
B. MnyClck went 10 San Bcruarilu0,
and T.. l.. Blodgett was stationed in
this city, The south promised 10 much
that such Church digniiafius ns Francis
NJ. Lyman, one " the Twelve AZ %
Ties, Brigham II. Roberts, "a president
OF the Seventies, aud Bishop Elmer
Taylor came out and began work south
VI the Tehaohapi pass.
Elder Dalton retained the presidency
OF the mission until the 10Th ~ this
month, when he was succeeded by no
leas parsonage than Dr.. Kan G..
Maeser, ID. l.. d., the superintendent
OF the Lattur.dAy Saints educational
institutions Tor all Of Zion. His lutia.
diction, consequently, rAteuda itom
Canada 10 Mexico, in both OF which
countries there are four schools. Be-
siits these aud the numerous ingtitu.
lions IN Utah, there are i've schools In
Idaho anu three In Afizonn. Dr.
Mae,er has been here for several weeks.
but 20 far has confined his work 10
preparing an exhibit Tor the MidwinteT
Fair anu beginning series OF otufus
In the hall nt No. 03I Mission street,
the meeting place 81 the San Francisco
congregation. Here a SUNDAY school
II well under way, aud services ARE
nuld In tho afternoon and evening OF
every seventh day. Tho Saints are
largely responsible for tue Territorial
EXHIBIT Ia the Mechanical Arts build
ing Of the FAIR and, therefore, have had
no great diilculty In securing all tho
spacn duslted for thuir "oiucationa"
exhibit.
The coming OF DR.. Maesur attracted
considerable attention here through IT,
being tho fret cXompliflcAtiOn on this
coast Of u cardinal principle Of the
Church, that ut common consent hBiug
necessary To acceptance, MlshiJuaTlua
and 0iiiCera may DO appointed Or or
uhinod and assigned To duty BY tho
"Fiut Presidency" cOnsisiiugOt Wil.
ford Woodruff, George q. Cannon aud
joseph Il. smith, but ~ Ttquifta the
unanimous approval Of tho faithful la
tbs mission ~ which they are assigned
before they eau enter upon their lauors.
Elder Dalton was quite popular In the
California churches, anu DR.. MaesUr
awaited tbs outcome u the voting ON
hls reception with considerable Interest.
The result was favorable, however; he
was accepted, and Is now Ia full charge
OF Latter day analrs In California. lie
h In rather better condition than most
OF the missionaries, as his salary ui
school superintendent silll continues
When the Presidency sends Out Il mis'
sionafy ordinafily,it Is gracious enough
To grant him time 10 arrange his fam
ily and business Affairs Tor an absence
OF two or three years, but II puts az
scrip In bis purse, and the "calluI" iu
diyidual must be- his own s,au iu tue
matter VI personal expenses aud sup
port
Just how California came 70 bo se
lecled M n mission ground is prlbahIy
best explained by the fact that me
Jnsephtes, or "ReOrganizsi' Church
Of Jesus Chtist Of Lattrr.uHy SAINTS
the mOnOgamibt sect, hal begun wUik
hero with some success. The JJsupu-
ties are more obnoxious 10 tho uid,llul
MOrmOns than any sect In existence
and much OF the pr1aulytlng Of t1dnl
Il with "a view Of uptO0tlug tnu faith
OF the Tenegrades from the uthug,
hgubo aud tue temples. Such f. NOT
the avOWod object, Of course, for thj
Old.liue MOrmuna utterly refuse %
recognise the reOTgani1sd ~ q braucl
worthy VI recognition.
Or, MHesur In venerable, white
haired German, with an interesting
style Of pounding the uucgrluts %
the Saints. lie Hud his fellow labor
eIB have no hesitation tu Jpn lIlul
pulygumyi but accompanying the 90
uUTbtmeut Is "A strong urnlal OF Ga
present practice. Ihis diucrouso b.
preaching nul practice comes from
President WuOdrun's revelation
fUrultulug plurality OF wive.
which WAS promulgated as nu order ID