The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-29

TOOELE, April 2S.-The sensation in
the conference of this stake occurred
yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday morning when the stake
presidency prepared the list of officers
and organizations to be sustained by
vote of the people the name of ]. c. De
La Mare was among those of alternate
high councilrnen, but when Apostle Ly
man read off those names he suppress
ed that of Mr.. De La Mare. In the after
noon Mr.. Lyman stated to the audi
ence that be had suppressed Mr. De
La Mares name of his own accord. but
now he proposed that the people should
assume the ssponsibility and said:
IAN who favor suspending Brother
De La Mare from his position, as high
councillor, make it manifest by
DE LA MARE APPEARS.
At this moment Mr.. De La Mare arose
and asked permission to say a few
words in his own behalf. Having per-
mission granted he stated that he
could heartily endorse the major part
of the manifesto, but wherein it states
that any insinuation that was made
last fall that church officials had used
church influence in politics was tut
terly false" he could not endorse and
could prove, if given an opportunity,
that that part of the
MANIFESTO WAS FALSE.
Mr.. De La Mare asked the audience
to be not hasty in the action it took
against him, ait this time, for he had
had no intimation whatever that he
was to be thus summarily dealt with;
but that he thought it was only follow
ing out well defined programme in
augursted with the arbitrary dealings
with the Hon. Moses Thatcher.
After this explanation. the vote was
taken with the result that not more
than 20 or 25 hands were raised in the
affirmative, out of an audience of 200
or $50, and or 10 votes in the negative.
A number who voted against Mr.. De
La Mare
EXPRESSED THEIR SORROW
at having thus voted and when asked
why they thus voted said: 1--WE voted
for the manifesto and thought we had
to vote against Brother De La Mare or
be considered backsliding"
Apostle Lyman then stated that the
reason he took action then, was that
he was going to be gone from Tooele
for some time. and he wanted the mat
ter attended to now He also said:
'If have done wrong in this matter
Brother De La Mare can apply to the
high council and then to the presi-
dency of the church for redress" how
ever he Oyman) would state to the
presidency what he had done and if
they did not approve of it he would
come right back and reinstate Brother
De La Mare.
Mr.. Lyman then spoke on the objec-
ton raised by Mr.. De La Mare to the
manifesto and said the Saints must
endorse every sentiment of it or moth
ing" that he Oyman) knew what he
was about; that this manifesto was
A REVELATION FROM GOD
TO the presidency of the church, and
that all who fought against it, fought
against the word of God.
Mr.. Lyman then read extracts from
the Doctrine and Covenants to show
that all these who betray their breth-
rem are worthy Of the most severe con-
domination.
Then, referring to the Hon. Moses
Thatcher, but without mentioning him,
he said: IF this man, standing as
he is. opposed to his united brethren in
this matter. should prove himself to
be right, and his brethren. the presi-
dency, the twelve and the council of
seventies. to be wrong, then the high