Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-12-18

referred to In President Caunon's ali.
sence from the state. He has ALWAYS
preserved silence on this matter and did
not wish 1t mentioned against Brothe,
Thatcher. But 1t Is important In show.
ing Moses Thatcher's spirit and bearing
towardh Is brethren"
The closing sentence no doubt satisfies
the public as to the reason for bringing
the matter up. l am not sorry YOU
mentioned 1t, as 1t gives me an opAr.
tunity to correct the rumor which has
been well circulated among the people.
In answer to letter written by Presi.
dent Woodruff on the 5th of December,
1888, on this very topic, wrote Decem.
Der 9TH, or two days later making the
following statement of my position:
an conclusion you will permit me to
say that have no disposition, and never
have had, to take advantage of anv of
my brethren in the position in which
Brother Cannon was placed, for regret
his imprisonment, | believe, quite as
sincerely as any of my brethren. Upon
that point ! hardly think that Brother
Cannon himself entertains any doubt
For the present, at least, there's no need
to go into further details regarding Bull
lion Beck matters, except to correct
our assertion that "instead of Brother
Cannon owing him, he was in Brother
Cannon's debt" l can think of no ex
PLANTATION so brief and authentic as a
copy of the receipt gave him In set
Element of our financial differences. Ii
reads:
Know all men by these presents. That
l do hereby acknowledge the receipt from
President George @. Cannon OF an
order signed by him and dated Aug. {,
1889, on Secretary George Reynolds,
for the transfer TO my self of twenty
three hundred and sixty. eight, I6.63rd
| (2,56S, 10 63) shares of the pooled stock
of the Bullion Beck and the Champion
Mining company, and that have received
all the dividends declared aud paid by said
company on the said 1868 16 63rd shares
as shown by the books of the company,
less one fourth or rs per cent, on all div
idends declared and paid, by said
company since Sept. i. 1888; the said Is
per cent having been paid, as l am in.
formed,to the Bullion Beck and Califor-
MIA Mining company.
This receipt is intended and shall op.
crate as In full of all demands and
claims by myself, heirs and assigns
; against President George @. Cannon on
account of said 2,36S 1903 shares of
: stock, when the same shall have been
transferred, on surrender to the secre-
) taro of the company of the proper stock
: certificate upon which said tranafer may
be made; and 1t is in full for the divi-
bends thereon, as specified therein.
MOSES THATCHER.
Salt Lake City. Utah. Sept, "a, 1869.
These shares, for which l had paid,
: represented value TO me at that time
exceeding $2s,oooo-an amount did
t not feel able and willing to lose NV
: anxiety about 1t was natural, If not par
r donable. And now let me call your
Il attention to another astonishing asser.
a tion in your open letter of information
: to the young men. You say:
a 1n 1886 he proclaimed in public dis.
: courses ideas and predictions not en-
: dorsed by his brethren. AT Lewiston,
: Cache comfy, notes were taken of his
utterances and published on lyleaf
r lie was subsequently written to by Pres
= ident Taylor, and his answer is on file
l While he claimed he had not been &C.
4 curately reported. he gave his own Ian
! guage, under his own hand, to the effect
r of predictions of events to occur within
t five years. which have failed of fulfill.
Y ment and which are founded on erro-
e neous interpretations of Scriptures. He
d wrote for publication sort Of retrac-
ton, which eally took nothing back,
II but merely charged partial errors In the
i report of HIS extrayagant remarks"
Not one word uttered by me at Levi
ton on the occasion referred to partook
: of the nature of prophecy as coming
from me; nor did / predict anything
= whatever stated my belief upon
numerous topics, but predicted nothing.
: quoted somewhat extensively from the
+ books of revelation held by us as ortho-
: dox, and also from the history OF the
Prophet Joseph Smith. | was not and
could not be held responsible for long
hand reports of what said nor for type
:. written or printed slips said to have
been multiplied and circulated among
the people. Besides II is well understood
by the Saints that the sermons, even of
apostles, are not regarded as doctrine
Nevertheless. have constantly endeav-
. ored to avoid teaching anything CHROME
GUS or out of harmony with the revala-
tions of the Lord.
While in Mexico, in 1886, was writ.
, ten to by President Taylor and Cannon
regarding this matter, and in reply
stated, In substance, what had said in
A Lewiston. Of course I could not re-
member the exact words had used, but
I closed my letter as follows:
/ ssIf in your view, there is anything in