Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-12-18
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Twelve Apostles
DEAR BRorHER-Yo ur recent iette
written for publication In the Desere
News a. the request Of five young mer
of Salt Lake City demands an answer
from me In the intrest OF fairness, friend,
family and the Saints throughout the
world The duty is painful one; Sc
ations would be motive insufficient to
Induce me, even on a matter so viiallv
important to me and mine, TO take up
my pen in seif-defense.
have read and re-read your open let.
ter and have purposely delayed replying
90 it hoping and praying that sense of
right and justice may dictate what /
write 10 one holding the high and re
sponsible position you occupy IN the
church and far whom entertain senti.
ment of profound respect, no matter
what you may think or say about ne
4 confess astonishment not only at the
letter, but at the spirit of your commu-
nication for as ] have always under.
justice and your love of mercy, that
communication does not appear TO your
advantage, Lorenzo Snow, as | have
known him during all these years OF his
presidency over the quorum of apostles
no where. TO my mind, appears in that
bitter and acrimonious communication.
Our political differences IN Utah have
unfortunately and, as believe, unneces-
sarily resulted IN examinations and re-
ordinations and the resurrection OF
Misunderstanding long since explained
or settled. Before their Introduction
never saw you turn deaf ear to plead
ings for specifications on the part of an
accused brother. Nor Is Il like you to
quests for charges against me. which
you furnished by the column, with evil
dent alacrity, for a public print In order
20 crafty the apparent curiosity of five
yung men of Salt Lake City. II. as you
say. was not entitled to a public hear
ing, as my case was not q public matter.
why did YOU make public charges
against me In a newspaper when you re-
fused to give me even an intimation of
them In private'
II Is difficult for me to understand
why youIhave publicly accused me when
privately you would not; why you pre-
scented specific charges against me after
my deposal instead of before; why you
so readily granted the request of the
five young men when YOU presistently
refused mine; why you gratihed their <
curiosity and that OF the public CON 7
cerning an affair In which you declared q
was 1.-THE principal party Interested r
This treatment. this dissemination, Is diff
cult for me TO comprehend. "
Nor can | conceive the object OF those "
young brethren IN asking further ex. az
PLANTATION OF the conduct Of your quorum OF
towards me, the entire correspondence ei
on the subject being In their possession. W
The Deseret Views had already decla- k
-, that the action of deposlng me u
''@ Teen "inspiTed. dictated authorized al
q approved of God" Holding the e.
News statements IN view, Il NAV seem a.
strange to many OF the saints that the u
young men should ask further reasons ca
for my disposal, and stranger still that 81
you should deem Il necessary to furnish SC
them. Besides. the published cores ia
pondence was complete. II told It's own
story of the patience and torbearance IN
which had been shown me. m
The appearance of those letters in sec. Pc
ulaar newspapers land infer from your sc
remarks that the Deserst News Is not sc
secuIarl was probably brought about by "
The direct personal attacks OF The News, e'
which has not appeared 10 be friendly az
"a me under the present management to
And why should have gone to she ia
News when Cts columns were daily alled br
With Misrepresentation of my conduct
md positionf When it was falsely de. 81,
Jared that ! had been pledged political of
upport for morths' When Il was on
orelng me upon platform / never la'
onstructed and attrlbuting to me words mi
had had never uttered9 But have YOU
OF seen eyen official declaration from L
nose occupying higher positions than cen
ever held. appear first In a secular pa ou
r. and afterwards In the organ of the tin
lurch' tina
Why should you feel called upon ito the
eet some OF the statements" contsined del
that public correspondence Were con
,u not satisfied with the Judgment of obs