The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-13


formulated. At no other time did / at
/ tempt entrance to the temple" 10 be re-
! fused admittance.
l. This point is in direct line with yonr
former statement in our original CORE
| spondence TO the effect that, becyHse
had seemingly disobeyed your letter OF
mittanee 10 the temple on the 18th. or
eight days before When could not
understand that. you explained IT by say
ing ] was in the dark. No doubt the
same eXplana ton will answer in regard 20
| the paragraph above quoted.
THATCHER'S TEMPLE CONTRIBU-
TON.
I did not merton my last contribution
| 10 the temple in the way of boast, but
the fact remains that the temple was,
nevertheless. constructed with funds con-
I trlbuted by the Saints. But when Presi-
dent Joseph i. Smith declared that / only
gained admission to its dedication 'by the
skin OF my teeth, a statement your open
letter seemed 10 corroborate, could not
recall any hesttency on the part of any
one about asking or receiving my dona-
ton during the period of its construction.
THATCHER AND CANNON.
Another paragraph in your letter is
| truly remarkable and especially wherein
| the public is informed that silence in my
interest had been maintained oy President
! Cannon, now absent" as you say, from
/ the state" How far that business trans
action between, two members of the
as recently made public from the pulpit
| and press. / cannot say; but future de-
| Velopments may show its relation 20 past
/ and present conditions. Its frequent tier
alton in garbled form, as in this instance
and as ii has been told in public and
private, on highways and byways, SHOWS
! that it IS no secret And so far as / am
concerned there is nothing in it that I
would have anybody trouble himself TO
I keep as a secret. / will endeavor 10 con-
/ vince you, President Snow. that you have
yal ted on M
I that, however, / attach no b,ame to you.
for the story of Bulion-Beck is long
one. l shall not hesitate. to face, will
ingly, my part in the affair. Here is an
extract from your letter:
when President George @. Cannon,
| after the decedse of President Taylor, was
polygs my laws, Moses claimed that
Brother Cannon had defrauded him, and
he treatened in the presence of President
! Woodruff and others of the twelve TO sue
/ him at law and thus bring many private
affairs before the public through the
courts. Only on being emDha ticaliy
warned by President Woodruff and others
| that such a course, particularly in Brother
/ Cannons condition would result disas-
tronsly TO him il his church position DID
/ he desist. On President Cannons release
! from confinement the matter was fully
! investigated and il was demonstrated that
F, instead Of Brother Cannon's owing him
| he was in Brother Cannon's debt TO an
amount which he subsequently paid. For
I Brother Cannon he has never apologiZed
| nor made any amends. This incident is
referred to in President Cannon's absence
from the stare. he has always preserved
| silence on this matter and did not wish
| it mentioned against Brother Thatcher.
But it is important in showing Noses
Thatcher's spirit and bearing toward his
/ brethren.
TIE closing sentence no doubt satisfies
I the public as to the reason for bringing
the matter UP. I am not sorry you men
nod ~ . Y
| to correct the rdrnor which has been
well circulated among the people. In an
] swer TO a letter written by President
/ Woodruff on the 9TH of December, 1883
on this very topic, l wrote Dec. Z. or Two
days later. making the following state
rnect of my position:
THE BULLLON-BECK BUSINESS.
In conclusion you will permit me to
say that have no disposition and never
( have had, TO take. advantage Of any OF
I Brother Cannon was placed; for | regret
/ mis- Imprisonment I believe. quite as sin
4 cereiy as any of my brethren. Upon that
point J hardly think that Brother Cannon
/ himself entertains any doubt" For the
/ present. at least, there is no need TO go
irTo further details regarding Bullion
! Beck matters. except TO correct your as
sertiOn that instead OF Drother cannon
/ owing MIN, he was in Brother Cannon 5
7 debt" / can think OF no explanation so
brief and authentic as a copy of the re-
. cent , gave nm III StiltCll4-ll u Jul
! financial differences. 1t reads:
7 Know all men by these presents, That
I I do hereby acknowledge the receipt from
President George Q. Cannon OF an order
signed by MIN and dated Aug. ), 1889. on
/ Secretary George Reynolds. for the
! transfer TO myself OF twenty-three hum
g.! dred and siXty-eight 16-6Srd 2,S5S l5-0Sl
/ shares Of the pooled stock OF the Bullion
/ Beck and Champion Mining company,
| and that have received all the dividends
declared and paid by said company on the
said ZOOS ls-6Srd shares; as SHOWN by the
/ books of the company less one-fourth. or
/ % per cent. on all dividends declared and
/ paid by said company since Sept l, 1883;
the said y per cent having been paid. as
{ | am Informed, to the Bullion-Beck and
California Mining company
This receipt is intended and shall oper-
ate as in full of all demands and claims
I by myself. heirs and assigns against
OF sad 2,363 1853 shares of stock. when
{ the same shall have been transferred. on
] surrender to the secretary of the COM
p4ny o. the proper stock certificate uDoH
which said transfer may be made; and it
IS in full for the dividends thereon. as
specified herein. MOSES THATH Err.
Salt Lake CITY, Utah, Sept. "a 1889.
These shares. for which ] had paid.
REPRESENTED Il value TO me at that time
exceeding $25,e6-an amount did not feel
able and willing to lose. Ny anxiety
And now let me call your attention to
another astonishing assertion in your
oven letter of information TO the young
men. You say:
IN 1886 he proclaimed in public dis
! courses ideas and predictions not en-
ecrsed by his brethren. AT Lewiston.
Cache county. notes were taken OF his
! utterances and published on d hyleaf.
| He was subsequently written 10 by Pres
/ ident Taylor and his answer is on file.
While he claimed that ne had not been
accurately reported. he gave his own
l language, under his own hand. to the eff
feet OF predictions of events to occur
within five years, which have failed of
fu,filment and which are founded on er-
J roneous interpretations of Scripture. He
wrote for publication a sort of retraction,
which really took nothing back. but
port al his extravagant remarks.
WAS NOT A PROPHECY.
Not one word uttered by me at Lewis
1 for on the occasion referred to Dartook
! OF the nature of a prophecy as coming
from me; nor did 1 predict anything
! whatever ] stated my belief upon
] 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
I hand reports of what l said. nor for type
written or printed slips said to have been
/ multiplied and circulated among the peo-
pie Besides il Is we'll understood by
/ the Saints that the sermons, even OF
/ apostles, are not regarded as doctrine.
I Nevertheless. ] have constantly endeav-
/ ored TO avoid teaching anything errone-
cus or gu; OF harmony with the revela-
ticns of the Lord
! While in Mexico. in 1886, l was written
to by Presidents Taylor and Cannon re-
I gardirg This matter and in reply i stated.