Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-13
snOuLD MAKE A CHANGE.


Tho San Francisco Chronicle, 20 =
leading newspaper IN the West, has IN
efficient corps Of cofTesponeo ate
covering all parts Of the country.
There h ono locality, however, 10
which our esteemed ostsmporafy needs
10 make a change n II wouli preserve
IN this locality It's reputation TOT nc.
cufacy and legitimate enterprise.
That change IL Ia its Salt Lake cares.
pondeni. a sample Of the lAttof's
work appears In the Chronicle Of Sun.
lay last. There Ia report Of tue semi.
annual Conference which met Oolu-
Der 1.h aud closed October 9th. In
tho report are many statements that
arc true, and also many that the mott
casual observer knows are unlrur. The
News will not trouble 10 point out al
Of tho latter, but only a sample, that
our eotemporafy, aud olhers, may
know now II lie being imposed upon.
For instance, In describing the
tabernacle thofe are statement which
every visitor 10 that great building
will note a. inaccurate. one OF these
IL that "lhree richly covered thrones,
erected high above all others, were oc'
cupiod by the First Presidency Of the
Mormon Church, TO tho froni. aud on
lower level, were twelve other
thrones occupied ~ the mtmbers Of
the quorum Of the Twelve APOSTLE,
aud 10 tho front Of these, and on stil
lower plane, were thrones occnpled by
tho seven presidents OF the SeveDt tier"
Tho fact IL, not n "lhfone," or any
thing TO be described A. sucp, Il Ia the
building; there are stands consisiiug
Of neatly aud plainly constructed aud
cushioned seats Ia the rear Of pulpitf,
but nothing in any way suggestive Of
"chaif OF state" or "foyal scat" n
the word ''thtone" indicates
1. IL ALEC stated In the Chronicle
srllole that some Of tue principal mat.
ters submitted 10 this confidence was
the substitution Of n name for that Of
Moses Thatcher, one ot tho msmbep
Of the quorum OF the Twelve Apostles
and high dlgnitAry 10 the
Church, that In the place OF the
gentleman mentioned another name
was "submit,ed TO the Conference ior
ratification OF rsJeetiop," and that this
action "was promptly ratified and
FULLY cndorssd." Nothing Of the Kind
tooK place at Conference, OF At AL. No
name was submitted for tina, Of III ef
Thatcher, hence there wa, no Iaiin.
cation or endorsement OF such sui-
mission.
OF n like Imaginative anu inaccurate
character Il the assertion that last
Aprlls AddIsst, Or "mAniiesibp ~ the
article miscalls n, expressed the right
VI the Church authorities "to direct
no, only tho spiritual sfaiTs Of the
me nbers OF the Church. but their
temporal Affairs As well, and which
expressly Included their political
acls;n also the statement that "ln
choosing an Apostle Of the ChuIoa
three NAMES, which It IL claimed have
been diylnvly revealed to tho Flut
Presidency, arc BY them submitted o.
the quorum OF tho Twelve Apostles,
and are bAlloted upon, aud the success.
iul candidate IL by them DECLARED
to DO the cholee Of the Lord, aud his
name In then submitted for condIma-
tion.p These portions Of the article
also are tables, wholly misleading And
misfepteientative iu their character.
From long aequainlance with the
Chronicle the News Ia satisfied that
our California co,empotary does not
want ils readers imposed on 10 the
manner aimed at In ia Salt Lake
article.