Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-08
THE THATCHER MATTER.
,,,,s Y. q. woollcy "Niz's Up" the
situation.

v,,,, Hon. r. q. Woolley. OF st.
o.,,oe. Utah, his sons In this city re-
sa,ved the following letter few days
lace. 1t presents clear AMI iorcible
,IeW Of a matter which has had s'm'
,,su.slou of late in this State, and
s,av he read with profit by the entire
".nnuplty. 1t first appeared In
s,,nt in the Tribune OF Sunday, aud
a,,oducsd in these columns for the
,,a,ora above given;
sr GEORGE, November 2S, 1885,
a., mar eons, Gordon, Richard aud
w:y.terIck - Since writing you last,
80 on the same day l wrote you
SSnnt the Thatcher matter, we re-
ICED you're of the 22nJ. anu sleo hau
,ha snnday and Monuay Herald, 20
.,st T have the letters between Brother
srhstohet ana President Suow, and
aiso have the articles OF the Trluune
on the matter, an well as the NEWS
stticles up 10 the Oath. The mail diu
nn, eounect yesterday, so L have no.
Ming later. but thiuk have enough
70 Size M the situation fairly well.
An outsider on reading the letter
..,wapn Thatcher anu Snow Will
v,rv naturally think that Thatcher
noe mt hau air treatment from the
lact that M q ioIum would not formu-
is,s any Charge for him to plead 20,
md dealt with him without giving
MIN a chance to be heard in self
deIense, Under legal pr, cedure,
ar i'm common business transactions,
his view would undoubtedly be the
coTtect one, but TO one VINO Is some
what familiar with the principles OF
ina GOSPEL, the organization OF the
Chutcn ana its quoruns oil the Priest
hnod-the matter assumes differ
ent aspect.
The statements OF the members OF his
onorum maue at the last Conference
inTnv considerable light on the tTou'
he. even though nothing definite was
said as TO the particular poihts OF
Inference betwe cen him and the otheIe
NJ tie Twelve. That he stood alone
as opposec TO nil Quorum In any mat.
Ier OF church discipline, and refused
10 nut himself In harmony therewl b,
after tair time had been given him,
ia in itself enough cBuse or his being
placeu outside the Qpotun, as II Is
impossible for buoy OF that kind to
do It's r1Ier work with disuniOn in Its
midst; and while the poUpie generally
may not have known all the matters
Of difference, ttill IT atcheI's useful.
p,ss IN his place az an Apostle would
he im1aired, aud bo could MT co his
duty In his nigh and holy calling. TINS
icing 30, II was MS pam uuty
10 place himself In hnrmODy
al. III at ht 4 q.
or, falling t. do that, he ehUulu
have resignet. and not have
been stumbling block IN the way Of
the progress of the cause which he
Processes to think so much OF.
it may DO said that the matters Of
policy and discipline were such as he
could not cOnscleat iously sustain, anu
that therefore he 10 justified In reius.
ing to endorse Ur work fOr them. Adj
hitting that to be the case, he has the
right III his phce in the Quorum TO
give his views in rs strong maunef
AS he ielt necessary, anu urge upon
the others TO adopt them; but when he
had done that and the majority was
against his iioas, TO say nothing OF
there being In ttiIs case the entire
eleven against one, then he must
Wquietce in their decieion, yield his
juu. ment TO the others, and do his
test 10 make the policy deciued upon
success; II II were not possible TO
give it his fullest sanction. he should
at least not 40 anything to oppose OF
obsruot the workings OF the Quorum,
for the minute he does such thing
he lie not I'll to hold DIS place IN that
Quorum, and must maze way for some
one VINO can anu will work In har-
moDy with the heads OF the cause.
Ii is not asu poeable cass that the
eleven Of the Quorum ana tue three
u the FiIat Presidency are all roing to
take n course which Is opposel t. the
good oil the Church, sud thsl one man
is the one who Ia right, especial y
when that one man is only one o
twelve OF equal authority, with an.
other quorum vi three still over them.
While in ordinary cases OF trial tor
fellow ship tue accused has the right TO
have charges preferred against him TO
which he may answer ana rebuilt II ne
can, tbi7 ia another kind OF scssf; IL is
simply III tier OF harmony anu TEL
lowshlp between member OF quo
rum and the quorum Itself, and con.
slsls Of differences OF opinion anu
opposition to the decisions Of the
quorum, with which all are acquainted
aud which need no formal charges to
acquaint the party out OF harmony
with what he is expected t. make right
20 that he may be In fellowship with
hi. Quorum.
IL 10 not a matter where the eleven
should 70 to him and make the diff r.
encts hight, but 1t Is for the one out OF
harmony TO come TO them and set him.
seli straight; or, failing 10 do so, 10
resign bie pluce, 80 that the cause msy
not suffer from the want oil u ion
among the leading quorums. You
viii see from this the difference
between case where member OF the
CHURCH has committeu some RCl
against the laws or discipline OF the
church, anu the cAse of member c. a
quorum being out OF harmony in lie
own qlOtum. In the first case the
party "hO Is accused OF a wrong must
nave the charges specified; must have
the opportunity Of being confronted
with his nccusvrs, and OF producing
any evidence he may have, TO rebut
lhe uccusatiOl against him; then by
Tue law and the testimony only can
he DO condemned.
NO one can know and understand
peter Than Thatcher these principles
ORDER In tie organ'zstioD OF the
ohurch and wheu he calls on the
Hembrs OF his Quorum for specific
ShaFges against himself ne must nave
h .Wn that he was requiring some
.nlng tut VI ORDER. something which
ney would not have been Justified in