The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-09

The following official annormcemen
addressed to ''the church authorities
was issued last evening. It is some
thing out of the ordinary, and some
think presages some unexpected devel-
opments at this, the closing day of the
Mormon conference:
Tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon, the
general authorities OF the church will
be presented to the conference. On the
occasion the priesthood will be arranged
in solemn assembly and vote in that
capacity, by quorums, which will be
seated in the tabernacle as follows:
The twelve apostles, in their usual
seats.
ON the south part of the stand, the
patriarchs, the presidents Of stakes,
with their counselors and high coun-
selors.
on the north part of the stand, the
bishops and their counselorS, with the
presiding bishopric in 'front.' of them
The high priests in the north center
of the body of the house; the quorum
presidents in front.
The seventies in the south center Of
the body of the house, the flrst seven
presidents in front.
The elders Immediately behind the
high priests
~O- -
side of the house.
The floor of the building viii be re-
served for the priesthood, and the gen.
eral public will occupy the gallery.
The remarks made at Friday morn
ing's session Of the Mormon church
conference by Apostle John W. Taylor,
touching the morality, or rather the al
legged immortality, of the young people
of this city in general and OF the taber-
nacle choir in particular, was the prln-
cipal topic of conversation and con-
demnation on thes treets yesterday Inc
INDIGNATION was not confined to mem
hers of the choir, but the general public
shared it. and were not slow to express
their regret that a body which has done
as much work as the choir has, both for
the church of which it is part ana Tor
the state, should be so publicly and un-
Justly attacked, and that, too, IN the
tabernacle.
THE CHURCH LEADERS SPEAK.
A Herald reporter was detailed to see
fhe heads of the church and OBTAIN
their views on the remarks of Apostle
Taylor but there was a very great dis
Inclination among them to talk on the
subject at all. A persistent effort TO
find Apostle Taylor to receive any eX-
PLANTATION he might have to make failed.
PRESIDENT CANNONS REGRETS.
President George Q. Cannon, when
asked his views on the matter, said the
regrettable feature of the matter was
that Apostle Taylor had chosen so pub
lie a gathering as the conference for
the delivery of remarks; that II they
ever were to have been made, they
should have been confined to a meeting
of the priesthood.
He was of the opinion that Apostle
Taylor did not intend that his remarks
should be taken as facts known to him,
but rather as rumors that he had
heard.
Regarding the tabernacle choir, Pres
ident Cannon said the standing of that
organization was of such character
that mere rumors could not hurt them
in the eyes of the community; still he
regretted that such remarks had been
made as they reflected upon many
friends and some members of his fam
lily.
CONDEMNATION AND SORROW.
Apostle John Henry Smith said that
the explanation made by President
Cannon Immediately upon the closing
remarks of Apostle Taylor was suf-
fciently strong condemnation, and he
hoped no more publicity would be CIV
en- it. although he thought 1t quite
probable that Apostle Taylor might
have something to say, and he advised
seeing him.
FIder. Penrose regretted the incident,
but thought that since Apostle Taylor
had only given hearSay accounts, 1t
was best to let the matter drop, be-
cause everyone knew the choir was not
made up of any but the best young
men and women Of the community.
APOSTLE TAYLOR'S DISCLAIMER.
The Deseret News last evening pub
lished the following:
Elder John w. Taylor called at the
News Office this afternoon and re-
quested that this paper announce that
he was grossly miSrepresented by the
morning press reporting his remarks in
the tabernacle on Friday. He says
that this will be apparent to all who
read the verbatim report of his sermon,
which will be published in this paper
at an early date"
The publication of Apostle Taylor's
plea in the News had a poor effect upon
very many of the choir members who
heard his discourse, and with the gen.
eral public it did not carry much
weight. It was repeatedly asked by
those most directly affected by the
APOSTLES inVective ''Why, if he was
so grossly misquoted and misrepre
sented in the public prints, was it nee
essary for President Cannon to rebuke
from the pulpit the apostle for his in
discreet, if not outrageous, recital of
irresponsible gossip and SANDER? Why,
IL lie was not correctly reported, did
all the choir members and all in the
vast audience understand him to say
just what the morning papers attrib-
uted TO him? Why, if he was not fair
ly quoted, has he not published over his
signature just what he claims he did
say And why, lastly, was it that the
reporters Of the newspapers were re-
quesued TO make no mention of the
sD0stle'S bad break 2'
RUMORS OF A BOLT.
Speculation was rife yesterday after
noon and last evening as to what course
the tabernacle choir would pursue to- /
day and in the future. Indignant friends /
of many Of the choir members declared |