The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-03

President George @. Cannon sprung a
sensation at yesterday afternoons ses-
sion Of the Salt Lake stake conference
in Assembly hall. In most forcible
terms he denounced politics and poll
ticians.
The congregation was not looking for
such an outburst and a ripple of ex-
citement went over those who were as
sembled there.
President Cannon said among other
things that he would not allow a poll
Iician in sight of his dinner if he Cthe
PRESIDENT was hungry. The speaker
went on to tell what havoc had been
wrought in the church by the introduce
ton OF politics. the tendency OF mem
bers TO consult the opinion of the au-
thorities being destroyed almost en-
tirel-
Still another sensation was created
yesterday Il was at the morning SEES
sion and President Joseph r Smith
aroused himself To a pitch that for a
Few moments sent a thrill of cCnster-
nation over the audience
The conference was SO SHINY attend
ed that ii might as well have been held
IN ward meeting house. If a count
had been taken it is doubtful if it would
have shown more than 125 people in
the house, while the hall has d seat
ing capacity of 5000
President Smith noticed this and IN
his remarks at the close of the fore
noon meeting called attention to it in
terms most forcible.
President Smiths Remarks.
President Smith made no apology for
speaking as he did but on the contrary
said he was speaking in the hope that
ms words would reach those for whom
they were intended, and he wound up
by sending the irOniCal announcement
10 the presiding bishops office that "a
stake conference is in session
The conference opened in the fore
noHn with the reports of the various
officers of the several divisions of the
work in Salt Lake stake
Thomas G. briggs. superintendent Of
the stake Sunday schools, had some
encouraging remarks on that deDart-
ment, the teachers being on the whole
very energetic lot of men and wom-
en-. There are at present thfrty-three
sunday schools in the stake ard over
5000 officers and pupils.
Mrs. Nellie O. TAYLOR. president of
the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement
association, felt satisfied with the work
that is being accomplished. but urged
the mothers to look more carefully at
ter their daughters and try TO work up
an interest in their minds.
Work of Relief Society.
Mrs. N. Isabella Horne of the Re-
heI society said that success was at
tending their efforts and she admon-
lshed the young women to become in
terested IN the society so that the,
can take up the work when the Older
women have passed away.
Camilla {. Cobb rendered an Interest.
ms ana encouraging report On the pri-
mary department and its Improvement
georgia Fox Young. superintendent OF
the kindergarten department. spoke of
the great good that could be accom-
Hshed II mothers only understood tho
necessity Of a kindergarten training
referring To the school for kindergarten
teachers, which was closed on account
OF the smallpox scare, she said that il
would be opened again in the near fu-
ture, and she wanted a fun member
ship
President Joseph r. Smith followed
he said, in part: Il regret that moro
of the Latter-day Saints do not take
an interest in stake conferences. When
l saw the great crowd OF saints who
LETT their work to attend church AT
Preston last Sunday, and Thought Of
the slim attendance we have here
wondered II some of our peoDle bad
not emigrated from Salt Lake. This
might nave been the case. 1t is true
mat we have not enough people 10
supply the acquisitions made upOn us
Ior cOlonlstS. In every section of the
country men are looking for Latter
day Saints to settle on their lands
cuitivate them and build homes for
themselves, and some of these requests
for cOlonists have come from men in
possession of islands Of the sea. In
the tropics, everywhere.
Scores Church Officers.
Now, l am not going to scold vau
WHO are here. You deserve credit mt
I must say that have never seer. sucb
neglect in the attendance of a confer
ence IS is manifest here today. 7 am
told that the president of the stake
could not find a person in his congre
cation representing the Y. NJ. NJ. L A
that important organization of the