The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-25
KEMP
DEFIES LEILICH
He Refuses to Make the Rstrac-
ton Demanded.
METHODIST IN A TURMOIL
CHARGED WITH DIRECTING 10
WO1IEN's COOKING.
! AsTOR H. G. KEMP OF tie LIberty

n ASTOR H. G.. KEMP OF the Liberty
Park Methodist church has rs-
fused TO sign a retracti0n of the
articles published iu the Christian ADJ
vocate referring 90 the Rev. j. l.. Lei
Itch. He says he has nothing Oh res
tract and proposes TO stand by eyery-
thing he has said. The ministers 0u-
posed 20 DR.. Leilich have agreed 10
back him, and join I'm the tight Ga the
finish. As result the battle roya.
is on.
Charges are now being prepared
against Mr.. Kemp. accusing him az
falsely slandering the superintendent
of the Utah missions. This is 90 be-
presented t0 DIR. Leilich and. according
10 plans, The latter iE 20 ask The bishop
10 suspend the pastor. The opposition
is ready 10 meet this move by "a c0uu-
ter one. Another petition has been sent
ln asking the removal OF Dr. Leiiiel.
and those who want him out say they
viii not rest on their arms.
After the meeting az Illm church
Thursday night a paper was quietly
presented to Mr.. Kemp. 10 asked tIaL
be sign a statement 10 the effect that
his account of the conference held at
The Liberty park church @ short time
ago. and two articles published m the
last issue of the Advocate. were false
and malicious. Mr. Kemp PROMPTLY
replied that he had nothing tO deny.
and did not propose 90 sign any such
statement He was given 90 understand.
il is said, that unless he did 80 charges
would be filed against him and ha
would be removed from his church
These threats were without effect upon
the pastor
VIII Stand by Kemp.
As soon as the other ministers SYM
patnlzlng with him learned of this ace
ton, they called a meeting and agreed
90 stand by Mr.. Kemp. They decided
that he had acted all right and thar
every word he had published could be
proven 90 be true AS 90 whether or
not the printing Of the articles was
advisable they did not consider. but as
long as the statements had been made
they purposed standing back of them
and the one Who published them.
Mr. Kemp was given until o'clock
yesterday morning 10 make his final ana
swer He was asked 10 appear at the
office Of the Rev. +. r. M0rk for that
purpose. but he refused 10 DO so. He
was then asked If he would Dee al home
at the specified time. He replied that
be might and he might not. Apparent
ly the Leilich following took Mr..
Kemp's first answer for the final one.
for the hour of came and passed
without their appearing 20 demand ans
other answer.
II have learned" said Mr Kemp.
that two of the ministers are prepar-
ing charges against me- asserting that
I falsely and malicinusly misrepreseufs
ed Dr. Leilich in my published arti-
cles. These charges are TO be presented
TO Dr. Leilich and he VIII ask The bish-
Op to suspend me-"
Confident Of Victory.
The opposition claim DO have several
times as many hackers as the LeiIleh
faction. and they expect 90 win out ln
the end The vote al the opening ses-
/ sion of conference. they state. was no
criterion of the strength of the two
sides. for they assert that four OF their
/ own people voted for Dr. Leilich under
the belief that by church rules he had
/ TO preside. The opposition claims
backing of twenty-eight official voters,
as against four on the other hand
The articles over which the charges
are 20 be- made against Pastor Kemp
caused no little stir among the church
members. one was an account of the
attempt on the part OF Mr. M0rk to
4 take "a hand I'm the Liberty Park Meth
Odist church conference. IL made the
statement that Mr.. MOrk was present
. for no good purpose, and that Dr Lei-
/ Itch sustained him. when he was rec
quested by the pastor TO leave the
house.
! Another article headed. "What Is His
] ObjeCt2' asks If Mr. LeiIch insists
upon staying in the mission because he
/ loves the salary more than the cause
J of Christianity, and also states that his
/ remaining In the position of superlu-
1 tendent is causing many church mem
/ bers 20 talk of leaving the church Hs
j is referred 20 as a 'man made of gall.
and the statement is made that IL he
insists upon remaining here it VIII
mean the disruption of the church 20
/ Utah.
The article that is especially rau-
corous TO the Leilich contingent is as
/ follows.
Church in Bad Condition.
/ The deplorable condition of the Method
/ ist church in Utah has been tneEousl.r
/ advertised Everyone who loves l.H
: church ls erleEed over the affair l.l
] the question arises. what shall We dog
! How can the wound be healedt some
/ propose the whltewash process but tlal
I cannot effect a permanent cure. To- would
{ only be a smOthered fire which would
/ Doe liable 90 break out a. any time. $50
believe that AN desire am effective and
I permanent cure. What shall Llar beg
How can II be accomplished
/ The universal verdict ls that The lI'-
| mediate removal or Dr. Leilcl and H.s
/ me to- Is the speedy remedy These
/ two have divided their time between look
I ing afr the affairs of the mission ana
/ speculation ln mining schemes. i'm me
Z mission work they have used the "driE-
H# HHH#HH 10 "#.H
Z toward the workers and the church Il
/ general Not only has Dr. Leilich made
Z himself unbearable iu many of the quar-
terlv conferences, but from the state
/ ments of "a number Of the ministers
wives he has been lll-mannered and Iu-
suluug in their homes. some four on 1--WE
say that be has insulted them about lle!r
cooking, when they have done their best
90 get a good meal for him.
This spirit has not been confined 90 the
church. Almost every business man with
3 whom he has had dealings say ne is ON.
of the most unreasonable and unpleasant
men they ever dealt with Some so So Jar
as 10 charge him with being unfair in lis
dealings. Doctors. lawyers, merchants.
bankers. real estate. mining, railroad or
nciais and others have stated that they
DO not care 10 have any dealings Win
him.
Besides The petition from the minis
tiers and the congregation OF the lido
erty Park Methodist church Tor -ls
removal of Dr.. Leilich, the laymen %.
the Heath church in the western pttL
OF the city have also drafted sli'litl
petition. No settlement is likely 90 D-
reached before the annual meeting hete
next fall
NEW TROLLEY SYSTEM
Chicaao. Anru sL-Bion j. Arnold an
electrical cngiuce- of this city is to 5iN7
"a demonstration OF new system OF 'l1l-