The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12
KELLY SUSTAINED
BY HIGH COUNCIL
Musicians of Box Elder Stake
Of Zion Under the Ban,
BRIGHAM CITY IS EXCITED
MORE MISUSE OF CHURCH
AUTHORITY.

nEIGHA0I CITY Utah. June H.
II Brigham city has been all astif
over "a trial which has been lu
progress here. lit began Thursday al
10 o'clock a. M. and it was finished
FRIDAY atteruoou- 1t is all connected
with the attempt TO put the musicians
cut of business. Hardly a Sunday has
uassed by for more than a year but
that some one has been dropped from
his official position in the church TOT
dancing or being interested IN or nav
ing sympathy FOR the musicians IN
their Academy Of Music proposition 4h
order go put stop 30 II some months
ago the musicians and their support
ers filed charges against the president
of this stake for interfering M Lnelf
business. This case was FIRST heard IT'D
the Fourth ward bishops court and III
was Immediately decided iu favor al
President Kelly. III was then taken 90
lne high council of tie Box Elder stake
OF Zion. The trial began Thursday,
before The following high priests j.. ID,
Peters, James PETIT, j. u. MadSen, Les
lie Nichols, j. =. Christensen (Elwood(,
a. Elias Jensen, john Crawford. jacob
Jensen. Ut. i. Ensign, $. n. COOK VIII
ford Reader and S. H. Lee. The follow
ing persons were present on behalf of
President Kelly; L. a. snow n. StOhl,
Bishop Valentine, Bishop Wright and
Bishop Lorenzo StoEli also David
Reese. ID. p. Burt. Thomas Blackburn
Victor Madseu, Norman Lee and alice
EadE5u Johnson The following Is
Partial list of the witnesses of the mu-
sicians; James kuudenseu, william
Merrill. =. j. Peterson. Levi Anderson,
Mary Olsen. Nira Petersen, Melissa
Merrill. Frank Merrill. j. A. Fishburn
Lula Hudson, G.. %. Anderson Tavern
Hudson, Ed Wheatley, John Brooks,
Orson Hudson, Arthur WiN0m and
Frank Christensen.
High Priests Absent.
When 10 O'Clock arrived it was noted
that James Bywater the senior high
priest OF the higE council was not
present. Three or four other regular
high priests were also absent The mu-
sicians insisted that these members
should De present before the hearing
the senior member of the high council
appeared. As he. entered he was asked
why he had not been I'm attendance.
The good old man replied that ne had
been requested to stay away. One or
the musicians then asked him 10 eN-
said that after the trial i'm The bishop
court the higE council convened ana
the question was asked each hIgn
priest whether OF not he would sustain
President Kelly I'm all that he had
done Each high priest Was also pledged
stake had taken uo action whatever
against the musicians The senior
member further stated that he had r5-
fused 10 promise to sustain the presi-
dent Of the stake and that he had re-
fused to pledge himself 10 TESTIFY lu
his favor He further said that he
could not sustain the president of the
stake because he had not followed the
rule of persuasion, bTotherly kindness,
patience and love. ON the contrary, the
president had said iu the high council
meetings that all who even 5ympd-
thized with the musicians should be cut
or. and that amy high councilman or
auy bishop who refused 10 sustain
would be cut down, After this eXplaua-
zion the musicians objected 10 the trial
proceeding before these high priests,
who had already made up their minds
against them, but no attention was
paid 20 iC.
Before the musicians had put ON the
stand twenty witnesses the president
OF the stake made the admission that
Oh other witnesses would testify the
stme as those who had testified.
Kelly Sustained.
The high council Immediately rem
deTed "a decision against the musicians
of "uO cause for action no attention
@.aE paid To Lne laEt llaL the senior
member of the high council had been
dropped or suspended because Ee would
not sustain President Kelly before the
bearing was had; the evidence that the
president had assaulted time and again
tle regulations of the musicians and
others I'm the pulpit was not cousid-
cred, iL was held that the stake pTeSi-
dent had the right TO compel individual
members of the church - abstain from
carrying on a beuencIG. business eu-
terprise and that he had the right to
persuade or iutimidate amy member of
the church iu order 10 induce them 10
refrain from dancing at OF taking stock
ilI or sympathiziuE with the Academy
OF Music on the musicians President
Kelly was sustained iu dropping all
the church officials VINO had sympa-
thizal with the musicians, including
the EauioT member of the high council.
If was held thar The right of a man to
earn 81 living for himself and family
should not be- iuterfeTed with unless the
priesthood deems it necessary. Presi-
dent Kelly was fully sustained I'm all
thst He has done.
Some of the brethren taking part iu
the high council had very 7hrewdIy
guessed that the decision would De iu
favor or the president of the stake. and
had accordingly arranged for a. grand
surprise party President Kelly was
accordingly conducted 20 tie opera
house. where congratulations were eN-
tended and a nice programme carried
out The surprise was perfect sue
cess. and everybody there had a good
time