The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-28

FEELER Is THROW. \ OFT
RY THE SM00TITE ORGAN
Poly gs in tb Hierarch Appear
to Be Afraid to Get
Together.

ginning on October may pe called OH
In the morning organ OF the Smootites
in its Thursday issue B teeler was
throw out that the October Conference
of the Latterday SAINTS might be called
of
For several days the Apostolic quor-
um has been considering the question
OF calling oil the Conference, and the
matter has been carefully considered
AT these meetings or the Quorum the
charges OF adultery against Joseph +.
Smith have been carefully canVassed,
1t Is known that he Is perhaps the only
one of the hierarchy upon whom tins
crime might be nXed. The otner mem
bers having had their marriages re-
corded in the temple
Josepb T.. however, was indiscreet
enough to testify under oath that Jullna
Lampson Smith was his legal wife. TINS
he dld before the Committee on PrlVl-
leges and Elections OF tnc United States
Senate.
Several years before, when Joseph +.
attempted To get control OF the property
of Leviua \. Smith, who had been d.
vorced from him by the San Fran
courts, Judge Ogden Hiles, on tinulng
on fact, declared that the prophet, seer
and revelator, was butter-ln and that
Juina Lampson Smith was the legal
wife of the head OF the church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The crime OF adultery IN Utah differs
from that of unlawful cohabltatlon.
Conviction thereof means a maximum
sentence Of three years IN the penlten-
tlary.
Joseph F. does not desire to do time
in the State Prison of Utah. Locks and
bolts and bars have a terror for nm
He is now out of the State and he fears
TO return and face arrest, hence the
Conference may be called of.
For once the defiant law breaker is
at sea. For once the Apostolic Quorum
is at sea. With the other members OF
the hierarchy it might be difficult TO
establish which wife was the legal wife.
With Joseph F., however, II is diff
ferent. He has admitted under oath
who his legal wife is. The courts of
Utah have also settled the question.
Hence the husband of one legal wife
and four plurals and forty-three KIDS
is, to say the least, In a lead box. No
wonder there is talk OF cutting off the
Conference.
The other members of the hierarchy
have been more discreet. They have
neither testified under oath rs 10 who
their legal wives are nor have they been
of such a grasping disposition nor such
q cormorant as has their chief as TO per
NIT the court TO pass upon the question
as to which of them is the legal wife.
However, they do not desire to be
arrested for unlawful cohabltatlon nor
for fornication. There is Lyman with
two wives, John Henry Smith with two,
Heber J. Grant with two and also
fugitive from justice, BOW In England;
Charles W. Penrose, widower. with two;
Seymore B. Young with two; Brigham
H Roberts with three; George Rey-
nolds with two; Robert T. Burton with
four; Andrew Jensen with three, hav-
ing married a mother and her two
daughters: A. Milton Musser with two.
,l..p how ,,c
to face the courts, hence the Conference
may be called off, No wonder the
Quorum is al sea No wonder the
deputy mouthpiece Of the Almighty
through his organ throws out feeler
as to the calling off OF the Conference.
The Tribune knows whereof 1T speaks
when it says that the calling off OF the
Conference has been considered. The
polygs fear arrest. Martyrdom in jail
or penitentiary now is different from
what it was under the Edmunds Tucker
law. These lawbreaiers prefer the air
of freedom rather than the ozone IN
barred buildings.
off.
Another peculiar matter In connection
with the call for the Scventy-seventh
Semi-Annual Conference Of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
t'By order of the First Presidency -
Heretofore the signatures of Joseph +.
Smith, Anton H. Lund and J. r. Winder
have signed the call, Is the First
Presidency afraid to append their sig
natures to the calf
The position OF the banners in the
several headquarters indicate the result
In November. The American at the
top, church Democrats below this and
away down at the bottom the church
Republican.
The Park City meeting next We'd
nesday evening, when the American
party will be organized, promises to be
hun her. The attendance from Salt
Lake will be large.
An exceptionally handsome Navajo
rug adorns the floor Of Secretary j, e.
Clark g Office, in the church Democratic
state headquarters in the Atlas block
Mr.. Clark Indignantly denies the re-.
port that the rug was loaned 10 the
e.::::z::;1ittee by Navajo Jimmy Ander-
sen.
Closson S. Kinney IS candidate for
a State Senatorghip nomination on the
church Republican ticket.
The books and records, together with
small amount Of cash, Of the Young
Mems Republican club have been
turned over to Harry S. Joseph, the
new treasurer. Mr.. Joseph announces
that Il smoker will be given by the
club at an early date.
The rooms rented some time ago by
the church Republican county commit
tee. in the Atlas block, are still vacant
and it is understood that Chairman
Eldredge will not throw the county
headquarters open to the public for
some yet. Mr.. Eldredge. who is a
shrewd politician, it is said, sees but
little use III waging campaign in view
OF the sure defeat of the church Repub-
ican forces that is now promised
Some additional light, was thrown