The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-09

John w Taylor and Matthias F.
Cowley, two of the three Mormon apOs-
ties accused of having taken polygam-
Gus wives since the manifesto, were.
deposed at the closing session or the
Mormon conference yesterday The ac-
ton of the first presidency in depos-
ing them was unanimously sustained
by the people of the church. 1t was
the largest conference in the history
of the church.
Formally. at least. the apostles were
not deposed. Francis NJ Lyman an
nOunced to the enormous crowd In the
tabernacle that the two apostles had
resigned" because they were 'Out of
harmony with their quorum and with
the presidency of the church He de-
clared that their designations had Deen
accepted Oct. % last, less than month
after the adjournment of the last semi
annual conference Of the church
ct was with great grief and sorrow
that we received their designations,
announced Apostle Lyman as an after
touch.
designations Were Forced.
Notwithstanding Mr.. Eyman's an
nouncement. however. it is the opinion
Of the Mormon people that President
smith deDOsed the two apostles, or
forced them to resign. because Of ire
mendous pressure from within the
church 1t is also known, as stated in
/ The Herald yesterday morning, that
President Smith commanded CONVEY
and TaylOr to come out of hiding, to
submit themselves to the jurisdiction
+ of the United States senate, and to
give testimony in the SmOOt case, and
! that they ignored his order Ever since
J the Smoot investigation started they
/ have been out of the United States.
/ Senator-ApOstle Reed SmOOt, it is
/ claimed. has been the leader of the
| element within the church which has
] demanded that the apostles be depOSed.
/ 1t is said that he feels that their re-
/ fusal to appear and testify. coupled
with the belief that they have taken
Mural wives since the manifesto, has
/ injured him severely in the eyes of the
/ senate and the public and that only
/ nv deposing them could the injury be
/ healed.
Mrs Cowley's Statement.
/ Oner of former Apostle Cowley's
I wives who lives at 123 North West
( Temple street this city. told a Herald
! reporter a week ago last night that
| her husband was then travelling in the
interest of the church. and that he
would be una BILE to attend the April
! conference this year. This statement
lends color to the theory that Apostle
Lyman, in announcing that COWley
and Taylor had resigned. was letting
them down as easily as possible under
the circumstances.
George Teasdale. the third apostle
suspected of having taken a plural
wife since the manifesto. was SuS-
tanned along with other church author
tiles yesterday That his apOStleship
was saved for him is attributed TO the
fact that the proof of his having taken
a recent plural wife is not nearly so
well established as is that of the other
two men. 1t is claimed by many that
he divorced his legal wife before TAX
ing another. He is said to be in Mex
leo, while Taylor and Cowley are in
Canada.
Open Air Meeting.
The open air overflow meeting which
was held in the temple grounds i'm the
rear of the informal ton bureau was pre-
sided over by Elder Benjamin Goddard.
The speakers who delivered talks at the
oV erfiOw meeting were President W. II.
Smart Of the WaSatch stake NeDhi /.
Pratt OF the Northwestern States mis-
sion President Hugh j. Cannon OF Lib
erty stake, President Joseph S. Robin