Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-04-11

At. 2.Jclock the large auditorium OF the
church was once more crowded to its ca
pacity by members and delegates to the
conference, and visiting saints and friends
who were anxious to hear the debate on
the subject of divorce and remarriage,
which occupied the entire session yesterday
afternoon and which consumed again the
entire business session.
A time limit had teen placed upon the
speeches limiting each speaker to twenty
minutes and today in several instances the
falling of the gavel of the chairman took
earnest speakers off their feet. During the
session and until nearly o'clock the de-
bate continued and was finally stopped
only by the passing Of the previous ques-
! tion, which passed by the necessary two
thirds majority.
| In the vote which followed the motion to
refer this matter to the first presidency it
was lost, as was the substitute which had
! been offered for the motion to adopt the
resolutions from the quorum of the twelve,
and an amendment to it, and finally the
motion to adopt the resolutions themselves
was denied, leaving the matter exactly
where it has stood since 1895, when the con-
| ference had previously spoken on this
| matter.
! The defeat of the resolutions from the
quorum of twelve today means that while
the church recognized but one law which
has divine sanction as being justifiable for
divorce, yet the ministers Of the church
! themselves are left free to determine
whether or not divorced persons may be
remarked by them.
| During yesterdays and today's sessions,
while this matter has been under debate,
the chair was occupied by First Counselor
+. NJ. Smith, son of President Joseph Smith.
and today President Joseph Smith himself
participated in the debate from seat on
the floor, rising from his place to get the
recognition of the chair ant being under
the necessity of arising twice before he
received proper recognition.
/ Tonight the speaker to the large con-
course of saints was Prof Charles 3.
! Woodstock of Lamont, Ia. who is the head
OF the industrial department of Graceland
college, the department in which manual
/ training and Industries are taught and in
which students in the college can, by
working for the school itself, pay their
way through the school and acquire an
education with practically no capital to
| start with.
Prof Woodstock came to Graceland col
! lege from Kenosha Manual Training
school of Chicago and is an expert in his
| line. He has organized this department
at Graceland college, and this school en-
| joys the distinction of being the first Iowa
college to institute the self-heip idea for
the benefit of it's students Prof. Wood
! stock Is an enthusiast in his line and has
! Travelled oyer the United States visiting
| the various schools OF this class, recently
paying visit to Tuskegee, Ala. He is a
simple-mannered, plain-spoken little man,
| but his simple, earnest way of telling his
| audience what Industrial training stands
for and what they are doing i'm their school
| captivates his audience from the start. The
| experiences he has with earnest young
men and women working their way through
| school, in relating them strikes a sympa-
| thetic chord in the hearts Of all who are
| interested in the development of humanity.
! He was assisted i'm the services by f. b.
/ Blair of Lamont, Ia. who is secretary of
| the Board of Graceland College Trustees
| and manager of the Herald publishing
house He is an enthusiastic devotee of
! the college, and is perhaps as universally
! liked among the students Of the school as
any man connected with it.