The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-03
PEOPLE GATHER
FOR CONFERENCE
First of Many Thousands Ar
rive From North and South
for Mormon ASSembIage.
WHAT WILL PRESIDENT SAY
INTEREST IN HIS POSSIBLE UT
TERANcEs ON PROHIBITION.

Unusual interest attaches to the seven
ty-niHth annual conference of the Church
Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
which viii begin in the tabernacle Sunday
| forenoon. There is lively anticipation as
to what President Joseph F. Smith viii
say about prohibition, if he says any
thing. Furthermore. interest beyond the
ordinary rests in the speculation as to
what Apostle Heber j. Grant viii say. II
I he is permitted to say anything, respect
I ing the prohibition situation. Once more
/ interest is felt as to whether or not the
| famous resolution of the last conference
will be interpreted so as to leave no doubt
as to its meaning.
I Apostle Grant. who introduced the reso-
luton. took its Interpretation TO be 81
mon-pure, statewide prohibition There
| have been rumOrs that other high church
/ authorities, including John Henry Smith,
| viewed the matter in a different light
/ and that when Apostle Grant was talking
straight-out prohibition; Apostle smith
was passing the word that the resolution
/ had a cum grano sails tail. and that what
was really meant was that the people
| should be temperate.
/ In view of the fact that the whole works
/ went down III a crash about the head OF
/ Governor Spry, who. by some. at least, IS
/ said TO have been set apart as the sacrl-
: flee, interest attaches to the things that
/ NAV be said or done about temperance
| or prohibition" at the conference.
Prepare for Conference.
President Smith and Presiding Bishop
Nibley have only just returned from the
Hawaiian islands. where they have been
| for six weeks. President Smith left Satt
| Lake at an hour when prohibition dis
I cussiOn was at its height 1t was an
nOunced that he needed rest. He comes
! back home Just after the legislature has
adjourned and says he has had his rest
and is ready for work again.
Bishop Nibley will be busy supervising
the compilation of the tithing accounts IN
hot he rTpGpntnl in pro-
per form to the auditing board, and pre-
scented for approval or rejection by lht
conference in connection with the genera
financial review ard tabuiations-
/ 1t is expected that President Smith vii
deliver the address usual for the presi
dent to deliver at the opening SundaA
| afternoon. He will no doubt be followed
] by the twelve apostles with, now dnC
then A speech by one of the lesser off
! Gals The hope has been heard expresseC
: that Brigham H. Roberts be giver
! a place in the list of speakers and tina
Golden kimbal be also included, mas
much as Elder KimbslI made a fetching
speech at the conference q year ago
Crowds Begin TO Arrive.
The indications are that no decrease il
numbers of attendance will mark tn
coming conference. Conference crowd
! during the last two years have been va
{ riouslv estimated at from 1000 TO W,VOl
b. The larger part of this great thrOng, Q
o. ronrse- is made up of visitors Their
, have been times when the first presloenc,
4 has had to appeal TO the Mormon peopl
l. of Salt Lake to throw open their home
for the accommodation of the conferenc
g attendants At the last two conferences
2 however. no difficulty, practically, wa
e experienced in taking care OF the CROWDS
- The first of visitors came from Alberta
{ Idaho and Wyoming on the north an
e from Arizona and the colonies in Mexlc
on the south. Today's trains Will brln
e thousands.
: Overflow Meetings.
e If the weather continues favorable
r doubtless there will be overflow meeting
t in the Assembly hall. in the tempt
r grounds and in Barratt hail, or som
Y other suitable place The general priest
v mood meeting will be held in the tabel
y nacle at 6 o'clock Monday evening
of the more important meetings tnef
will he the semi-annual conference OF IN
Deseret Sunday school union Sunda
" evening. beginning at o'clock A speci,
n meeting OF the stake superintendent VI
V be held in the L. D. S. college buiidin
d Monday morning.
N Among a great many OF the Mormo
n peopIe the relief work claims chief lnte
est The first meetings of the Keller s.
n ciefv conference were held Nesterda
- There will be held today the princlp
IL meetings in the Assembly hall at 10 and
y o clock. , . -
Il A nursery has been established in Il
a Lion house where the babies VIII
taken care Of. II is desired that II
smaller children. particularly the infant
/ he left a the nursery IN order thaJ tHe
. fretting at the general meetings may n
- disturb those who are near them