T1TE BICE: OMATTA, TmHRRDAY, APRIL 17, lOl.t
ADDRESS OF JOSEPH SMITH IOWA SENATE RAPS FUSION
President of Latter Day Sainti De
liven Annual Revelation.
Rcfusei to Sanction Bill Permitting
This Practice.
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SEVERAL CHANGES ARE MADE
THOUGHT PROGRESSIVE MOVE g
Hon of Leading OHIcra of Church
Bnktrmte4 nm Their imwMir
rnrmtnl of nM Ilccom-
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LA.MONI. la.. April l.-(Spel(il.)-Tie
following reyelatlon wa "lven ,0 the con"
frnt of the reorganised Chureh of Lat
ter Dar Saints by President Bmllh yen
terday; "To the! eldera and membora of the con
ference, assembled, greeting Jn obedleneo
to the. ptrlt and design of the day of
faitlng and prayer, I obeerved the day
with the church. I had hitherto mado
supplication In the spirit of the dealre of
the church, for Instruction and light, ami
I am now prrared to lay before the
chureh what has come to me as the pro
siding officer, through whom the Maater
may apeak to his people.
;ThUs sayeth the -olce of the spirit: In
order that the quorum of twelve may be
placed In belter condition to carry on the
work of the ministry In various fields of
occupation, It Is expedient that Elder
W. H, Kelley, I. N. White and J. V.
"Wight, be released from the active duties
of the apoatollo quorum, on account of
Increasing Infirmities of age and Incapa
city, caused by Illness of body, Bnd stand
with their associates among the high
Priests and patriarchs of tho church for
such special service as may open to them,
according to wisdom and the call of tho
spirit.
"It Is" also expedient that Elder Freder
ick At Smith be released from the quorum
activities, that he may take the place of
'his father, Elder Alexander II. Bmlth, as
the presiding patriarch of the church. Ac
cording to the tradltlsn of the elders he
should be ahosen and ordained to this
office, thus releasing Elder Joseph II.
t-smbert from the onerous duties In which
ha has faithfully served since the death
of tha presiding patriarch.
Other Change Mnggrated.
To fill tho vacancies caused by the re
lease of these elders from the apostolic
quorum,' Elder James 11 Kelley, William
Ayler, raul N. Hanson and James A. OIL
leu may be chosen and ordained ns
apostles to take, with others of tho
quorum, active oversight of the labors In
the ministerial field. These servants, so
called and chosen. If faithful, will re
ceive the blessings whloh those have en
joyed who have preceded them In the
npostolto quorum, and will be entitled to
receive such ministration Of the spirit us
will contlnun to qualify them for the dis
charge of the. duties of the position
whereunto they are called.
rteorjpinlsntlon of the Twelve.
"The twelve, In Its reorganisation for
Its work, may choose Its own offlcerK
(president and secretary) by nomination
ana vote.
The spirit salth further! Elder IS. A.
Ulakesleo Is hereby called Into the more
active participation of tho duties ot thv
blshoprlo than he has hitherto engaged
In, In order that he may glva such as
sistance to Bishop E. U Kelley, as Is
essential unto the success of tho work
entrusted to the bishopric. It Is also ex
pedient that he be ordained unto the
office of bishop, that he may serve as
did h father, (Jeorge A. Blakeslee, who
has preceded him.
''The spirit salth further: That the
bishopric . tnay he still further put In
condition to perform trio duties of tho
offlcs of caring for the temporalities
of the church, tho Imminent necessity
of which appears clear to all, the church
should authorise the presiding bishop
to make cholco of some on who may
bo qualified to take active participa
tion in tho work of tho blshoprlo and -J
become In due time & part thereof; and
this one so chosen should receive the
support and sanqtlon of the ohurch
until h hall have approved or disap
proved himself as a servant ot the
Master In the office wpereunto he shall
be called,
All nllla Should Re Pnld.
"The spirit salth further unto the
church assembled and at target In order
that the temporal affairs of the church
may. be successfully carried on and the
accumulated debt of the church In Its
respective department where debts
have accumulated may be properly met
and In due time discharged, the church
Is Instructed, both as members and as
the body-at-largo. to avoid the un
necessary building of houses of worship
or places of entertainment or other
wise expending tho tithes and offerings
of the church In that whloh may not
be essential unto the continued onward
progress of the general work, and both
In private and public expenditures carry
Into active exercise the principle of sac
riflco and repression of unnecessary
wants; and thus permit the accumula
tion of tithe and offerings In such
amounts as may be ne'edful to properly
discharge the existing Indebtedness of
the church as a body. And the spirit
counseleth the ohurch In this regard.
"The' spirit salth further that the
elders and detegates assembled In busi
ness capacity are counseled to cease
permitting the spirit ot recrimination and
accusation to find place In their dis
course, either public or private, as It
tends to destroy confidence and create
distrust, not only In those present at
councils where Jiiey occur, but to those
to whom the knowledge of such a
course ot procedure comes by the voice
of those who are present and wttnesr
what Is said and done. There should
be harmony and the uplrit enjoins It
upon all that the Master may be remenv
bered a In meekness and In due sobriety
be carried on the great vork to which
be was called.
Sons ns Horceasora of Officer.
"The spirit salth further: That the
church has been warned heretofore that
the sons of the leading officers of the
church are called and may be chosen
to the respective offices to which the
spirit may direct and the church should
be prepared when necessity arises to
properly choose such officers as may
be pointed out as thoie who should fill
the positions to which they are respec
tively called. There are other sttll
in reserve who are fitted through the
testimony that Jesus is the Christ and
doctrine is true to serve as those who
are sent as apostles' of peace, life and
salvation to those who are laboring in
the valleys of humiliation and distress
cr rout.
"Glven.at Lamonl, la.. April 14.
"JOSEPH SMITH
An Appropriation of SeTcntr-l'' vr
Thousand Dollar for Woman's
Bnlldlnn at Stale Pair Is
Adopted In ttenate.
(from a Ktaff Correspondent.)
DK3 MOINr.3. la.. April 16.-(Hper?al
Telegram. -Th legislature today refused
to sanction any fusion of parties In Iowa
and tha house bndly defeated a lHll to
repeal the law forbidding the plaolng ot
the name of candidates for oftlco on more
than one ticket or ballot. The demo
crats made a fight on It on the theory
It was a scheme ol tho progressive party
to effect fusion with republicans next
year on stnte offices. The house also
defeated n bill to change the dato of
holding tho primary elections.
The senate reconsidered and passed a
house bill to forbid fraud In printed ad
vertisements; also passed an npproprlo
Hon of 176,000 for a woman's building at
the state fair and a hill to reimburse tlio
railroad commission for expenses.
The conferees agreed upon 11,200 as sal.
ary for the state gamo warden.
Senator Larrabee today Introduced a
resolution for a commission, consisting
of the governor, curator and adjutant
general, to report on a design for a state
flag.
.o New Department.
The plans that were mudn for re
organisation of th'o Dapartmont of Agrl.
culture wont to pieces today In the sen
ate. That body Sent to the committee
oh retrenchment and reform tho bill to
creato a board of three to have chargo
of tho entire Agricultural department
and to oversee all the departments of
similar nature. This ends nil possibility
of any action by this legislature.
No Tax Commission Notr,
The report of tho committee on ways
and means In favor of amending the bill
to provide for tax reform by eliminating
tho provision for a tax commission and
placing this In the hands of the statu
executive council was taken up. The
whole matter was debated for somo time
and tho accusation mado that the com-
mlttee In chargo had not been sincere In
tho handling of the measure and dealred
is defeat. It was also aald that the no
vo opposition to the entire scheme of
ax reform came from the railroads. Hy
voto of 32 to 15 tho bill was sent to
the committee on retrenchment and re-form.
Investigate the Illvera.
The senate this morning passed a con
current resolution Instructing the state
executive council to co-operate with tho
federal government and the stato board
of health In tho matter of a proposed
survey of the rivers of Iowa with special
eforenco to tho prevention of the pollu
tion of the samo. It was explained that
bill is pending In congress in regard
to this matter, and the state should tx.
In a position to give what aid Is necessary.
Jloase Would Adjourn.
The house today voted In favor of a
resolution to adjourn sine die on Thurs
day. This wos not tho senate resolution
which has been held away fr,om tho house
and will not be permitted to got Into the
hands of tho house for a tlmo.
The house passed appropriations today
for aid tor the. beef and dalry.r cattle In
dustry and the.' CofrfJrowers' fceoclalbn.
mo nous concurred- In amendment to
number of bills as mode by tha sen
ate.
'Unprofessional Conduct."
The houso finished up the senato bill
relating to unprofessional conduct on the
part ot a doctor. The bill was sent to
tho governor, but he refused to sign It
nless a certain clause was stricken out.
It was brought back and tho two houses
agreed to eliminate the objectlonablo
clause which declared that unprofessional
conduct would be that of making a mani
festly exorbitant fee for a surgical opera
tion.
The house also finished up today tho
bill to give banks the right to act as
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trudt companion, agreeing to the confer
ence report.
To (Jive Com m I Minn I'cMrcr.
Thn house paistd the appropriation
bill which kIvpi to tho railroad commls
Hlcm $30,000 to be used In the prosecution
of cases Involving railroad rates. This
supplies tho commission with Its rate de
partment and tho machinery for carrying
pn tho Investigation!) that havo been un
der way for several years regarding
rates.
The sqnato posseA an appropriation! bill
to eHsJble 'the railroad commission to have
ptIBHshed 20,000 railroad maps of the
stnte. '
Commission Soon Ilrndy.
The senators who are to be members
of tho code commission to engage In tho
preparation of tho supplement to thn
code, called for by law. to Include all re.
visions of the code since It was enacted,
will bo Senators Sullivan, Crist and all
lette. The house members will bo named
In a day or two. The commission will
select a lawyer as codo editor on salary,
and he will have Immodluto charge.
To Nnmp New JiiiIk .Soon.
Delegations have been to see Governor
Clarko In favor of his appointment to tho,
supremo bench of Judge Wlthrow of
IJurllngton, Thoro will bo several other
candidates for tho place. This will glvu
the court seven members, and thoy are
now greatly needed.
Eepublicans Stand
by Office-Holders,
WASHINOTON, April 16.-TlepubUcan
senators havo determined to, hold up and
demand explanation of tho proposed re
moval of republican officials from posi
tions. If It appears that changes may
havo been decided on by tho administra
tion "for political reasons."
This decision, formally approved at a
party conferenco today, Is coupled with
a determination not to mnko any general
fight on President Wilson's appointments
or to attempt retaliatory tactics against
tho democrats, who prevented the con
firmation of over 1.S00 of President Tatt's
nominations.
A committee was named to outline a
general policy for the republicans.
HEARINGS SATURDAYS ONLY
Charter Committee Makes Change
Due to Lack of Public Interest.
SUGGESTIONS STILL DESIRED
Open MeetliiKM Will lit- Continued
on Saturday KvrnliiKs nnil on
Other IlnyM by Sperlnl Cnll
of Chairman. '
Because the public has shown slight
Interest In Its work the charter conven
tion has abandoned public meetings, ex
cept on Saturday ovenlngs. Member Carl
Herring moved that public meetings on
other dayB henceforth bo held only on
call of the chairman, who was asked to
notify any organization or Individual
concerned that the convention was still
working and willing to hear suggestions,
and the motion carried. Special prear
ranged hearings will bo granted.
Cornelius Farrell of the Economic
league Informed the convention that ho
had drawn a charter In which a common
council, made up of members elected
from each election precinct, would gov
ern the city through nn executive com
mittee and a mayor. Ho tusked consider
ation of this plan of government.
Concerning the Smoke Nuisance. ,
Chairman Rosewater said that while
certain propositions werq of 3Teat- Inter-
est to the city, they came only within the
Incidental .control of the chartcr.-conveft
flon. Ho Instanced tho regulation of
lutlon was then read and referred to
committee:
"Whore-.s, One of our distinguished
lawyers and jurists and an esteemod fel.
low citizen," Ralph W. Breckenrldge, has
let It be known through the public prints
that what we most need "In our pew
charter" Is "a plan to abolish the smoke
nuisance," with a view to preventing our
beautiful city from becoming "as com
pletely disfigured as a beautiful woman
with a dirty face;" and,
"Whereas. The said distinguished law
yer and Jurist does not moke It clear
whether the smoke nuisance to which he
objects, and which he would have cured
In the new charter, relates exclusively
to smoke emanating from chimneys on
buildings or likewise Includes the smoko
from locomotives, automobiles, cigars and
other bonfires; and,
"Whereas, Failure to Incorporate this
"proposed plan to abolish the smoke
nulnance In the new charter may
Jeopardize Its adoption by tho people or
"leave Omaha lagging behind In the pro-'8slon-0f
progressive American cities;
ko'-ItV- - ,.4 .
"BWOjYfJi; TW the said RuPph W.
BrecKeprldpo to hereby requested and In-vlte4-todraft,-for
this commission n, sec
tlontrof -the charter that will effectually
and ;complet?ly do away with rte smoko
nuisance and present the same to this
"convention."
Six Monlni Old.
Experienced painters tell us that Un
seed oil should not be less than six
months old before using. This being cor
rect, why not buy a barrel of our pure
Unseed oil at only f5 cents per gallon?
C. Hafer Lumber company.
Strictly efficient optical work at Lef-ferts".
If you love music, there should
be a Victroia in your home.
Tke following Omaha and Council Bluffs
dealers carry complete lines of VICTOR
VICTR0LAS, and all of tke late Victor
Reeerds as fast as issued, You are cor
dially invited to inspect the stoeks at
any of these establishments:
Any Victor dealer in
any city in the world
will gladly play any
music you wish to hear.
Victor-Victrolas
$15 to $200
Victors, $10 to $100
Victor Talking Machine Company
Camden, N. J.
Branch at
334 BROADWAY
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
Car. 15th and p f f
Harney, Omaha LVCIC LO-
Ceo. E. nickel, Mgr.
Brandeis Stores
Talking Machine Department
in the Pompeian Room
A. Hospe Co.
1513-15 Douglas St., Omaha, and
47 West Broadway, .... Council Bluffs
Orkin Bros.
Victor Department
Third Floor
Cor. 16th and Harney Sts.
Vktor-Victrola X
Mahogmny or oak
With Victor record album t, $85
Without album, $75
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vp) Hardware Co.. (04 Broadway,
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