[Second Counselor John Henry Smith [father] Diary] Salt Lake City
I called upon my son George Albert who is at Grays Sanatarium. He is considerably improved. (1)
-- Nov 28, 1910
[Apostle George Albert Smith Journal] left Grays Sanitarium (2)
-- Sunday, Dec. 4, 1910
[Second Counselor John Henry Smith [father] Diary] Salt Lake City
I have been gone 16 days, have traveled 4,376 miles and attended twenty-five meetings of various kinds.
I called upon my son George Albert at John Acombs. He has walked four miles to day. (1)
-- Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1910
[Second Counselor John Henry Smith [father] Diary] ... Mark Austin of Sugar City, Idaho gave me and my son George Albert one hundred dollars each. (1)
-- Thursday, Jan 5, 1911
[Second Counselor John Henry Smith [father] Diary] Salt Lake City
At 10 a.m. all of the Presidency and all of the Twelve but Rudger Clawson and Reed Smoot met and Patriarch John Smith and Secretary Geo. F. Gibbs were also present. Prayer by A. W. Ivins. Mouth at the Altar A. H. Lund. Reports were made. Some letters were read. We talked over the question as to what to do with men who it was presumed had violated the Church Rules about marrying plural wives.
The Directors of Z.C.M.I. met and talked over the questions of the proper treatment of Customers by Clerks. (1)
-- Jan 20, 1911
[Apostle George Albert Smith Journal] "I am quite nervous at times. Have attended my Council meeting since New Years but don't stay all the time." (2)
-- Feb 15, 1911
Former Apostle John W. Taylor is summoned by the Quorum of Apostles: "By these presents you are summoned to appear before the Council of the Twelve Apostles in the Salt Lake Temple at 10 A.M. on Wednesday February 22, 1911, to vindicate yourself of the claim entertained by your brethren that you have married a plural wife within the last six years contrary to the discipline of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and that you have aided and encouraged others to enter such a relationship. You will also be required to answer any and all questions that may be put to you by the Council upon these points, to tell us the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Do not fail to appear as we shall be in session there and then to receive you." (3)
-- Feb 18, 1911
Former apostle John W. Taylor comes into Apostle John Henry Smith's office "very much angered at president Francis M. Lyman and the Twelve. . . . He demanded an Interview with Pres[iden]t Joseph F. [Smith] and me. He was quite wild. He staid over two hours. . . . He demanded that President J. F. Smith call the Counsel of fifty to protect him from the Twelve in his violations of the law [for polygamy]." On Mar 28, 1911 John W. Taylor is excommunicated. At his excommunication trial (conducted by the Quorum of Twelve) he asks that President Joseph F. Smith be called on his behalf but the Quorum refuses. (3)
George Albert Smith condemned John W. Taylor's 1909 plural marriage... apparently suggested that this was adultery. For this, John W. Taylor threatened to kill him, but instead cursed him by the Priesthood. ... [Later,] John W. Taylor said that nervous breakdown from 1909 to 1911 was the result of that curse. (4)
-- Saturday, Feb 18, 1911
[Second Counselor John Henry Smith [father] Diary] Salt Lake City
John W. Taylor came into the office this morning very much angered at President Francis M. Lyman and the Twelve. He ordered A. H. Lund and John Smith out of the office. He demanded an Interview with Prest. Joseph F. and me. He was quite wild. He staid over two hours. He said he had cursed My son George Albert for something He had said about [?] and had threatened to kill him. He demanded that President J. F. Smith call the Counsel of fifty to protect him from the Twelve in his violations of the law [for polygamy]. He felt nearly as bad about Hyrum M. Smith as he did about [entry ends] (1)
Footnotes:
1 - White, Jean Bickmore, Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990, http://bit.ly/johnhenrysmith
2 - Journals of George Albert Smith
3 - Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on http://amzn.to/originsofpower
4 - "Plural Marriages After the 1890 Manifesto" by D. Michael Quinn, 11 August 1991
LDS History Chronology: George Albert Smith
Mormon History Timeline: The life of George Albert Smith
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
