-- Thursday, Oct 12, 1893
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
Prest. W. Woodruff, Geo. Q. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith, Lorenzo Snow, Franklin D. Richards, Brigham Young, F. M. Lyman, Heber J. Grant, George Teasdale, Abraham H. Cannon and myself [met]. B. Young reported his work at Richmond and his recommendation was sustained.
We decided to have all of the Presidency, Twelve, Presidents of the Seventies, Presidency of Stakes and Bishoprics keep out of Politics. Except as the Presidency of the Church might wish. (1)
-- Thursday, Oct 19, 1893
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
Prest. W. Woodruff, Geo. Q. Cannon, Jos. F. Smith, Lorenzo Snow, Franklin D. Richards, Brigham Young, F. M. Lyman, George Teasdale, Abraham H. Cannon and myself met in Council and had Prayers.
The Directors of the [Mexican] Colonization Co. met and passed upon the reports of McDonald & Eyring and endorsed their recommendations. M. Thatcher, B. Young, Geo. Teasdale and H. Eyring were chosen a committee to pass upon character of Title to go to the Colonists. (1)
-- Oct 31, 1893
First counselor George Q. Cannon "holds that [apostolic] seniority rests with Apostles who have not been of the Twelve as well as the Twelve." Second counselor Joseph F. Smith disagrees. By Cannon's definition, John W. Young outranks both Cannon and Smith. This would make Young the church's presiding apostle after President Snow's death in 1901, even though Young has never been a member of the Twelve. Lorenzo Snow rules in 1900 that apostolic ranking is by entry into Twelve and not by ordination date as apostle. This ends Young's hopes. (2)
First counselor George Q. Cannon "holds that [apostolic] seniority rests with Apostles who have not been of the Twelve as well as the Twelve." Second counselor Joseph F. Smith disagrees. By Cannon's definition, John W. Young outranks both Cannon and Smith. This would make Young the church's presiding apostle after President Snow's death in 1901, even though Young has never been a member of the Twelve. Lorenzo Snow rules in 1900 that apostolic ranking is by entry into Twelve and not by ordination date as apostle. This ends Young's hopes. (3)
Endnotes:
1 - Jean Bickmore White (editor), 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 - Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on http://amzn.to/extensionsofpower
3 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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