-- Mar 5, 1900; Monday
Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow, [George Q.] Cannon and [Joseph F.] Smith were at the office. Elders Abraham O[wen]. Woodruff and Franklin S. Richards made a report to the Presidency of their visit to Governor [DeForest] Richards, of Wyoming, in connection with the business of colonizing in the Bighorn country. The report explained the manner in which the tract of land is obtained under what is known as the Carey Act. The object of Brothers Richards' visit was to satisfy himself that there were no legal difficulties in the way, so he said.
Sister Emily S. Richards called and reported to President Snow her recent trip to Washington [D.C.] where she went as a delegate to the National Woman's Suffrage Convention. Sister Richards is a member of the Free Public Library Board. She represented that the library is overstocked with anti-"Mormon" literature, and not a copy of our church works on its shelves. She asked President Snow to donate to the library suitable church works, and she would do all in her power to rid the shelves of the library of the anti-"Mormon" stuff. (1)
-- Mar 5, 1999
Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow, [George Q.] Cannon and [Joseph F.] Smith were at the office. Elders Abraham O[wen]. Woodruff and Franklin S. Richards made a report to the Presidency of their visit to Governor [DeForest] Richards, of Wyoming, in connection with the business of colonizing in the Bighorn country. The report explained the manner in which the tract of land is obtained under what is known as the Carey Act. The object of Brothers Richards' visit was to satisfy himself that there were no legal difficulties in the way, so he said. Sister Emily S. Richards called and reported to President Snow her recent trip to Washington [D.C.] where she went as a delegate to the National Woman's Suffrage Convention. Sister Richards is a member of the Free Public Library Board. She represented that the library is overstocked with anti-"Mormon" literature, and not a copy of our church works on its shelves. She asked President Snow to donate to the library suitable church works, and she would do all in her power to rid the shelves of the library of the anti-"Mormon" stuff. Had a visit with Pres[iden]t [Lorenzo] Snow. F[ranklin]. S. Richards & I met the First Presidentcy and gave a full report of our Cheyenne [Wyoming] meeting. Pres[iden]t. [George Q.] Cannon did not seem to favor the Wyo[ming]. colonization matter but when the brethren were gone Pres[iden]t. Snow told me privately that "we must push this thing" and said we can afford to risk something on this undertaking and assured me it must go through. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
2 - Journal History; Abraham Owen Woodruff, Diary
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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