-- Jan 16, 1899
Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow and [George Q.] Cannon at 1 P.M. were called upon by Brother James E. Talmage, in relation to his work "Articles of Faith", which is about to be published. A paper connected with it on the subject of the Holy Ghost had been submitted to President Snow for his consideration, and he now told Brother Talmage that he had read it, was very much pleased with it, and thought it might with propriety he made a part of the book. Brother Talmage then read a chapter on plural marriage, which it was decided not to publish in this work, which was being issued under Church auspices, lest it might be construed by our enemies as an attempt by the Church to propagate a belief in polygamy. The use made by local ministers in their reply to President Snow's recent communication to the New York World, of a paper advocating polygamy printed by Brother B. H. Roberts, editor of the Improvement Era, mentioned in this connection. Meeting with the First Presidency on the lecture book matter [i.e., "The Articles of Faith"]. President [Lorenzo] Snow announced his unqualified approval of the lecture on the "Holy Ghost"; and directed its insertion. The preliminaries relating to publication were furthered. (1)
-- Jan 19, 1899
Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow and [George Q.] Cannon received a called from President Oliver C. Hoskins of Malad [Idaho/Utah] Stake, who represented to them his financial condition. An order was made appropriating the sum of $1,200 for his relief, three-fourths of which was payable in wheat.
The First Presidency and the Apostles convened in regular council at the Salt Lake Temple at 11 A.M. Present: Presidents Lorenzo Snow, George Q. Cannon and Franklin D. Richards; Apostles Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, George Teasdale, Heber J. Grant, Anthon H. Lund, Matthias F. Cowley, Abraham O[wen]. Woodruff and Rudger Clawson.
A letter was read from Elder Ben E. Rich, President of the Southern States Mission, setting forth what appeared to him a necessity for permitting our converts in the South to emigrate to Utah, as they were not growing spiritually, their children were not receiving proper education, and in some instances they were marrying non-Mormons.
President Snow upon this subject remarked that if the present policy of the Church (the temporary suspension of the gathering) should be changed, a suitable man should be chosen whose business it should be to select locations and help to settle the people upon them; not, as at present, to leave people to go here and there to settle, without any supervisory care. The majority of these people were without means, and it would be useless to advise them to go into the country and take up land, whereas if the needed help were extended they would gladly go. The President thought there were many competent men who might be called to head colonies or new settlements, men who were now moving in narrow spheres, and to whom such a change would prove a blessing, while at the same time it would be profitable to the people.
President Cannon regarded the absence of such a plan as was suggested by President Snow the great defect of our system. Without doubt a great many souls had been lost that might have been saved had such a provision been in vogue, for settling people upon lands. As it is they come here and settle down in the cities, expecting to get work, and those who fail to secure employment soon become discouraged and want to return to their former homes. They either apostatize, or to a great extent neutralize the efforts of our missionaries laboring in those regions. It was to prevent these results that the counsel was given, during the recent very hard times and until conditions should improve here, for the people not to emigrate, unless they had friends to come to who would provide them with a home.
Brother Woodruff, having lately visited Mexico and Arizona, spoke of the great opportunities held out in those regions for colonizing parties. He heartily endorsed the proposed policy to move our people onto new lands.
Brother Cowley, speaking from his experience in the Southern States as a missionary, remarked that if the people there should now be encouraged to come here, without some such provision as had been suggested, they certainly would furnish a large percentage of apostates, as they were quick-tempered and acted impulsively. The policy of keeping them in their homes had proved beneficial, since they had in many cases built meeting houses and helped to raise up branches of the Church, as well as becoming seasoned in the faith. When they should come here, it would be better to have them scattered among the Stakes, and not permitted to bunch together, as at Manassa, where they get into trouble among themselves; to say nothing of their immoral tendencies. Until they could be gathered gradually and settled in the different Stakes, he thought it would be better for them to remain where they are.
Brother John Henry Smith endorsed what Brother Cowley had said, and added that he would hail the day when our Church should take up in earnest the problem of colonizing the people. He named Robert C. Lund as a capable man for such labors.
President Richards referred to revelations on the subject of the gathering, wherein the Lord instructed his people not to let their gathering be in haste nor by flight. He regarded the appointment of a suitable man to take hold of the matter of colonizing as the very thing to do, and he suggested the advisability of issuing an address on this subject to the incoming Saints. They should not be in a hurry to come here from the different States of the Union; they were already in the Land of Zion and their labors where they now live were no doubt helpful in bringing about the Lord's purposes. Too much publicity regarding the proposed colonization might bring all creation here, which was undesirable. He thought the people of the Southern States who were worthy might come here as opportunity offered, get their blessings in the House of the Lord, and then return to their homes.
President Cannon expressed the opinion that the President of the Southern States Mission needed some instructions upon these points.
Brother Teasdale referred to the plan adopted in Mexico, where, before people immigrate to that land, their names, ages, occupations, etc., are ascertained and furnished to the colonizing bureau, which then gives information as to where such persons can settle most advantageously; and they only have such people come in there who can either work land or be otherwise employed, lest they should be a burden upon their community.
Brothers Clawson, Grant and Lyman spoke briefly upon the subject, saying in effect that they hoped such a movement as that suggested by President Snow would soon be inaugurated, and that a gradual immigration of the scattered Saints would again be in vogue.
President Cannon observed that the spirit of gathering rested upon the people after receiving the Gospel, but there were times when it was wise and proper to restrain that feeling, and this was the part of presiding men. People would be better off by becoming rooted in the faith before gathering. He favored President Snow's idea that a suitable man should be selected to superintend the whole matter, and thought that good results were bound to follow.
Brother Lund believed that such a movement for colonization should be started right away, but did not think it would be wise to publish anything about it. Proper locations should be looked up quietly, and the work then begun. ...
Understand Presidency has appointed an Auditing Committee to thoroughly investigate the church indebtedness. I know this will be grevious to Pres[ident]. Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon. Months before Pres[ident]. [Wilford] Woodruff's death I took the liberty of imploring First Presidency to settle up all those business transactions which had occurred under their own reighn. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Journal History; James E. Talmage, Diary
2 - Journal History; Brigham Young Jr., Diary
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Lorenzo Snow, Jan 13, 1899; Friday
-- Jan 13, 1899; Friday
Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow and [George Q.] Cannon were waited upon by Elders Anthon H. Lund, Karl G. Maeser and James E. Talmage, the former two being members of the committee who recently heard read the manuscript of the text book "Articles of Faith", prepared by Brother Talmage, pursuant to a request from the First Presidency contained in a letter to him dated February 20, 1893. The committee had passed on the manuscript, but the question now arose with them as to whether the Church should accept the work--which Brother Talmage offers free, also his services in proof-reading, etc.--or whether the author should publish it as individual property. Brother Talmage reminded the Presidency that the letter to him of February 20, 1893, was the sequence of a suggestion made by him to the effect that he was quite willing to give his time and services in preparation of this manuscript, provided the book when published should be sold at a price sufficiently low to place it within the reach of all who might desire a copy. It was decided that the Church accept the manuscript and publish it as cheaply as possible.
At 11 A.M. Brother T[homas]. G. Webber and Mr. W[illiam]. S. McCornick, of the committee on Federal building site, kept an appointment [with] Presidents Snow and Cannon in relation to that business. After considerable conversation, President Snow informed these gentlemen of the results of deliberations upon this subject, to-wit, that provided the Church should realize $200,000 for the News corner (20 x 20 rods) it would donate $50,000 towards the erection of the proposed building there. Messrs. McCornick and Webber expressed themselves to the effect that they did not think for a moment that the property was worth $200,000, and they believed that efforts to locate the building there at that figure would be fruitless. (1)
-- Jan 16, 1899; Monday
Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow and
[George Q.] Cannon at 1 P.M. were called upon by Brother James E. Talmage, in relation to his work "Articles of Faith", which is about to be published. A paper connected with it on the subject of the Holy Ghost had been submitted to President Snow for his consideration, and he now told Brother Talmage that he had read it, was very much pleased with it, and thought it might with propriety he made a part of the book. Brother Talmage then read a chapter on plural marriage, which it was decided not to publish in this work, which was being issued under Church auspices, lest it might be construed by our enemies as an attempt by the Church to propagate a belief in polygamy. The use made by local ministers in their reply to President Snow's recent communication to the New York World, of a paper advocating polygamy printed by Brother B. H. Roberts, editor of the Improvement Era, mentioned in this connection. (1)
Endnotes:
1 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow and [George Q.] Cannon were waited upon by Elders Anthon H. Lund, Karl G. Maeser and James E. Talmage, the former two being members of the committee who recently heard read the manuscript of the text book "Articles of Faith", prepared by Brother Talmage, pursuant to a request from the First Presidency contained in a letter to him dated February 20, 1893. The committee had passed on the manuscript, but the question now arose with them as to whether the Church should accept the work--which Brother Talmage offers free, also his services in proof-reading, etc.--or whether the author should publish it as individual property. Brother Talmage reminded the Presidency that the letter to him of February 20, 1893, was the sequence of a suggestion made by him to the effect that he was quite willing to give his time and services in preparation of this manuscript, provided the book when published should be sold at a price sufficiently low to place it within the reach of all who might desire a copy. It was decided that the Church accept the manuscript and publish it as cheaply as possible.
At 11 A.M. Brother T[homas]. G. Webber and Mr. W[illiam]. S. McCornick, of the committee on Federal building site, kept an appointment [with] Presidents Snow and Cannon in relation to that business. After considerable conversation, President Snow informed these gentlemen of the results of deliberations upon this subject, to-wit, that provided the Church should realize $200,000 for the News corner (20 x 20 rods) it would donate $50,000 towards the erection of the proposed building there. Messrs. McCornick and Webber expressed themselves to the effect that they did not think for a moment that the property was worth $200,000, and they believed that efforts to locate the building there at that figure would be fruitless. (1)
-- Jan 16, 1899; Monday
Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow and
[George Q.] Cannon at 1 P.M. were called upon by Brother James E. Talmage, in relation to his work "Articles of Faith", which is about to be published. A paper connected with it on the subject of the Holy Ghost had been submitted to President Snow for his consideration, and he now told Brother Talmage that he had read it, was very much pleased with it, and thought it might with propriety he made a part of the book. Brother Talmage then read a chapter on plural marriage, which it was decided not to publish in this work, which was being issued under Church auspices, lest it might be construed by our enemies as an attempt by the Church to propagate a belief in polygamy. The use made by local ministers in their reply to President Snow's recent communication to the New York World, of a paper advocating polygamy printed by Brother B. H. Roberts, editor of the Improvement Era, mentioned in this connection. (1)
Endnotes:
1 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Lorenzo Snow, Tuesday, Jan 10, 1899
-- Tuesday, Jan 10, 1899
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
All of the Apostles but Brigham Young and Matthias F. Cowley met at their room in the Temple at 10 a.m. Singing. Prayer by Francis M. Lyman. Singing.
... Heber J. Grant said his financial condition left him about $77,000.00 worse than nothing. He lamented because he had no living son. Prest. F. D. Richards prophesied that he would have a son and means to pay his debts.... Heber J. Grant and I called upon President Lorenzo Snow and he as Trustee in Trust forgave the interest on the notes given to the Church to save Len Hardy from disgrace.
Heber J. Grant paid five hundred dollars for me which I am to refund when I can. (1)
-- Jan 10, 1899; Tuesday
George Teasdale expressed delight in these quarterly meetings [of the apostles]. Said since our last meeting he had passed through the greatest sorrow of his life, in the death of his wife. Thanked one and all of his
brethren for their words of sympathy. ...
[Francis M. Lyman] made a strong appeal that we one and all pray earnestly that God will sustain Pres[iden]t Lorenzo Snow under the great burdens financially resting upon him. Felt that we should supplicate God to not allow Pres[iden]t Snow to sink under the great burdens on him. ... (2)
-- Jan 11, 1899; Wednesday
Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow and [George Q.] Cannon at the Office. Elder George E. Woolley, counselor to Bishop Nelson A. Empey of the Thirteenth Ward, Salt Lake City, called to see the Presidency regarding a desire expressed by the widow of George A. Meears to be sealed to her dead husband, after the preliminary Temple work should be done for him. George A. Meears committed suicide by shooting himself. He was financially ruined and took this means of ending his trouble. President Snow consented that the desire of Sister Meears should be gratified. ... (3)
-- Jan 12, 1899
The First Presidency and the Apostles met at the Salt Lake Temple at 11 A.M. Present: President Lorenzo Snow, George Q. Cannon and Franklin D. Richards; Apostles F[rancis]. M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, George Teasdale, Heber J. Grant, John W. Taylor, M[arriner]. W[ood]. Merrill, A[nthon]. H. Lund, M[atthias]. F. Cowley, A[braham]. O[wen]. Woodruff and Rudger Clawson. ...
The question of locating the proposed Federal Building on the Deseret News corner was discussed. A Mr. O'Meara of Salt Lake City, had proposed to work for its location on this site, it being understood by him and others that the Church would not only be willing to have a building there, but to render substantial aid in the premises. A committee had been appointed to select a suitable committee to take the matter in hand, and the latter committee had been appointed, with Brother Thomas G. Webber as chairman. An appointment had been made for this committee to meet with the Presidency to-morrow at 11 A.M., but President Snow signified a desire to discuss the matter beforehand in this Council.
... President Snow thought that $25,000 would be sufficient for the Church to give after a proper valuation had been put upon the property.
... The sacrament was now partaken of by those present, President Snow officiating in prayer. Over the Sacramental table an informal talk was had upon the subject of plural marriage, suggested by certain correspondence in this morning's Salt Lake Tribune. ... (4)
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 - Heber J. Grant, Diary
3 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
4 - Journal History
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
All of the Apostles but Brigham Young and Matthias F. Cowley met at their room in the Temple at 10 a.m. Singing. Prayer by Francis M. Lyman. Singing.
... Heber J. Grant said his financial condition left him about $77,000.00 worse than nothing. He lamented because he had no living son. Prest. F. D. Richards prophesied that he would have a son and means to pay his debts.... Heber J. Grant and I called upon President Lorenzo Snow and he as Trustee in Trust forgave the interest on the notes given to the Church to save Len Hardy from disgrace.
Heber J. Grant paid five hundred dollars for me which I am to refund when I can. (1)
-- Jan 10, 1899; Tuesday
George Teasdale expressed delight in these quarterly meetings [of the apostles]. Said since our last meeting he had passed through the greatest sorrow of his life, in the death of his wife. Thanked one and all of his
brethren for their words of sympathy. ...
[Francis M. Lyman] made a strong appeal that we one and all pray earnestly that God will sustain Pres[iden]t Lorenzo Snow under the great burdens financially resting upon him. Felt that we should supplicate God to not allow Pres[iden]t Snow to sink under the great burdens on him. ... (2)
-- Jan 11, 1899; Wednesday
Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow and [George Q.] Cannon at the Office. Elder George E. Woolley, counselor to Bishop Nelson A. Empey of the Thirteenth Ward, Salt Lake City, called to see the Presidency regarding a desire expressed by the widow of George A. Meears to be sealed to her dead husband, after the preliminary Temple work should be done for him. George A. Meears committed suicide by shooting himself. He was financially ruined and took this means of ending his trouble. President Snow consented that the desire of Sister Meears should be gratified. ... (3)
-- Jan 12, 1899
The First Presidency and the Apostles met at the Salt Lake Temple at 11 A.M. Present: President Lorenzo Snow, George Q. Cannon and Franklin D. Richards; Apostles F[rancis]. M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, George Teasdale, Heber J. Grant, John W. Taylor, M[arriner]. W[ood]. Merrill, A[nthon]. H. Lund, M[atthias]. F. Cowley, A[braham]. O[wen]. Woodruff and Rudger Clawson. ...
The question of locating the proposed Federal Building on the Deseret News corner was discussed. A Mr. O'Meara of Salt Lake City, had proposed to work for its location on this site, it being understood by him and others that the Church would not only be willing to have a building there, but to render substantial aid in the premises. A committee had been appointed to select a suitable committee to take the matter in hand, and the latter committee had been appointed, with Brother Thomas G. Webber as chairman. An appointment had been made for this committee to meet with the Presidency to-morrow at 11 A.M., but President Snow signified a desire to discuss the matter beforehand in this Council.
... President Snow thought that $25,000 would be sufficient for the Church to give after a proper valuation had been put upon the property.
... The sacrament was now partaken of by those present, President Snow officiating in prayer. Over the Sacramental table an informal talk was had upon the subject of plural marriage, suggested by certain correspondence in this morning's Salt Lake Tribune. ... (4)
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 - Heber J. Grant, Diary
3 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
4 - Journal History
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Lorenzo Snow, Jan 4, 1899; Wednesday
-- Jan 4, 1899; Wednesday
Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow, [George Q.] Cannon and [Joseph F.] Smith were all at the office.
Word came from Mr. L. S. Hills, President of the Deseret National Bank, in relation to the matter of delivering the Church bonds, mention of which was made yesterday by President Snow to Brother David Eccles, the latter was requested to see Mr. Hills and ascertain if any change would be made. Mr. Hills' message was to the effect that the business would be done free of charge. This being satisfactory to the President, a letter was written to Mr. Hills upon the subject.
At 2 P.M. the First Presidency met with the Apostles, pursuant to the appointment made on Monday last, to consider the advisability of the Church advancing the sum of $40,000 due the Banigan estate from the Union Light and Power Company. Present: President Lorenzo Snow, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith; and Apostles Franklin D. Richards, Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, George Teasdale, Heber J. Grant, Anthon H. Lund, Matthias F. Cowley and Rudger Clawson. The same ground was gone over that formed the subject of Monday's discussion by the Presidency and Attorney [LeGrand] Young, and the result was a decision that the present payment of interest ($40,000) be met out of the proceeds of the sale of Church bonds. It was also decided that another issue of bonds for another $500,000 be made, this issue to be marked "Series `B'["]. (1)
-- Jan 5, 1899; Thursday
Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow, [George Q.] Cannon and [Jospeh F.] Smith at the office.
President Cannon made an appointment to meet the committee having in hand the investigation of the Sterling mining business at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Brother Reed Smoot called and made anotehr proposition for the purchase of the forty shares of stock owned by the Church in the First National Bank of Provo [Utah], offering to pay $71 a share. It was decided to let him have the stock, with the understanding that the protect the other shareholders alike, provided they should want to sell.
The First Presidency and the Apostles met in the Salt Lake Temple at 11 A.M. Present: Presidents Lorenzo Snow, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith; Apostles Franklin D. Richards, Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, George Teasdale, Heber J. Grant, John W. Taylor, Anthon H. Lund, Matthias F. Cowley, Abraham O[wen]. Woodruff and Rudger Clawson.
Brother Lyman reported on the Ramah [Colorado] question, previously referred to a committee consisting of Brigham Young [Jr.], F[rancis]. M. Lyman, John Henry Smith and A[braham]. O[wen]. Woodruff. He stated that the committee had met and reached a conclusion, but as a letter had been received since from Ramah and as Brother Young was now sick at home, nothing further would be said about it until he could be heard from. Brother Lyman also reported that the committee consisting of himself, A[nthon]. H. Lund, Karl G. Maeser, John Nicholson and George Reynolds, appointed for the purpose of passing upon Brother James E. Talmage's new work, "The Articles of Faith", had heard the manuscript read, and they decided that it would be a good book to publish as a text book.
In the matter of the Federal building site, Brother John Henry Smith on behalf of the committee appointed to consider the same and select names to act as a committee in relation thereto, reported that they had selected the names of Thomas G. Webber, William S. McCornick and John C. Cutler. This choice being satisfactory to the Council, on motion of President Cannon, Brother John Henry Smith as chairman of said committee was requested to see the other gentlemen named and learn if they were willing to take hold of the matter.
Brother Lund brought up the matter of a proposed purchase of a meeting hall for the Saints in Copenhagen, Denmark. He stated that the hall in which they met for religious purposes was in a bad location, and that they were not able to pay a higher rent for a better place of meeting; that a building in a good location could be bought for 80,000 kroner--a fine hall, with a good
entrance and private rooms. It was proposed to purchase this property, which could be done by paying down 5,000 knoner and the residue in subsequent payments. It was believed that if the Church gave its sanction to the purchase, the Scandinavian people through out Zion would contribute a sufficient sum for this purpose. The Council authorized Brother Lund to solicit and receive subscriptions for the purchase of the building in question.
Brother John Henry Smith, referring to yesterday's meeting on the Union Light and Power Company's business, suggested the appointment of an auditing committee to audit the accounts of the Church and ascertain its exact condition financially. He thought that a common understanding regarding its present situation in this respect would be a satisfaction to every member of the Council. He therefore moved that such a committee be appointed, and the motion was seconded by President Joseph F. Smith.
President Franklin D. Richards spoke in favor of the motion. He thought the affairs of the Church should be put into proper shape and presented before the General Conference, thereby correcting false reports and bringing the people to share in the responsibility of the Church's business. President [Brigham] Young and President [John] Taylor had both made it a practice to keep the people pretty well informed as to the general condition of the Church. This had been done up to the time of the raid, when it was considered unwise to make public our affairs. He believed that there was now a general feeling on the part of the people to hear from the Presidency on this subject, and if such desires were gratified it would have a good effect and would go a long way towards restoring confidence.
President Snow remarked that he was glad this matter had been brought up. He thought it of the highest importance that an auditing committee should be appointed, not only in justice to himself, but in justice to the Church. He held that at the close of every administration of this Church the financial affairs thereof from the beginning to the end of that administration should be audited. He would most assuredly expect this to be done at the end of his administration, and if mistakes were made he would expect the committee and this Council to judge of them righteously and generously. He thought, too, that the Lord required that such a committee be appointed. But as to presenting the affairs of the Church before the general public, that was another question entirely. The committee might go before the people and speak in general terms of the Church's condition. The President went on to say in further justification of the appointment of an auditing committee, that things which could be satisfactorily explained while men were living, might be very difficult to explain after their death. He himself was to a certain extent in the dark regarding the Church's financial condition, and he thought no body could be hurt, but great benefit derived from the appointment of such a committee. He asked the brethren of the Twelve to express themselves in relation to the matter.
There was a unanimous response in favor of the proposition, Presidents Cannon and Smith and all the Apostles present expressing themselves to that effect.
The question of the recent reduction in salaries of Church officials and employes was also discussed, and the reasons given why such a step had been deemed necessary. The present limits had been set for the sake of retrenchment and to assist in getting the Church out of debt. Speaking upon this subject, President Snow said that while he understood the Apostles' salaries were to be reduced, he also understood that they were not to be reduced below what was actually necessary for their support; and now, he added, "whenever any one of the Twelve Apostles come to the Presidency and tell them that what they are receiving is not enough their wants will be supplied at once". He believed that where brethren gave their time to the Church, their needs should be supplied. Retrenchment should be made in the building of Churches, etc., and not in what men needed to eat.
President Smith favored the auditing committee and a good thorough audit for reasons already given, and especially the one mentioned by Brother Teasdale, namely the protection of President Snow. He also wanted it for the protection of the ex-First Presidency. No doubt mistakes had been made--the building of Saltair for instance; but he would say that the object in building that resort was that the Latter-day Saints might have a place of recreation under their own control.
Brother John Henry Smith gave as his reason for suggesting the auditing committee that he did not want to see another man's name suffer as President Young's name had suffered. He quoted a saying of his father, the late President George A. Smith, who on his death-bed said that the name of President Young would be dishonored in consequence of the way the accounts in the President's Office had been kept. He compared the business administration of the Church to that of Z.C.M.I., and thought that it was just as proper to take stock and audit the accounts of the one as of the other.
President Joseph F. Smith also referred to the defective manner in which the books of the Trustee-in-trust were kept, and gave an instance of it in his own experience. He was in the employ of the Church eight years in President Young's day, and received as compensation for his services $1,000 a year. Some years after he had left the Historian's Office, the place where he was employed, he learned that there stood against him on the Trustee-in-trust books the sum of $8,000. The explanation was that while he had drawn that amount, which was his due, he had received no credit for his services. He did not think that the office of Apostle should call for a certain salary, but he did think that the Apostles should be compensated by the Church and that each one should know what he could expect to receive, and govern himself accordingly.
President Snow now called for a vote upon the motion that an auditing committee, say of five, be appointed to audit the accounts of the Church, and the motion was carried unanimously. The President named as said committee Franklin D. Richards, Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, Heber J. Grant and Rudger Clawson; and on motion of President Smith this committee was unanimously sustained. (1)
Endnotes:
1 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow, [George Q.] Cannon and [Joseph F.] Smith were all at the office.
Word came from Mr. L. S. Hills, President of the Deseret National Bank, in relation to the matter of delivering the Church bonds, mention of which was made yesterday by President Snow to Brother David Eccles, the latter was requested to see Mr. Hills and ascertain if any change would be made. Mr. Hills' message was to the effect that the business would be done free of charge. This being satisfactory to the President, a letter was written to Mr. Hills upon the subject.
At 2 P.M. the First Presidency met with the Apostles, pursuant to the appointment made on Monday last, to consider the advisability of the Church advancing the sum of $40,000 due the Banigan estate from the Union Light and Power Company. Present: President Lorenzo Snow, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith; and Apostles Franklin D. Richards, Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, George Teasdale, Heber J. Grant, Anthon H. Lund, Matthias F. Cowley and Rudger Clawson. The same ground was gone over that formed the subject of Monday's discussion by the Presidency and Attorney [LeGrand] Young, and the result was a decision that the present payment of interest ($40,000) be met out of the proceeds of the sale of Church bonds. It was also decided that another issue of bonds for another $500,000 be made, this issue to be marked "Series `B'["]. (1)
-- Jan 5, 1899; Thursday
Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow, [George Q.] Cannon and [Jospeh F.] Smith at the office.
President Cannon made an appointment to meet the committee having in hand the investigation of the Sterling mining business at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Brother Reed Smoot called and made anotehr proposition for the purchase of the forty shares of stock owned by the Church in the First National Bank of Provo [Utah], offering to pay $71 a share. It was decided to let him have the stock, with the understanding that the protect the other shareholders alike, provided they should want to sell.
The First Presidency and the Apostles met in the Salt Lake Temple at 11 A.M. Present: Presidents Lorenzo Snow, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith; Apostles Franklin D. Richards, Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, George Teasdale, Heber J. Grant, John W. Taylor, Anthon H. Lund, Matthias F. Cowley, Abraham O[wen]. Woodruff and Rudger Clawson.
Brother Lyman reported on the Ramah [Colorado] question, previously referred to a committee consisting of Brigham Young [Jr.], F[rancis]. M. Lyman, John Henry Smith and A[braham]. O[wen]. Woodruff. He stated that the committee had met and reached a conclusion, but as a letter had been received since from Ramah and as Brother Young was now sick at home, nothing further would be said about it until he could be heard from. Brother Lyman also reported that the committee consisting of himself, A[nthon]. H. Lund, Karl G. Maeser, John Nicholson and George Reynolds, appointed for the purpose of passing upon Brother James E. Talmage's new work, "The Articles of Faith", had heard the manuscript read, and they decided that it would be a good book to publish as a text book.
In the matter of the Federal building site, Brother John Henry Smith on behalf of the committee appointed to consider the same and select names to act as a committee in relation thereto, reported that they had selected the names of Thomas G. Webber, William S. McCornick and John C. Cutler. This choice being satisfactory to the Council, on motion of President Cannon, Brother John Henry Smith as chairman of said committee was requested to see the other gentlemen named and learn if they were willing to take hold of the matter.
Brother Lund brought up the matter of a proposed purchase of a meeting hall for the Saints in Copenhagen, Denmark. He stated that the hall in which they met for religious purposes was in a bad location, and that they were not able to pay a higher rent for a better place of meeting; that a building in a good location could be bought for 80,000 kroner--a fine hall, with a good
entrance and private rooms. It was proposed to purchase this property, which could be done by paying down 5,000 knoner and the residue in subsequent payments. It was believed that if the Church gave its sanction to the purchase, the Scandinavian people through out Zion would contribute a sufficient sum for this purpose. The Council authorized Brother Lund to solicit and receive subscriptions for the purchase of the building in question.
Brother John Henry Smith, referring to yesterday's meeting on the Union Light and Power Company's business, suggested the appointment of an auditing committee to audit the accounts of the Church and ascertain its exact condition financially. He thought that a common understanding regarding its present situation in this respect would be a satisfaction to every member of the Council. He therefore moved that such a committee be appointed, and the motion was seconded by President Joseph F. Smith.
President Franklin D. Richards spoke in favor of the motion. He thought the affairs of the Church should be put into proper shape and presented before the General Conference, thereby correcting false reports and bringing the people to share in the responsibility of the Church's business. President [Brigham] Young and President [John] Taylor had both made it a practice to keep the people pretty well informed as to the general condition of the Church. This had been done up to the time of the raid, when it was considered unwise to make public our affairs. He believed that there was now a general feeling on the part of the people to hear from the Presidency on this subject, and if such desires were gratified it would have a good effect and would go a long way towards restoring confidence.
President Snow remarked that he was glad this matter had been brought up. He thought it of the highest importance that an auditing committee should be appointed, not only in justice to himself, but in justice to the Church. He held that at the close of every administration of this Church the financial affairs thereof from the beginning to the end of that administration should be audited. He would most assuredly expect this to be done at the end of his administration, and if mistakes were made he would expect the committee and this Council to judge of them righteously and generously. He thought, too, that the Lord required that such a committee be appointed. But as to presenting the affairs of the Church before the general public, that was another question entirely. The committee might go before the people and speak in general terms of the Church's condition. The President went on to say in further justification of the appointment of an auditing committee, that things which could be satisfactorily explained while men were living, might be very difficult to explain after their death. He himself was to a certain extent in the dark regarding the Church's financial condition, and he thought no body could be hurt, but great benefit derived from the appointment of such a committee. He asked the brethren of the Twelve to express themselves in relation to the matter.
There was a unanimous response in favor of the proposition, Presidents Cannon and Smith and all the Apostles present expressing themselves to that effect.
The question of the recent reduction in salaries of Church officials and employes was also discussed, and the reasons given why such a step had been deemed necessary. The present limits had been set for the sake of retrenchment and to assist in getting the Church out of debt. Speaking upon this subject, President Snow said that while he understood the Apostles' salaries were to be reduced, he also understood that they were not to be reduced below what was actually necessary for their support; and now, he added, "whenever any one of the Twelve Apostles come to the Presidency and tell them that what they are receiving is not enough their wants will be supplied at once". He believed that where brethren gave their time to the Church, their needs should be supplied. Retrenchment should be made in the building of Churches, etc., and not in what men needed to eat.
President Smith favored the auditing committee and a good thorough audit for reasons already given, and especially the one mentioned by Brother Teasdale, namely the protection of President Snow. He also wanted it for the protection of the ex-First Presidency. No doubt mistakes had been made--the building of Saltair for instance; but he would say that the object in building that resort was that the Latter-day Saints might have a place of recreation under their own control.
Brother John Henry Smith gave as his reason for suggesting the auditing committee that he did not want to see another man's name suffer as President Young's name had suffered. He quoted a saying of his father, the late President George A. Smith, who on his death-bed said that the name of President Young would be dishonored in consequence of the way the accounts in the President's Office had been kept. He compared the business administration of the Church to that of Z.C.M.I., and thought that it was just as proper to take stock and audit the accounts of the one as of the other.
President Joseph F. Smith also referred to the defective manner in which the books of the Trustee-in-trust were kept, and gave an instance of it in his own experience. He was in the employ of the Church eight years in President Young's day, and received as compensation for his services $1,000 a year. Some years after he had left the Historian's Office, the place where he was employed, he learned that there stood against him on the Trustee-in-trust books the sum of $8,000. The explanation was that while he had drawn that amount, which was his due, he had received no credit for his services. He did not think that the office of Apostle should call for a certain salary, but he did think that the Apostles should be compensated by the Church and that each one should know what he could expect to receive, and govern himself accordingly.
President Snow now called for a vote upon the motion that an auditing committee, say of five, be appointed to audit the accounts of the Church, and the motion was carried unanimously. The President named as said committee Franklin D. Richards, Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, Heber J. Grant and Rudger Clawson; and on motion of President Smith this committee was unanimously sustained. (1)
Endnotes:
1 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Lorenzo Snow, 1898
-- During 1898
Publication of first serial Conference Report. (1)
(Lorenzo Snow) A South Carolina visitor, Reverend Prentis, described President Snow in 1898: "I had expected to find intellect, intellectuality, benevolence, dignity, composure and strength depicted upon the face of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; but when I was introduced to President Lorenzo Snow for a second I was startled to see the holiest face but one I had ever been privileged to look upon. His face was a poem of peace, his presence a benediction of peace. In the tranquil depths of his eyes were the 'home of silent prayer' and the abode of spiritual strength." (2)
-- Tuesday, Jan 3, 1899
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] ... Prest. Lorenzo Snow asked me today what he better do about the business of the Power plant. (3)
-- Jan 3, 1899; Tuesday
Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow and [Joseph F.] Smith at the Office; President [George Q.] Cannon at Provo [Utah].
The sum of $125 was appropriated in favor of Elder Albert W. Davis, to assist him on his journey to the Sandwich islands in company with President Smith. In this connection the fact was considered that Elder Davis had labored six months in the Salt Lake Temple without remuneration.
At 4 P.M. Brothers Davis Eccles and Charles W. Nibley met with Presidents Snow and Smith, the object being to explain to President Snow their connection with the Utah and California railroad.
During the interview, the subject of the Church bonds coming up, Brother Eccles suggested to President Snow that the business of delivering the bonds be placed in the hands of the Deseret National Bank, expressing the belief that it would be done free of charge. He was asked to make inquiry concerning the matter and have the President notified accordingly. (4)
Endnotes:
1 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History, http://amzn.to/eG0DIp
2 - Van Wagoner, Richard and Walker, Steven C., A Book of Mormons, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
3 - 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
4 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Publication of first serial Conference Report. (1)
(Lorenzo Snow) A South Carolina visitor, Reverend Prentis, described President Snow in 1898: "I had expected to find intellect, intellectuality, benevolence, dignity, composure and strength depicted upon the face of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; but when I was introduced to President Lorenzo Snow for a second I was startled to see the holiest face but one I had ever been privileged to look upon. His face was a poem of peace, his presence a benediction of peace. In the tranquil depths of his eyes were the 'home of silent prayer' and the abode of spiritual strength." (2)
-- Tuesday, Jan 3, 1899
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] ... Prest. Lorenzo Snow asked me today what he better do about the business of the Power plant. (3)
-- Jan 3, 1899; Tuesday
Presidents [Lorenzo] Snow and [Joseph F.] Smith at the Office; President [George Q.] Cannon at Provo [Utah].
The sum of $125 was appropriated in favor of Elder Albert W. Davis, to assist him on his journey to the Sandwich islands in company with President Smith. In this connection the fact was considered that Elder Davis had labored six months in the Salt Lake Temple without remuneration.
At 4 P.M. Brothers Davis Eccles and Charles W. Nibley met with Presidents Snow and Smith, the object being to explain to President Snow their connection with the Utah and California railroad.
During the interview, the subject of the Church bonds coming up, Brother Eccles suggested to President Snow that the business of delivering the bonds be placed in the hands of the Deseret National Bank, expressing the belief that it would be done free of charge. He was asked to make inquiry concerning the matter and have the President notified accordingly. (4)
Endnotes:
1 - Ludlow, Daniel H. editor, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Macmillan Publishing, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol. 4, Appendix 2: A Chronology of Church History, http://amzn.to/eG0DIp
2 - Van Wagoner, Richard and Walker, Steven C., A Book of Mormons, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
3 - 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
4 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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Lorenzo Snow, 28 December 1898
-- 28 December 1898
[Wife of Lorenzo Snow] Death of wife Mary Adaline Goddard (1)
-- Dec 29, 1898 (Thursday)
Pres. Lorenzo Snow, in a telegraphic communication to the New York World, declared officially that polygamous or plural marriages ceased in Utah with the issuance of the manifesto by the late Pres. Wilford Woodruff in 1890, and that the election of Brigham H. Roberts to Congress was an entirely secular affair, with which the Church had nothing to do. (2)
-- Dec 30, 1898; Friday
President [Lorenzo] Snow still at Brigham City [Utah]; President [George Q.] Cannon at home sick; President [Joseph F.] Smith at the Office, where he received a call from Brother Reed Smoot, of Provo [Utah]. Brother Smoot had previously made a proposition to President Smith to purchase the 40 shares of capital stock, held by the latter for the Church, in the First National Bank at Provo, with the idea that if he purchased these shares he would consolidate the First National and the Provo Commercial and Savings Banks, with which he is directly directed. This matter was brought by President Smith to the attention of Presidents Snow and Cannon a few days ago and considered by them all. They concluded to dispose of this stock, but to give the Directors of the Bank the first chance to buy it, and Pres[iden]t. Smith wrote the cashier, Douglass Swan, to this effect. Bro[ther]. Swan came to the city yesterday, prepared to purchase the stock, but was told that as President Snow was away the matter would have to go over until his return. This President
Smith told Brother Smoot this morning, whereupon the latter said that he would give $5 a share more than Brother Swan had offered, whatever his offer might be. President Smith stated that Brother Swan had offered $51. Brother Smoot then offered President Smith $60 a share for the forty shares, adding that it was his intention if he got control of the stock to make all the stock worth that figure and thus benefit all the stockholders. Brother Smoot also stated that the Directors of the First National Bank had refused to give Brother Twelves $35 a share for his stock, and that he, Brother Smoot, had recently told Dr. Pike, a Director of the First National, that if the proposed consolidation were effected, he would give $50 a share to everybody who wanted to sell. (3)
Endnotes:
1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow#Wives_and_children
2 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
3 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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[Wife of Lorenzo Snow] Death of wife Mary Adaline Goddard (1)
-- Dec 29, 1898 (Thursday)
Pres. Lorenzo Snow, in a telegraphic communication to the New York World, declared officially that polygamous or plural marriages ceased in Utah with the issuance of the manifesto by the late Pres. Wilford Woodruff in 1890, and that the election of Brigham H. Roberts to Congress was an entirely secular affair, with which the Church had nothing to do. (2)
-- Dec 30, 1898; Friday
President [Lorenzo] Snow still at Brigham City [Utah]; President [George Q.] Cannon at home sick; President [Joseph F.] Smith at the Office, where he received a call from Brother Reed Smoot, of Provo [Utah]. Brother Smoot had previously made a proposition to President Smith to purchase the 40 shares of capital stock, held by the latter for the Church, in the First National Bank at Provo, with the idea that if he purchased these shares he would consolidate the First National and the Provo Commercial and Savings Banks, with which he is directly directed. This matter was brought by President Smith to the attention of Presidents Snow and Cannon a few days ago and considered by them all. They concluded to dispose of this stock, but to give the Directors of the Bank the first chance to buy it, and Pres[iden]t. Smith wrote the cashier, Douglass Swan, to this effect. Bro[ther]. Swan came to the city yesterday, prepared to purchase the stock, but was told that as President Snow was away the matter would have to go over until his return. This President
Smith told Brother Smoot this morning, whereupon the latter said that he would give $5 a share more than Brother Swan had offered, whatever his offer might be. President Smith stated that Brother Swan had offered $51. Brother Smoot then offered President Smith $60 a share for the forty shares, adding that it was his intention if he got control of the stock to make all the stock worth that figure and thus benefit all the stockholders. Brother Smoot also stated that the Directors of the First National Bank had refused to give Brother Twelves $35 a share for his stock, and that he, Brother Smoot, had recently told Dr. Pike, a Director of the First National, that if the proposed consolidation were effected, he would give $50 a share to everybody who wanted to sell. (3)
Endnotes:
1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow#Wives_and_children
2 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
3 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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Lorenzo Snow, Monday, Dec 26, 1898
-- Monday, Dec 26, 1898
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
My wife Sarah F. and I went to the Theatre. Lorenzo Snow said to me and Brigham Young today that he had no confidence in Geo. Q. Cannon. (1)
-- Dec 27, 1898; Tuesday
At 7 A.M. called to see President Lorenzo Snow, at his residence #37 Canyon Road. He received me very kindly. We chatted about polygamy. Pres[ident] Snow said, if there has been any marriages since the Manifesto I do not know it, but I can assure you there will be no more until the Lord reveals it direct. Also conversed on financial condition of the Church, saying the Church owed One Million and one half. Pres[ident] Snow said it was a great trial to him, as he was not an advocate of the Church Speculating or going in debt, and they should not with his consent. (2)
-- Dec 28, 1898; Wednesday
Elder B. H. Roberts came to the Presidents' office and stated that he had been called upon by a special correspondent of the New York World, who had invited him to use the columns of that paper in whatever defence he might have to make against the efforts of the Presbyterians to prevent him from getting his seat in Congress. Brother Roberts said that up to this time he had studiously remained silent, but it had now become a question whether he should not take advantage of this offer to tell his side of the story. During the conversation that ensued President [Lorenzo] Snow told Brother Roberts that he regarded this as a very important matter, and felt that the Lord had design in relation to it which he would bring about. The President felt that the Lord would sustain Brother Roberts in the position he was now in, as he himself sustained him.
A representative of the New York World has telegraphed its correspondent here to invite President Snow to make a signed statement in answer to certain charges made and broadly circulated by the Presbyterian Board of Missions, to the effect that the Mormon Church excused and encouraged the practice of polygamy. The telegram was handed to Elder C[harles]. W. Penrose to draft a reply.
The First Presidency appropriated the sum of $400 in favor of Elder William Budge, president of Bear Lake [Idaho/Utah] Stake, as a special appropriation on account of services during the past year. (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 - J. Golden Kimball, Diary
3 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
My wife Sarah F. and I went to the Theatre. Lorenzo Snow said to me and Brigham Young today that he had no confidence in Geo. Q. Cannon. (1)
-- Dec 27, 1898; Tuesday
At 7 A.M. called to see President Lorenzo Snow, at his residence #37 Canyon Road. He received me very kindly. We chatted about polygamy. Pres[ident] Snow said, if there has been any marriages since the Manifesto I do not know it, but I can assure you there will be no more until the Lord reveals it direct. Also conversed on financial condition of the Church, saying the Church owed One Million and one half. Pres[ident] Snow said it was a great trial to him, as he was not an advocate of the Church Speculating or going in debt, and they should not with his consent. (2)
-- Dec 28, 1898; Wednesday
Elder B. H. Roberts came to the Presidents' office and stated that he had been called upon by a special correspondent of the New York World, who had invited him to use the columns of that paper in whatever defence he might have to make against the efforts of the Presbyterians to prevent him from getting his seat in Congress. Brother Roberts said that up to this time he had studiously remained silent, but it had now become a question whether he should not take advantage of this offer to tell his side of the story. During the conversation that ensued President [Lorenzo] Snow told Brother Roberts that he regarded this as a very important matter, and felt that the Lord had design in relation to it which he would bring about. The President felt that the Lord would sustain Brother Roberts in the position he was now in, as he himself sustained him.
A representative of the New York World has telegraphed its correspondent here to invite President Snow to make a signed statement in answer to certain charges made and broadly circulated by the Presbyterian Board of Missions, to the effect that the Mormon Church excused and encouraged the practice of polygamy. The telegram was handed to Elder C[harles]. W. Penrose to draft a reply.
The First Presidency appropriated the sum of $400 in favor of Elder William Budge, president of Bear Lake [Idaho/Utah] Stake, as a special appropriation on account of services during the past year. (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 - J. Golden Kimball, Diary
3 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Lorenzo Snow, 22 December 1898
-- 22 December 1898
[Death of child] Death of Child Lydia May Snow (mother: Mary Elizabeth Houtz) (1)
-- Dec 23, 1898
At 4 o'clock this afternoon Brother John M. Cannon came to the President's Office and made explanations to President [Lorenzo] Snow respecting the Sterling mine. During the conversation upon the subject, the idea was suggested to President Snow to appoint a committee of seven to investigate and report as to the connection existing between the Sterling Mining Company and the Church, with a view to ascertaining how much of that company's indebtedness attaches to the Church and how much to individuals, if any. Presidents [George Q.] Cannon and [Joseph F.] Smith acquiesced in the proposition, and President Snow appointed as the committee the first seven of the Apostles from President [Franklin D.] Richards down, in the order of their ordination. Pres[iden]t [Lorenzo] Snow spoke confidentially to me about "Sterling Mine" Affairs and about Pres[iden]t John Taylors condition the 1st month of his life & Some incidents of the Same. He, his two Counselors, & John M. Cannon have an hour of serious investigation of "Sterling Mine business". (2)
Endnotes:
1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow#Wives_and_children
2 - Journal History; Franklin D. Richards, Diary
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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[Death of child] Death of Child Lydia May Snow (mother: Mary Elizabeth Houtz) (1)
-- Dec 23, 1898
At 4 o'clock this afternoon Brother John M. Cannon came to the President's Office and made explanations to President [Lorenzo] Snow respecting the Sterling mine. During the conversation upon the subject, the idea was suggested to President Snow to appoint a committee of seven to investigate and report as to the connection existing between the Sterling Mining Company and the Church, with a view to ascertaining how much of that company's indebtedness attaches to the Church and how much to individuals, if any. Presidents [George Q.] Cannon and [Joseph F.] Smith acquiesced in the proposition, and President Snow appointed as the committee the first seven of the Apostles from President [Franklin D.] Richards down, in the order of their ordination. Pres[iden]t [Lorenzo] Snow spoke confidentially to me about "Sterling Mine" Affairs and about Pres[iden]t John Taylors condition the 1st month of his life & Some incidents of the Same. He, his two Counselors, & John M. Cannon have an hour of serious investigation of "Sterling Mine business". (2)
Endnotes:
1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow#Wives_and_children
2 - Journal History; Franklin D. Richards, Diary
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Lorenzo Snow, Dec 16, 1898
-- Dec 16, 1898
At the President's Office this morning the subject of the Church bonds came up again for consideration. Besides the First Presidency, there were present Brothers H[eber]. J. Grant, and John Henry Smith, of the Council of the Apostles; Bishops William P. Preston and John R. Winder of the Presiding Bishopric and Bro[ther]. David Eccles, one of the proposed trustees. Brother Eccles waited upon the Presidency for the purpose of suggesting, inasmuch as the Church indebtedness amounted to over one million dollars, that that amount, instead of half a million, be borrowed, as the expense of issuing the bonds would be no greater and the entire issue would sell without doubt very readily. Pres[iden]t. [Lorenzo] Snow appreciated the suggestion of Brother Eccles, and doubtless would have acted upon it, had it not gone forth to the public by means of the Deseret Evening News that the bond issue would be for $500,000. He did not feel that it would be a good policy to make a change now. It was stated in this connection that a gentleman named Edwards Roberts whom Bro[ther]. Grant had met in this city, was trying to effect a loan of $500,000 in Chicago [Illinois], on the strength of the note of the Trustee-in-trust, at 6% interest, with the privilege of paying $50,000 each year on the principal; and that Mr. Roberts has a week's time in which to consummate this loan.
The Directors of the Deseret Telegraph Company met at the president's office at 1 o'clock this afternoon for the purpose of electing a President of that company. President Lorenzo Snow was elected to the position.
Mr. Ramsden, son of the late Geo[rge]. Ramsden of Liverpool [England], called upon and had a very pleasant interview with the First Presidency. He was accompanied by Brothers Carlson and Burrows. Mr. Ramsden, deceased, was for many years the Guion Company's emigration agent, with whom the Liverpool Office did business, and was therefore widely known by our Elders. The son was visiting friends in Chicago and came out West to see the people whom his father had done business with so long.
Pres[iden]t. L[orenzo]. S[now]. ordered a piece into [Deseret] "News" last evening without his 1st Counselor's vote but with the votes of all others present. (1)
-- Dec 17, 1898 (Saturday)
Pres. Lorenzo Snow, as Trustee-in-Trust, announced in the Deseret Evening News, that that paper, with all its properties and appurtenances, had reverted to the Church, and that on and after Jan. 1, 1889, a complete change in the management would be inaugurated, with Charles W. Penrose as editor and Horace G. Whitney as business manager. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Journal History; Franklin D. Richards, Diary
2 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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At the President's Office this morning the subject of the Church bonds came up again for consideration. Besides the First Presidency, there were present Brothers H[eber]. J. Grant, and John Henry Smith, of the Council of the Apostles; Bishops William P. Preston and John R. Winder of the Presiding Bishopric and Bro[ther]. David Eccles, one of the proposed trustees. Brother Eccles waited upon the Presidency for the purpose of suggesting, inasmuch as the Church indebtedness amounted to over one million dollars, that that amount, instead of half a million, be borrowed, as the expense of issuing the bonds would be no greater and the entire issue would sell without doubt very readily. Pres[iden]t. [Lorenzo] Snow appreciated the suggestion of Brother Eccles, and doubtless would have acted upon it, had it not gone forth to the public by means of the Deseret Evening News that the bond issue would be for $500,000. He did not feel that it would be a good policy to make a change now. It was stated in this connection that a gentleman named Edwards Roberts whom Bro[ther]. Grant had met in this city, was trying to effect a loan of $500,000 in Chicago [Illinois], on the strength of the note of the Trustee-in-trust, at 6% interest, with the privilege of paying $50,000 each year on the principal; and that Mr. Roberts has a week's time in which to consummate this loan.
The Directors of the Deseret Telegraph Company met at the president's office at 1 o'clock this afternoon for the purpose of electing a President of that company. President Lorenzo Snow was elected to the position.
Mr. Ramsden, son of the late Geo[rge]. Ramsden of Liverpool [England], called upon and had a very pleasant interview with the First Presidency. He was accompanied by Brothers Carlson and Burrows. Mr. Ramsden, deceased, was for many years the Guion Company's emigration agent, with whom the Liverpool Office did business, and was therefore widely known by our Elders. The son was visiting friends in Chicago and came out West to see the people whom his father had done business with so long.
Pres[iden]t. L[orenzo]. S[now]. ordered a piece into [Deseret] "News" last evening without his 1st Counselor's vote but with the votes of all others present. (1)
-- Dec 17, 1898 (Saturday)
Pres. Lorenzo Snow, as Trustee-in-Trust, announced in the Deseret Evening News, that that paper, with all its properties and appurtenances, had reverted to the Church, and that on and after Jan. 1, 1889, a complete change in the management would be inaugurated, with Charles W. Penrose as editor and Horace G. Whitney as business manager. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Journal History; Franklin D. Richards, Diary
2 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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Lorenzo Snow, Dec 15, 1898 (Thursday)
-- Dec 15, 1898 (Thursday)
Pres. Lorenzo Snow, as Trustee-in-Trust for the Church, announced in the Deseret Evening News that the Church would issue bonds to the amount of $500,000, running for a period of eleven years, and bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum. This method of raising means was resorted to in order to lighten the burthen of the Church indebtedness. (1)
-- Dec 16, 1898; Friday
At the President's Office this morning the subject of the Church bonds came up again for consideration. Besides the First Presidency, there were present Brothers H[eber]. J. Grant, and John Henry Smith, of the Council of the Apostles; Bishops William P. Preston and John R. Winder of the Presiding Bishopric and Bro[ther]. David Eccles, one of the proposed trustees. Brother Eccles waited upon the Presidency for the purpose of suggesting, inasmuch as the Church indebtedness amounted to over one million dollars, that that amount, instead of half a million, be borrowed, as the expense of issuing the bonds would be no greater and the entire issue would sell without doubt very readily. Pres[iden]t. [Lorenzo] Snow appreciated the suggestion of Brother Eccles, and doubtless would have acted upon it, had it not gone forth to the public by means of the Deseret Evening News that the bond issue would be for $500,000. He did not feel that it would be a good policy to make a change now. It was stated in this connection that a gentleman named Edwards Roberts whom Bro[ther]. Grant had met in this city, was trying to effect a loan of $500,000 in Chicago [Illinois], on the strength of the note of the Trustee-in-trust, at 6% interest, with the privilege of paying $50,000 each year on the principal; and that Mr. Roberts has a week's time in which to consummate this loan.
The Directors of the Deseret Telegraph Company met at the president's office at 1 o'clock this afternoon for the purpose of electing a President of that company. President Lorenzo Snow was elected to the position.
Mr. Ramsden, son of the late Geo[rge]. Ramsden of Liverpool [England], called upon and had a very pleasant interview with the First Presidency. He was accompanied by Brothers Carlson and Burrows. Mr. Ramsden, deceased, was for many years the Guion Company's emigration agent, with whom the Liverpool Office did business, and was therefore widely known by our Elders. The son was visiting friends in Chicago and came out West to see the people whom his father had done business with so long. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
2 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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Pres. Lorenzo Snow, as Trustee-in-Trust for the Church, announced in the Deseret Evening News that the Church would issue bonds to the amount of $500,000, running for a period of eleven years, and bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum. This method of raising means was resorted to in order to lighten the burthen of the Church indebtedness. (1)
-- Dec 16, 1898; Friday
At the President's Office this morning the subject of the Church bonds came up again for consideration. Besides the First Presidency, there were present Brothers H[eber]. J. Grant, and John Henry Smith, of the Council of the Apostles; Bishops William P. Preston and John R. Winder of the Presiding Bishopric and Bro[ther]. David Eccles, one of the proposed trustees. Brother Eccles waited upon the Presidency for the purpose of suggesting, inasmuch as the Church indebtedness amounted to over one million dollars, that that amount, instead of half a million, be borrowed, as the expense of issuing the bonds would be no greater and the entire issue would sell without doubt very readily. Pres[iden]t. [Lorenzo] Snow appreciated the suggestion of Brother Eccles, and doubtless would have acted upon it, had it not gone forth to the public by means of the Deseret Evening News that the bond issue would be for $500,000. He did not feel that it would be a good policy to make a change now. It was stated in this connection that a gentleman named Edwards Roberts whom Bro[ther]. Grant had met in this city, was trying to effect a loan of $500,000 in Chicago [Illinois], on the strength of the note of the Trustee-in-trust, at 6% interest, with the privilege of paying $50,000 each year on the principal; and that Mr. Roberts has a week's time in which to consummate this loan.
The Directors of the Deseret Telegraph Company met at the president's office at 1 o'clock this afternoon for the purpose of electing a President of that company. President Lorenzo Snow was elected to the position.
Mr. Ramsden, son of the late Geo[rge]. Ramsden of Liverpool [England], called upon and had a very pleasant interview with the First Presidency. He was accompanied by Brothers Carlson and Burrows. Mr. Ramsden, deceased, was for many years the Guion Company's emigration agent, with whom the Liverpool Office did business, and was therefore widely known by our Elders. The son was visiting friends in Chicago and came out West to see the people whom his father had done business with so long. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
2 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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Lorenzo Snow, Dec 1, 1898
-- Dec 1, 1898
Annual Tithing settlement-- The first Circular of Instructions on tithing settlement issued by the new First Presidency-Lorenzo Snow, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith. It was issued five months before Lorenzo Snow received the revelation on tithing which appears later in this volume.
CIRCULAR OF INSTRUCTIONS to the Presidency of Stakes, Bishopric of Wards and Stake Tithing Clerks in Zion.
Salt Lake City, Utah, December 1, 1898.
DEAR BRETHREN:
1. The time is now approaching for the annual settlement of tithing. We desire to direct the attention of those having charge of tithing affairs in the Wards and Stakes of Zion to this important subject, and to give instructions and advice concerning the receiving and disbursing of tithes.
2. Great responsibility is placed upon the Bishops, as Stewards of the Lord's Storehouse. They should see that roots of all kinds are properly protected, hay carefully stacked, grain securely garnered, live stock kept in good condition, and in fact, nothing should be allowed to waste or decay for lack of care and attention, but all the tithes handled with economy and to the best interests of the Church.
3. The Bishops of Wards and Stake Tithing Clerks should remit to President Lorenzo Snow, Trustee in Trust, monthly or oftener if necessary, all cash received by them on tithing, as also the cash proceeds from sale of all other kinds of tithes; and where possible, the Bishops of Wards should make such remittances direct to this city, and thus avoid the additional labor and expense of handling cash by the Stake Tithing Clerks.
4. In Wards not accessible to this city, perishable produce, merchandise, building material, etc., should be sold or exchanged for articles more marketable. Grain, horned stock, and sheep must be held subject to instructions from the General Storehouse; but if an opportunity occurs to sell any of these kinds in the various Wards, the Bishop or Stake Tithing Clerk should communicate with the Presiding Bishop's Office, stating the price offered, and his opinion whether the sale would be advantageous to the Church.
5. An inventory of the tithes on hand should be taken at the close of the annual settlement, by weights, measurements and description, and a fair cash market valuation placed on each article or kind. This should be done by the Bishop and his counselors who are required to certify to the correctness of the Ward inventory. An estimate of the value of real estate, buildings, improvements, fixtures, furniture, etc., used or controlled by the tithing department, should also be given. The Stake Tithing Clerk, when requested, should assist the Bishop in rendering his accounts, so that all instructions may be properly carried out.
6. No tithing credit should be given persons on promises to pay at some future date, nor should the tithes be loaned, or persons allowed to draw from the Tithing Storehouse, unless they have written authority from the Presidency of the Church or Presiding Bishopric. This is intended to apply to officers as well as other members of the Church; but the Bishops are not restricted from selling perishable produce, etc., to responsible persons for cash on limited credit, or from making advantageous exchanges, as instructed in paragraph No. 4.
7. All P.B.O. orders issued on Wards or Stakes should be taken up when presented for payment, charged the Bishop's General Storehouse, and paid in full in the kinds specified on the order. If this cannot be done, in consequence of the amount or conditions of its payment, credit the party or account in whose favor it is drawn with the full amount of the order and then charge all payments made on same; but when you have tithes on hand in kind called for in the order, notice must be given to those having the credit on your books that you are prepared to pay the balance of the order in full and the account closed. In any event such accounts must be paid before the close of the year in which they originate, providing you have tithes on hand in kinds to make the payment. All orders payable in "equitable" or "assorted" produce must be paid with a fair proportion of every kind of produce received and disbursed (including perishable articles) at the office or offices on which the order is drawn. In making payment on said orders, sufficient at least should be charged for the article or kind, to cover the original credit allowed and the cost in handling, so that no loss will be incurred in the Storehouse; but in no instance should produce, etc. be disbursed at a less price than the current market quotation.
8. If the Bishops have not proper and adequate accommodations, for the tithes of their Ward, they should communicate with the Presiding Bishop's Office; but not undertake to make many permanent improvements on tithing property, unless permission is first obtained for that purpose.
9. When persons pay tithing in a Ward where they do not reside, certificates stating the kinds and amount so paid must be given by the Bishop for such credit, so that in settling their tithing in the Ward where they do reside, the certificate may be shown their Bishop and entered as a memorandum on the Ward book and tithing record, in red ink, but not carried out as tithes received in that Ward. Blank certificates for use in such cases, will be furnished from the Presiding Bishop's Office on application.
10. The Bishops should give receipts for all tithes received by them and the duplicate or stub of said receipt must always be filled out. This will materially assist in making accurate and satisfactory settlement with the tithepayers. Vouchers must be taken for all disbursements made on account of compensation, improvements and general expenses. Blank tithing receipt books and vouchers can be had from the Presiding Bishop's Office on application.
11. In forwarding tithes to the Bishop's General Storehouse an invoice of same should always be sent by mail, specifying the articles sent and their local cash market value. Blank invoices for this purpose will be furnished by the Presiding Bishop's Office on application. We call the attention of the Bishops to the necessity of allowing only fair cash market values for produce stock and miscellaneous tithing.
12. The Bishop or acting Bishop should designate a date not later than January 10th, 1899, for the settlement of tithing and should be present in person at such settlement. Every member of his Ward should be notified by the Teachers of the time and place for such settlement.
13. Bishops and others desiring credit for produce or miscellaneous tithing in 1898 must forward same to the Bishop's General Storehouse on or before January 3, 1899. The books will remain open for cash remittances, until January 31, 1899.
14. The Presidents of Stakes should exercise supervision over the tithes of their Stake, as outlined in paragraph 2, and as they are required to certify to the correctness of the tithing reports made annually to the Presiding Bishop's Office, they should satisfy themselves that the tithing accounts of their Stakes are correctly and properly kept.
In conclusion, we desire to impress upon the Presiding officers in the Wards and Stakes of Zion, the urgent necessity of diligently teaching the Saints the law of tithing, its importance to their spiritual and temporal welfare and the many blessings promised those who observe the law in the spirit and meaning thereof.
Praying the blessings of the Lord may rest upon you continually in your labors among the Saints,
We remain your brethren in the Gospel, LORENZO SNOW, GEORGE Q. CANNON, JOSEPH F. SMITH, First Presidency. {1898-December 1-Circular of Instructions, Church Historian's Library, Salt Lake City.} (1)
-- Dec 15, 1898; Thursday
The regular weekly meeting of the First Presidency and Apostles convened at the Salt Lake Temple at 11 A.M. Present: Pres[iden]ts. Lorenzo Snow, Geo[rge]. Q.
Cannon, Jos[eph]. F. Smith and F[ranklin]. D. Richards; Elders F[rancis]. M. Lyman, J[ohn]. H[enry]. Smith, H[eber]. J. Grant, A[nthon]. H. Lund, and Rudger Clawson. ...
Bro[ther]. Lund made mention of certain correspondence that had been received from Bro[ther]. [Ferdinand F.] Hintze in the Turkish Mission, and which, being so voluminous, President Snow did not have time to go through it, had been turned over to Brother Lund. While the latter was speaking about it, Pres[iden]t. Snow withdrew, having an appointment in the Temple below. A lengthy, informal talk ensued on the character of the Armenian people.
Bro[ther]. Lyman inquired as to the name an illegitimate child should bare, whether it should be the mother's or the father's name. Pres[iden]t. Cannon answered that the mother herself should decide that question. If she knew who was the father of her child, and desired it to be called by his name, it would be very proper to call it after him; but should she not want to do that, she could, of course, call it after herself. The child might choose for itself, when it grew to maturity, the name it would go by. ...
At the President's Office, the form of the proposed Church bond was considered and decided upon. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Clark, James R., Messages of the First Presidency (6 volumes)
2 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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Annual Tithing settlement-- The first Circular of Instructions on tithing settlement issued by the new First Presidency-Lorenzo Snow, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith. It was issued five months before Lorenzo Snow received the revelation on tithing which appears later in this volume.
CIRCULAR OF INSTRUCTIONS to the Presidency of Stakes, Bishopric of Wards and Stake Tithing Clerks in Zion.
Salt Lake City, Utah, December 1, 1898.
DEAR BRETHREN:
1. The time is now approaching for the annual settlement of tithing. We desire to direct the attention of those having charge of tithing affairs in the Wards and Stakes of Zion to this important subject, and to give instructions and advice concerning the receiving and disbursing of tithes.
2. Great responsibility is placed upon the Bishops, as Stewards of the Lord's Storehouse. They should see that roots of all kinds are properly protected, hay carefully stacked, grain securely garnered, live stock kept in good condition, and in fact, nothing should be allowed to waste or decay for lack of care and attention, but all the tithes handled with economy and to the best interests of the Church.
3. The Bishops of Wards and Stake Tithing Clerks should remit to President Lorenzo Snow, Trustee in Trust, monthly or oftener if necessary, all cash received by them on tithing, as also the cash proceeds from sale of all other kinds of tithes; and where possible, the Bishops of Wards should make such remittances direct to this city, and thus avoid the additional labor and expense of handling cash by the Stake Tithing Clerks.
4. In Wards not accessible to this city, perishable produce, merchandise, building material, etc., should be sold or exchanged for articles more marketable. Grain, horned stock, and sheep must be held subject to instructions from the General Storehouse; but if an opportunity occurs to sell any of these kinds in the various Wards, the Bishop or Stake Tithing Clerk should communicate with the Presiding Bishop's Office, stating the price offered, and his opinion whether the sale would be advantageous to the Church.
5. An inventory of the tithes on hand should be taken at the close of the annual settlement, by weights, measurements and description, and a fair cash market valuation placed on each article or kind. This should be done by the Bishop and his counselors who are required to certify to the correctness of the Ward inventory. An estimate of the value of real estate, buildings, improvements, fixtures, furniture, etc., used or controlled by the tithing department, should also be given. The Stake Tithing Clerk, when requested, should assist the Bishop in rendering his accounts, so that all instructions may be properly carried out.
6. No tithing credit should be given persons on promises to pay at some future date, nor should the tithes be loaned, or persons allowed to draw from the Tithing Storehouse, unless they have written authority from the Presidency of the Church or Presiding Bishopric. This is intended to apply to officers as well as other members of the Church; but the Bishops are not restricted from selling perishable produce, etc., to responsible persons for cash on limited credit, or from making advantageous exchanges, as instructed in paragraph No. 4.
7. All P.B.O. orders issued on Wards or Stakes should be taken up when presented for payment, charged the Bishop's General Storehouse, and paid in full in the kinds specified on the order. If this cannot be done, in consequence of the amount or conditions of its payment, credit the party or account in whose favor it is drawn with the full amount of the order and then charge all payments made on same; but when you have tithes on hand in kind called for in the order, notice must be given to those having the credit on your books that you are prepared to pay the balance of the order in full and the account closed. In any event such accounts must be paid before the close of the year in which they originate, providing you have tithes on hand in kinds to make the payment. All orders payable in "equitable" or "assorted" produce must be paid with a fair proportion of every kind of produce received and disbursed (including perishable articles) at the office or offices on which the order is drawn. In making payment on said orders, sufficient at least should be charged for the article or kind, to cover the original credit allowed and the cost in handling, so that no loss will be incurred in the Storehouse; but in no instance should produce, etc. be disbursed at a less price than the current market quotation.
8. If the Bishops have not proper and adequate accommodations, for the tithes of their Ward, they should communicate with the Presiding Bishop's Office; but not undertake to make many permanent improvements on tithing property, unless permission is first obtained for that purpose.
9. When persons pay tithing in a Ward where they do not reside, certificates stating the kinds and amount so paid must be given by the Bishop for such credit, so that in settling their tithing in the Ward where they do reside, the certificate may be shown their Bishop and entered as a memorandum on the Ward book and tithing record, in red ink, but not carried out as tithes received in that Ward. Blank certificates for use in such cases, will be furnished from the Presiding Bishop's Office on application.
10. The Bishops should give receipts for all tithes received by them and the duplicate or stub of said receipt must always be filled out. This will materially assist in making accurate and satisfactory settlement with the tithepayers. Vouchers must be taken for all disbursements made on account of compensation, improvements and general expenses. Blank tithing receipt books and vouchers can be had from the Presiding Bishop's Office on application.
11. In forwarding tithes to the Bishop's General Storehouse an invoice of same should always be sent by mail, specifying the articles sent and their local cash market value. Blank invoices for this purpose will be furnished by the Presiding Bishop's Office on application. We call the attention of the Bishops to the necessity of allowing only fair cash market values for produce stock and miscellaneous tithing.
12. The Bishop or acting Bishop should designate a date not later than January 10th, 1899, for the settlement of tithing and should be present in person at such settlement. Every member of his Ward should be notified by the Teachers of the time and place for such settlement.
13. Bishops and others desiring credit for produce or miscellaneous tithing in 1898 must forward same to the Bishop's General Storehouse on or before January 3, 1899. The books will remain open for cash remittances, until January 31, 1899.
14. The Presidents of Stakes should exercise supervision over the tithes of their Stake, as outlined in paragraph 2, and as they are required to certify to the correctness of the tithing reports made annually to the Presiding Bishop's Office, they should satisfy themselves that the tithing accounts of their Stakes are correctly and properly kept.
In conclusion, we desire to impress upon the Presiding officers in the Wards and Stakes of Zion, the urgent necessity of diligently teaching the Saints the law of tithing, its importance to their spiritual and temporal welfare and the many blessings promised those who observe the law in the spirit and meaning thereof.
Praying the blessings of the Lord may rest upon you continually in your labors among the Saints,
We remain your brethren in the Gospel, LORENZO SNOW, GEORGE Q. CANNON, JOSEPH F. SMITH, First Presidency. {1898-December 1-Circular of Instructions, Church Historian's Library, Salt Lake City.} (1)
-- Dec 15, 1898; Thursday
The regular weekly meeting of the First Presidency and Apostles convened at the Salt Lake Temple at 11 A.M. Present: Pres[iden]ts. Lorenzo Snow, Geo[rge]. Q.
Cannon, Jos[eph]. F. Smith and F[ranklin]. D. Richards; Elders F[rancis]. M. Lyman, J[ohn]. H[enry]. Smith, H[eber]. J. Grant, A[nthon]. H. Lund, and Rudger Clawson. ...
Bro[ther]. Lund made mention of certain correspondence that had been received from Bro[ther]. [Ferdinand F.] Hintze in the Turkish Mission, and which, being so voluminous, President Snow did not have time to go through it, had been turned over to Brother Lund. While the latter was speaking about it, Pres[iden]t. Snow withdrew, having an appointment in the Temple below. A lengthy, informal talk ensued on the character of the Armenian people.
Bro[ther]. Lyman inquired as to the name an illegitimate child should bare, whether it should be the mother's or the father's name. Pres[iden]t. Cannon answered that the mother herself should decide that question. If she knew who was the father of her child, and desired it to be called by his name, it would be very proper to call it after him; but should she not want to do that, she could, of course, call it after herself. The child might choose for itself, when it grew to maturity, the name it would go by. ...
At the President's Office, the form of the proposed Church bond was considered and decided upon. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Clark, James R., Messages of the First Presidency (6 volumes)
2 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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Lorenzo Snow, Dec 1, 1898
-- Dec 1, 1898
[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] Attended a meeting in the Temple Pres[iden]ts Snow, Cannon & Smith Apostles Richards, Lyman, Smith, Teasdale, Grant, Merrill, Lund, Cowley, & Clawson Bishops W[illia]m B. Preston, Robert T. Burton and John R. Winder and Clerk Geo[rge] F. Gibbs were present. Pr[e]s[iden]t Lorenzo Snow explained fully the proposition to issue $500,000 of bonds by the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the period of eleven years Pres[iden]t Snow read the form of the proposed bond--$25,000 a year was provided for as a sinking fund, after the first year. On Pres[iden]t Cannon's motion seconded by Jos[eph] F. Smith it was proposed that $50,000 a year be carried to the sinking fund B[isho]p Preston spoke in favor of the proposition of $50,000 so also did a number of the other brethren. I said that I had no fears but what the bonds would sell with a sinking fund of $25,000 a year. Pres[iden]t Cannon said that the Church was abundantly able to put by a sinking fund of $50,000 a year Pres[iden]t Snow spoke feelingly in the condition of the Church financially and said nothing short of aid from God will cause us to get out of the financial swamp in which we are at the present time. Motion was carried unanimously. Trustees for the Bonds was discussed LS Hills, David Eccles, John C. Cutler Tho[ma]s G. Webber and others named and a motion was carried that the selection be made by the First Presidency of Trustees. On motion of John H[enr]y Smith the issue of $500,000 bonds was approved. (1)
-- Thursday, Dec 1, 1898
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
At 11 a.m. Lorenzo Snow, Geo. Q. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith, Franklin D. Richards, Francis M. Lyman, Myself, Geo. Teasdale, Heber J. Grant, M. W. Merrill, A. H. Lund, M. F. Cowley, Rudger Clawson, Wm. B. Preston, Robt. T. Burton, and John R. Winder, with Geo. F. Gibbs, secretary, met in the Apostles room of the Temple.
It was decided to Issue a half Million of bonds at 6 percent for Eleven years, and fifty thousand dollars to be placed as a sinking fund each year after the first year.
Some talk was had about who should be the Trustees. President Lorenzo Snow take Bro. Geo. Q. Cannon to task for the over hopefull Manner in which he had spoken of our financial Condition. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
2 - 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
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] Attended a meeting in the Temple Pres[iden]ts Snow, Cannon & Smith Apostles Richards, Lyman, Smith, Teasdale, Grant, Merrill, Lund, Cowley, & Clawson Bishops W[illia]m B. Preston, Robert T. Burton and John R. Winder and Clerk Geo[rge] F. Gibbs were present. Pr[e]s[iden]t Lorenzo Snow explained fully the proposition to issue $500,000 of bonds by the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the period of eleven years Pres[iden]t Snow read the form of the proposed bond--$25,000 a year was provided for as a sinking fund, after the first year. On Pres[iden]t Cannon's motion seconded by Jos[eph] F. Smith it was proposed that $50,000 a year be carried to the sinking fund B[isho]p Preston spoke in favor of the proposition of $50,000 so also did a number of the other brethren. I said that I had no fears but what the bonds would sell with a sinking fund of $25,000 a year. Pres[iden]t Cannon said that the Church was abundantly able to put by a sinking fund of $50,000 a year Pres[iden]t Snow spoke feelingly in the condition of the Church financially and said nothing short of aid from God will cause us to get out of the financial swamp in which we are at the present time. Motion was carried unanimously. Trustees for the Bonds was discussed LS Hills, David Eccles, John C. Cutler Tho[ma]s G. Webber and others named and a motion was carried that the selection be made by the First Presidency of Trustees. On motion of John H[enr]y Smith the issue of $500,000 bonds was approved. (1)
-- Thursday, Dec 1, 1898
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
At 11 a.m. Lorenzo Snow, Geo. Q. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith, Franklin D. Richards, Francis M. Lyman, Myself, Geo. Teasdale, Heber J. Grant, M. W. Merrill, A. H. Lund, M. F. Cowley, Rudger Clawson, Wm. B. Preston, Robt. T. Burton, and John R. Winder, with Geo. F. Gibbs, secretary, met in the Apostles room of the Temple.
It was decided to Issue a half Million of bonds at 6 percent for Eleven years, and fifty thousand dollars to be placed as a sinking fund each year after the first year.
Some talk was had about who should be the Trustees. President Lorenzo Snow take Bro. Geo. Q. Cannon to task for the over hopefull Manner in which he had spoken of our financial Condition. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
2 - 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
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Lorenzo Snow, Nov 28, 1898; Monday
-- Nov 28, 1898; Monday
Pres[iden]t. Lorenzo Snow, as President of Zion's Savings Bank, was served by a deputy-marshal with papers of garnishment, garnishing any moneys in the bank belonging or salaries due to Geo[rge]. M. Cannon, John M. Cannon and Angus M. Cannon their father.
Cashier Geo[rge]. M. Cannon of Zion's Saving Bank called at the President's Office to talk over a matter of business pertaining to the Sterling mine. The bank held a note for $86,500.00, signed by Wilford Woodruff, Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon and Jos[eph]. F. Smith and secured by 150 bonds of the Sterling company. The note upon its face was a personal note, and the question of the cashier was to what extent the Church was responsible for the indebtedness of that company. Pres[iden]t. Snow took it for granted that each stockholder was responsible for the amount of stock that each held, the company being incorporated and the stock issued in the regular way. This ended the conversation.
Geo[rge]. M. Cannon spoke about his private affairs, intimating that he was about to become an involuntary bankrupt. (1)
-- Nov 29, 1898; Tuesday
Pres[iden]t. [Lorenzo] Snow met with Pres[iden]t. [George Q.] Cannon, Bishop John R. Winder, LeGrand Young and R[obert]. S. Campbell, who explained to him the status of the Union Light and Power Company. Among other things, President Snow learned that there would shortly be due another $40,000 on account of the Pioneer Power Company, and that when this was paid, the Union Light and Power Company was to meet all future interest payments. Portions of the last two payments were still unpaid, that is, the payments were made, but the Church had to borrow the money from Zion's Savings Bank, and the Church still owed the bank. Referring to the Church guarantee of one million and a half dollars of the bonds of the Pioneer Company, the brethren informed Pres[iden]t. Snow that the Union Light and Power Company stood between the Pioneer Company and the Church guarantee and that before the Church could be pressed for payment of this guarantee, the Union Light and Power Company would have to fail, which would mean that the English stockholders would lose all their great interests in that company. This redeeming feature in the situation Pres[iden]t. Snow had not known before.
Elder Orson Smith, President of the Cache [Utah] Stake, called upon President Snow, and conversed with him in relation to a matter of personal business with the Logan Tithing Office. He (Elder Smith) having drawn a large amount from that office without authority. The Presiding Bishop had recently had a conversation with Pres[iden]t. Snow about this same matter, he suggesting that Bro[ther]. Smith give security as best he could for the amount of his overdraft, to which Pres[iden]t. Snow assented. The President, having this in mind, now referred Bro[ther]. Smith to Bishop Preston.
The Presiding Bishop obtained consent from Pres[iden]t. Snow to receipt for cash tithing to persons who might come with it to his office and might not have time to take it to the President's Office. (1)
Endnotes:
1 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Pres[iden]t. Lorenzo Snow, as President of Zion's Savings Bank, was served by a deputy-marshal with papers of garnishment, garnishing any moneys in the bank belonging or salaries due to Geo[rge]. M. Cannon, John M. Cannon and Angus M. Cannon their father.
Cashier Geo[rge]. M. Cannon of Zion's Saving Bank called at the President's Office to talk over a matter of business pertaining to the Sterling mine. The bank held a note for $86,500.00, signed by Wilford Woodruff, Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon and Jos[eph]. F. Smith and secured by 150 bonds of the Sterling company. The note upon its face was a personal note, and the question of the cashier was to what extent the Church was responsible for the indebtedness of that company. Pres[iden]t. Snow took it for granted that each stockholder was responsible for the amount of stock that each held, the company being incorporated and the stock issued in the regular way. This ended the conversation.
Geo[rge]. M. Cannon spoke about his private affairs, intimating that he was about to become an involuntary bankrupt. (1)
-- Nov 29, 1898; Tuesday
Pres[iden]t. [Lorenzo] Snow met with Pres[iden]t. [George Q.] Cannon, Bishop John R. Winder, LeGrand Young and R[obert]. S. Campbell, who explained to him the status of the Union Light and Power Company. Among other things, President Snow learned that there would shortly be due another $40,000 on account of the Pioneer Power Company, and that when this was paid, the Union Light and Power Company was to meet all future interest payments. Portions of the last two payments were still unpaid, that is, the payments were made, but the Church had to borrow the money from Zion's Savings Bank, and the Church still owed the bank. Referring to the Church guarantee of one million and a half dollars of the bonds of the Pioneer Company, the brethren informed Pres[iden]t. Snow that the Union Light and Power Company stood between the Pioneer Company and the Church guarantee and that before the Church could be pressed for payment of this guarantee, the Union Light and Power Company would have to fail, which would mean that the English stockholders would lose all their great interests in that company. This redeeming feature in the situation Pres[iden]t. Snow had not known before.
Elder Orson Smith, President of the Cache [Utah] Stake, called upon President Snow, and conversed with him in relation to a matter of personal business with the Logan Tithing Office. He (Elder Smith) having drawn a large amount from that office without authority. The Presiding Bishop had recently had a conversation with Pres[iden]t. Snow about this same matter, he suggesting that Bro[ther]. Smith give security as best he could for the amount of his overdraft, to which Pres[iden]t. Snow assented. The President, having this in mind, now referred Bro[ther]. Smith to Bishop Preston.
The Presiding Bishop obtained consent from Pres[iden]t. Snow to receipt for cash tithing to persons who might come with it to his office and might not have time to take it to the President's Office. (1)
Endnotes:
1 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Lorenzo Snow, Wednesday, Nov 23, 1898
-- Wednesday, Nov 23, 1898
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
I was at the Groesbeck Co. office today for an hour.
Lorenzo Snow, Geo. Q. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith, Franklin D. Richards, Francis M. Lyman, Myself, Heber J. Grant, Matthias F. Cowley, Win. B. Preston, Robt. T. Burton, John R. Winder, LeGrand Young and Frank S. Richards [met].
We decided to issue a bond for $500.00 at 6% for ten years, redemable in five years. Geo. Q. Cannon made the motion. Seconded by Joseph F. Smith. The action was unanimous. (1)
-- Nov 25, 1898; Friday
In answer I desire to say that I do not see my way clear to delegate the sealing power outside the Temples, and until something can be done to accommodate such parties as those referred to by you, it had better be understood that yourself or any other competent Elder will be free to solemnize marriages according to the laws of the land, with the understanding that as soon as the circumstances of all such married couples shall warrant they should come to a Temple to be sealed. (2)
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 - Lorenzo Snow, letter to Charles O. Card, Lorenzo Snow Letterbook, LDS Archives
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
I was at the Groesbeck Co. office today for an hour.
Lorenzo Snow, Geo. Q. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith, Franklin D. Richards, Francis M. Lyman, Myself, Heber J. Grant, Matthias F. Cowley, Win. B. Preston, Robt. T. Burton, John R. Winder, LeGrand Young and Frank S. Richards [met].
We decided to issue a bond for $500.00 at 6% for ten years, redemable in five years. Geo. Q. Cannon made the motion. Seconded by Joseph F. Smith. The action was unanimous. (1)
-- Nov 25, 1898; Friday
In answer I desire to say that I do not see my way clear to delegate the sealing power outside the Temples, and until something can be done to accommodate such parties as those referred to by you, it had better be understood that yourself or any other competent Elder will be free to solemnize marriages according to the laws of the land, with the understanding that as soon as the circumstances of all such married couples shall warrant they should come to a Temple to be sealed. (2)
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 - Lorenzo Snow, letter to Charles O. Card, Lorenzo Snow Letterbook, LDS Archives
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Lorenzo Snow, Nov 21, 1898; Monday
-- Nov 21, 1898; Monday
... Attorney F[ranklin]. S. Richards called upon Pres[iden]t. [Lorenzo] Snow and submitted for his signature legal papers transfering the Deseret News Publishing Company's business to the Trustee-in-trust. At the same time, the Trustee-in-trust signed obligations assuming the indebtedness of the Deseret News Publishing Company, amounting to $108,364.08, this includes the amount which the Deseret News Publishing Company owes to the Deseret News Company in turning back the business and plant. The Deseret News Company conveys all its real estate by deed and all its personal property and assets by bill of sale to the Trustee-in-trust. A schedule accompanied these papers showing in detail the business involved in the transfer.
... A telegram was received by the Presidency from Elder A[braham]. O[wen]. Woodruff, dated yesterday at St. Johns, Arizona, and having reference to the sealing of young people outside the Temple. The telegram read: "Shall I do it? reply at once". The following answer was sent: "Such authority cannot be given at present" (Signed) Lorenzo Snow. (1)
-- Tuesday, Nov 22, 1898
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
I met with Lorenzo Snow, Geo. Q. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith, and Franklin D. Richards. We talked over Church affairs and decided to Issue bonds.
I was home part of the day. I spent some time at the Wasatch building. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
2 - 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
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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... Attorney F[ranklin]. S. Richards called upon Pres[iden]t. [Lorenzo] Snow and submitted for his signature legal papers transfering the Deseret News Publishing Company's business to the Trustee-in-trust. At the same time, the Trustee-in-trust signed obligations assuming the indebtedness of the Deseret News Publishing Company, amounting to $108,364.08, this includes the amount which the Deseret News Publishing Company owes to the Deseret News Company in turning back the business and plant. The Deseret News Company conveys all its real estate by deed and all its personal property and assets by bill of sale to the Trustee-in-trust. A schedule accompanied these papers showing in detail the business involved in the transfer.
... A telegram was received by the Presidency from Elder A[braham]. O[wen]. Woodruff, dated yesterday at St. Johns, Arizona, and having reference to the sealing of young people outside the Temple. The telegram read: "Shall I do it? reply at once". The following answer was sent: "Such authority cannot be given at present" (Signed) Lorenzo Snow. (1)
-- Tuesday, Nov 22, 1898
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
I met with Lorenzo Snow, Geo. Q. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith, and Franklin D. Richards. We talked over Church affairs and decided to Issue bonds.
I was home part of the day. I spent some time at the Wasatch building. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
2 - 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
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Lorenzo Snow, Nov 10, 1898; Thursday
-- Nov 10, 1898; Thursday
Regular weekly meeting of the First Presidency and Apostles was held at 11 A.M., in the Salt Lake Temple. Present: Pres[iden]ts. Lorenzo Snow, Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon, Jos[eph]. F. Smith and Franklin D. Richards; Elders F[rancis]. M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, Geo[rge]. Teasdale, Heber J. Grant, Anthon H. Lund, M[atthias]. F. Cowley and Rudger Clawson. Elder Brigham Young [Jr.] is visiting in San Juan [Utah]; Elder John W. Taylor is in Colorado, and Elder A[braham]. O[wen]. Woodruff is on his way to Arizona and Mexico. ...
Pres[iden]t. Snow informed the Council that the First Presidency has selected Bro[ther]. C[harles]. W. Penrose to be the editor of the Deseret News, and invited those present to express any objection they might have to his occupying that position, or to suggest the name of any one whom they deemed better fitted for
the lace. A wish was expressed that whoever was selected to be the editor, it should be with the understanding that the columns of the News be kept free from politics, thereupon Pres[iden]t. Smith moved that with this understanding, the choice of Bro[ther]. Penrose as editor of the News be approved and confirmed. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously.
Pres[iden]t. Snow here remarked that whoever might be named by the Council, he hoped the question of appointment might be left to the discretion of the Presidency. He said that before making the appointment he would like to know the man and everything about him. The President also stated that not only Bro[ther]. [Joseph W.] Summerhays, but Bro[ther]. H[orace]. G. Whitney had been recommended to him as a suitable person for the place.
Elder H[eber]. J. Grant spoke in favor of Bro[ther]. Whitney, and also named Bro[ther]. Edward H. Anderson of Ogden [Utah].
Bro[ther]. John Henry Smith inquired if any thought had been given in the direction of disposing of the News as a daily paper and publishing instead a good weekly religious paper. He thought that such a journal, in the connection with the publication of tracts and Church works, was all that the Church would need. The news so far had been a failure financially, whereas a good religious weekly, in connection with a good publishing house, such as the Church ought to have, would doubtless pay. Pres[ident]. Snow thought the suggestion worthy of consideration, and invited expression on this subject. Several of the brethren spoke, all favoring the retention by the Church of the Deseret News as a daily paper. Some favored the idea of placing the name of President Snow upon the paper as its editor and publisher; and others suggested that one of the apostles be business manager, but President Snow did not feel that it would be a discreet thing for his name to be used in that way.
The question of appointing an editor and business manager for the News was left to the discretion of the First Presidency.
The Council adjourned. (1)
-- Nov 17, 1898; Thursday
Regular meeting of the First Presidency and Apostles in the Salt Lake Temple at 11 A.M. ....
The Presiding Bishop also informed President Snow and Smith that the Rexburg [Idaho] Tithing Office had advanced, with out authority, $114.44, in lumber chiefly, to the Upper Snake River Fair, the material having been used for fair purposes. He recommended that this amount also be appropriated so as to get the amount off the Tithing Office books, a request to that effect having been made by the Stake Presidency at Rexburg. The request was granted and the appropriation made. (1)
Endnotes:
1 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Regular weekly meeting of the First Presidency and Apostles was held at 11 A.M., in the Salt Lake Temple. Present: Pres[iden]ts. Lorenzo Snow, Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon, Jos[eph]. F. Smith and Franklin D. Richards; Elders F[rancis]. M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, Geo[rge]. Teasdale, Heber J. Grant, Anthon H. Lund, M[atthias]. F. Cowley and Rudger Clawson. Elder Brigham Young [Jr.] is visiting in San Juan [Utah]; Elder John W. Taylor is in Colorado, and Elder A[braham]. O[wen]. Woodruff is on his way to Arizona and Mexico. ...
Pres[iden]t. Snow informed the Council that the First Presidency has selected Bro[ther]. C[harles]. W. Penrose to be the editor of the Deseret News, and invited those present to express any objection they might have to his occupying that position, or to suggest the name of any one whom they deemed better fitted for
the lace. A wish was expressed that whoever was selected to be the editor, it should be with the understanding that the columns of the News be kept free from politics, thereupon Pres[iden]t. Smith moved that with this understanding, the choice of Bro[ther]. Penrose as editor of the News be approved and confirmed. The motion was seconded and carried unanimously.
Pres[iden]t. Snow here remarked that whoever might be named by the Council, he hoped the question of appointment might be left to the discretion of the Presidency. He said that before making the appointment he would like to know the man and everything about him. The President also stated that not only Bro[ther]. [Joseph W.] Summerhays, but Bro[ther]. H[orace]. G. Whitney had been recommended to him as a suitable person for the place.
Elder H[eber]. J. Grant spoke in favor of Bro[ther]. Whitney, and also named Bro[ther]. Edward H. Anderson of Ogden [Utah].
Bro[ther]. John Henry Smith inquired if any thought had been given in the direction of disposing of the News as a daily paper and publishing instead a good weekly religious paper. He thought that such a journal, in the connection with the publication of tracts and Church works, was all that the Church would need. The news so far had been a failure financially, whereas a good religious weekly, in connection with a good publishing house, such as the Church ought to have, would doubtless pay. Pres[ident]. Snow thought the suggestion worthy of consideration, and invited expression on this subject. Several of the brethren spoke, all favoring the retention by the Church of the Deseret News as a daily paper. Some favored the idea of placing the name of President Snow upon the paper as its editor and publisher; and others suggested that one of the apostles be business manager, but President Snow did not feel that it would be a discreet thing for his name to be used in that way.
The question of appointing an editor and business manager for the News was left to the discretion of the First Presidency.
The Council adjourned. (1)
-- Nov 17, 1898; Thursday
Regular meeting of the First Presidency and Apostles in the Salt Lake Temple at 11 A.M. ....
The Presiding Bishop also informed President Snow and Smith that the Rexburg [Idaho] Tithing Office had advanced, with out authority, $114.44, in lumber chiefly, to the Upper Snake River Fair, the material having been used for fair purposes. He recommended that this amount also be appropriated so as to get the amount off the Tithing Office books, a request to that effect having been made by the Stake Presidency at Rexburg. The request was granted and the appropriation made. (1)
Endnotes:
1 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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Lorenzo Snow, Nov 7, 1898; Monday
-- Nov 7, 1898; Monday
At a Deseret News meeting held at the President's Office, at 11 o'clock this morning, and attended by Pres[iden]ts. Lorenzo Snow and Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon, Franklin D. Richards, Angus M. Cannon, Jos[eph]. W. Summerhays and James Jack, the local political situation was talked over in an informal way, and the general expression of the Directors named was that the News should be strictly non-partisan, and not mix up in any manner with the local political fight now going on. Pres[ident]. Snow, who was not present when this talk began, but joined the directors later, said upon the same subject, to which his attention was drawn, that if he could have his way, the Deseret News should be
strictly non-partisan. He had friends in both or in all parties, and he wanted the News to take such a course that members of all parties would have perfect confidence in it. This view was taken by all present. (1)
-- Nov 10, 1898; Thursday
Pres[ident] Lorenzo Snow said that the Presidency had decided on Bro[ther] Cha[rle]s W Penrose as Editor of the Deseret News. Bro[ther] John Henry Smith asked the question whether it would not be a wise thing to discontinue the publication of the a daily newspaper and the starting of a weekly wide awake religious paper. He would be pleased to try and take the paper and turn it into the Republican organ. The fact is that in my opinion a weekly paper can be made a financial success and a grand one, but I doubt making a success of a daily paper a success. Pres[ident] [Joseph F.] Smith was unqualified in his approval of keeping up a live active daily church newspaper. Pres[iden]t [Franklin D.] Richards favored making the News alive wide awake paper second to none. Nothing should be published to offend any political organization. Said Bro[ther] [George Q.] Cannon was editing a paper representing 1,00,000 Sunday Schools and Bro[ther] Smith thousands of young men and he felt that Pres[iden]t Snow should stand at the head of the News. ... hoped to see the paper a credit to the church ... Bro[ther] [Francis M.] Lyman said if Bro[ther] Penrose was made editor it will be claimed that the paper was Democratic. ... Chat
with Pres[iden]t Snow and he promised me he would be neutral on the question of who should be U.S. Senator from Utah. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
2 - Heber J. Grant, Diary
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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At a Deseret News meeting held at the President's Office, at 11 o'clock this morning, and attended by Pres[iden]ts. Lorenzo Snow and Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon, Franklin D. Richards, Angus M. Cannon, Jos[eph]. W. Summerhays and James Jack, the local political situation was talked over in an informal way, and the general expression of the Directors named was that the News should be strictly non-partisan, and not mix up in any manner with the local political fight now going on. Pres[ident]. Snow, who was not present when this talk began, but joined the directors later, said upon the same subject, to which his attention was drawn, that if he could have his way, the Deseret News should be
strictly non-partisan. He had friends in both or in all parties, and he wanted the News to take such a course that members of all parties would have perfect confidence in it. This view was taken by all present. (1)
-- Nov 10, 1898; Thursday
Pres[ident] Lorenzo Snow said that the Presidency had decided on Bro[ther] Cha[rle]s W Penrose as Editor of the Deseret News. Bro[ther] John Henry Smith asked the question whether it would not be a wise thing to discontinue the publication of the a daily newspaper and the starting of a weekly wide awake religious paper. He would be pleased to try and take the paper and turn it into the Republican organ. The fact is that in my opinion a weekly paper can be made a financial success and a grand one, but I doubt making a success of a daily paper a success. Pres[ident] [Joseph F.] Smith was unqualified in his approval of keeping up a live active daily church newspaper. Pres[iden]t [Franklin D.] Richards favored making the News alive wide awake paper second to none. Nothing should be published to offend any political organization. Said Bro[ther] [George Q.] Cannon was editing a paper representing 1,00,000 Sunday Schools and Bro[ther] Smith thousands of young men and he felt that Pres[iden]t Snow should stand at the head of the News. ... hoped to see the paper a credit to the church ... Bro[ther] [Francis M.] Lyman said if Bro[ther] Penrose was made editor it will be claimed that the paper was Democratic. ... Chat
with Pres[iden]t Snow and he promised me he would be neutral on the question of who should be U.S. Senator from Utah. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
2 - Heber J. Grant, Diary
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Lorenzo Snow, Nov 4, 1898
-- Nov 4, 1898
[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] Morning called at Wagon Cos Grant & Co State Bank & Lorenzo Snow's also State Democratic Headquarters ... Long chat with Pres[ident] Snow on the financial condition of the Church ... (1)
-- Nov 7, 1898
[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] Called at the offices of Coop. Wagon C. Grant & Co. Pres[iden]t Lorenzo Snow, Theatre, State Bank & Democratic State Headquarters. Was fearfully annoyed to read the Tribune interview this AM with Pres[iden]t Geo[rge] Q. Cannon and was glad to have him deny the most objectionable part in the News tonight. Attended Democratic Rally in the Theater tonight with B[isho]p NA Empey & wife, my wife Gusta, and daughter Rachel & Lucy. Learned from Pres[iden]t Snow that the Deseret News had come back to the Church from the Deseret News Publishing Co and that the News was $105,000 behind. I hope and pray that it will be made a success in the future and I am sure it can with plenty of energy and good manager, and a good editor. I want to aid in making it a success. (1)
Endnotes:
1 - Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] Morning called at Wagon Cos Grant & Co State Bank & Lorenzo Snow's also State Democratic Headquarters ... Long chat with Pres[ident] Snow on the financial condition of the Church ... (1)
-- Nov 7, 1898
[Apostle Heber J. Grant Diary] Called at the offices of Coop. Wagon C. Grant & Co. Pres[iden]t Lorenzo Snow, Theatre, State Bank & Democratic State Headquarters. Was fearfully annoyed to read the Tribune interview this AM with Pres[iden]t Geo[rge] Q. Cannon and was glad to have him deny the most objectionable part in the News tonight. Attended Democratic Rally in the Theater tonight with B[isho]p NA Empey & wife, my wife Gusta, and daughter Rachel & Lucy. Learned from Pres[iden]t Snow that the Deseret News had come back to the Church from the Deseret News Publishing Co and that the News was $105,000 behind. I hope and pray that it will be made a success in the future and I am sure it can with plenty of energy and good manager, and a good editor. I want to aid in making it a success. (1)
Endnotes:
1 - Diary of Heber J. Grant, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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Lorenzo Snow, Oct 29, 1898
-- Oct 29, 1898
Snow opposes plural marriage
President Cannon says Prest Snow had decided that Plural marriages must cease throughout the entire Church and that was absolute and affected Mexico as well as elsewhere ( Quinn, LDS, p 68 quoting Juarez Stake High Council Minutes ). President Snow almost always opposed plural marriages, but administratively it was very tough to stop. (1)
-- Nov 3, 1898
Eleven A.M. Meeting of the First Presidency and Apostles at the Salt Lake Temple: Present: Pres[iden]ts. Lorenzo Snow, Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon, Jos[eph]. F. Smith, and Franklin D. Richards; Elders Brigham Young [Jr.], F[rancis]. M. Lyman, Geo[rge]. Teasdale, H[eber]. J. Grant, M[atthias]. F. Cowley, A[braham]. O[wen]. Woodruff and Rudger Clawson. Pres[iden]t. Snow brought the subject of the Sevier [Utah] Stake Tabernacle before the Council for consideration, and mentioned the visit that had been made by Pres[iden]t. [William H.] Seegmiller, Bishop Brandley and Architect Peterson to the Presidency since the building was destroyed by fire. He stated that Bro[ther]. Seegmiller had asked the privilege of going beyond his Stake jurisdiction to solicit contributions towards the re-erection of the Tabernacle, and had also asked that the Church assist them in the undertaking. Pres[iden]t. Snow referred to the heavy load under which the people of Ogden and Cache Valley [Utah] were groaning in consequence of the erection of costly buildings, and said that to him it looked as if the time had come when we ought to get along with cheaper and less commodious structures until our financial circumstances improved. He favored rendering all the help that the Church could consistently, in this and all other cases, provided a burden of debt could not be incurred.
... Pres[iden]t. Snow did not think a motion necessary expressive of the sentiment of the Council regarding this matter, and therefore called for the next business. ... (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Tungate, Mel, Mormon Polygamy, http://www.tungate.com/polygamy.htm
2 - Journal History
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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Snow opposes plural marriage
President Cannon says Prest Snow had decided that Plural marriages must cease throughout the entire Church and that was absolute and affected Mexico as well as elsewhere ( Quinn, LDS, p 68 quoting Juarez Stake High Council Minutes ). President Snow almost always opposed plural marriages, but administratively it was very tough to stop. (1)
-- Nov 3, 1898
Eleven A.M. Meeting of the First Presidency and Apostles at the Salt Lake Temple: Present: Pres[iden]ts. Lorenzo Snow, Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon, Jos[eph]. F. Smith, and Franklin D. Richards; Elders Brigham Young [Jr.], F[rancis]. M. Lyman, Geo[rge]. Teasdale, H[eber]. J. Grant, M[atthias]. F. Cowley, A[braham]. O[wen]. Woodruff and Rudger Clawson. Pres[iden]t. Snow brought the subject of the Sevier [Utah] Stake Tabernacle before the Council for consideration, and mentioned the visit that had been made by Pres[iden]t. [William H.] Seegmiller, Bishop Brandley and Architect Peterson to the Presidency since the building was destroyed by fire. He stated that Bro[ther]. Seegmiller had asked the privilege of going beyond his Stake jurisdiction to solicit contributions towards the re-erection of the Tabernacle, and had also asked that the Church assist them in the undertaking. Pres[iden]t. Snow referred to the heavy load under which the people of Ogden and Cache Valley [Utah] were groaning in consequence of the erection of costly buildings, and said that to him it looked as if the time had come when we ought to get along with cheaper and less commodious structures until our financial circumstances improved. He favored rendering all the help that the Church could consistently, in this and all other cases, provided a burden of debt could not be incurred.
... Pres[iden]t. Snow did not think a motion necessary expressive of the sentiment of the Council regarding this matter, and therefore called for the next business. ... (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Tungate, Mel, Mormon Polygamy, http://www.tungate.com/polygamy.htm
2 - Journal History
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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Lorenzo Snow, Oct 20, 1898 (Thursday)
-- Oct 20, 1898 (Thursday)
This was Utah day at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha, Neb. A speech of welcome was made by Wattles, president of the Exposition, and responses were made by Gov. Heber M. Wells and Presidents Lorenzo Snow, Geo. Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith. (1)
-- Oct 27, 1898; Thursday
Meeting of the First Presidency and Apostles at the Salt Lake Temple, at 11 A.M. Present: Pres[iden]ts. Lorenzo Snow, Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon and Jos[eph]. F. Smith; Elders Brigham Young [Jr.], F[rancis]. M. Lyman, Geo[rge]. Teasdale, Heber J. Grant, M[arriner]. W[ood]. Merrill, A[nthon]. H. Lund, M[atthias]. F. Cowley and A[braham]. O[wen]. Woodruff. ... Pres[iden]t. Snow remarked that he feared the result of going to the people for contributions, unless it was absolutely necessary to do so. The tenor of his counsel was to check the spirit of calling on the people for donations. All future moves in this direction should be most carefully weighed. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
2 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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This was Utah day at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha, Neb. A speech of welcome was made by Wattles, president of the Exposition, and responses were made by Gov. Heber M. Wells and Presidents Lorenzo Snow, Geo. Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith. (1)
-- Oct 27, 1898; Thursday
Meeting of the First Presidency and Apostles at the Salt Lake Temple, at 11 A.M. Present: Pres[iden]ts. Lorenzo Snow, Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon and Jos[eph]. F. Smith; Elders Brigham Young [Jr.], F[rancis]. M. Lyman, Geo[rge]. Teasdale, Heber J. Grant, M[arriner]. W[ood]. Merrill, A[nthon]. H. Lund, M[atthias]. F. Cowley and A[braham]. O[wen]. Woodruff. ... Pres[iden]t. Snow remarked that he feared the result of going to the people for contributions, unless it was absolutely necessary to do so. The tenor of his counsel was to check the spirit of calling on the people for donations. All future moves in this direction should be most carefully weighed. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
2 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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Lorenzo Snow, Oct 17, 1898
-- Oct 17, 1898
At a meeting of the Directors of Z.C.M.I., held at 11 o'clock this morning, President Lorenzo Snow presided for the first time as President of that institution.
A few days ago Bishop William B. Preston spoke to President Snow about selling some land owned by the Church at Mesa [Arizona], but at present occupied by Pres[ident]. C[ollins]. R. Hakes, of the Maricopa Stake. Bishop Preston had been offered for this land $1,500. To-day Elder Brigham Young [Jr.] represented to President Snow that Bro[ther]. Hakes was completely broken up financially, and that the occupation of this land would help him to live. It was decided not to sell the Mesa farm, but to let Bro[ther]. Hakes have the use of it for the present, and Bishop Preston was so informed.
President Andrew Kimball of the St. Joseph [Arizona] Stake, had a conversation with the First Presidency about a canal enterprise, which the people of his Stake had entered into, and of the final outcome of which great hopes were entertained. ... (1)
-- Oct 18, 1898 (Tuesday)
Presidents Lorenzo Snow and Joseph F. Smith, Apostle Franklin D. Richards, Gov. Heber M. Wells and others left Salt Lake City, for Omaha, Neb., to visit the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Journal History; Abraham Owen Woodruff, Diary
2 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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At a meeting of the Directors of Z.C.M.I., held at 11 o'clock this morning, President Lorenzo Snow presided for the first time as President of that institution.
A few days ago Bishop William B. Preston spoke to President Snow about selling some land owned by the Church at Mesa [Arizona], but at present occupied by Pres[ident]. C[ollins]. R. Hakes, of the Maricopa Stake. Bishop Preston had been offered for this land $1,500. To-day Elder Brigham Young [Jr.] represented to President Snow that Bro[ther]. Hakes was completely broken up financially, and that the occupation of this land would help him to live. It was decided not to sell the Mesa farm, but to let Bro[ther]. Hakes have the use of it for the present, and Bishop Preston was so informed.
President Andrew Kimball of the St. Joseph [Arizona] Stake, had a conversation with the First Presidency about a canal enterprise, which the people of his Stake had entered into, and of the final outcome of which great hopes were entertained. ... (1)
-- Oct 18, 1898 (Tuesday)
Presidents Lorenzo Snow and Joseph F. Smith, Apostle Franklin D. Richards, Gov. Heber M. Wells and others left Salt Lake City, for Omaha, Neb., to visit the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - Journal History; Abraham Owen Woodruff, Diary
2 - Jenson, Andrew, Church Chronology
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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Lorenzo Snow, Oct 15, 1898
-- Oct 15, 1898
[Finances] With the church still reeling from the destabilization of its finances during the Edmunds-Tucker enforcement years and the possibility of financial bankruptcy looming, Lorenzo Snow announces the sale of bonds to permit a gradual recovery. (1)
-- Oct 17, 1898; Monday
Delivered the Seer-stone that was used by the Prophet Joseph [Smith] and handed down from him to Brigham [Young], John [Taylor] and then to my Father [i.e., Wilford Woodruff] to Pres[iden]t. Lorenzo Snow. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/282148/
2 - 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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[Finances] With the church still reeling from the destabilization of its finances during the Edmunds-Tucker enforcement years and the possibility of financial bankruptcy looming, Lorenzo Snow announces the sale of bonds to permit a gradual recovery. (1)
-- Oct 17, 1898; Monday
Delivered the Seer-stone that was used by the Prophet Joseph [Smith] and handed down from him to Brigham [Young], John [Taylor] and then to my Father [i.e., Wilford Woodruff] to Pres[iden]t. Lorenzo Snow. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/282148/
2 - Abraham Owen Woodruff, Diary
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
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Lorenzo Snow, Oct 10, 1898
-- Oct 10, 1898
Lorenzo Snow is "set apart" (NOT ordained) as church president, and his counselors are also set apart. This is first time that members of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles are set apart for service in First Presidency. Rudger Clawson is ordained apostle, first convicted felon to becom member of Quorum of Twelve. (1)
-- Oct 11, 1898; Tuesday
As I was leaving the Temple spoke to Pres[iden]t [Lorenzo] Snow in company with Pres[iden]t F[ranklin] D Richards and Elder Brigham Young [Jr.] about Brother Cha[rle]s W. Penrose going out to do some political talking with Judge [Robert W.] Baskin and he said he had no objections. Called and saw Jos[eph] L. Rawlins and made an appointment to meet Pres[iden]t Lorenzo Snow this afternoon at the President's home. Called and had a talk on political affairs with Ja[me]s H. Moyle. Rec[eive]d a telegram from Spencer Clawson informing me that Claflin & Co[mpany] will renew the 40,000 due from the Church for 4 mo[nth]s. Pres[ident] Snow said he did not see what else we could do but accept the offer of renewal as the Church can not make payment of the 40,000. At 3 PM attended a meeting of the Executive committee of the Utah Sugar Co[mpany].
At 3.20 had an interview with Pres[iden]t Snow at his home in company with Senator Jos[eph]. L. Rawlins. The Senator assured Pres[iden]t Snow that in case Bro[ther] B. H. Roberts was elected to Congress that there was in his opinion no danger whatever but what he would secure his seat. He was sure there was not the slightest danger of a contest being for a moment entertained. Said he would do all in his power to aid Bro[ther] Roberts at Washington [D.C.] in case he is elected. Pres[iden]t. Snow said that he did not have the least desire as the Pres[iden]t of the "Mormon" Church to dictate any of its members how they should vote, and expressed it as his opinion that it would be a very unwise thing for Roberts to withdraw and said even if his party should get him to do so that it would be charged to the Church. Expressed pleasure at having met the Senator.
As Senator Rawlins was leaving he told Pres[iden]t Snow that he would take pleasure in doing anything he could for him at Washington [D.C.]. Pres[iden]t. Snow gave the Senator his assurance that there was no new plural marriage being solemnized and none should be. Senator Rawlins explained that he had never expected existing relations to be interfered with and he was sure this was the feeling at Washington.
I am very much pleased indeed at the result of the conversation between Pres[iden]t Snow and Mr Rawlins. ... (2)
Endnotes:
1 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
2 - Heber J. Grant, Diary
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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Lorenzo Snow is "set apart" (NOT ordained) as church president, and his counselors are also set apart. This is first time that members of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles are set apart for service in First Presidency. Rudger Clawson is ordained apostle, first convicted felon to becom member of Quorum of Twelve. (1)
-- Oct 11, 1898; Tuesday
As I was leaving the Temple spoke to Pres[iden]t [Lorenzo] Snow in company with Pres[iden]t F[ranklin] D Richards and Elder Brigham Young [Jr.] about Brother Cha[rle]s W. Penrose going out to do some political talking with Judge [Robert W.] Baskin and he said he had no objections. Called and saw Jos[eph] L. Rawlins and made an appointment to meet Pres[iden]t Lorenzo Snow this afternoon at the President's home. Called and had a talk on political affairs with Ja[me]s H. Moyle. Rec[eive]d a telegram from Spencer Clawson informing me that Claflin & Co[mpany] will renew the 40,000 due from the Church for 4 mo[nth]s. Pres[ident] Snow said he did not see what else we could do but accept the offer of renewal as the Church can not make payment of the 40,000. At 3 PM attended a meeting of the Executive committee of the Utah Sugar Co[mpany].
At 3.20 had an interview with Pres[iden]t Snow at his home in company with Senator Jos[eph]. L. Rawlins. The Senator assured Pres[iden]t Snow that in case Bro[ther] B. H. Roberts was elected to Congress that there was in his opinion no danger whatever but what he would secure his seat. He was sure there was not the slightest danger of a contest being for a moment entertained. Said he would do all in his power to aid Bro[ther] Roberts at Washington [D.C.] in case he is elected. Pres[iden]t. Snow said that he did not have the least desire as the Pres[iden]t of the "Mormon" Church to dictate any of its members how they should vote, and expressed it as his opinion that it would be a very unwise thing for Roberts to withdraw and said even if his party should get him to do so that it would be charged to the Church. Expressed pleasure at having met the Senator.
As Senator Rawlins was leaving he told Pres[iden]t Snow that he would take pleasure in doing anything he could for him at Washington [D.C.]. Pres[iden]t. Snow gave the Senator his assurance that there was no new plural marriage being solemnized and none should be. Senator Rawlins explained that he had never expected existing relations to be interfered with and he was sure this was the feeling at Washington.
I am very much pleased indeed at the result of the conversation between Pres[iden]t Snow and Mr Rawlins. ... (2)
Endnotes:
1 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
2 - Heber J. Grant, Diary
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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Lorenzo Snow, Oct 10, 1898; Monday
-- Oct 10, 1898; Monday
The First Presidency and the Twelve Apostles, at 10 o'clock this morning, met at the President's office and proceeded thence to the photograph gallery of Fox and Symons, for the purpose of sitting in a group for their portrait. At 12 o'clock they returned to the office, and attended to the ordination of Elder Rudger Clawson as a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles. Pres[iden]ts. Lorenzo Snow, Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon, Jos[eph]. F. Smith and Franklin D. Richards, with Elders Brigham Young [Jr.], Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, Geo[rge]. Teasdale, Heber J. Grant, John W. Taylor, M[arriner]. W[ood]. Merrill, A[nthon]. H. Lund, M[atthias]. F. Cowley and A[braham]. O[wen]. Woodruff, laid their hands upon the head of Elder Clawson and ordained him as follows, President Snow being mouth:
... Pres[ident]. Snow having previously expressed himself to the effect that he felt he should be set apart to preside over the Church, this was now done; the above named brethren, including Elder Rudger Clawson, all laying their hands upon the head of President Snow, who requested Pres[ident]. Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon to be mouth in setting him apart. Pres[ident]. Cannon spoke as follows:
["]Pres[ident]. Lorenzo Snow, we your fellow-servants of the Most High God, possessed of the Apostleship, which you have received through your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, lay our hands upon thy head to bless thee and to set thee apart to preside over the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; that in connection with thy counselors, thou mayest preside over the body of the Church, according to the revelations of the Lord Jesus Christ concerning his Church; and that thou mayest be filled by the power of God, and be entitled to the revelations of the Lord Jesus and give the mind and will of God to the Church; to impart unto them from time to time that knowledge concerning the will of God that shall be communicated to them. And every gift, every grace and qualification that has ever rested down upon a man chosen by the Lord to fill this exalted station, we seal upon thee at this time.
["]We reconfirm upon thee all thy former blessings, and all the powers and the authority and ordinations; and every power that pertains to the everlasting Priesthood and to the Presidency of the Church of Christ, we seal upon thee, and ask God our Father to confirm this sealing and this setting apart, that thou mayest be filled with the new power, yea with increased power, to go forth and magnify thy calling in the midst of the Church of Christ and among thy fellow-servants; and that the Lord will communicate with thee from time to time everything necessary for the perfect government of his Church; that thou mayest exercise all the keys and the authority that have been exercised heretofore by thy predecessors--by Wilford Woodruff, by John Taylor, by Brigham Young, and by Joseph Smith, and which he (Joseph Smith) sealed upon his fellow-Apostles.
["]We pray thee, O God our Eternal Father, to hear us thy servants and to look at our hearts and our desires and forgive our feebleness and imperfections; for we desire to bless this thy servant with every blessing that we have authority to invoke in his behalf, and we humbly ask thee to confirm this blessing upon his head, and to fill him with thy power from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet; that he may be set apart to this important office and
exercise all its functions to thine acceptance and to the satisfaction of his fellow-servants and of thy Saints.
["]All these blessings, Father, we seal upon him; and we say unto thee, Brother Lorenzo, receive thou the same, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the authority of the Holy Apostleship, which we hold, even so, Amen.["]
Pres[ident]. Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon was then set apart to be the First Counselor in the First Presidency; Pres[ident]. Snow being mouth, and speaking as follows:
"Pres[ident] Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by virtue of the Holy Priesthood, we lay our hands upon your head and we set you apart to be the First Counselor to Lorenzo Snow, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that you may be filled, as you have been in the past, with the spirit of counsel and understanding; that the Holy Spirit of life may constantly be with you, and improve your health and restore you unto perfect health, and give you understanding and the spirit of revelation from the Lord, that you may be truly a counselor in Zion. And all things that may be necessary for you to receive in order that you may be truly such, we seal upon you by virtue of the Holy Priesthood, and in the name of the Lord Jesus, Amen.["]
Pres[ident]. Joseph F. Smith was set apart, in like manner, to be the Second Counselor in the First Presidency. As in the case of Pres[ident]. Cannon, all the brethren named laid their hands upon him, and President Snow was mouth, blessing him in these words:
"Pres[ident]. Joseph F. Smith, we lay our hands upon your head and set you apart to be the second counselor to Lorenzo Snow, the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and we confer upon you in the name of the Lord all the gifts and blessings, rights and privileged that pertain unto this holy position that you now occupy, and that you may be blessed in this, in the performance of all the duties that are incumbent upon you, holding this position as second counselor, as you have been blessed I the past and more so. All these blessings and gifts, rights and privileges, and all that is necessary for you to magnify this calling, pleasing unto yourself and pleasing unto the Lord, we seal upon you in the name of the Lord Jesus. Amen.["]
President Franklin D. Richards was then set apart by the brethren to be the President of the Twelve Apostles, President Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon, being mouth.
["]Brother Franklin D. Richards, our fellow-servant in the Lord, our fellow-Apostle, we lay our hands upon thy head, having the authority from the Lord to bless and to confirm every blessing upon the heads of the children of men that are suited to their condition, and we set thee apart as the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, that thou mayest act in this high and holy calling in a manner that shall be acceptable to our God and that shall fill thyself with joy in thy fellow-servants and the Saints; that thou mayest preside over thus body of men whom the Lord has chosen as special witnesses in all the earth, with dignity and in
such a manner as to gain their love and their confidence, and that they may know that thou hast the revelations and power of God with thee, and that all the authority that belongs to the Apostleship has been confirmed upon thee, and especially the authority to preside in their midst. We seal all these blessings, beloved brother, upon thy head, that thou mayest be filled therewith and that there may be nothing lacking from this time forth in the performance by thee of all the duties that belong to this exalted position. We seal these blessings upon thee in the name of the Lord Jesus and in this authority that we have received from him, and say, receive thou the same, even so. Amen.["]
Pres[ident]. Lorenzo Snow then delivered the following charge to Elder Rudger Clawson, the newly ordained Apostle:
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Pres[iden]t. Jos[eph]. F. Smith added a few words of counsel to the effect that one of the great callings and special duties of an Apostle is to become a living witness of the Lord Jesus Christ; to know him and to be able to testify that he is the Son of God and the Savior of the world. Another principle was that an Apostle must acknowledge the order and organization of the Priesthood, and that the united counsels of the leading and presiding quorums of the Priesthood are supreme above his own judgement. his own predilections. his own choice desires, to matter how strong they may be. All the Apostles and those holding the priesthood, and especially the Counsel of the Apostles and the First Presidency, must covenant and agree before God, angels and men, and with each other, that they will acknowledge this organization that God has instituted as the supreme authority of earth. This was one thing that Bro[ther]. Clawson must exceed to, in order to obtain the spirit of the Apostleship.
Pres[ident]. Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon said he would like Bro[ther]. Clawson to understand that when he takes upon himself this ministry it is the first and most important thing, and he should not set it aside to attend to anything else. His whole life and all that pertains to it; his time, talents and everything, should be devoted exclusively to the Apostleship, and all else should be entirely subordinate thereto.
Elder Clawson stated that he very much appreciated the
instructions and suggestions that had been given, and he fully and completely accepted and endorsed them. He felt very weak a great deal more so than at the Conference and if he could not feel that this call had come to him from the Lord, he would shrink from it because of the great responsibility it entailed. No man of his own wisdom could magnify a calling of this kind. Believing that the call came from the Lord, he accepted it as a great blessing. He asked for the faith and prayers of the brethren. He would endeavor to humbly to his duty and be one with them. He had always sustained with his whole heart the Presidency of the Church, and had accepted and revered their counsels. He believed that his success, if he had attained to any, in the Box Elder [Utah] Stake of Zion, where he presided, was due to this spirit--to submit fully to the counsels of the Presidency of the Church and the brethren who presided over him. He believed that his success in the future could only be in following those lines. He prayed fervently that the spirit of the Apostleship might rest upon him, and that he might live so as to deserve the confidence of his brethren. (1)
Pres[iden]t Jos[eph] F Smith then remarked that he felt that he wanted to testify that in the setting apart of the President and his counselors and the President of the Apostles that we had done the right thing.
Felt that in not doing it in the case of President [Wilford] Woodruff that we had failed to do something which he felt should have been done. ...
[Later] Bro[ther]. [John R.] Winder said that he took pleasure in putting Pres[iden]t [Lorenzo] Snow's motion which of course was carried. ....
Referred to Pres[iden]t Taylor's always asking him what the news was and that on one occasion he had told him of the arrest of Pres[iden]t Lorenzo Snow and on another of Bishop John Sharp having gone into Court and promised to obey the law. Pres[iden]t Taylor's sorr[ow] in the case of Bro[ther] Sharp had been quite intense. ...
At the Pres[iden]t's office this evening had a chat with Bro[ther]s [Francis M.] Lyman & [Anthon H.] Lund just before we went to the theatre and we were all agreed and delighted to feel that Pres[iden]t Snow was firm and solid in his determination that the Church should keep out of politics. We felt that this was his position from a conversation had with him and his counselors this evening at Bro[ther] Winder's just before our little dinner party broke up. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
2 - Heber J. Grant, Diary
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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The First Presidency and the Twelve Apostles, at 10 o'clock this morning, met at the President's office and proceeded thence to the photograph gallery of Fox and Symons, for the purpose of sitting in a group for their portrait. At 12 o'clock they returned to the office, and attended to the ordination of Elder Rudger Clawson as a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles. Pres[iden]ts. Lorenzo Snow, Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon, Jos[eph]. F. Smith and Franklin D. Richards, with Elders Brigham Young [Jr.], Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, Geo[rge]. Teasdale, Heber J. Grant, John W. Taylor, M[arriner]. W[ood]. Merrill, A[nthon]. H. Lund, M[atthias]. F. Cowley and A[braham]. O[wen]. Woodruff, laid their hands upon the head of Elder Clawson and ordained him as follows, President Snow being mouth:
... Pres[ident]. Snow having previously expressed himself to the effect that he felt he should be set apart to preside over the Church, this was now done; the above named brethren, including Elder Rudger Clawson, all laying their hands upon the head of President Snow, who requested Pres[ident]. Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon to be mouth in setting him apart. Pres[ident]. Cannon spoke as follows:
["]Pres[ident]. Lorenzo Snow, we your fellow-servants of the Most High God, possessed of the Apostleship, which you have received through your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, lay our hands upon thy head to bless thee and to set thee apart to preside over the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; that in connection with thy counselors, thou mayest preside over the body of the Church, according to the revelations of the Lord Jesus Christ concerning his Church; and that thou mayest be filled by the power of God, and be entitled to the revelations of the Lord Jesus and give the mind and will of God to the Church; to impart unto them from time to time that knowledge concerning the will of God that shall be communicated to them. And every gift, every grace and qualification that has ever rested down upon a man chosen by the Lord to fill this exalted station, we seal upon thee at this time.
["]We reconfirm upon thee all thy former blessings, and all the powers and the authority and ordinations; and every power that pertains to the everlasting Priesthood and to the Presidency of the Church of Christ, we seal upon thee, and ask God our Father to confirm this sealing and this setting apart, that thou mayest be filled with the new power, yea with increased power, to go forth and magnify thy calling in the midst of the Church of Christ and among thy fellow-servants; and that the Lord will communicate with thee from time to time everything necessary for the perfect government of his Church; that thou mayest exercise all the keys and the authority that have been exercised heretofore by thy predecessors--by Wilford Woodruff, by John Taylor, by Brigham Young, and by Joseph Smith, and which he (Joseph Smith) sealed upon his fellow-Apostles.
["]We pray thee, O God our Eternal Father, to hear us thy servants and to look at our hearts and our desires and forgive our feebleness and imperfections; for we desire to bless this thy servant with every blessing that we have authority to invoke in his behalf, and we humbly ask thee to confirm this blessing upon his head, and to fill him with thy power from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet; that he may be set apart to this important office and
exercise all its functions to thine acceptance and to the satisfaction of his fellow-servants and of thy Saints.
["]All these blessings, Father, we seal upon him; and we say unto thee, Brother Lorenzo, receive thou the same, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the authority of the Holy Apostleship, which we hold, even so, Amen.["]
Pres[ident]. Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon was then set apart to be the First Counselor in the First Presidency; Pres[ident]. Snow being mouth, and speaking as follows:
"Pres[ident] Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by virtue of the Holy Priesthood, we lay our hands upon your head and we set you apart to be the First Counselor to Lorenzo Snow, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that you may be filled, as you have been in the past, with the spirit of counsel and understanding; that the Holy Spirit of life may constantly be with you, and improve your health and restore you unto perfect health, and give you understanding and the spirit of revelation from the Lord, that you may be truly a counselor in Zion. And all things that may be necessary for you to receive in order that you may be truly such, we seal upon you by virtue of the Holy Priesthood, and in the name of the Lord Jesus, Amen.["]
Pres[ident]. Joseph F. Smith was set apart, in like manner, to be the Second Counselor in the First Presidency. As in the case of Pres[ident]. Cannon, all the brethren named laid their hands upon him, and President Snow was mouth, blessing him in these words:
"Pres[ident]. Joseph F. Smith, we lay our hands upon your head and set you apart to be the second counselor to Lorenzo Snow, the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and we confer upon you in the name of the Lord all the gifts and blessings, rights and privileged that pertain unto this holy position that you now occupy, and that you may be blessed in this, in the performance of all the duties that are incumbent upon you, holding this position as second counselor, as you have been blessed I the past and more so. All these blessings and gifts, rights and privileges, and all that is necessary for you to magnify this calling, pleasing unto yourself and pleasing unto the Lord, we seal upon you in the name of the Lord Jesus. Amen.["]
President Franklin D. Richards was then set apart by the brethren to be the President of the Twelve Apostles, President Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon, being mouth.
["]Brother Franklin D. Richards, our fellow-servant in the Lord, our fellow-Apostle, we lay our hands upon thy head, having the authority from the Lord to bless and to confirm every blessing upon the heads of the children of men that are suited to their condition, and we set thee apart as the President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, that thou mayest act in this high and holy calling in a manner that shall be acceptable to our God and that shall fill thyself with joy in thy fellow-servants and the Saints; that thou mayest preside over thus body of men whom the Lord has chosen as special witnesses in all the earth, with dignity and in
such a manner as to gain their love and their confidence, and that they may know that thou hast the revelations and power of God with thee, and that all the authority that belongs to the Apostleship has been confirmed upon thee, and especially the authority to preside in their midst. We seal all these blessings, beloved brother, upon thy head, that thou mayest be filled therewith and that there may be nothing lacking from this time forth in the performance by thee of all the duties that belong to this exalted position. We seal these blessings upon thee in the name of the Lord Jesus and in this authority that we have received from him, and say, receive thou the same, even so. Amen.["]
Pres[ident]. Lorenzo Snow then delivered the following charge to Elder Rudger Clawson, the newly ordained Apostle:
....
Pres[iden]t. Jos[eph]. F. Smith added a few words of counsel to the effect that one of the great callings and special duties of an Apostle is to become a living witness of the Lord Jesus Christ; to know him and to be able to testify that he is the Son of God and the Savior of the world. Another principle was that an Apostle must acknowledge the order and organization of the Priesthood, and that the united counsels of the leading and presiding quorums of the Priesthood are supreme above his own judgement. his own predilections. his own choice desires, to matter how strong they may be. All the Apostles and those holding the priesthood, and especially the Counsel of the Apostles and the First Presidency, must covenant and agree before God, angels and men, and with each other, that they will acknowledge this organization that God has instituted as the supreme authority of earth. This was one thing that Bro[ther]. Clawson must exceed to, in order to obtain the spirit of the Apostleship.
Pres[ident]. Geo[rge]. Q. Cannon said he would like Bro[ther]. Clawson to understand that when he takes upon himself this ministry it is the first and most important thing, and he should not set it aside to attend to anything else. His whole life and all that pertains to it; his time, talents and everything, should be devoted exclusively to the Apostleship, and all else should be entirely subordinate thereto.
Elder Clawson stated that he very much appreciated the
instructions and suggestions that had been given, and he fully and completely accepted and endorsed them. He felt very weak a great deal more so than at the Conference and if he could not feel that this call had come to him from the Lord, he would shrink from it because of the great responsibility it entailed. No man of his own wisdom could magnify a calling of this kind. Believing that the call came from the Lord, he accepted it as a great blessing. He asked for the faith and prayers of the brethren. He would endeavor to humbly to his duty and be one with them. He had always sustained with his whole heart the Presidency of the Church, and had accepted and revered their counsels. He believed that his success, if he had attained to any, in the Box Elder [Utah] Stake of Zion, where he presided, was due to this spirit--to submit fully to the counsels of the Presidency of the Church and the brethren who presided over him. He believed that his success in the future could only be in following those lines. He prayed fervently that the spirit of the Apostleship might rest upon him, and that he might live so as to deserve the confidence of his brethren. (1)
Pres[iden]t Jos[eph] F Smith then remarked that he felt that he wanted to testify that in the setting apart of the President and his counselors and the President of the Apostles that we had done the right thing.
Felt that in not doing it in the case of President [Wilford] Woodruff that we had failed to do something which he felt should have been done. ...
[Later] Bro[ther]. [John R.] Winder said that he took pleasure in putting Pres[iden]t [Lorenzo] Snow's motion which of course was carried. ....
Referred to Pres[iden]t Taylor's always asking him what the news was and that on one occasion he had told him of the arrest of Pres[iden]t Lorenzo Snow and on another of Bishop John Sharp having gone into Court and promised to obey the law. Pres[iden]t Taylor's sorr[ow] in the case of Bro[ther] Sharp had been quite intense. ...
At the Pres[iden]t's office this evening had a chat with Bro[ther]s [Francis M.] Lyman & [Anthon H.] Lund just before we went to the theatre and we were all agreed and delighted to feel that Pres[iden]t Snow was firm and solid in his determination that the Church should keep out of politics. We felt that this was his position from a conversation had with him and his counselors this evening at Bro[ther] Winder's just before our little dinner party broke up. (2)
Endnotes:
1 - First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes
2 - Heber J. Grant, Diary
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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