[Polygamy] President Woodruff goes on trip to make a deal
President Woodruff and several others began a 2,400-mile trip to visit the Saints in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. The eighty-three year old leader was able to see firsthand the terrible circumstances of polygamous Saints. Shortly after returning, Woodruff and George Q. Cannon left SLC for to meet with Republican Party power brokers, who had recently come to power with the election of Benjamin Harrison. They conferred with Judge Morris M Estee, Republican National Chairman, along with occasional church agent Isaac Trumbo, U.S. Senator Leland Stanford, and Henry Biglow of the San Francisco Examiner and several others. (Van Wagoner, p. 141.) (1)
-- 120 years ago - Aug 3, 1890
Mormon SALT LAKE HERALD reports that "not one-fourth of the registered voters" vote. (2)
-- 130 years ago - Aug 3, 1880
[Anointed Quorum] Sunday prayer circle of the "Quorum" at 4 p.m. (WC-S, JT). (3)
-- 165 years ago - Aug 3, 1845
1 - Tungate, Mel, Mormon Polygamy, http://www.tungate.com/polygamy.htm
2 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
3 - Quinn, D. Michael, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power, Signature Books, 1994, Appendex: Meetings and Initiations of the Anointed Quorum, 1842-45
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