At 2. p.m. W[ilford]. W[oodruff]. G[eorge] Q C[annon]. & J[oseph]. F. S[mith]. F[ranklin].
D. R[ichards]. F[rancis]. M. L[yman]. H[eber]. J. G[rant]. & A[braham] H Cannon were together for Counsel & prayer when a telegram from a friend in the East was read affirming that Amnesty would soon be extended to us in Utah, & that Pres[iden]t. Benjamin Harrison requested our prayers in his own behalf & for his sick wife who is very low of consumption.
In response to which Pres[iden]t. Woodruff prayed as desired & all present said Amen.
This A.M. a telegram came from Gen[eral] Clarkson and [Isaac] Trumbo in Washington [D.C.] asking for Mrs. [Benjamin F.] Harrison the prayers of the First Presidency of the Church. Also that amnesty will be issued this week. This message visibly affected Pres[ident] [Wilford] Woodruff.
The idea of the prayers of the Presidency of this Church being asked by President Harrison for his wife was something so unusual and in thought of that the President felt the hand of the Lord was in it. At 2 P.M. we met in the regular weekly council of the Presidency and Twelve. President Woodruff presiding, Pr[esident]s [George Q.] Cannon and [Joseph F.] Smith also Bro[ther]s [Franklin D.]
Richards, [Francis M.] Lyman, H[eber]. J. Grant, and Abr[aha]m H. Cannon. President Woodruff prayed and very fervently too for Mrs. Harrison. ... Our anxiety about Wyoming was manifest and it was moved that I be sent to Evanston and Alma and Rock Springs [Wyoming] to get the Saints to sustain the Republican party as they did last year and be consistent. I suggested that either bro[ther]
Richards or Grant go as democrats would listen to them and not to me. The question was still under discussion when I came out of the meeting ...
[Source: Franklin D. Richards, Diary; Francis M. Lyman, Diary]
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