[Wilford Woodruff] ... E Snow who spoke 40 minuts and gave a history of Judge Zane's desision in A.M. Cannons Case and represented that a Gentile was brought up for seducing a girl while He had a wife But the Judge ruled that the Law was not meant for Gentiles & nobody Els but the Mormons. The gentile foots must be kept out of the trap & the Mormon foot kept in.
... Also Brother Harriman wanted me to Ordain him the Senior President of the 7 Presidet of the Seventies. I laid my Hands upon Henry Harriman & ordained him the senior President of the first Seven Presidts of the seventies. That is I Confirmed this Ordination upon his Head. He had been holding the office for many years. ...
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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