Letter from John Henry Smith, 10 May 1884
President Wilford Woodruff,
Salt Lake City,
Utah.
Dear Brother:
Your very welcome of march 15th came safely to hand
so I wrote to you on the 20th of march, I have delayed answering you
until now, not having of interest to write. I am of the opinion
that the Legislature would have done well to have allowed the
Governors action to have killed the Appropriation bill and have thrown
the responsibility upon him. I was also hoping that some spirited
member would collect together a list of his infamous [s]ets both
of a private and public nature and in a speach upon the
floor of the house brand him as a villain, and club him with
his own vile record, and have the same go upon the record, it is
very likely however that memorial to Congress may answer every
purpose. I am pleased to hear that the Indians in the south are
taking hold on the Gospel, I trust that much good may come
of it. We are just informed by the papers today that Miss Emily
Faithfull is going to [lecture] against us in June, showing that
the Ladies in Utah are in most fearful slavery or bondage.
