Letter to John Taylor, 20 March 1885
President Taylor,
Dear Brother,
I write to say that
Brothers McAllister and Bleak were making
preparations to go to attend the Logan Conference.
As exposure was so great on the railroad they
were preparing to go by team; this going and re-
turning would make a journey of 900 miles.
This decision was taken upon the ground that
counsel was given last year for all the Presidents
of Stakes to attend the Semi Annual Conferences
I reflected upon this subject, and my mind was
exercised upon it and the Spirit did not dictate
to me that it was wisdom for them to go, and I
told them so. The same authority that gave them
counsel at that time to attend, has since given
them and us all counsel to keep out of the
hands of our enemies; and I feel satisfied
that with the exposure to which they are subject that they
could not go through the country to Logan and return
without getting into trouble as all the railroad
trains and stations are guarded from here to Logan.
Bro. McA. has got half of his family in Salt Lake and
the rest here, and he got word last night from there, from
