Letter to Brigham Young Jr., 15 June 1888
Salt Lake City, Utah, .
Elder Brigham Young,
Dear Brother:
Your favor of the 6th. inst., written at Moab, has
just been received and perused with interest, which is always felt in hearing from
you concerning yourself and your labors. You must have had a fatiguing trip. If
the weather where you have been has been anything like what we have had in this City
since you left and almost up to the date of your letter, you have had pleasant, cool
weather for your journey. Within a few days the summer has burst upon us and we are
now having as hot weather as is usual at this time of the year.
We have been busy since your departure attending to
matters which have arisen connected with the Church ssuit. There is a feeling at
the present time in the Council to endeavor, if we can, to effect some sort of a set-
tlement, to stop the proceedings before the Examiner. The manner in which the breth-
ren have failed under the examination of the U.S. District attorney has caused us all
to feel that if we can by any means stop future proceedings in this direction without
too great a sacrifice, we shall willingly do so. Whether we will be successful or
not remains to be seen; but negotiations are now in progress looking to this end.
Brothers Joseph F. Smith, F. S. Richards and C. W.
