Letter from Joshua Reuben Clark Sr., 21 March 1896
Council Bluffs, Iowa,
To Presidents Woodruff, Cannon & Smith,
Salt Lake City, Utah
Dear Brethren,
Our conference at Independence
Jacksen Co. Mo, which closed on the evening
of the 15th of the present month, passed off
quietly, the attendance of strangers was not very
large, the elders were all greatly blessed of the
Lord, for all who spoke did so with freedom
and force and confined themselves to the first
principles of the gospel. we give the people
to understand that our mission among them
was one of peace, and I believe the result of
our Conference on that historic spot will
result in great good and that it will be far
reaching in its effects. The News Papers of
this city were very fair in what they said
of us. of course there was a number of errors
but not of sufficient importance for us to
correct through the press here. They reported
me as being one of the pillars of the Church. I
told the gentleman the next day, that, that
