Letter from Franklin Dewey Richards, 12 August 1896
Salt Lake City, .
To Presidents Wilford Woodruff, Geo. Q. Cannon and Jos. F. Smith.
Beloved Brethren in the Lord:
In reply to your letter of June 19th,
1896, covering a Resolution of the High Council of Salt Lake Stake,
concerning which an action of the Apostles was desired, I desire to
state, that on Tuesday the 7th day of July, the Apostles were together
in Council (except Moses Thatcher, A. H. Lund and A. H. Cannon), and
had the Rsolution of the High Council under consideration.
After mature deliberation, it was moved by Elder Brigham Young,
and seconded by Elder John H. Smith, and unanimously voted, that,
"This Council does not recognize the right of one of our number on
his own volition to go into any organized Stake of Zion, and abrogate
and set aside a standing regulation established by the President
of the Church, and endorsed by the High Council of that Stake."
Most respectfully,
[blank], President.
F. D. Richards, Secretary.
