Letter to James Godson Bleak, 6 February 1897
Woodruff ville
James G Bleake
Beloved Brother
My BirthDay comes upon Monday
March 1,1890 which Makes me 90 year of Age, And my
wife Emma Woodruff 59 year of Age. I Expect to Meet
my friends in the big Tabernacle (And I Expect to Meet at
10 oclock in the Morning But Brother G Q Cannon advices 2 oclock)
This Note is to invite you to be present if you can I shall also
send with this a Note to David H Cannon & Wm H Thompson I realize
it is a Bad time of year, to travel & good ways off As it is
in the Big Tabernacle I have it in my Mind to invite Jew
& Gentile Catholic & Protistant if I do it will be published
you have already learned that Thatcher is Defeated &
Rawlins Elected which I am vary thankful for anybody
outside of Thatcher, ^Private^ I am much pleased with one thing Broth
Snow from St George came to me at the commencment of
the session And I had a plain talk with him He had
a great Desire to vote for Brothe Thatcher. I told him vary
plainly what the Evil result would be to him. I will not write
what I told him. He went away feeling bad He did not vote for
Thatcher, and finally came back to me & told me how bad
He felt. He felt like resigning & going home I told him it was the
worst thing He could do. But I give him his liberty to vote
for Thatcher if He wished to but I told him He would be
