present method of operations will not result in accomplish-
ing the end we have in view. He thought political re-
sources ought to be exhausted before missionary work
should be engaged in. Upon being interrogated as to
what he meant by this, he spoke in a vague sort of a
way about the nine Senators who had met at Senator
Call's, and that they ought to have been kept together
and more added to them, and they made missionaries
for us, to convert others; and in this connection alluded
to excursions which they frequently took and dinners which
they often had together, and that they ran in "sets", and
that in this way one might be made to convert the
other. We could not see why the present action of
the brethren in visiting Members and Senators and
enlightening them concerning the true position of affairs
in Utah should interfere in the least with such a
plan as he had in view, and asked him how this
could interfere; why the two plans could not work
harmoniously. Upon this point we did not get
present method of operations will not result in accomplishing the end we have in view. He thought political resources ought to be exhausted before missionary work
should be engaged in. Upon being interrogated as to
what he meant by this, he spoke in a vague sort of a
way about the nine Senators who had met at Senator
Call's, and that they ought to have been kept together
and more added to them, and they made missionaries
for us, to convert others; and in this connection alluded
to excursions which they frequently took and dinners which
they often had together, and that they ran in "sets", and
that in this way one might be made to convert the
other. We could not see why the present action of
the brethren in visiting Members and Senators and
enlightening them concerning the true position of affairs
in Utah should interfere in the least with such a
plan as he had in view, and asked him how this
could interfere; why the two plans could not work
harmoniously. Upon this point we did not get