the privilege of visiting St George Temple to
attend to some important work. I hope
they may be found worthy to obtain President Taylor's signature.
I saw the account of the arrest of Bro Budge.
The Government officers do not seem to pay any
attention to principles of law or equity in
dealing with our people.
I have been somewhat
surprized at the tardiness of some of our
people in Registering, when the liberties of
the people depend so much upon them.
But I hope enough will register to keep the
political control.
I feel that we have much reason to thank
the Lord for the manner He has over-ruled
the Edmunds-Tucker Bill, in its final passage,
which has taken the power out of the hands of
our enemies to rob us of office and property
according to its original intent.
I am pleased to learn that Bros John W.
Young and Nibley and others are making themselves
useful in Washington, and that we still have
an army of missionaries ready to labor
among the Gentiles in the various nations of
the earth. I think it is our duty to so
warn the Gentiles, that they shall be left
the privilege of visiting St George Temple to
attend to some important work. I hope
they may be found worthy to obtain President
Taylor's signature.
I saw the account of the arrest of Bro Budge.
The Government officers do not seem to pay any
attention to principles of law or equity in
dealing with our people.
I have been somewhat
surprized at the tardiness of some of our
people in Registering, when the liberties of
the people depend so much upon them.
But I hope enough will register to keep the
political control.
I feel that we have much reason to thank
the Lord for the manner He has over-ruled
the Edmunds-Tucker Bill, in its final passage,
which has taken the power out of the hands of
our enemies to rob us of office and property
according to its original intent.
I am pleased to learn that Bros John W.
Young and Nibley and others are making themselves
useful in Washington, and that we still have
an army of missionaries ready to labor
among the Gentiles in the various nations of
the earth. I think it is our duty to so
warn the Gentiles, that they shall be left
"Letter to John Taylor and George Quayle Cannon, 13 June 1887," p. 3, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/VPgM