PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF
arose and spoke as follows:

I wish to say to this assembly of
Latter-day Saints that there are
three vacancies in the Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles, in consequence of
the organization of the First Presi
dency. We have felt that it is time
to fill that quorum now, at this con-
ference, and the people should be
prepared for the presenting by the
Twelve Apostles of such names as
they may feel by the Spirit of God
to be worthy and proper persons to
receive this ordination or to occupy
this position. These Apostles are
Prophets, Seers and Revelators. I
have confidence in them; I believe
they have power to present such
things as would be in accordance
with the will of God. They (the
Apostles) presented to me a list of
names. I wish here to say, and
I want it understood, that neither
myself, President George Q. Can-
non nor President Joseph F. Smith,
who are my Counselors, pre-
sented any of these names. We left
it with the Quorum of the Apostles.
I became thoroughly satisfied that
they had upon that list such names
as would be acceptable unto the Lord.
We took those names and made it a
matter of prayer, and the Spirit of
the Lord manifested unto me those
whom we should appoint. They
have all been accepted by the
Quorum of the Apostles as well as
the Presi[d]ency of the Church. I
have a reason for making these re-
marks.

After President Woodruff had
taken his seat, President Cannon re
sumed the presentation of the au-
thorties, submitting the names of
the following three brethren for ap-
pointment to the Apostleship, to fill
the three vacancies in the Quorum
of the Twelve before referred to:

Mariner W. Merrill, Anton H
Lund, Abraham H. Cannon.

Counselors to the Twelve Apostles
—John W. Young and Daniel H.
Wells.

The Counselors in the First Presi-
dency and the Twelve Apostles, with
their Counselors, as Prophets, Seers
and Revelators.

Patriarch to the Church: John
Smith.

First Seven Presidents of the
Seventies: Henry Herriman, Jacob
Gates, Seymour B. Young, C. D.
Fjeldsted, John Morgan and B. H.
Roberts.

Wm. B. Preston as Presiding
Bishop, with Robert T. Burton as
his First and John R. Winder as his
Second Counselor.

Franklin D. Richards as Church
Historian and General Church Re-
corder.

John Jaques as Assistant Church
Historian and General Church Re-
corder.

As the Church Board of Educa-
tion: Wilford Woodruff, Lorenzo
Snow, George Q. Cannon, Karl G.
Maeser, Willard Young, George W.
Thatcher, Amos Howe, Anton H.
Lund, James Sharp.

Joseph Don Carlos Young, as
General Church Architect.

John Nicholson, as Clerk of the
Conference.

The vote upon each of the persons
named for the positions specified
was unanimous.

THE DESERET WEEKLY.

President George Q. Cannon then presented the authorities to be voted on by the general assembly, as follows:

Wilford Woodruff, as Prophet, Seer and Revelator and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in all the world.

PRESIDENT WILFORD WOODRUFF arose and spoke as follows:

I wish to say to this assembly of Latter-day Saints that there are three vacancies in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, in consequence of the organization of the First Presidency. We have felt that it is time to fill that quorum now, at this conference, and the people should be prepared for the presenting by the Twelve Apostles of such names as they may feel by the Spirit of God to be worthy and proper persons to receive this ordination or to occupy this position. These Apostles are Prophets, Seers and Revelators. I have confidence in them; I believe they have power to present such things as would be in accordance with the will of God. They (the Apostles) presented to me a list of names. I wish here to say, and I want it understood, that neither myself, President George Q. Cannon nor President Joseph F. Smith, who are my counselors, presented any of these names. We left it with the Quorum of the Apostles. I became thoroughly satisfied that they had upon that list such names as would be acceptable unto the Lord. We took those names and made it a matter of prayer, and the Spirit of the Lord manifested unto me those whom we should appoint. They have all been accepted by the Quorum of the Apostles as well as the Presidency of the Church. I have a reason for making these remarks.

After President Woodruff had taken his seat, President Cannon resumed the presentation of the authorties, submitting the names of the following three brethren for appointment to the Apostleship, to fill the three vacancies in the Quorum of the Twelve before referred to:

Mariner W. Merrill, Anton H Lund, Abraham H. Cannon.

Counselors to the Twelve Apostles —John W. Young and Daniel H. Wells.

The Counselors in the First Presidency and the Twelve Apostles, with their Counselors, as Prophets, Seers and Revelators.

Patriarch to the Church: John Smith.

First Seven Presidents of the Seventies: Henry Herriman, Jacob Gates, Seymour B. Young, C. D. Fjeldsted, John Morgan and B. H. Roberts.

Wm. B. Preston as Presiding Bishop, with Robert T. Burton as his First and John R. Winder as his Second Counselor.

Franklin D. Richards as Church Historian and General Church Recorder.

John Jaques as Assistant Church Historian and General Church Recorder.

As the Church Board of Education: Wilford Woodruff, Lorenzo Snow, George Q. Cannon, Karl G. Maeser, Willard Young, George W. Thatcher, Amos Howe, Anton H. Lund, James Sharp.

Joseph Don Carlos Young, as General Church Architect.

John Nicholson, as Clerk of the Conference.

The vote upon each of the persons named for the positions specified was unanimous.