[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
President George Q. Cannon presented the Authoraties and the Apostles voted ... All were unanimous but in the case of John W. Taylor. Some few voted against him for remarks made on Friday about Kamas Ward and the Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir.
Bro. John W. Taylor at the close of the meeting met with the choir and arranged his trouble with them.
[Source: Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990, http://bit.ly/johnhenrysmith]
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ReplyDelete[Friday, Oct. 7, 1898 - Salt Lake City] Conference at 10 a.m.
John W. Taylor talked on Morality and made some unfortunate remarks about Kamas Ward and the Salt Lake Choir. Prest. Geo. Q. Cannon corrected these statements.