The New York herald., 1877-08-31

the prophetic business and the apostles named ia n 10
CONNECTION are Elder Johu Tsyor aud Flder George q
Cannon. and what y not hire curious they both
editors and bod The family relation Of uncle aai
ucphew and what 10 again rcioarSso.e. they are boh
Eug shnen. IL wogld be Just litle amusing 10 have
the new American Church turned over ~ "a blarsisd
hlnsshman;' ana as movement OF lhis xind e pos
siolc IN Utah, u VIII not be un Interesting to gnow
something oi tho new candidates
rHK AfosrLs TAyL1R
was born IN Wluthorp, Wc-,morelind county, Eng.
land. N 1908 Ia 1882 he moved To canld, In pro-
fesslon OF religion he was Methodist, aud local
preacher. In 1896 he became Mormon and came 10
tho tho United States 70 place h'm,sii under
lie soon made Al apostle.
ana s m ras ;. a on T., % uued e. ssa 10
Nauyoo, the sslssipp, where he became the
EDITOR and publisher Of Mormon newspapers ard
books For his subsequent good fortune he
was IN Carthage jan when tue smths
assassiraled, and MAS the recip'enl OF I'VE
the winged spirits o. the prophet and patriarch In .icr
hight TO better land taylor survived, and 10 ls&5
went to the Rocky Mountains. la 1919 he went on
mission TO France, and there had tr.Ismet aud pub
lished the Book ci Mormon lie also began
montAly pamphlet he called the ''sIur OF Deseie,.''
He returned To Ctah IN 1852. aud tSo years later hs
WAS seat 10 tins city 10 publish paper he called The
Moraon, which issued NJ lilht every SATURDAY.
the second floor Of the corner OF Ann aud Nassau
streets. Ia The spring o. 1881 he returned 10 Utah
aud has there renamed.
Taylor Is very tall man. OF commanding appear
aDce, good writer and good speaker bur iearialy
prolix in both. lie writes verses Is the husband OF
over hall dozen wives legislator, and recently has
Uctu eiertcu superintendent Ol ScuoOA
Ms ciam to Brgnams vacant place Is that he b now
the President oi the Twelve Apostles and his Quorum
Is the mex, IN authority TO that presided over py the
deceased prophet. Taylor is not particularly liked.
He has about four sermons. They are awuhy
long and he tircs out his bost friends with them.
hut for that and fearful amount OF jombsst he
would have been popular, ana his chances now would
have beon excellent Tor he can ring the changes upon
shedding his blood with the prophets. !, is thought
that Brigham made him president OF the
Twelve ana had him recently elected super
insendont Of schools to keep him IRON feel.
mi I'm NIL hat IA mad
II Taylor once starts out for the prophetic mantle
He is an Old warhorse and woula give John ". heap
vi trouble lie could split up MormoDsm bsllor than
any man among them.
Tux APOSTLE GEORGE Q. CANNON.
Probably no man ever associated with Brigham. out
SIDE OF his own family, ever was more warmly ursted
10y the Prophet Cannon Is smart and naturally dis
posed to Kindness He WIS born in Liverpool,
Isle OF Man. He went to Canada when twelve
years OF aye. He embraced the Mormon
iftlh when very young. and 10 Nauvoo whore he
learned TO be composiior In 1S47, he went Salt
Lake In lsl9 went ou mission 10 California, thence
TO the sandwich Islands where he translated tho Book
OF Mormon into the Hawaiian language for the edhca
ton o! the natives. lie returned to salt Lakcn 1884
sent IN the following year 10 san Francisco 10 publish
O Mormon paper. the Western Standard aud when
the Mormon war; broke out IN 1881 he returned TO
defend Zion and TO get away proDsby before the
OF the Mouotnin Meadows massacre had reachsd the
Pacific slope After peace was proclaimed he came to
the Eastern States TO manipulate the press on the
Mormon question. In lst0 he was called back to
Utah ana ordained an apostle, then sent TO preside
over the Mormons In Europe. He conducted the emf
grafton t6r tlme sent 1900 persons to Utan
turned to the mountains, became Brigham private
secretary married two wives addition TO the Two
he had before, edited The peserct .Nc~S, ana then
was sent as Delegate Ia Congress In personal
intercourse he Is very pleasant, aways IN
good humor and very oblisns. Ho is better
writer and speaker than his uncle Taylor
and would be universally popular had he not tcs, inc
before committee IN Washington that hn had only
ono Hlic, while everybody knew he had four.
oq OF N. .nsmy aad
been able succeed him, Cannon would
doubtless have been his chocc aud IN anticipation Of
appeal being madc TO tho people no would lar out
distance his uncle. II Brigham has lett orders they
viii DO obeyed but II he has not thorc is pretty pros
pect o nice Triangular nght among the three apostles
wonderful how tho thought OF taking charge of tho
uthing Office changes relations. Taylor could dc
some good work al that; lie has larger family than
tho others; still Cannon and John W. would make
decent hole 10 tho big pile IL is worth 0ghting for
aud we nope the brethren will not be delicate