The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-10-12

joseph F. Smith. to be secon
counselor in the First Presidency, tn
same form being gone through VIII
and with like result.
MILFORD Woodruff, TO be presideu
of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
He was voted for as the others hsI
been, the vote being unanimously Il
favor OF the-nominee.
The twelve apostles. or nine o
them with the counselors, as follows
we're then voted for in the name
that the others had been: w. Wood
ruff, o. Pratt. SEN, O. @. Rich, Lo
renzo Snow, Eras,us Snow, franklin
d. Richards, Brigham Young. Alber
Darlington and Moses Thatcher, o
the Twelve, aud John w. Young ant
Daniel Z. Wells as their counselors
The vote was unanimously in th'
affirmative.
Francis Marion Lyman Was nomi-
mated and seconded for an apostle il
the Council of the Twelve. Tit
name went through the same process
of voting, with . result similar to tht
others.
John Henry Smith was also named
for a member of the Gu )rum Of thC
Twelve. and unanimously sustained.
ELDER GEORGE Q. CANON an
nounced that, as time would not I'D,
NIT OF the submitting of the Other
authorities in. the same manner al
the changes bad been voted for. the
Remaining names wonld be put q:
they had always been put, the coDgre.
CATION voting together by upifled
hands. In this manner the following
authorities were announced by him
and unanimously sustained:
The counselors to President John
Taylor, the Twelve Apostles and theil
counselors as prophets. seers and
revelators.
Patriarch OF the church-John
Smith.
As tne first seven presidents OF tAe
Ssventie,-J1seph Young, Levi w.
Hancock, Harry Herrislsn. Horace
lS Eldredge, Jacob Gates. John Van
Cot. and ". W. Taylor.
The presiding bishop oflhe church,
Edward Hunter. Eith Leonard w.
Haidy and Robert T. Burton as bis
eounseloTs
John Taylor, as Trustee-in-T Trust
for the body of religious worshippers
known and recognized as the Church
of Jesus Christ OF Lsttsr-dsy Saints,
TO bold the legal title to its property
and contract for it.
The Twelve Apostles, their two
counselors and Bishop Edward Hun
ter as counselors to the Trus.ee-in-
Trust.
Albert Darlington. ss president of
the PERPETUAL .Emigrsting Fund for
the gathering OF the poor, and F. d.
Richards. F. NJ Lyman, II. 8. Ell
dredge, Joseph f. Smith, John w.
Young, Angus NJ Cannon, Moses
Thatcher. VIM. jennings, John r.
Winder, Henry DinEoodey, Robert
7. Burton, A. o. Smoot and II. B.
Clawson as his assistants.
Orson Pratt, as historian and
general church recorder, and MILFORD
Woodruff as his assistant.
Truman o. Angel, as general ar
chiteot of the church, and T. o.
Angel, jun, and VIM. II. Fol ON as
his assistants.
As auditing commit!ee-W. Wood
ruff, E. Snow, f. D Richards ard
]. F. Smith
George Goddard as clerk OF the
general conference.
George T. Gibbs as Church reporter
Elder Cannon then said: l bold
in my hand the revived edition OF the
Doot Inc and Covenants, one which
the members and certainly all the
officers of the church have seen
and read; also the Pearl OF Great
Price. 10 Kirkland, the Book of
Doctrine and Covenants, in itsoriginsl
form, wss submitted i0r shs accept
ance of the officers and members OF
the church; and as some additions
have been made of revelations since
the first publication, it was deemed
edYissole 70 submit it now for the
acceptance of the members OF the
church if they so choose.
Joseph F. Smith then moved the
adoption OF the books, and the motion
being put Wse carried unanimously.
Elder Cannon read list of
amounts of P. E. Fund Indebtedness
recon- mended for remittance by the
presidency of the various stakes oil
Zion, and passed upon by the presi-
dent OF the P. E. Fund Company 81
follows:
In Bear Lake Stake. principal and
interest together, Sl2,32S 67; Beaver
stake, SS.I473 80; Box Elder Stake
s., Cos. "a; Cache Stake, so, Ss6. 50; Davis
Stake, 20,477.70; Jusb Stake, So, 57l.5S;
Ksnab Stake, 81 ,092.35; Millars Stake
IS, 391.s5; Morgan Stake, SO, 569.s
Parowan Stake, s6,9l9.74; Ssnpetl
Stake. S27, 291.e6; Salt Lake Stake
Sl03, 6I5l9; Sewer Stake, $5,S24s4
Summit Stake, $6,532.34; st. George
Stake, $3.50 So; Tooele Stake, SCI,
O02.e5; Utah Stake, $50 $4,000; Wasatcl
Stake, $9,26l.27; Psngwitch stake
S9sI.5S. Totsl, 1887, 0l5.64. Weber
Little Colorado and eastern Arizona
no reports.
PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR said
While the sacrament is being passel
| will make a tew remarks. 1t
gratifying to me to have 20 state tina
all the various organizations OF To
church are provided for. For som
time the Twelve have been operatin
| in the capacity of the first presidency
and it was very proper that the
. should do 80, 90 you heard Broths
Pratt state, this morning, in talkin
over the suject, that this wss To
course adopted when Joseph SDit
left Us. The Twelve then steppe
into the position OF the frat pres
dency and operated in that cspacit
for about three years, and ~he
President Young left it was though
best that The same policy should /
pursued. The Twelve have, l beliv
magnifed their calling, and it hi
been approved by the Lord and Il
people, as shown by the vote io-da,
Were it not our duty tc keep all Il
g organizations full, l should nave pr
lerred to have had the authority T