[Apostle Francis M. Lyman] Political matters were talked over to some remarks of Bro[ther]s Jos[eph] F's. Brigham [Young Jr.] took exception. It developed that the Presidency desire that Utah shall enter the Union as a Republican state. There seemed among the brethren a strong democratic tendency or of indifference. Bro[ther] Brigham's idea was that nothing should be said upon politics in the Temple. Heber [J. Grant] wanted to go into the field for [Joseph L.] Rawlins against [Frank J.] Cannon.
[Source: Excerpts of Apostle Francis M. Lyman Diaries, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lafayette_Rawlins
ReplyDeleteCorrection: Rawlins, a Democrat, was defeated in his 1894 re-election bid for delegate to the U.S. House of Reps. by the Republican Frank J. Cannon (NOT George Q. Cannon).
ReplyDeleteThanks. I've corrected the entry
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