Wilford Woodruff, Fourth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints History of His Life and Labors, as Recorded in His Daily Journals

CHAPTER 51.

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ELEVATION TO PRESIDENCY OF THE CHURCH, 1889.

Arrest of George Q. Cannon.--Governor Murray's Dismissal.--Death of President Taylor.--President Woodruff Appears in the Tabernacle.--Change in Federal Officers.--April, 1889, Wilford Woodruff Became President of the Church.--Visit to California.--M. W. Merrill, A. H. Lund, and Abraham H. Cannon Called to Apostleship.--Senator Morgan Visits President Woodruff.