| George Q. Cannon 1898 Diary (2) |
| From Journal G Q. Cannon | ||||
| F. J. Cannon & his Relationship to First Pres. | ||||
| Monday, January 17, 1898 | ||||
| Brigham
Jr. has told George Q. of Frank's drinking Frank's letters encouraging He has reached agreement with Banigan. |
[President Cannon has been informed
of his son Frank's intemperance by apostle B. Young and he has made inquiries
of <Hugh Cannon and G. F. Gibbs> & masses testimony to shield
Frank. Then] . . . the First Presidency received a large number of letters
from Frank this morning, very gratifying & exilerating to us. [Frank
at the time <and for some time previous> has been the financial agent
of the Presidency at the time in the East.], as they evinced a good spirit
and show the zeal with which he is working. He has <effected a> settlement
with Mr. Bannigan that we think very satisfactory. |
Joseph Banigan was a venture capitalist in New Jersey. "During the 1890s, capitalists such as Joseph Banigan and Charles K. Bannister exercised as much influence on Utah enterprise as did Wilford Woodruff and George Q. Cannon." Utah: The Right Place, 451. | ||
| George Q. admits telling Frank about Council meeting last week. | I told President Woodruff and Smith that I had written a private letter to F. (which was sent to him last Wednesday) giving him some particulars of what had occurred at the council [when the Twelve complained of their treatment by the First Presidency]. I said I felt that I ought to do so; it was a relief to me though it may not have been very wise. | 1898: January | ||
| Decide to telegram Frank | President Smith thought it would have a very discouraging effect upon him. I proposed, therefore, that the First Presidency send a dispatch to him. Prests Woodruff and Smith thought we ought to, and the following was framed and sent to him, signed by the presidency: | |||
| Support, encouragement | "Be comforted. Batch of letters
received, very satisfactory. The Lord has bles you and we bless you, and
say be encouraged and do not weaken." |
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| I do not want him to be discouraged, nor to feel that his efforts are not appreciated. I believe he is doing all he can, and I think he is capable of doing a great deal. p. 56. | ||||