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Show SUCCESSION TO THE APOSTLESHIP. The death of the late Apostle Brigham Young has opened up the usual flood of comment In re- I garH to who will be his probable successor. While J the dominant churcn goes its way in a fashion ! mysterious and to the layman the inwardness of 1 things is unknown, there are still certain prece- .1 dents which form the basis for more or less accur- A ate speculation in the present instance. j Of the present apostles, thirteen in number 1 (and the list should include the late Apostles A Abraham H. Cannon and Brigham Young), all but five were either sons or near relatives of former ! apostles. The exceptions are Apostles Anton H. j Lund, M. W. Merrill, Rurtger Clawson, Reed Smoot and Teasdale. Two of these, Apostles Smoot and Clawson, are sons of sons of distinguished Mor- ' mons, who stood always close to the ecclesiastical ' leaders. ' The policy of the church now is, and always ! has been, to form an ecclesiastical dynasty, and , wherever It can be consistently done the priestly ', robe of the sire, upon his death, is placed upon his , , son. , So, when the time comes for the filling of the M present vacancy, a son of some former apostle will, ', in all probability, be chosen. It is easy to imagine ,' the selection of either young Snow or J. Golden j Kimball, sons respectively of the late Presidents ' Lorenzo Snow and Heber C. Kimball. i |