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Show H j DEATH OF JOHN HENRY SMITH H , John Henry Smith, whose sudden death in ttnll Lake, will prove H j shocking news from one end of I'lah to the other, was one of the H J ( great men of this state. He had beenv a leader in church affairs, H popular movements and politics. Tie was a powerful factor in making Utah Republican. H lie commenced his career as uyoyng man by joining his father H and the Parr family of Ogdcn in building 200 miles of the Central. H Pacific railroad. Later he was given high church positions and finally ho was made an apostle- and then counselor to the president I of the Mormon church. Ilis biographer, detailing briefly his scr- I ;viccs for TJt ah, Bays : lie was called to "Washington on many occasions to represent t Utah and the church in an unofficial capacity and gained 'the frien,d- H ship and esteem of many of the leading public men of his day. B lie was sent to "Washington to protest against the passage of H ;thc;Edmuuds-Tucker anti-polygamy law in 1882 and later appeared H 9 -before, congressional committees to plead for. the admission of Utah- H 'as" a" H t-' Tn 3S31 he was arrested under the Edmunds-Tucker law on the H ..charge of unlawful cohabitation, but was discharged for lack of Hj 'evidence. H lie was made a member of the council of the twelve, apostles in H ISSG and became second counselor upon the death of John ft. H 'Winder a little more than a year ago. lie was a cousin of President j .Joseph F. Smith and u son of George A. Smith, former president of HH 'the church. t! AJthough his successor will not be named until the next semi- HJ annual conference of "the church next spring, it is generally sup- H .posed that he will bo succeeded by Francis AL Lyman, now prcsi- J dent of the coiuicil of the twelve apostles. Hj ? v John Henry Smith was for many years one of the owners of H tlfo Standard. |