The federal confiscation of church property provided by the terms of the Edmunds-Tucker Act of 1887, except for houses of worship, resulting in the improverishment of the church before the manifeto was issued in 1890, is well known. Less known is a threat by the government that prompted the Lord to reveal to President Woodruff the need to suspend the practice of plural marriage. A month before the revelation, which came in September 1890, it was learned that the government planned to take over the Logan, Manti, and St. George Temples reneging on a promise by the U. S. Solicitor General who had promised that the federal authorities would not go that far. The Lord knew the Manifesto was essential in saving the Church.
Hoopes and Hoopes, p. 147.
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