parties and here the matter rested for the present."
Feb 28: "The 12 suggest the Police go ahead with the ball
Tues. Mar 2, 1847: "Was home until one o'clock and then
went with my wife to the council house to our police party.
 It was an uncommonly beautiful, clear, warm and pleasant
day. We had the Police, the Twelve and Band present, and
enjoyed ourselves uncommonly well by dancing, talking,
eating sweet cakes &c and some little preaching... Took
wife home 11 p.m. Party quit 3 a.m." One of the things
I like most about that little story is that is demonstrate
s clearly that Brigham Young was not a dictator, as the
 anti-Mormon press has insisted for the past 135 years, but was accepting of advice from others and did relent
and allow the police to have their party, after all.