Show A RINGING REPORT I 1 I 1 governor Cro vernor murrays Mur rays insolence resented i tai AU arraignment which the areat eat I 1 obstructionist richly deserves t dpn joseph A west chairman of j the special committee to whom was referred the various veto messages of governor governor over nor murray made a report to 1 the tae house branch of the legislature this afternoon which embodied the following preamble and resolutions solutions ra j WHEREAS his excellency governor ell eli H murray vetoed the bill passed by this assembly providing for the compilation of the laws of utah terri i lo lorland in his veto message made use of toe tile following language to wit but there are other and far more potential reasons why this resolution or any ady other of like character ter should not become law viz thirst the handling of so large a sum of money should be done by legal officers under valid bonds this is not possible the appointment and confirmation of an auditor and treasurer in conformity with the law of congress the present de facto auditor tor and treasurer are holding over long after the expiration ot of the term prescribed byan by an illegal statute and in an election elect iop void in itself and the bonds under which they serve if ever they were legal are so no longer second a number of statutes enacted by leg legislatures 1 of the past stand kand among tre the laws of utah today to day dav which are in direct conflict with the laws of congress which are supremia supreme these laws when analyzed in their very bones and in the lineaments linea ments of their every feature are shown to be acts of nullification of the laws of the laud land which you and I 1 have sworn to maintain under these laws the execl executive ti ve authority of the territory and the authority of the government of united states have tor years been persistently ignored and set at t defiance alice this resolution proposes to republish aase these laws iu in a compilation which will further mislead the people of this territory and I 1 am asked to approve them and sign sia si ti a a draft for of public funds drawn from the pockets af all classes of people to f lurther perpetuate perpetu ite this travesty on government in this this grievous wrong upon the laws of congress 71 and Vie reas section 4 of the organic act establishing a territorial government for utah provided thac tha the legislative power and authority of said territory shall be vested in the governor and a legislative assembly and whereas sect section ion 2 of said act provides that the Governor shall approve all laws hv As before they shall take effect thus conferring upon him the absolute veto and making his will or silence as the case may beto beio outweigh the unanimous vote vole of both houses of the legislative isla tive assembly and whereas section 6 i of said act provides that all the laws passed by the legislative assembly and governor shall be submitted to the congress of the united states and if disapproved shall be null and of no effect and whereas all the laws in force in this territory have been so passed by the said legislative assembly been so approved oy by the governor i anft ave ve been so forwarded to congles Con gres nd hive have not been disapproved ajduk ae whereas our political p lit system the ri right to pass upon t the h e constitutionality tiona lity of any law in this territory Is vested in the j judicial and not in the executive authority and whereas the 0 officers ill cers to whom his excellency refers in his bis said yeto veto message as holding over unlawfully and long after the expiration of their terms under an illegal statute and by an election void in itself were duly elected and qualified and duly com ed by his excellency governor eli H murray in accordance with the aw passed as prescribed in the organic act by a legislature selected as therein provided tor for and said law was duly approved by the governor and way was not dot disapproved by congress and has not been declared invalid by a competent court said law was not therefore void said election was not illegal nor did nor do said officers unlawfully hold over therefore be it resolved by the council and house of representatives of the legislative assembly of the territory of utah that the refusal of his excellency to E sign ign bills because ol of his opinion cin c in berning the official status of the auditor and treasurer is only a pretext I 1 instead n of a reason that he e has made of the absolute veto power vested in him an engine of oppression partisanship and malice that in giving official utterance to the sentiments that the regularly enacted and approved laws of utah are acts of nullification eli P H murray openly and wili wilfully insults the patriotism of the various legislative assemblies of this territory by whom these laws were passed that he openly defiantly fi and for revolutionary purposes insults the patriotism of the good 0 1 ae of this territory by whom said keople re assemblies were elected and anal whose representatives we are and lastly lastic that he willfully and deliberately insulted the intelligence pa patriotism t and devotion to duty daty of his predecessors in office who while possessing the absolute veto ve to and beang being e equal in authority to him the said r eli H murray and equally responsible with the legislative assembly have given their final approval of said laws and be it Pl further urther resolved He solved that the said statements of the said governor of utah territory when analyzed ana lyzen in their very bones and in the lineaments linea ments of their every feature are found to be e wilful studied and Jelf deliberate misrop representations fabricated for the purpose of arousing congress and the people ot of the united states to a bitter an and unree unrelenting ting hostility to the people of this territory and of promoting thereby such hostile legislation as would ultimately destroy destro every vestige of liberty and republican f can government in the territory ot of utah that the unhallowed purpose which lie he seeks by such statements as these to promote his bis public utterances and career in this territory have clearly demonstrated st est to be his bis chief aim and desire ever since his bis appointment to the executive acu ecu tive chair and that his present attitude in withholding his signature to needed laws and thereby obstructing the demands of legislation with nothing but railing accusations instead of sound reasons for his bis executive disapproval places him in the posIt position iod of an obstructionist a nullifier and an arrogant and defiant opponent of the legal and constitutional demands of a jtb liberty e y loving loyal and much abused e 0 e whose best interests it should keople te e his it highest aim to promote and whose constitutional rights he has sworn to maintain and be it further that these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of both houses of this assembly |