Show THE TRUE inwardness OF THE REMOVAL THE plea of political expediency which s put forth by the apologists of ex governor murray as the occasion of his removal will have to be entirely abandoned the true inwardness of the causes ledins seems to be well understood by the press correspondents at the nations capital the president has hea bem m watching the course of the obstructionist and has noted his acts of nullification and bearing in maud now murray had deceived him and bei brayed lihn him lato into a hasty order for the forwarding of troops to utah on the basis of a tal he perceived the unreliability of the man and his total unfitness for a responsible position the reasons for the removal were not the offspring of party motives but were prompted by the necessity of the case and a determination mi nation to do justice to the people whose interests were placed in jeopardy by the folly and wickedness of a despotic official tae new york heralds washington correspondent kas has the matter very clearly set bet forth in his dispatch to the chief democratic daily as follows from which it will be seen that baskins Bas kius mission so far as it relates to the retention of murray is not likely to accomplish anything in the direction sought the resignation of eli H murray governor of utah was demanded by the president because of the formers course in vetoing the appropriation bill passed by the legislative assembly of utah the president has been fully advised in regard to murrays Mur rays conduct and he was I 1 perfectly satisfied that in his veto of appropriations he was not actuated by worthy motives since murray sent sensational telegrams to washington in the early part of december representing the imminence of an uprising by the president has hag been convinced that he was unworthy hy of confidence he felt very much chagrined when he discovered the truth in regard to the situation in salt lake Cit yand that te he had ordered thither additional troops subsequently it was charged to the president Preidel lt that the stories about a threatened mormon revolt were concocted in accordance with an agreement entered into at a meeting ot murray Murra yand and his friends at the walker house in sa salt it lake ty and that the object was to create a public apprehension which would further his personal interests the veto of the appropriations made by the utah legislature the president considered an indefensible lind and wanton exercise of authority he made a careful examination of the subject and tou bound nd that governor murray could find no objections to the appropriations themselves but because the legislative council would not confirm his nominations to territorial offices he spitefully refused his assent to the bill the approval of the governor is nece necessary to tile the enactment of laws in the territory it is believed also that the governor was under the impression that in the present situation the president would not dare to remove him that he would hesitate to touch an official who had bad posed as the champion of anti ant mormonism murray was greatly surprised when he received the telegram of secretary lamar demanding his resignation instead of sending it forthwith he replied lied that it would be forwarded by a mr baskin who is coming as the representative of the utah gentiles to urge congress to enact measures to disfranchise all mormons cormons in the territory and to turn over the government thereof to the one ode twentieth who are anti mormons cormons it is supposed that a desperate effort will be made to induce the president to let lef Murray remain governor a little while longer loner lon er it will be without avail the president ident is determined on murrays Murray Mur rays lp removal |