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Show TV OPGHT TO FAIL. It would sem that tho "Gentiles" "Gen-tiles" of Utah woull bo nearly as much opposed aslhe'OIorraous" are to the Thomas-West bill introduced by fij'iator Edmund-. It is a "one-man "one-man power" scheme. It projoses to take from 5Ioimon"anJ "Gentile" alike the power to elect the local officers In the respective counties, and give tho Govcrnor,with the feonnt of the Utah Commi"ion,tlie poner to -appoint them. Thtre Is not the slightest reason for such a radical change, nor for clothing the Executive with such arbitrary authority. au-thority. The Utah Commission have no permanent interests in the Territory. Ter-ritory. Thelrofflceisnotpartof tho lucal governmental system. It is liable to abolishment at any time. And its ruerabTj are not even residents resi-dents of Utah. To vest any appointing appoint-ing po er In that body is discordant witli every principle of )ocaI telf-governmmt. telf-governmmt. ' Gentile" Itej ubllcans will probably prob-ably think the movement advantageous advant-ageous because, in tho first place, no "Mormons' would receive appointments ap-pointments whire their enemies nould be available, and in the second sec-ond place rtVj.ul'lIeans would bo preferred. Hut they mutt remember two things. One is that the Administration Administra-tion may c hange and that this Is not only jwesH'Ie but Imminently probable, prob-able, and that a change of Governors Gover-nors would be consequent. The utiur is that the persoauil of the ComiubMon u subject to a similar ilteratiuu and that this would in-Milve in-Milve a ihangt iu the local appointments. appoint-ments. The proposition, Loo, is a tlir-ar-ture from the spintbf oursyttm of government, and is a retrograle movement totally necdltss extxpt as an inJcfmslble measure to place all tlit. local offices in tho hinds of tho minority of the citizens, and clothe ctrh-.in individuals wlthau-to-rallc rower. Such a M-b-me ought to signally fail, if far no other reason than as a rtbuke to self-seeking officials, who hae not dectnej mough to abstain from open legislslive wire-pulling iu their personal interest, nor to be animated nilh asiBeof shame at this eijcfufi. cf their o.rn lack of self rcsi:t. I |