Show CANNON CAMPBELL CONTEST the of atall is still being ventilated and discuS discussed Ld by theoress the press of the country and judging from the tone of some respectable and influential jour journals nals the conspirators acors are not having so good and gay alime a time as they anticipated K before the real contest commenced his excellency governor murray issued the certificate of election to ahe he candidate who was not cleet ed beci because use as the governor says ho be was a c citizen of the united states this little scheme however failed it to accomplish its object the governor has no legal right to ill inquire whether or not either of the candidates is a citizen of the united states much less has he authority to decide as to the eligibility of a candidate for any such office but it was clearly elearly his duty to civo the v certificate of election to the candidate or person haying having the largest num number berof of votes however obtuse governor murray may be upon this point the matter is as clear as sunshine to all better informed persons W whether hether they are friends of mr cannon or not at the last election in utah for delegate to congress the votes were w ere for george Q cannon for alien allen G campbell 1357 giving givin m mr cannon a majority of out of votes cast at the election thus mr cannon had bad more thousands than his opponent had hundreds demonstrating most emphatically that hon geo Q can non was the choice of the people to represent them at the national cap ital the governor has no author ity whatever to go beyo beyond nd these returns to determine whether sir mr cannon is is an alien or a naturalized citizen of the united p states but a certificate now held A t by mr cannon fully demonstrates that on december ath 1854 by a competent court geo Q cannon was duly naturalized according to law he then became a citizen of tho the united states and th the fact that mr campbell is a citizen r will have no weight whatever in the controversy it is clear that the governor overstepped over stepped the bounds of his authority au authority thorit T by giving f the certificate of electie elec tio to mr campbell who had bad not even a re E Pec table minority vote instead of giving it to mr cannon who according to his excellency s own statement received an overwhelming majority of votes polled at the clec election tion the sacramento record union a journal by no means of mor moca mom tendencies has the following inc among other things to say on this subject in tailing upon himself to decide upon lapon cannons Can Cant hons ions eligibility ho lie usurped a power which did not belong to him and which did belong to congress we have before expressed the opinion that congress could not afford to permit a precedent of this kind to be established to jo eo would be to allow governors of territories or even of states to determine who should go to congress in contested and uncertain cases and such a power would eventually deprive congress of one of the most important and indispensable of its rights its it is necessary to set aside the question cannons connect connection i n with the cormons mormons Mor mons in discussing this his t case for it really has but a very very remote bearing upon it the real real question is that of his citizenship and there can be no doubt that this is a question fur for the determination of the house and not ot governor murray if cannon is is not a citizen the house can refuse to admit him and on proof of that allegation would no doubt take that course but at present he lie has the strongest position before it CaT campbell comes with a certificate ca te which is irregular on its face and ind which cannot therefore be com coin detent or sufficient evidence of th the L validity of his claim Can cannon nonon on r the other hand band has the PROOFS or HIS ELECTION and as far as the they y go r they are incontestable up to tao the IA present moment cannon ought to tk be regarded as the candidate having baring inythe the strongest claim to alseat a seat campbell has really no claim at all beyond the n notoriously otoroku sly illegal and irregular certificate odthe of the governor of utah a certificate which might just as equitably have been given to some man who had never been a candidate at all in fact it would b have been a stronger evidence had bad it been given to some Bt stranger ranger for in am Is lwft cw it is plain that J lie is not merely not the tile successful candidate but that he be is the candidate whom the voters expressly rejected it is clear that if mr cannou cannon was not riot elected thero there was no election at all aud and the courts have affirmed that the ineligibility of the majority candidate cannot be regarded added as clec electing tim a minority candidate the record union further says it would bo be one of those blunders which are worse than crimes to rule against air mr cannon if he lie lias as the right merely because he lie is a mormon and polygamist i wo have no fears as to the result of the contest contes tp and that the house of must take a decided baand in favor of mr cannon and that he lie will bo be seated for as tile record union concludes congress must insist upon its inalienable right in the premises and upon the illegality of all any atte attempt in pt by a territorial or state executive to arrogate judicial functions in in cases where the law gives these officials no authority and where they in n fact arc are allowed no option but to give certificates to the majority candidate |