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Show j For Governor OF UTAH TERBITOBY, Samuel A. Merritt. ( A JclED . RECOMMENDATION. . " The Legiutature meet next Monday. T What they will do and what they will ... no, jo. one can tell.' It is perhaps use- le - for the. Governor to recommend to the Legislature the passage of any laws on ihe Utah question, but it will do no harm to remind them of a few things t needed in our laws to aid in solving bur local Question. That portion of the public which desires to see polygamy suppreF'wl .nd Utah relieved from her trov1 .-. will' look to Mr. McLauffbim '.c Representative from Summit fouu., , to introduce all measures relating to a t p u iement of the local question. ques-tion. - Whatever bills of "this nature he may introduce it is not expected that they will receive th; section of either the House or Council, Vqfc we trust that when any of Mr. McLau Klin's measures come to be voted upon tha t he will call for the ayes and no?, and thereby put each member of thfe Leg ielk't are upon record. ' In the Council ho aanot lo" this, but in I' the House he can. . ' Now, as to the recommendation we . have in mind. It is the season of .the . - year when railroads present ; their compliments to their friends, and i . ; , these friends usually include public ,: ofBcials of a certain grade. We hope the Governor will make a recommenda- tion in his message that a law be passed t , . making it a misdemeanor on the part of j any railroad official to give or offer a pass I to a public official, and making the ac- I ceptance of such a pass by any Territor ial, county or city official a cause for removal re-moval from office. Federal bfficials can- not be so dealt "with, but the railroads ... should be ' prevented from giving these officials passes. The Fedetal officials of ,r this Territory have been just as willing to accept railroad passes as the Territorial, countj' and city officials. Whenever a United States official , travels on a railroad pass he brings the Government into disrepute, for as a representative rep-resentative of the Government he makes the Government tributary to the railroad granting its "favors." If men who are public officers, no matter whether officers t- of the United States or of the Territory or any political -subdivision of it, have not II sufficient self-respect to refuse to ride upon railroads on passes, then there ought to be a law forbidding them to so i ride and making it a crime for them to do j ' so, and making it a crime in any railroad ' official to give or offer them passes. We hope Governor Murray will call the 1 attention of the Legislature to the need i of such legislation, and if they choose to f J - - ignore his recommendation then let them take the odium attaching to a refu- I I sal to enact a law in the interest of de- n cency and better government. |