Show I i I I I TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS i l I Representative Evins of Sauth Carolina I Car-olina Chairman of the House Committee Com-mittee on Territories stems to be l j the right man in the right place 411 l I but unfortunately he cannot help or R protect the Territories as he would I like to do On the 8th instant he I f introduced a bill providing that not I no-t I 4 person shall hereafter be appointed j llt Governor of any of the Terri i r tories of Arizona Dakota Idaho Montana New Mexico Utah x j Washington or Wyoming who has not been a resident of the Territory I I for which he is appointed for at i E I least two years next preceding the I date of his appointment Mr I Evins probably thought there was no hope of securing to the Territories = Terri-tories the right to elect their own 1 Governors and he would propose 1 i the next best thing It is doubtful if he will succeed in this good as are his intentions for the Jaw would I i J practically take it out of he power of the President to fill these places by his or his partys brc ken down or played out friends It is out of I I 1 I the question to suppose that the I i I i average aspirant for a governorship I would live in a Territory two years I i before receiving the appointment 1 indeed very few of them could exist 1 ex-ist so long on their own resources I either intellectual or financial s 1 t j + t We have known some who had JI to borrow money to get into the Territory and others who had 1 j to be helped out by subscription k I J I Next to electing their own Governors Gov-ernors Mr Evins plan i3 the best I t that has been suggested ftr abolishing j 1 abolish-ing an evil We believe that during j I the past twenty vealS there has been but one Governor of Utah who was 1 I at all interested In the Territory more than in the matter of drawing I I the salary as soon as he was superseded sup-erseded the Governor would pack his gripsack and leave there being nothing to hold him here Indeed I ordinarily he managed to make L z himself so offensive to the fl 1 people that aside frcm the I I r I matter of money his life would fr f to say the least have lacked a good a r deal < in a social way to make it ° agreeable They care nothing for r Territory j they are not interested i inter-ested in Its development or progress as they expect to stay only BO long as their commission runs The history of Utah In this respect Is not materially different from that of 1 the other existing Territories It jit 1 I t used to be that the Governors loitered i t loit-ered about In the hope of getting to fr r I Congress or being elected to some Ll profitable office upon the admission 1 I 1 l r of the Territory to the Union I l f i I but now they do not i 1 1 t even wait for local office j t r t skipping by the first train after their G I few effects have been hustled together i j t dg ether 1 Were the Governors apt r ap-t pointed 1 from the Territories even though the wishes of the people in the premises were not consulted we Ji might look for improvements in two tic 1 a 1 respects First the risk of getting I f played out politicians would be lessened I les-sened for a man to live in a Territory q b t I tory two years would necessarily 1 T f t I have to show some lindependent f i a i ability j and second the probabilities a I t t r J ii If are he would be so much interested f s I I g I in the Territory as to desire and j a work for its prosperity a j the place T j l I I I of his home I I I We wish Mr Evins bill Wv uld ba i r + 7 < 1 a come law but cannot believe it j 1 Ii I j Ii will |