Show A FOOLISH FEARSome done in this Some things that are I world are inexplicable and among these may be counted the application of the Ogden Fourth of July celebration = celebra-tion committee to the Governor for I iwrmisaion for a band or cavalrymen ito a i-to ride in the procession on the j ooming Fourth There would be j fust t as much propriety in asking the I executive for permission to serve two ft d nfn e of piatea 01 icecream inetea o uU rr a Sunday school picnic It may be that the committeemen wanted their action to be looked upon in the light of a mark of respect or deference to his excellency If this was the real meaning of the application all that can be said is that the Ogden committeemen com-mitteemen are unduly polite but if it were permission to march in procession proces-sion that they really desired they aright with as much consistency have applied to those chronic police court habitues John Doe and Richard Roe who have as great i refuse the request Power to grant or 4B the Gorernor The refusal of his consent is a better chart of the size and shape of the executive bead than any phrenologist could Where does the Governor find his authority for not celebrate the saying men may Fourth + of July by marching wHo arms in procession If he has power celebrate he co say they shall not so certainly must have power to prevent euch a celebration and whore does be keep that power hidden The executive execu-tive duties and powers in this territory and distinctly defined and tare clearly among them cannot be found anything any-thing which eays he may suppress a fourth of July procession Some years ogo a whiskysoaked governor issued an order as commanderin > dhief of the territorial militia forbidding < < forbid-ding the militia to appear under arms To avoid trouble which at that time might have been unpleasant v unpleas-ant allround the order was heeded Since then there have been no parades pa-rades except an occasional Masonic demonstration a IC Governors Guard turnout or soma such armed exhibition as the executive saw fit to < < allow It is time that this foolish t fear of a power that does not exist died that is if the people want to i parade If they want to march inv in-v procession on the Fourth carrying arms empty or charged for that mater mat-er they might as well understand have an inalienable consti < hafc they vihtional right to do BO and all the governors in Christendom may not stop them The executive who attempts at-tempts to suppress such a parade only exposes his ignorance of his duties rights and pivileges not to mention his petty meanness of disposition dispo-sition If the Ogden people prefer r to celebrate the anniversary of the i nations birth by marching in procession proces-sion with muskets on their shoulders h and sabres at their sides they can do so to the number of ten or ten thousand thou-sand and they may snap their fingers at the Governor should he order them to desist the same as hey might at any upstart who as nmed to say they must not eo march |