| Show I FINALLY rare matter bf the Governors appointees has reached the court where it is to be argued on the 10th proximo Upon the relations of Messrs Arthur Pratt and George C Douglass Chief Justice Jus-tice Hunter has issued a writ of mandamus to Sheriff McKean and Auditor Clayton commanding them to surrender their offices to the re lators respectively or appear as above ana show cause why they do not yield His honor being above prejudice in the premises able lawyers having been retained by either side to the controversy and there being an abundance of time to ascertain the law and prepare for the fray a fair and righteous conclusion con-clusion ought to be reached This is a question in which the people much more than the officials are interested in-terested It is of small importance personally to ninetenths of the officeholders j whether they retain the poorly paid positions or not but it is of deep significance to the many whether the public service is performed and the public funds are controlled by persons of their own selection or bv those designated by a bitter and most pronounced enemy to the people No sane person doubts that the incumbents in-cumbents have the apparent legal right to the positions they ocdupy and nobody can question the propriety pro-priety of their holding on It is their duty to stick until the law has been interpreted by competent authority to mean they must let go They have given bonds to be faithful faith-ful to the trust reposed in them by the electors and part of that trust is to retain the office with all its functions until lawfully relieved To hold on does not show mulishness mulish-ness nor a disposition to defy the law but on the contrary is the simple performance of a plain duty in strict harmony with the popular as well as the learned reading of the statute |
