Show I lIT MjUST BE A HOAX tf JIj4 iHIt l The Chicago Times of the 5th has a special telegram from Washington saying say-ing it is rum f t3GovernorR3mrey contemplate reignmglfiposiiogon the L Utah fcornmifeion and in ief i of a thisfact Congressman Springer and other Illinois Democrats fill urge the appointment ofj Hon Alfred Orendorf of Springfield Ill People who read this will wonder what has come over the mind of the kindhearted venerable ex Governor erSenator nnd Secreiaryof W ar that causes humyoJCOntgmplnits i resignation Of all the offices Governor Ramsey has held andhe has held one or more continuously within the memory of this generation he has never had a softer sit than he has enjoyed en-joyed as chairman of the loath Coin mission he has iever had fanof mle whichpaid him more for doing lessjand j has never had a piece which required j f 1 l t > less attention from him Since his ap I t pjintmentln 1S2 we believe the genial oldgentleman haspassed a few weeks in Utah timing his visits so as to make i them take the place of the usual summer sum-mer vacation with other people coming here lo pass the heated term among the mountain breezes to < frolicfin the Great Bait Lake and enjoy the famed Utah lager We cannot conceive how it has been possible that his duties on the Commission have interfered in thir lightest degree with any other busine 5 that he might have been engaged In and the future promises nothing different from the past We saw it stated sometime some-time ago that overnor Ramsey contemplated con-templated opening a law office in Detroit but that should not cause him to think of giving up the Utah Commissionserhip with its 5000 salary Even lawyers require brief vacations for rest and the Governor might employ those times for coming to Utah and eoning his salary It seems hardly probable that a wise and thrifty old gentleman like Governor Ramsey will deliberately throw away 5000 a year when he can get the money regularly without exercising either body or brain Until the positive announcement announce-ment comes that good old Governor Ramsey has quit the Commission and thrown away 5000 a year which cost him neither physical nor mental effort to obtain we are not going to believe he even contemplates resigning |