Show Governor Thomas in the Procession Tux HERALD hopes that in the crush of Worlds fair matters its readers did not overlook the part taken in Fridays celebration cele-bration by our strident and governor gov-ernor One of the most notable features of the days military parade says the Associated Press was the hearty ecep tion given Governor AUTHOR L THOMAS of Utah by the people of Chicago as the governor and his staff passed through tho streets In fancy we see the governor military nh vlh hinn anlt AnIAttna n 1 nr I blue sash across his shouldera and a magnificent mag-nificent white rosette on his left breast mounted on a foaming black charger that pranced and snorted whenever tho rowels ware put Into his Hank the governor bowing bow-Ing right and loft and kissing his gauntlets to the admiring throngs 1 Ah a few short i hours of bliss like that must compensate I for all tho rude commentaries of envious politicians For in the whole cavalcade including the I VicePresident of the United States tho members of the supreme court cabinet ministers distinguished officers of the and senators and army navy representatives representa-tives diplomats mayors of great cities etc there was no man who enjoys the distinction that Governor THOMAS does of being the absolute ruler of as many as a quarter ot a million people Nay had the President himself been present he could not hav boasted of tie possession of like power to that the United States of North America accords to ARTHUR L THOMAS What wonder then that the only executive execu-tive in America or in nearly the whole world who holds tho absolute veto should have been greeted with cheer after cheor for how could the multitude fail to associate such eminence in a free ropub lican government with genius and statesmanship states-manship of the highest lustre Alas for the great American habit of taking tak-ing things for granted I Tho willingness to appear and receive such honors was of Itself assumed to be an acknowledgement of their being deserved Tho account goes on The liberal appropriation made by the territory terri-tory o Utah and the evident determination of its peoplo t make the territorial display a credit t tho great Columbian fair appeals strongly to the citizens of Chicago and they gave hearty evidence of their approbation by the reception accorded Utahs governor What will those people think it thoy ever know l that this same equestrian attl tudinizcr Governor THOMAS used his arbitrary ar-bitrary and absolute veto by defeating tho will of utah apnropriattng 50000 to tho a o 0 fair and that the contribution of tho territory I terri-tory was raised by private subscription independent of the governors office We do not care to comment on tbo ridiculous ridicu-lous picture this innocently contrived dispatch dis-patch presents For the credit of the territory ter-ritory somekind friend should have made i his business to have seen the manager of the Associated Press and craved silence as to the feature of the parade to which THE HERALD has referred It is of course too late now and we may as well settle down as comfortably as may be to a realization of the proverb that prophet is not without with-out honor save in his own land |