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Show i GUBEEHAtORIAT TBICK. Wd would like to respect the present pres-ent Governor of Utah, if he would let us; but ever, when we are workingup a warmth of good feeling towards tho incumbent of the executive chair, he is found doing somothing not altogether alto-gether unexpected that acts like the north-side of an iceberg on a stray sunbeam in early Spring. 'Everybody in Utah, and thousands of people out of it, know what trouble has been made about the jury law of this Territory, Terri-tory, the Chief Justice practically ignoring it, notwithstanding the decision deci-sion of the United States Suprome Court declared it valid. A new jury law was desired by all who wished to have the machinery of the courts in full motion ; on the part of some became they thought the law could bo improved, on the part oi others because it was hoped it would remove some of the objections 'which the Chief Justice has raised. Wc had no confidence in a just new law doing the latter, for no jury law would be acceptable to his honor that did not place the power of selecting i. e. packing juries in his hands, that being be-ing necessary in his missionary pro-grtktumc. pro-grtktumc. The Legislature passed a new jury law; it was returned to that body, after some time, with tho Governor's Gov-ernor's veto. Another bill, for a jury law waa drafted, bo plain that no one could misunderstand it; so fair that no fair-minded, honest person could object to it. Here is the b3l: AX Arr cnckkmxq jvhies: Be it enacted by the Governor nd In-gif-Ifttrve A5bnibly at tho Territory of Utah: That the County Clerk in each Countv, shall, on the frrst Alondav io March, In . each year, ami at sueh o'"her times a i ni'glcct so Ux do at said first Monday in I Alareb, or as other crrc urn stances may I n(i(in, p'jbliely tiiakn from the a??efi-j merit rol'. of the CVuity, a lit containing tbc nairie? ofall thr malo residents of the Cront f, known or beli?vrd to bo eligible to bpj- v'e on juries; fad list ehall be tiled by ?Rd County Clerk, who fha.l keep in his otfif -e a box in wbieh he fchall deiwit the ii".neson the list,haviDg previously written ch name on a separata slipofpajxjraud 60 t' titled, said slip of paper th inj n i me '.hereun doi.s not appear, an'.!! a : ure-ly ure-ly seal and W-k saia box. Skc. 2. On or befure the thirJ Mnndsv ' in AUrchin each y-ar, the Countv Clerk in Coiiaty shall deposit the box and ky eaeh ibrftif. enniiinincr tin' n!'.ir.l,l with iho Clerk of the Countv Court wherein a Di-trict Court i? (o ho "held, to be by him saii'ly k"pt unopened for futun' use as further provided in thU act, and said Dames contain in iftid boke, shall constitute the lifts from which (irand and Petit Juries amy be drawn, ai hereiaaer provide-J. Sfv. .1. When a I)i3tri.-t Court h. to he held for a .District, the Judc thereof -hull apportion tiie nuinbi-r of Jaror-, b-jlh (.rand and 1'etit, between all Counties of his District, according V the numl-.T of nnmes forward-d f.om the several counties.. coun-ties.. Skc. . When a Di-tri.H Court i to beheld, be-held, the Judpe thereof, the Clerk of said Court, and the Countv A-eor of the County in which id Court ig to he held, ! halL at a tim,) to he p -escribed by mi J District Ju.Ig.-, at h-s-i twenty rliu.- pn-vious pn-vious to tl-Unif of holding' 'aid'C-'url. proowd Io the 'iflle-s of the Cli-rk of th-County th-County Court, and tli-re puhiiely, and in Iho presrnce ol'srh other, after the bxe iierein before reiV-rre J to hiv- Nvn tbo-lougiiiy tbo-lougiiiy shaken, alternately draw, prw niUeuously, from th l-ae reprf-nting th'1 CountK-s among whieh the drnnd and i Petit Juror hav LeTi apif.rtiom! and, aeeonliiig lr sueh npportionm.-nt. tlf names ot eg r.te-n men l.i i.-rve o.i (irand Jurors, anil ihirty men to p-tvc a- I'rtit Jurors, keeping -'nirnte li-t-i, and tho.-e drawn lurGraiid Jurors thai t' -um-tnoniU by the proper oiQ'er fr Grund Jurors, ami tbo drawn lor f'-li: Juror-thai) Juror-thai) su.'nu)oned by tin.' prup -r oi'.v --r for relit Jur..r-. w'hi.-h li, s f-hnU 1-j 1 ogrj.-d t y the li-tri'-t Judge, rk. Cmin-1 ty Ave-w nlon -rtij. and ofli.-er hfivinc; : wriu therefor, and tilt-. J in the ulliee of said Cirkof tlie Diatri.-t (.,'ourt. i Sr.v. .'. The l-.-ief eontaining the r-si- due of Uie natn.'i of tb jury li-t, a; af n- I sa d, shall, ft!'-Tu-h drawing. U leu-lied j up, Hi'urely ft-dfd. nd will! lh.' k-y de-i r-.3)Ud with lie; (.'(erk of the Countv : Court, and hv him saf. ly k'pt, tmi- its, for future u---, x- further prv.dtd in; thi ftet. t Si:- .'''. W'lfn at any tiui-, during ft"' term oi'ih" Ki-rri.-l Court, ii diaill .-.ouo-iny"irF !" nan t uon olb'-r jurors tlitin n b-T.inh.-f re provi'lM tor, the County1 Ci'-rk ?hall. OJ.d-T the )orti'niinTit and 1 dire ion of tie Jade tin-r-f. draw from , r-iieh l"i.v c-l-.xe, af.er lb-: Hini'! -hall i huv.- rj'-:ii thoroughly hake(i up, a suf-i ficieLtniinil-r of nanw to eoneiuilf ad-ditiotuil ad-ditiotuil Irial jumrs dumur sii.-h tt-rm of (.'ou't: and thr District Cierk .'hill a venire dire-'ttd to tie; pr 'lvt fliecr, : eorninar'hrig him U fortliwith lumtnon K'h peroi,. trial jurors, and tin- ..ili-eer ..ili-eer f hall lor.ii with pn-ef-i to u inn ion th .-am.', a- 'uch trin jiiR.r, and with nil rwililc dil.unee, iike return of hi.- yi n- ce ding. .. - ' ' 1 Sec. 7. Tbi ai.-l tj -i i fore- t'.-cn mid after its passiige. j- This is just such a measure as tnut have satisfied everybody wlio desire to se the courts in motion, except thonc who seek to have the majority of the people of Utah disfranchis'xl. H is also such a law ns Governor Wools hardly dare veto, and yet he knew well the "ring" would object tu it. Sent to Congress with a veto menage, it would have plainly showed that the howl for Congressional legislation is based upon a desire fur arbitrary power; approved, Chief Justice Mc-Kcan Mc-Kcan would hardly have cared to repudiate re-pudiate it. The (Jovernor saw the dilemma, and the manner in which i he shirked the responsibility would bo creditable to the ingenuity of a trickster, trick-ster, but is disgraceful in ;t I Governor. He .had held the first , bill before sending jn his veto message long enough to leave t little time for drafting and getting ; another through the two chambers, with amount uf business pressing upon up-on them, - Consequently, when tlie second rcarhed him the liwt night of the session, he neither approved nor directly velocd it, but "re fused to consider" it, on the ground th;it it renched him at too late an hour. He did consider and sign tho fen bill afterwards, and the jury bill was y plain that it would not fiavo required ( ten minutes' consideration. i We might ask tho fiovemur wlmtj law compelled him to sign, vet.', or refuse to consider that bill before the session of the Lcgitduturu expired. ' He luiyht have signed it yesterday, or might sign it to-morrow, or Monday week, to far us the law predefines: but ho dare not sign it fur fear of tho "ring's" vengeance; he dare not veto it for fear of Congress; anil he roHtrttil to a contemptible trick to kill it. Ncnd the bill ;ind the fin is b Con-1 grew. |