| Show CONNOR SnaG ESTED FOS there WM qa ite i in the city over the rumor based upon a telegram in the ogdan junction that general connor was to bo governor of utah this being in keeping with president grants policy nd there being so ciany considerations to recommend connor as one of the most fitting men for the position the announcement fastened itself on tho public mind more as a fact than as a rumor the appointment of the founder of camp douglas to the very important alico of governor of the territory at this critical juncture when 11 II arc anxiously looking for a final settlement of our territorial difficulties would be a most fitting move on tha part of the general government we believe this would be the opinion of the minority mijo rity of our of every class the telegram may be but a canard as the mining journal makes haste to suggest but to those who arc looking to a strong home rule in the appointment of men who have bad a marked but orical relation to utah like joseph R walker and P edward conner even tuch a rumor becomes at once popular and this fact of itself chows dhows how great would be the moral effect of the appointment of cither one of these gentlemen who have dono so much in their several ways to break awn the theocratic rule and establish in its place that of the american republic when the rumor came that clagett of montana was likely to bo appointed wo opposed it upon tho eaic grounds that we suggested joseph it walker and upon which wo geould heartily endorse general connor as would sir walker h tharo would bo no moral boroo in the of clag att ctt while it would do violence to president grants own policy for the territories and against which the bulk of the people of utah would have jost right to complain upon democratic especially at this critical period of reconstruction whereas the historical relations of connor and walker to utah would maka either of them eminently the governor of the ahola people moreover the very fact that the general las been suggested at washington upon the strength of hk past association with our territory is proof that the government is fast coming round not only to the policy but to the absolute necessity of biking a choice between such men ai walker aai connor to airry out its own pro gramme the tribune will by abc appointment oath class both from expediency and upon republican principles while it will oppose the importation of act governors who have iio clairl upon utah in their past relations or fur rendered to her people |
