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Show I is tomorrow, lot It be so. But if the nation asks delay until it cau attain tho uecessir feeling of confidence in Utah. I am conti ul to wait, and in the menntituo to rely on the Justice and beneficent intentions of tlu-people tlu-people and goxernineut of the United Stot. -toward 1'iah :md her people. I am, very re. spectfully, Abth, it L. Thomas, 1 " Govern." Silence reigned throughout the realm:, and at its conclusion Evans, who made sucn :; fight for the adoption of tho memorial, was the first to recover. "Was this tMMPc-mortal tMMPc-mortal sent to congress asking the nWgd of the Caine-Faulknor bill?" he inquired 111 a voice which vibrated with suppresses passion. pas-sion. "Bj what right has lie to inlliet this lecture upon us?" President King The chair is unablo to Inform In-form you. Evans Did the commute on cnvollment or the clerk send it to the governor? King II he did so it was without my know 'ledge. Evans -Why we should receive this lecture and censure from the governor, unsought and unasked for, I cannot underataud. Tin governor ought not to interject his views Into a body of this kind, and 1 therefore move that it be laid upon the table, and all proceedings connected with it expunged from the records. llayues Hold on. There must be sonic mistake. It must have got to him in some way. Clerk McNutt It was referred to the com mittcc on enrollment and sent by it t the governor. Evans I asked for that information be fore 1 made those remarks. King On what day was that? McN'utt February 11. It was given to the committee on February 5 and sent to the governor on the 31th. President King hero picked up a copy of the printed journal and read the report of the committee on enroll men t and tho action of the house thereon. Peters Was it signed by the president and clerk of the COUUCll? King It. was. Evans That was the reason why I asked for Information before Baskiu interrupted and explained how he believed the memorial came to be foiiyyirdc.il to the governor. " . Having recovered his composure, Mr. Evans said: "1 do not believe in doing anybody any-body an injustice, and I ask leave to withdraw with-draw my motion to table the communication and ask that it he received in the rugular way." The chair suggested that the memorial be filed with the secretary of the territory, but no action was taken. The communication of the governor was then by vote received and filed. - liOASTED BY THOMAS. The Council Called Down by Hie Governor Gov-ernor on Its 31isleailing and Imprudent Impru-dent Memorial. The following communication from tho governor was read in tho council yesterday : lion. It'. S. King, Prenhleat of thr ls;itla-live ls;itla-live Council: Sin: I return C. J. M. No. 'J without my approval. I Inter from the tone of some portions of It that my approval was not expected. 1 concur in many facts set out ill the memorial; in tho statements as to lu prosperity, productions, population, wealth and prospective wealth of our territory; terri-tory; that new conditions have honestly come; that flu; future is secure and retrogression retro-gression is Impossible. As early as October, is'.io, in a supplemental report, unpublished, I substantially recognized the sincerity of the people and the honesty of the new conditions con-ditions then approaching, and I have never refracted the opinion. Perhaps some who approve this memorial were more tardy in their recognition, or at least later in expressing express-ing it. let 1 cannot think the memorial is happily conceived or that it will serve any useful purpose or be of any benefit to the people of the Territory of Utah, to whom in some respects, it does scanty justice. It states some things and implies others which arc a full justification of the course of the government in the past, and some facts which teem at variance with the impatient assertions made, and put the people In the false position of denouncing all the past, instead of looking solely to the present and future. Any lengthy statement of my reasons reas-ons for witholdin" approval is not necessary because the time is approac hing, perhaps is near, when discussions of past differences will be useless and all can unite In looking to the future. The memorial shows the great prosperity of Utah, but it fails to show how this was reached under the dire oppressions oppres-sions of Federal control, so vividly set forth. The prosperity is a fact, and that fact may induce a belief abroad that there may be some Imagination in the conception of the oppression. The memorial states that "Utah, in the feelings her people, has been lifted from her" humiliation hu-miliation and disgrace." In justice to the people of Utah, it should be stated that their own good sense lifted thoin from what is harshly called "humiliation and disgrace," dis-grace," yet we cannot forget that what the memorial calls the "distant appointing power." made laws and appointed officers to exercise an Influence which called the attention atten-tion of the people to the fact that they needed lifting. And that it was under those laws and officers that the people reached the prosperity and the new conditions set forth, and the memorial is unjust to the people in assuming that they desire to absolutely condemn con-demn all the measures and agencies of the past. The memorial says concerning Utah, "In the midst of her wonderful material progress, her people have recently turned their attention to the study of questions of government and legitimate politics aud in espousing the cause of one or the other of the political parties." This statement does not do full justice to the people, and they are bettter acquainted with the matters of government and politics than it implies, bul with such a Statement made, it would not be strange if this "distant appointing power" might think it well to await until a few elementary ele-mentary lessons were taken In those subjects before condemning all the measures of the past, and demanding possession of the future. fu-ture. "The people of Utah who do not hold or want office might well inquire whether this memorial is the statement oi friends and whether, so soon after the arrival of the new conditions, they should bo put in the position posi-tion of denouncing all the measures Which have aided them to attain the new conditions and of finding fault because legislation does not keep pace with their own change of opinion. The length of time during w hich tho contest was In progress in Utah Is well known. It covers more years than the Dumber Dum-ber of months which have elapsed since the new conditions were inaugurated. .Men cannot always change their opinions lnetan t-ly, t-ly, and governmental changes necessarily come slowly. While 1 believe the new conditions con-ditions have honestly come, and that the people of Utah are more worthy than the implications of the memorial represent, still 1 am unwilling, nor do 1 think 'It right to utterly condemn all the men and measures of the past, or to put the people in the altitude alti-tude of impatient fault-tinders. 1 am willing to give those who are not so well convinced of the new conditions a little time to auopt new opinions. A little patience is not unbecoming unbe-coming to a people who arc prosperous, in view of the past history of the territory. If delay is necessary, it will enable them to get better titled in the new conditions, and to better decide WhAt they want next, end also to convince jlie people of the United Slates of the honesty oi the new conditions. This "distant appointing power" represents more than Bixty millions of people, with whom the people of Utah must lie affiliated in governmental affair, and it is worth a little patience aud delay to convince them, so they may stand ready to cheerfully welcome the people of Oth to the cqtial and honorable alliance which statehood Implies, without looking backward with a fear lest sonic slip may occur in the lifting process which the memorial mentions. Personally, I hare no such fear, yet I can not join 111 the unjust condemnation of those who have. It will, in the end, he more just and urateful to the people oT Utah to lie called and welcomed to the association of Elites than to be received mi probation and with a partial confidence grudgingly given. I believe that in due time this will come, and In the meantime I consider the Fauikner bill objectionable in ever- way. It is not known the people want it, and no provision is made for sub-milting sub-milting it to their vote. It is bel'eved bv mtny of them to be the work of scheming men Whose motives are suspected. It puts on the people the expense of statehood without with-out representation, withholds from the people peo-ple the conddenee of the nation, and brands them with tin- suspicion of disloyalty, It crystallizes into legislation the hesitation of the people of the nation torepose confidence iu tho new conditions, ami this legislation cannot be Changed as speedily as the opinions opin-ions of t lie people of lie- nation will change when they arc eonv.iieeil of the sin. eritv of the people of I tab in the- new departure "ihnTc no objection to statehood when the question is presented in the usual way, and in the meantime I do not urge statchoosl I until such time as the netiou can give full j onlldcuec to the people of Utah, if that t |