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Show A PROPER RESTRICTION. The Utah Senate is clearly acting in the interests of the people and in tho protection of its own dignity, in passing pass-ing the bill which would prevont the Governor from appointing to an office afler legislative adjournment a person whose nomination to I hat office had bcon rejected by "the Senate. Aside from the general improprieti' of the Governor appointing during the recess a person whose nomination had been rejected by tho Senate, the practical working of these rejected recess appointments ap-pointments has been bail in this State. The chief trouble in the Stale Land Board, which presumably is the particular particu-lar point of friction,, has been in the recess re-cess appointments; these have caused tho chief trouble, and have brought about tho main evils that have attached to that Board. The Senate, in vindicating its own dignity, as well as in protecting tho State against the appointment of persons per-sons whom it has rejected as unlit, is on the right ground, both ethically and practicaly. It is probably true that the Governor will veto this worthy' and inuch-nceded bill if it ever comes before be-fore him. But if he doos veto it. tho veto will be wrong. There should be no such rocess appointments made; and it is to bo hoped that the House will so emphatically agree with the Senate in this matter that the Governor's veto, which 111.13' bo anticipated, will be of no avail. |