Show RAWLINS resignation jos L has requested of governor WEST that his bia letter of be returned to him pending further consideration of tho matter it matter aluch Nv whether hether it be ba returned or not it is quite certain that mr rowlins is no longer a member of congress con gress or the duly aul authorized zed re representative IV a of Utah when the next congress convenes vines the Gover governor of the territory tory has haa nothing whatever to do with the acceptance of the she resignation he ha is simply notified of what the dole bale gate has done and when that notification reaches him he amt within twenty das call an election that the people may choose a successor fior in jact fact there is no law authorizing any ny pe person or body to accept or ri reject the resignation of a member of congress it lies 1108 solely with the member if his conduct does not w warrant arrant his bein beins 11 expelled from con resi whether he ba will wili continue to serve the tha people or not if he hands in his resignation that ds discontinues P continues onti his hia career as a 6 congressman angres sm an the C ak of thelio he house baa no jadi judicial cial powers to exercise eser cisa in m the premises but must simply strike the resigned members L name from the toll roll the tha fe cesere sere t news Newe gives the follO following ying example which tends to anba tan the case A representative from Ilen kentucky tucky whose name we have forgotten for cotten bacate bacame enmeshed in cne of the congressional scandals so attar alter the war and sought sough t the shortest route out of what threatened to be a perplexing 1 I by ng his bis seat and sendina sen dinc notice thereof to the govern or br who at that time W was i mr stevenson the latt erat once dofice te limbed back for far therm ember to hold bold his hia aman a man dateo Ren kentucky tucki and court the follest I 1 sparred on by bf thia this reply in the house to to tho e Tear that he wished to recall his he was waa pert perk empt emptor oriL ily v ordered to sit flit down and be silent gilen tag its hewa snot not a member of the house and could not be add en 4 there are J many similar cases I 1 I 1 another excuse that is indulged in I 1 is 13 that the resignation ra ie hm has never keen received through tho the y governor I 1 WEST the gov emoch cw averla aware that urma mr L ima INS ha resign resigned e a an and d having that knowledge 1 it is ia plainly his hia duty to cail an election to fill the TRean vacancy cT I 1 Z with the deseret lwiws that ibis be done don I 1 delay I 1 it is ia important b because the time wherein en an election I 1 cabbe legally called is passing away let not the territory be in a position posidio 11 of no legal representative at congress I 1 |