| Show THE COVERSOUS PRESENT LD PROPOSE IOWEitS PROPOS-E rrAOi DIN IK power is already vested in the man who holds the office of Go ernor of Utah He lays before the Legislature n message which is presumed to Indicate all the important legislation which the Territory requires Tins message is divided up among the committees of the Assembly who report upon their repeclive portions of it in dueT due-T time by bill otherwise Thu the Governor Introduces nil or most of the important bills of the session or at least the stilject matter of them themThen Then by a judicious use of the absolute veto power he may coerce the Assembly Into such amendments amend-ments to any bill as will cause It to conform to his < views or wishes on pain of depriving the people of legislation which they may greatly need Or by an unscrupulous use of that same power he may Kill any Fill he may choese and his caprice may nullify any portion of the labors of the Legislature The Governor has the nominating of nil Territorial officers uljecl to confirnntiou by the Council but should the Council fail him he may al > pant ail interim notwlth stinJinij its Direction The command com-mand of such a patronage alone nukes the office one of great power and in view of modern political customs c cus-toms unknown in Utah re may adJ profit t The Governor may lesion any criminal convicted of a violation of any Territorial Hi is also presumed to exercise in a legitimate way an Influence upon congressional legislation and the policy of the various departments respecting the Territory bj mean of his annual rejort to the Secretary Secre-tary of the Interior which is sup posed to contain statistical and otter information of a reliable character and good faith recommendations as to the Territorys needs made by its Chief Executive In addition to ill till ho has all the authority usual to the same oflicc in other Territories and the States Is not this enough lou er for one man to wield Is it not a strain upon American principles and institutions in-stitutions to vest so much in one individual Xo State Governor In the United States approaches in the extent Of lib power and patronage the Governor of Utah population consideicd 2Cot a tingle official known to the laws oC the Union or any State thereofis vested with such extensive authority The exIstence ex-Istence beneath theStarsandStriptf of au tfllce bearing such a Close resemblance re-semblance to an old world despotism despot-ism Is a discredit to our country But it Is coolly proposed to fll3ke of Utahs Governor an autocrat cf powers enormously Increased beyond be-yond those ho already wields The Stone bill of which we have already briefly treated aims to make him the Secretary of the Territory and the President of the LegMafive l Council successors to the Utah Corumitfiorj As we have is pliiued this wouU virtually b to transfer the powers of the latter to the Governor direct Still as our readers < are aware another measure now pend ing in the Sennte proposes to give the Governor power to appoint all the important county district anti precinct officers at present elective Senator Paddock Is credited with being the principal advocate of the latter scheme It will be remem bend that ho and the present Ext cutheof Utah were on the Utah P Commission together when doubt i less the ties were forme j which explains ex-plains the Senators interest In the aggrandizement cf the Governor Serously Is it nut time to call a halt in these endeavors to enlarge thualnady kingly powers of Utahr Governor What need exists heft eta man clothed with such might Xo more than exists in any other Territory or Elate Tberd Is no reason rea-son why tile institutions of Russia should supplant tho e of America In the Territory of Utah the representations repre-sentations of scheming ambitious and unscrupulous politicians to the contrary notwithstanding |
