Show THE TERRITORIAL OFFICES THE decision of the Puprem Court of the United States In regan to the offices of Territorial Audi arid Treasurer has settled a questloi that has been in dispute for many years These officers were originally origin-ally appointed by the Legislative Assembly In Joint session A change was made in the Jawso so as to make S the offices elective by the people This law was duly signed by the S Governorand was regarded nt the time of its passage as n settlement of r the question Several Governors have claimed the right under section seven of r the Organic Act to nominate anil with tile Legislative Council Coun-cil appoint ail officers not provided pro-vided for in that Act excer t town hlp district anti county ofil ttno The people of this I Territory on tile other hand bare maintained that these cilices being of their own creation and appointed to do their IruiiucsKouglit of right to be fuelS i fuel-S inttho manner provided by their representatives the Legislative Assembly This was undoubtedly S In consonance with the principles of republicanism and the genius of the American system of t ment govern 1 3 I The Organic Act provides for certain J cer-tain offices and directs how the hsll betfilled and says The Governor shall nominate and by antf with the advice and consent of I the LegfcHUvc I Council appolnl I all officers not herein otherwise other-wise provided for Hut 5t I also extends the legislative powers of the Assembly to all rightful jecu of legislation consistent con-sistent wilt the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of thli act and then gives specifically specifical-ly the exceptions to tills power Among these there Is no limitation to the creation of offices necessary to I theM management of f fi = Klfeirs of toe Territory It generally conceded that he power which creates an office may and should provide for the manner of filling it Tills is just what the assembly did In behalf of the people who elected them and up to the present time the pcr1ie5 treasurer to hold their public fund and auditor lo take charge of their public pub-lic accounts have been the choice of the people to whom they were responsible I The highest legal tribunal ha decided the controversy between popular rights and lbs ouernah power In favor of the latter and all we have to do now is to submit as gracefully as possible It is well that this vexed question has been settled before the meeting of tbe Legislature as it will remOTe a cause disagreement which might have made further unplcasantneai between the legislative and executive execu-tive branches of our local government govern-ment It Is to be hoped that liar mony will now prevail There will we presume be uo difficulty Lhispoiutj if the hoc ernor Is disposed to nominate substantial reliable and respected citizens to tbo olllcet which have to be filed by him and UIO IiegU latlve Council Tho wishes of the people should bo regartled in this matter because the men to be select ed will have to transact the peoples Business The ruling of the Supremo Court In this case b in line With the doctrine doc-trine that has obtained ol late years in regard to the Territories It makes them mere dependencesnud debars them from exercising those rights and privileges which belong to citizens under a republican Connor Conn-or government The fundamental principle that < all government drive d-rive their just IWWCM from the consent con-sent of the governed Is Ignorcu or the theory that the people of the Territories may be governed unjustly un-justly J must be adopted It Is one more added tn the lung list of reasans why the anomalous undemocratic un-democratic invidious and pMscrip tlve territorial system should be utterly abolished and free sovereign sover-eign and united States 1 > e the pile from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Canadian line to the Gulf of Mexico |