Show n KOIiE EXECUTIVE DESPOTISM 1 t THE full text of tim lull pcs by the Lrgi Htire Afemuly for the purpose compiling with the laws J ofOongrep relative to elections iu 1 Utah will be found in this b sie of j the DERET NEWS Accompanying I Accompany-ing the bi i3beGoemorl ml je I vetoing this important mOwn I The rensous for this legirlUIon have been already explained iu these columns but we will again refer to them Section cine of the Edmunds Act provides I That all the registration and election i elec-tion erases of every description l the Territory of Utah are hereby tleclan d va < Bnr and each and every duty relating re-lating to the registration of xoiers tho conduct of elections the recivins or rejection of votew and the canvassing and returning of the same and the issuing of oirUGgates orohcr evidence election in KJkl Territory shill until un-til other proibion 0 nude by the legislative Aiumby of cold Territory tory as is hereinafter in this section provide be performed under the exiting ex-iting I ins of the Uuied States and nf mid Territory by prapjr parsons who shall b appoint to execute neb oieeo < and perform micU Unties by a bud of five persons to tw nppointcd by the President by and with the ad Tl and consent of the Senate ee The nrjvliioii referred t in the above IN contained in the closing par of the section as fjllovrs Anla orar r the first mjelin of of sat IrjgiiUtive Assembly whose member shU hive been eleeeJ aid returned aooorJin to the provisions of this act mid Legislative Ai oinbly miy make suet 1 ivj coaforin ibo to theor iino e of said Territory and no mo3UiHtflai with Other lava of the United state as it shell deem proper oanaimin the filling of the office in sal 1 Territory daaUrea vaetat by this act1Tho The congresionil provisions by Implication at least 1 Impose upon the Utah Legislature the duty of providing provid-ing for the fillin ot the registration registra-tion and elLctiou cOkce And they expressly allirm the power and authority au-thority the Legislature to do this Tin plain and direct object of the Act of Congn hi in which these pr vlsiom anpeer was to pre vent jolyg atnists and persons who cohabited with mare than one woman from voting or holding office In Utah A Ijegishturo was t L elected by mjiwgtmous voters and composed of monogamous citizens For this purpose pur-pose the Utah Commission was created cre-ated When that object fhoulJ b nchieveJ tho njw Legislature cither at the fist or tomesulMtquent session was t ctat a law t regulate regu-late election m site r and then the Couimhon was to bcame defunct the purpose of Its creation having I been accomplished The LsgnaUve Asazmbly elected uuJer the Edmunds Act did at its flrfct meeting make and pass an election law as autiioii ed bytbat act lut as was anticipated it was vetoed by the Governorwho oflVred several alltge1 objections At the next session of the Legislature another an-other election law was patscd in which all the Vjectious of the Governor but fOr were siairel met and the causes removed and the e four were fuown to be without foundation Unable t point out any real defects in the second bill the Governor vetoed it without offering any cpeclfli reasons The EwuudsTce act oC IS57 made this additional provision Sec 23 That the provisions of section sec-tion 9 of said a approved March 2 152 inreganl t registration election elec-tion officer and the registration of voters and the conduct of elections and the powers and duties of the board therein mentioned shall continue and remiinoperalive until the provisions and laws therein referred t to L made anJ enacted by the IrfgiUitive Assembly or said Territory of Utah ih ill have ben mula and enacted by said Asiginbly and shall have been approved by Congress The bill Which I now published wn framed iu accordance with title jrovlIon and covers all tho ground fur which it was iiIMitI I wilt bear the closest investigation It runs counter to no Jaw of Congress 1 not in violation of the Orgaun Act however broadly or narrow oonitruui and does not transcend any legitimate jewer of the Ll6 latuif It Is a necosary just and Impartial measure I I is fair t all parties I cannot b consistently ol etc t except by those notwrioj corniptionUts who favor and foster the supremacy of a artizan minority minori-ty and the political robbery of the majority of Utahs qualified electors torsThe The Governors pretended cbcc tlon will be found on examination to be even less substantial possible than the quibbles of his predecessor under similar circumstances The bill he says provides for choosIng all officers not otherwise provided for and attempts but fails t wow that thb with the repealing clause of Uio bill casts a doubt upon Its meaning However he admits further on that he lens not carefully care-fully examined 1 thu details of the act and this might figure as some excuse for his allegations if it were true that ho bad not had time to consider I We haveViown In previous articles that this bill with two others was sent t tbo Governor Govern-or on Monday March 10 at 2 p m I he did not examine J till I p mon m-on the 12th that was no fault of the legislature One of the causes of tllfleronce S ben tho Iegitlaturo and the Executive In this Territory h I been the construction and Interpretation Interpre-tation of ton fen of the Organic Or-ganic Act in reference t the ajipoIntlLg power of the Governor Ier In Territorial cfHccs That bone of contention having been removed by the decision of the Supreme Court jfthe United States I was supposed that harmony would now prevail on Council of the that question The c tle Assembly which h recently adjourned ad-journed made no resistance to the Executive iu his appointments although they believed he went beyond his powers in reference to imo i-mo of the officers whom he claimed the right to nominate They were all confirmed This should have been proof enough that the old grievance woe gone The pr geauc ent Governor had no reason or right t resurrect i The attempt to drag Into the Teto this settled question i simply con temp ible The very wcrds to which lit offers ailoubtlng objection bhould have been sufficient to prevent any such quibbling The bU relates lates to the choosing of officers not othcrwle provided for Does not that exempt officers who are appointed ap-pointed whether by executive or any ole authority This flimsy effort t nuke it appear that the bill conflicts with thu organic act ought to have been too transparent for even the mot Liter or brainless foe of the liberties of the people of Utah tounJorsf Thu laws which provided prov-ided far the election of Territorial officers are den and were burled by the Supreme Court decision They cannot b raietl cither ad viriuble realities or a phantoms to supply a Governor with the ghost of a reason for playing thu autocrat Tho Governor says the repealing clauw Is very careful It terms I that a lecsonablo objection to I Why ho declaies In another place that this Is what ought to be and intiinitu that thu Ix lUature ha not been careful enough nut let us Jolt at this wonderful repealing clause which at the same time iu the gubernatorial mind I too comprehensive com-prehensive and yet not comprehensive comprehen-sive enough The provisions of all acts and parts of acts uperffUcd by or l conflict with any of the provisions pro-visions of Sits act arc hereby repealed re-pealed Is not this one of the commonest com-monest and plaintst of repealing clauses used In modern legislation I is t L found in acts of Congress and the laws of Stales and menus all and no more than just what it says Any one who pensive a bugaboo i must haven most vivid and disordered Imagination 2Cow as t the omission of provisions provi-sions for elections in cities This objection i on a low a level as the rest Accompanying this bill was another dealing especially and ex ciut > Ity with elections in cities That bill the Governor also vetoed specifically repealed the very pro vicious which ho now cites as un repealed by the bill under present consideration Both bills are now published and both the messagt that vetoed them Let the thoughtful thought-ful reader compare and judge and form his own opinions of theehlfting and dodging that had to be resorted to in order t frame excuses for kill lug those corelativu and necessary and careful enactment The gist of the Governors message mes-sage i to b found in the closing paragraph Like a winged Insect which it resembles it carries Its sting In its tail This bill I I Should become a law he says would servo to prolong a conflict con-flict which under existing I conditions and progrcssivu iu tlueuce is rapidly solving itself Exactly Leave the laws c they are nw administered without any further safeguards against Iraud I chicanery Injustice and illegal votugIeave thee election machInery to L manipulated in the interests of a party which the Governor tp porUrnd t the influence of who e leaders ho humbly bows and the conflict wilt soon b over for nih practical purposes As to the pro cern pr-o a conflict solving itself wi leave to the Governors message makers t explain we are not fond liar while that sort of chemistry The bill although unapproved by Governor wiilunder the provisions provis-ions of the CJmutidsTucIter act hosted above bo forwarded t the Congress of des United States I the Governor and his advisers and apologists do not like this it cannot b helped The Utah Legislature did not make the provision and it docs not argue much for die consistency oC tho e who kick against it to fine fault with tho Assembly for complying com-plying with It The provision Utter far than the shameful zthso luto vetomanUroslty The veto power under comtitu tional and republican restriction is a wise and beneficent executive endowment Without those restrictions re-strictions I is a mcnaca t liberty i and human rights In the hands of an impartial and unpartizin official it might prove a barrier to bad lugis lotion Wielded in the interests of a faction or in hostility to a class it Is a weapon of death wherewith to stab t tho heart any vital measure essential to the hell of the body politic and 1 t b rankcj with the notted club or the sharpened tomahawk of the savage who beats out the brains or cleaves through tire skull of his bound and helpless Itm It I a disgrace t modem civilization ani its arbitrary use 1 wore than imperial dcipotisxn |