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Show H' mjultiiisu .must nr. iiom:. B Up to dite the Nirvvs has. nollowtbut B ; one aouruo of opposition to Iti sltlon H i on Iho Delegate question, thla romlng H 1 from our nearest neighbor, tbo Jltratil, B j nJ II ) ungracloua enough In on BH place to pronounce, by Implication 1 at lent, our well-meant elforta H In behalf of ttio people of Ulili B lo much "Tolunttereil adYlcclo tho H QoTernor. ThU, If mtint as written, H ' lift rulllako lor which there la not H sufficient reason; that ofllclel nnd no M other hat been otlereJ any alTlce In H theie columm, at Itait to far aa ths H , ircaent cottroeersy It concerneJ, and H i nooo will be offered for two Kooil B reasons We are not Juit now In the B , adtlelng builnci", In tho iimo In B ! which adTlce It utetl In thlt connect Bfc, Hon; anil there la no doubt In our Bf! aalnJ tint the Ootcrnor It well In- B r foriatd and disposed to do what la BBJ , light In the premleis. The Nrn sis shown that, according H to common law, which In the ah- H aenco of a ttatute on the eubect H muit rule, a rrtlgnallon doei not cul. H mlnate till lta acceptance. Un- B , fortunately for thute who would orer- BBJ turn our poiltlon, that principle cf law H hat no mora application here than n H aectlon of the penal code woulJ hare. B It rtlattt to catrs In which thero la B a power or authority torccelte and act H upon tuch retlgnatlont, and thla doea H not obtain In tho caio under dlcuilon. H It la fought to La shown, by Implies- H tlon at Iratt, that tho Governor hat H I auo'j power, but It la not to nominated H t In tho bond. Ihe Ojrernor'a powota BHmI In a general way are deflnel bylaw BBj ! and thla la not one of thtm nor doea It H' ' coma within bta purvlow, lila dutlra In H tho preiultra being made cleaily H mlnltterlal. Tho realgnatlon la not H sent to him for acceptance or rejeo H tlon but merely that through htm H the people may be ofllolally apprlacd H of the Tacanoy and by him H an election ordered to mi audi Tican- H oy. Aaahowa before. If ho never re- R celTed audi notice, the people thould H not and are mt (resumed to lie the H loten; he would then prrsuruably act B upon tho Information otherwi.u r- Bfl cetved and perform tho duty enjoined HH Uon him by law of calling an election B to Oil tho vacancy. It It not, tturofore, K true that "If the OoTernor takrsofflclal 1 notice of the withdrawal ho may B clearly or at all refrain from siting K on the rcalgnatlou." If he could do 1 thla he could do anything die of an B ofUclal charaoter which tho law doea not empower him to do, for hu would H not only bo doing that for whloh H i there It no authority given, but would B ' be acting at a ludge In the caie btildrt B assuming Judicial functlona In de- B cldlogaa to what conitltuteia Yaoiu- B cy and what doea not, and establishing B variously the equities of the caao B whtn bit dutlea In the premises pBVt are plainly aet out and need PBV) sot be mltundcritood by any one. PBVt Tliui the conclusion that the BVJ resignation doea not como beforo tho BVJ cleik of the Hnuto of Iljpreientatlves, BVJ but only tho noifoo Iroiu tho Delegate BVf that be Lad forwarded hit realgnatlon BVJ to the Oovernor, becomit a atralncd, BVj labored and unreaiouable onatruitlou; BBJ, to put It hi homely plume, It la pultlug BVj the cart btfjro the horae, time the BBt rtilgnutlon la what la filed with the BVj clortc and upon rccolpt of which he BVl ttrUre the namu from the rollt, while BVj the noffco thertol la forwnrJed to tho PBBj Oovernor In order that ho may take BVj the action whloh the law roiulrea of BBB BVJ II thcroliapowcr,areraouorabody BVb authorized to aosept or rrject tho realg Vj! natlona of meinbert of Uougroit, It la PBVj much Letter to point out who or what BBV It it ur they are with th law therefor BV than to Indulgo In imlbbllugaud In. BVj elnuatlont, artliularly when, ni a BVj good many ell InformeJ people look pBfB at It, onu-thlrd of tho time with. BVb In which an election may bo Vr called haa expired. It it too BBC Important a eurjeit to ttlllo with; and BVM lolletuplnely upon our backa and let BVl thetlmego by, relylug,iereuely 111 oti BVt thebopethatnruleof law which hat BVK no recent npplloatlou will aeoure ua III PBVj our rlgbla, HI not do, A lumber of PBVV Congteia tenuru during good bohavlor PBVJ reatt excluatvely with hlinieU; ho can BV hold the place or let It KO,Juit aa ho BVb vl0"", and tho liiatltutlona of the BVb country would le tyruunlcal, tho Vj country Hit If a detpotltm, If It wero BVb otherwlae. Having thli ao!o piwer, BVb and there bolng uona to tay him yoi BVl or nay, when ho placet hlawlthdruwal BVl on fUelhuactlaoUlcUlaud oouclutlvo BVb aa to him, whtther tho governor of the VS atatu or turllory from which audi hVb meinbircouioa over hear of It at all BS or not. A re) reeontallve Irom Kiu BpB tucky whosu name wo have for BVb gottiu Ucaino iiimiahet In on ol the ('oiiRntilooal fonJnla to BVl prevalent thoilly alter Ihe war and PaPaB toughtthe thorteit routu cut of what PPpfl Ihriateiad to bo a or( leilu luvittl. B gallon by rtalgnlug lila n-kl a d tend. BVat lug a notlcu thenof to the (ioveruor, PPK! who at llialtliuu wttt Mr. Htovtnain. PPHI The latter at onco telegraphtd Laik BBRf for the member to hold hit Hint u a HbSB aitndateof tho torlo ol IventucUy PbH ind routt tho fullmt Invcallgitlun. BBB Bpurrodonby thli reply tho gentle. BVB iitu aroto In tho IIouio to announce BVB tho Hpcaker that he wlthtd to rtcill BBB lit rtilgnatloo; ho waa leremptorlly irdertd to alt down and bo tllent at hu a not a member cf the Ileum ond PPI , puld not be recognizor; and thtro nie BBB l Bny tlmiltr caiet. It may bu laid ai to thla that he had been tworn In and thui waa n full member, while Mr. ltawllnt had not been aworn and tho caietarethua dlnlmllar; lut It la alio a fact that the member flnt epoken of wat recognized luch for half a ytar before taking hit leat and being iwnrn, becauio hit pay waidiawnor forthoomlng during the wholo of that time, and the trraaunrdteinot piy thoeo wh are notmembpraexciptby tptolal net of Coiigrna It-ellJ Ihtto whoeccillflcitti of election are on Hie and whi te right to Mat launconlcalodaro entered on the roll of memberthlp and th oy. roll tin matter of cjurae,nnd nothing but death or resignation can dliloJgo them llnrrfrom until tho organization of tho body t which they behag. Utah haa nt re-mt nol)rftto In tho t'my-lhlrd Uuiigrera, through Ihe rralgnatlon of the untleman elected liat Novcmlwr. It nnyrrat altogether with tho Uovrrnor whether we havo one at oil or not. Thetlmo priarrlbcd by law within which ho ahould act la flipping away very fait. Our under-ttandlng under-ttandlng la that ho hat I ten advl-ed by tbetz.Uelegata (eriooally of Hie 1st. ter't realgnatlon or that at Icait tho Ujvernor haa lufllclent Indubitable evidence upon which to act. Wo alto believe that ho comldeta there Ian vacancy. The only thing then would bo aa to whether or not he lejuatltledlu waiting longer for the final documentary ovldot cc. W thli k not; If It lan'l hero now It la not llaely to be hero at nil, at lta.t not in lira,, rmaiurlug tho tlmo Irom hit fir it au-Ihcntlo au-Ihcntlo Information that thcro waa a vacancy. In thla matter thoNrwa looka only to the welfare of the oolo of Utah, for wholo lutereilt It It ever on tho alert. Itdocanotcaro whether It pleaaea ae'f looking olltlotana whom only caio for tbo Territory la Incidental, or not. It haa no "azo to gllnd," no frlenda to reward and no enemlet to puniah In taking lta poaltlon on thla question. It aika for nothing that ought not lobe granted, becauio It aika for Juitlcato overybody. |