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Show TIio Di'lrR.ito (imsiion. tifcr Dcunt Keun linn, J. I,. lUwllnt say that liu wrotu aud mailed his reslguatlou of the olllco of di legato to Ummor West, and alto notified tbo okrk cf thelato IIiiisu of ltepresentatlvr of tbu fact. Governor Witt toye that he baa not received tbo( resignation and declines lo order a scclal election to fill a vacancy that dot not exist. Tho ,'h18 ixpreites the opinion that there is n vaeaLcy, and so I think Ibo 7ViJum) bolltved a lew du agi. but baa probibly thatged II o lulou. J udgo O. W. fow ers, thu head of tho Tutcaronu, I illevua Ihlro la a vacancy aud sayi: "For my own j art 1 am tonvlncud that what! his (Itawllns'j resignation was fllid, It created a va cancy." A veteran Demccrat, who never vote any but u deraocrallo ticker, whoio commuulcatlou ou Ihu sullen ap eared In un obicuru corner of tho Halt I.iko Jrrii dot Bnndoy fast, snjs; 'rhurtslgimtluuof Mr. lUwIlna was final und ellectual In relrgatlcg him lo tho nnks ol prlvatu clutvnahi." The Halt I.ako 7cradI don't bulleve that Mr. ltawliutcan rttlgn. It say "lbu nuwly eh clod delegate haa not taken the oath of cilice, llu ha uot been Installed." And thu JhraH gravuly asks, "Can ho reiljn n position posi-tion which he has not entered upon, oau he cist lira tobo which bo haa not put on?" or woids to that elleot. T u JUratd (urulihea arguments nnd opinions lo snow Hut a resignation lo bo valid must ba accepted. Now It this josltluu Is sound Mr. Ktwlke must continue to din largo the dutlta ot delegate for two yiars, beenjeu no porsou Is by Ian designated ta "accept" "ac-cept" hi rtsiguutlon, If Ibo doctrine advanced that n man cannot reslgu without the content of thuTerrltcr), then mi act of the legislature will U necestary to let Mr. Itawllu out ol thu dllemua In which hu tludt hlmtell. If thu varlout position assumed by those who want Mr. llawllue to bold on to thu jluio which ho wus cltcted la correct and If he reilly desires to give It U , he la Iu a dx somewhat some-what similar to thu llooalir hunter who carried to town for Bale tomu "coon" aklut at a tlmo when thu demand de-mand was to much let than the U ly that ho could neither lull, gtvu away nor lone his packago of turs, uiuui lo hit disgust. If Mr. Itiwllnsljuolly anxious to get out of hit ruieut position, per. hops bo might bring tho nutter to a head by writing another letter to thu (lovernjr, deliver and read It lo him In person In the prtsincu ol wit-uittui; wit-uittui; In that caau the Governor would be obliged to order an election, or lu. luso ou ihu ground that Hum was not a vacancy, lu tho latter caaa his ux-cellrucy ux-cellrucy tbo governor woulJ bu r aponslblu ihomd It turn out that Mr. ltiwllnt could uot get a seat In Con-green, Con-green, and lu cot sequence the Territory woulJ bu without k uelegatu during thu I resent CuUkrese, und II la hard to tell what the Houso of Itepresciitsllvm might decide, It might ossloly uieo with thoo who hold that Utah lus uu dilefcati. x, y, Z, |