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Show Itiik ti: ju poivrit. It uied to Ik the fashion amocE antl"Mormons" to make a great outcry out-cry against "lb on man power," , by which was meant the authority vested In the Priesthood of the "Mormon" "Mor-mon" Church. This was very much eiaeg-ratcd and, In some rcipeiU, en tire! misrepresented, for the Hirpose of arouslog hostility against the Mormon1' Mor-mon1' people aud prvullng their ex-crclMof ex-crclMof the rights of American cltl-Jlut cltl-Jlut waiving all argutusnt to rela. tloa to that authority, and leaving out 1 any denial as to Its existence In the form alleged, let us look at the actuil "ouo man power" now In operation and Its ellecta on our Territorial affairs. And If Udoea not appear thai It Is worse In practice and results than anything that occurred under ao-billed "Church rule," w have failed t3 see both aright. In Utah alone of all the Htstes and Territories of the United Htates, exlsla , an autocracy that exceeds the lnirla. j lint permitted to any King or uecn or (Joveroor or President uuder a modem monarcblal form of govern nieut. Tb power of absolute veto Is an outrage upon the people where It Is permitted to be exercised. It Is con-i con-i trarytovery principle that gives life to a republic. It la not only anomalous anoma-lous but utterly opposed to the lustl-tutlonsof lustl-tutlonsof our country. Of course the existence of this brand of bondage, this sign of serfdom, this staudlng mark of autocracy over cltl-tens cltl-tens of a republic, la not the fault of the officer appointed by absolute authority au-thority to wield Ih Imperial power. It Is lu the law and can Unmoved only by the legislative hand. Hut with It there Is a discretionary power by which It may be so used as not to gall Its subjects, Ilk a chain wound too oloaely around them or a yoke that i bends their necltsunbearably. Wisdom and Indejiendent Judgment are i-wen tlal to the proper use of this discretion and that authority. Unfortunately, lu too many Instances, neither of these i has been dlsptated In the relations be tween the l.iocutlvt and the people of Utah. There has been too much animus, often, In the heldors of this lniilal poser, and too little freedom i from the Influence of a faction Inlmlo- J alto the community. During the (resent session of the Legislature this autocracy has beeu exhibited to some txteut. Loavlng out of consideration minor matters, there aro two measures of great liu-I liu-I portauce that at the present writing seem doomed to failure because of Its j exercise. One s the metropolitan bill I for the governmsut or cltlss of the first I clsas, the other the Worl I's Fair bill for the representing of Utah at the great exposition and the appropriation aud expenditure of funds for that pur-The pur-The first particularly ai!Vcls only Rait I.ak City al present, directly. Tne bill was prepared by a commlttr of the late City Council, and a commit-tewoftbeCbamber commit-tewoftbeCbamber of Commeroo, with an attorney of undlsputtd ability, experience and knowlejge of tho wanla of the city. It was carefully compiled aud adopted after close criticism, lloth I Houses of the legislature examlued aud ap roTcd it. The Uovernor vetoed H, but expressed his wllllogness to sign It If some designated changts shsuld be made lu it On Investtga lion It opi eared that these changes would bo Inoongrous to tho whole theory and purort of tho incasure,and defeat the greet purpose It had In view I the separatlonof certain depaltuieuta ! of the olty government and their 'I J iBMf measurable ludependenco of each 1 111 other. Tho changes roposed would li ( j)fj largsly turn Iheplan laek to prisunt I i Vvi methods aud could not bo adopted con- slsleutly with the general purpose and tenor of the bill. All that the l--l-lature could do under tbn clt ti u spinet was to table It. the olio mau power thus crushed tbe efforts of the rrpressntallves of this olty, of lb combined commercial Interests, In-terests, and of the entire Territory, and no redress Is left. The Worl I's Hair bill appropriated fSO.OOOtoglve Utah roper representation representa-tion at the great .'h-cairo exhibition. Italsoirovldel for the prop, r expenditure expendi-ture of tb money and named the er-sons er-sons who were to be Commissioners to manage the mstter. This rxireisrd the view and desires of the whole Territory, or an overwhelming major! ty of It people. The Governor vetoed It. Why? llerause It did not leave him free to choose and nominate the Commissioners. The Legislature tabled ta-bled It. "Une man owei" again, and no remedy. In this lntance there li a corllkt bctweon th Legislature and the l.x ecutlveona legal point. Btcllou seven of th Organlo Act an old ground of d!-utc, Is the occailou of It. The Governor claims lb right to nominal nomi-nal tbes Commissioners as "ofll eels' of th Territory. II these Isdles and gentlemen, designate 1 by the Legislature Legisla-ture to spend this money, areonlcors under the laws of the Territory, It la his right to nomlnats them. If they aru not officers, in the meaning of tho lav, he has not that right. There Is no disposition on the rt of tho Lcgls-latum Lcgls-latum to deny tho Governor's authority or prevent Its exercise exer-cise legitimately. Hut It Is claimed andlticsmi with good reason, that these persous aro not tailed to act as officers of tho Territory, as that term Is legally uudetltoml, Hut why should ther beauydli-put beauydli-put ovsr so small a matter, a srentljT Itttcauso there is great dissatisfaction with nominations already made by the (Joveroor In this connection, and th wishes of the i-eople have been more than Ignored. Persons liavo bsen appointed ap-pointed as representing th Hepubll-cans Hepubll-cans and Democrats uho aro recognised recog-nised as neither, but as rampant re lessntatlra of a faction, obnoxious to both parties and tothegitat bulk of the population, and th Governor' action Is regarded by many as an In. suit to tb community and an exercise of Ibis one man ower In lis must arbitrary arbi-trary and unpleassnt fotni. This Is tbe truth In regard to prieeut difficulties, and it exemplifies tbe wrong that Is being done to this Territory Terri-tory by the coullnuanco of tbe arbitrary, ar-bitrary, autocratic, sbsmeful and un-American un-American power of absolute veto, exercised ex-ercised to defeat tbe will of tbo pro) le, and humiliate them for the gratification gratifica-tion of on official and his friends, who are a small minority of the cltltens. Is there la one argument stronger than others why statehood or "homo rule" should be given to Utah, It Is this "relio of baibailsm that has been lui'sd upon her and from which may th Good Lord soon deliver de-liver uil |
