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Show A ; 1 Commendable Action . . : 0 SEVERAL weeks ago a bill was introduced in -the Utah legislature, extending power tahe governor to dismiss at will and without cause the members of the Utah public utilities commission. The Telegram criticised the measure, pointing out that it would defeat the purpose of the law, by making the chief executive the final arbiter in the fixing of rates for public service That the bill was not introduced at the request re-quest of Governor Charles R. Mabey is evident in a statement made preceding the killing of the measure in the state senate. Governor Mabey -ajnarta-1itnentimentr"wsrerhe" samnTTTiosJ ' expressed by The Telegram and add that he had no desire for any such autocratic powers in his administration of the office of governor. ! The governor has shown himself to be above the small political practices which beset the office. Under the bill the governor would have been given power to hold the utilities commission in complete subjection. He could immediately have unseated the members of the present commission, who happen to be of a different political faith. No doubt this was the prime purpose of the measure, but it is gratifying to note that Governor Gov-ernor Mabey does not intend to be used as a political football. The state and politics in general gen-eral will be better for the action of the governor and the state senate. |