Show ate WEE rebeker got the floor and Intro introduced dued MEMORIAL TO which calla forth the L praise of the deseret news and the wrath of the liberal organs the dl democratic c ino cratic rep representative re senta tive from cache ind rich all counties gained con consent I 1 sent for ti alio i i introduction n tro of odthe the following 0 memorial to tho the senate and house of representatives senta enta tives of tho the united states stales in congress assembled ast we your your memoria lists t the legislative isla tive assembly of the territory Jerri tory of utah 7 most respectfully represent that wo have heretofore presented to you a iner memorial norial showing 0 tho condition of government in this territory the helplessness of t the be peoples representatives in the lied legislature to pass need needed leisl legislation atio n and praying that you anae enact t into a law the bill for the local government of utah introduced in the house of representatives by delegate caino caine and in the se senate nate by senator faulkner now at the clo bloc c of this the thirtieth session of the legislative assembly we desh p again to represent that our experience during the session has emphasized the feces I 1 sity for such legislation and has again made prominent the pernicious and objectionable features olour of our present system PL govern ment we tho the V of t the he people of utah I 1 b L t aaa 1 I 11 calac air ag 1 ir T tn proper quilitz c I 1 this territory Terri tor too y rl rehor OX HOr 40 rilo as wo believe I 1 p proved ved oved this attach lo together gether with the veto to this memorial ial we ve also represent that in response to a well nili nigh 0 universal sc sentiment in the city of salt lake and at request of a committee of the city council and of the chamber of commerce of such city we have passed a carefully prepared and well considered bill for the 0 government of metropolitan cities i in n etab which was intended to tin and will apply only to salt lako lake city at the present time this bill the gov arnor as we believe wrongfully has also refused to approve the bill with ilic veto is also alo herewith communicated we desire further to represent that the people of the bierri tory of utah lie sirous desirous of being represented at the worlds columbian exposition to be held at the city I 1 of chicago in 1893 have passed an ail act appropriating for making C a suitable representation of the T wealth and resources of the territory at that exposition we have in that bill provided the names of I 1 permanent residents of the territory of utah who hall shall s constitute a commission to expend this money mone the names selected being representatives of all political social and commercial classes of tl the te territory this bill the governor vetoed vet ocil we attach it with his bi veto to this me morial the real reason for the veto is not at first apparent upon the face of it he claims that it is in violation of the organic act of the alie territory the reason which lie actually div and which does exist is ie that lie he desires to naino the board of commissioners who shall hall expend this money during the session of the legislature the governo oo governor verno has fins vetoed bills out of a total of passed these bills were all careful carefully considered by the Legisla legislature tuie and passed to meet what were believed to be wants M the present system or of our legislation it would too much prolong 0 this memorial and accompanying documents to attach all these bills and vetoes to it we respectfully ask that the congress of the united states approve and enact for us into a law the bill which lias has been passed and which is attached making an ail appropriation and we have no power even by a un unanimous aninious vote to make such appropriation over the ap absolute so veto of the governor and this territory must suffer for want of representation at that exposition unless Con congress grets wi will 11 grant us relief reagain wo again renew our raqu request to con ress s to relieve cus us from the present situation of affairs in this territory and to give to the people 1 c here the privilege of governing their own affairs in their own way and at their own expense by officers of their own selection moved to suspend all rules that this memorial might be put on oil its passage and that copies of the governors Go vernora vetoes be forwarded with this document |