Show a I f fg I Mt i a t 4 i f Ii 5 I it I Ii U I 3 F FI I b I I t t e er r il t 1 I GOVERNOR M WELLS Who Wh Will Step Slop Out of the Executive Chair at It High Noon toon on Monday N Nh l e Ye lS of Or o St tel Under H sov Wells t 11 el rt 4 i 1 1 v b It i n nIlow a How Ilow I Io Iho Boy Executive I Moh Jot Disposed of o Bi Public u Liko r a in H the tho o of or m ht Law Lav rind and Other Othol GIno Problems as ns s Examples I On Monday next the man who has been nt at the Iho helm holm as II chief executive I eltice statehood was conferred upon Utah a 1 period of at nine yearn c cars r will III re reenter reenter I enter tIme tho ranks of ot those who are arc de do described scribed nH nR occupying time the pout post of ot honor In the tue private station Within that period such inch have havo been bron maul made to tho tIm history not ot only of at this title corn com commonwealth not only of ot the greet groat west hut but of ut the country countr at nt largo as ns make mako n a review of ot the tho retiring governors career nn an indispensable adjunct to the arch archives lyre ives at nt large lorge It H is III scarcely necessary to enlarge upon the record of ot Heber M lit Wells prior liner to hula his hl Induction Into the executive of or tho the state nine years yearn ago ngo Most of 0 the tho renders readers ot of tho the News Ncsa eIs arc aro no doubt Quite familiar with It 11 anti ond this means that the public at largo large with but tow few exceptions know knol something of hIs bin earlier career of at his being Leins n a nativo POD lion nf of the state and tho the offspring of at one of ot Its grandest t pioneers of oC his hs hI education lion tion lot within Its bottlers bolder and after varied experiences In business and political life lICe eventuating the tho launching launch In of 0 his hi gubernatorial career at the early ago of 36 these things need not bo be recount recounted ed ell In III detail but they arc an In indispensable prelude to the recital which follows I BIRTH OF STATEHOOD There never neer was wan perhaps a n brighter January day In this latitude than that of ot tho the sixth of at that thol month In the year Although at a n time when wh n thi thu weather Is usually there theN was WIS not a cloud In the sky ky and the EUn aun like those ho h shone upon was Will all 1111 miles It was an occasion of ot general revelry anti and all manner of dr demonstrations lions werd rife rite Cannon boomed whis whistles ties screeched bands played 1 flags float floated floated ed anti and everything demonstratively tIel indicative of ot the tIme appreciative Joy of at a n people was and even obstructively In ii evidence with hut but little If It any nn complaint Tho The boy bo governor rode rad In the grand rand pro procession ro cession lon that lust was formed and an entered upon the tho discharge of ot his with no more of ceremony than titan the occasion demanded Our ship of or state was as launched our captain wan at his post During the tho nine years succeedIng that epochal event there hero have been many man eventful Issues heu s brought bought Into ex ox existence and either disposed of or or orIn orIn orin In process of at disposition not as 01 relates to our own e Jut but ut to the other states aur the hue world at large anti and part ut ns as o oto asto I to tho the later ll ter under the tho guidance of ot the tho retiring hiss has at times been boen i anything but Inconsequential Chief events may nay be mentioned the tho war with Spain and the tho subsequent struggle with nUh the Insurgent Filipinos As of oC the tIme military I fores of ot the state Gov Go Well elis was vas In duty bound to 0 see BOO to tt It that Utah Quota of oC troops wu tras promptly tilled filled and It would be he Idle to say that he performed this duty In a n perfunctory I or routine manner m he went at ot It as Q one who whose e heart and soul IU were enlist enlisted enlisted I ed in the cause Aue at ns ono one whose native Americanism was IS amused and MIl whose signal purpose was the alignment of at the tIme infant state In full tul and complete completo march j jIng Ing order with tho tIme older sovereignties i comprising the grand phalanx of at the republic Every company was WA as filled tle on coIl call cal i in tact fact there were more r j than thun places place No favoritism was Wil shown hown Those ThoS who were deemed best qualified for tor particular were to so as assigned n assigned signed and this wholly without refer reference reer I ence to political religious or social status or Inclination There Iere never could rould have been bc n in any ago no of ot the world or any nn place a I troop trop sent tut afield with wih such an d feeling of or god gal treed and such heartfelt expressions of ot olbo to ono one and all I from each o j I I I and over very err one olin as characterized characterised that departure of at Uhl contingent to I I foreign ahole as all lib ha h contribution to I II tho the work voik of ot upholding the Ume notions nations hon iton honor or and nd Integrity Int tt While Gob Go Wells Weil ila did 1 nut not do sit nil fi of ot this while hUe lila his hi lieu lu wore were On able Ible anti and anti and partook partok In hi large of at the Ile splendid fervor teror as himself his Influence once ence olce anti Ind handiwork were It everywhere visible his hll hi vigor was WI Infectious For Forthe Forthe I the enlisted men he had liver aver the keen keenest k lm j jOt est Ot 1 antI and nothing needful to the welfare elfare of any aay I one or any number I hut could be 1 gained by I Ills his action was WI ever Iver vor withheld He lie Je luau has hal received and Justly weal the title of 0 ww wu WI governor stud nd while not been i drawn into mich uchi a vast vortex as D Mor Morton Morton or orton ton atul RII Yates Andrews Andrew and Curtin and the other stalwarts of ot anI the time dark duk days of the rebellion he ho h none the less 18 prompt and In no sen sense saMo o ION IBM leI de tIe than ito tho of ot that host hoit hOit THE TUE JU noun LAW LAWIt IA W WI It I II i not tuot alone I 1 le as its I the executive taut that list Gov Guy Weil Well has baa b mode mid midI a It I lasting maik upon the escutcheon of oC the commonwealth To lo enumerate all al time the goodly things he has ha taken part partIn In or been bee bl Instrumental In II accomplish accomplishing ing In by reason renon of ot his hll olce would bo but mm possible PUI to this lug article within the brief brt space IlCI allotted I I Ito One of at the early ariy achievements of ot the lie ti new nw state by moans means of which It no nol only ani led Id the van In II the matter maLer ot of fur tor warding wading and Ind upholding the interests of ot the laboring men len but added somewhat om to Aie tle te civilisation of ot th tb period was wae th the enactment of a R law lw making eight hours a 1 days da work In all public Institutions and also in mines and ond anI smelters melet Thes were weN fought lh considerable persist persistence once ence not so much mulch In a n spirit of ot hostility as because of a Ir to main maintain ala tain the tho right of ot personal contracts anti and Inthe In consideration con and final adoption of ot the measures the hand of Oo Go Welts Wells Weil was ever 00 a 1 guiding hand and his hla hIl voice OIN that of oC a safe and ald wise wile couns counselor It I Iwai I IWI was wai WI largely tentative work however just we va nIl all 11 now nol It I anti and the great necessity leI for or keeping It I aloof aloot from tram demagogic design and factional I Interest was wag u so much understood and ond appreciated by the executive whoso hol purpose It I wu to secure Justice to I the toilers without In the smallest measure trenching upon the allot 1 tat tal 1 that some few tew afterwards rained raised the tho cry bathe was M not miot a friend to labor How now u and ond unjust jill JIl uIl such statements were has been made raids plain IlIa II to even eon those tho 10 responsible for them no on of late Inte years lf rOon who has Im in Impartially partially considered the subject has bits given place or expression to 10 any nn such euch elch M i l p though of t f later Inter times i there mime nn an occasion when by reason raon of ot his hIl oath of at and n a due regard for tor law and an order he vatu U compelled com le to luring brine the militia of at the state to hear bear upon those thoas thO who acting In tho tim name of labor were In reality degrading Its Is dignity mid tind en Its fl A confederated body bd of or aliens nfl operating In Carbon county In accordance with In Instructions instructions train from chiefs of at their order and anti urged along by Ils who mho lived without toll toil and steadily mis misrepresented misrepresented represented the tho status of ot employers rlland and employed not ot only formulated hut but ought to uphold a B law 11 unto s whereby the time welfare of he the community was B endangered nM nn the safety Y of nf property seriously Jeopardised j Negotiations were w r unavailing overtures looking to nt were peremptorily rejected d DI tho lie strikers gave CIVO It out that not nt only oni were their terms to tl be he with wih In iii II their en CI cm Ure but none non others otherl that than themselves i Iere were ere to be permitted tel In the works When the time came to in take uko the Governor was nN to It I and nr his liis work wn was RI characterized by b sUh RhO determination d is as amour n oil I n rt the Ie o of o th time dangers at t the tho very ey outset I j I I I ilon inoa ure i at al ouch nuch luch luchu u a time would have encouraged and Riv Riven given en el Impetus to 10 the Ike riotous and tying gangs gK but such Mich was wan not hot the tite treatment extended i not nut a I life lt 1 Rs tk no blood blod was tras 1 slier shed and property rights were maintained RB tie they had been hen It as 1 a U 1 trying time and a groat rent consummation In II dealing d with wih crime and I nil criminals generally In II it many flail cas ale n without the boned benefit t of 0 precedents precedent or the time sustaining Influence of ot a it strong fining I public pointing without de tIe deviation the th straight unit proper course to pursue the th governor has lias hi In every Instance shown a n comprehension of ot du ulu duty ty U t and A deer of or which have brought him through every ordeal with wih the utmost credit Nor has haa ha the degree of sternness shown hown beet been ben un tempered tIIt by considerations of or mercy mere philanthropy and Christianity More oro than titan once lies hau hil he be even eve gone Iono out tU t of ot hie hil WRY way OB oil 01 an tin executive to 10 listen to what convicted people had hR to say any sayIn fY In their own behalf and given them time the benefit of at the th fullest and most molt careful consideration This WM wits WI ly BO 00 e in tIme the ease rase of ot the first condemnation for murder occur occurring occurring ring after his hll Inauguration and the theIra lint first Ira execution by J hanging since The circumstances were wore so 1 aa as 19 asto to be ho Irresistible yet there ther was WI room rom for tor a doubt In two or three I lieu lars arid and ad upon the request of oC the lie con condemned on condemned Thiede th the governor went to the marls mans mi f I cell cel heard ills lute story tory patient patiently ly Iy and ond naked asked ked questions to become further regarding the time fea features ref of th lie unable to tures ture case calle was WB reach rach nov 11 I other thon thea n that of ot the Jury but that he would havo have lone done so 1 et If I had hid bp been n even probable probable able Is II unquestionable The some ume lure timing thing In the tho more eels cele celebrated nee nse RI of ot Peter Pett who was Wil ex out d br by b shooting over a year rear ear ago 0 An As Al u it 1 member r of ot the board of ot par pardons dons runny tuso Involving a wide range ritte of ot have halo ben n considered re by b the governor and In but hut few tn It if any An has hai h his hla I I action the criticism of the he press or public the I O criminals them Ive and their friends may have hav thought th A vigorous and unrelenting yet discriminating and punish punishment meat ment of or the more mON dangerous class chase cIa ot of offenders IH is II the tho UI hl ft shield hl hl of ot soci society sod ci ely ety nn this ti con can c n never be b the cw IH where whre the executive Is I weak anti and vacil acil ell lating IlUm or too to much given to sympathy Just enough of or the latter to give g 0 mer mner merciful construction where more mon than IhAn our ono nC Is II t admissible should Mull bo be h the limit and anI Gov mv Wells ells has h shown himself possess pOI ad of ot the happy h faculty which enabled him to do 10 that on all ull ul occasions MIND MID ALWAYS CLEAR p The fostering hand and the tin steadying I arm which a new commonwealth re mires is I ever ter so 10 much more amore than Is II In tho the case ea with wih the time older one one It Is ii I Ind an fact tnt that In the tte th course cour of or years yearn erH methods principles and arni so o well wel ell defined and amid so thoroughly settled 8 that the state silte ma Ina almost runs itself olt so 8 to speak Deroo this condition U ii I reached much Is II experimentation ex re ro remitting In the doing away I a with wih this thing the adoption of ot that hat MIl awl the modification or enlargement of or another er A clear clar head hond an nn educated mind n a moral disposition and u a I goodly roody stoel of at force torre and ald fir firmness tun em are Ir prime s In reaching the time desideratum of rut t statehood and It Is I stat tat ing lag what U is generally recognised fo to soy say ly that In none of those thOM has hlll time the governor i fn rn found wanting In hi hl Ms transactions with wih the tho lawmaking pow power power er he his lias ha been bem satisfactory PI all al measures have received retell the most enact complete consideration ay as a to etry egry de do tail tai fI conclusions reached have had In tn view the tho greatest good genii Jor to time the largest lar e t number without ref n nc tr to tf pinion 1011 p itka or nr of ot wIts what whatever ever evet TOe Tie TI the th fit taltal pr arid and tho the wid widening wll nina ening of our I Homo 1011 have he been carefully ertuly safe ate guarded not merely because of ot Its HI being h nc a 1 duty dUL Imposed but bul largely larol by Jy resdon of ot Its I Wing being In an inherited In nn And l a natural to do tie so 0 Alter nine years ef of faithful h hl hi Itis commission t and returns return to 0 the lie rinks rank of private with the rank verdict Il of ot an n honorable carter career cartr M as a h hi his t reward and wid nd the ct of his hi fellow men ten u his best bet capital |