| Show SPECIAL legislation SEEING that special legislation for utah is so strongly urged upon con COD congress gress we may ofner a point or two wherein such legislation could hardly fall fail to prove beneficial the legislative assembly has been discussing the matter of mem orial izing congress to specially I 1 legislate eg isla to f for or utah I 1 in n two particulars lars lans to which we will liere here refer 1 concerning the veto what is called the absolute veto there is no necessity to memorialize congress to abolish the absolute veto for t no such thing legally exists it does not attach to the utah governorship er the veto power I 1 is 8 sim simply assumed by liy the out any authority whatever it is might of a against a irist right but congress may consistently bo be asked to introduce into the organic act of utah the common organic or constitutional provision that bills passed by the legislative assembly by a two thirds vote shall become law independent of the governors approval or disapproval also a provision that all bills passed by the assembly and sent to the governor for his action thereon shall become law if lie he falls fails to inform the assembly of his approval or dp disapproval within a certain specified time these requests would be entirely constitutional reasonable and appropriate 2 A state government A ame memorial to congress for oon a state government vern ment for utah is always in order no territory does no territory ever did bett better erde deserve serve a state government than utah does docs admittance mit tance as a state into thet union would be an act of justice to U ielah tah lah an act of statesmanlike wisdom widd D M that would bear noble and satis fab tory fruit atwould it would go far towards drying up old rankling issues healing old festering sores and sol soi solving v the mormon problem it would give a mighty and a healthy impulse to tile the development and the welfare and prosperity of this whole mountain region atwould it would tend greatly to strengthen the union for utah with colorado would be the keystone key stone of the grand arch of tates states S spanning this magnificent ent continent from the orient to the occident from the wild and stormy atlantic to the calm and genial pacific here are two particulars then in either of fi congre congram is might justifiably and commendably and happily specially legislate for utah but if the last were gli cli ghosen chosen osen and a state government were conferred there would be perforce no necessity for action upon the first il |
