| Show THE TABLES TURNED THE ghe washington 0 correspondent of the now york gierald has tole graphed his ills paper concerning 0 the contest for the Delegat of or utah and the telegram is being sent over the country by the western union line as a press dispatch it refers to the suit sult now in progress to annul mr cannons certificate of citizenship speaks of the claim that the governors Gover noras the returning officer of the Territory has conferred lupon upon him by law powers other than ministerial erial and therefore had discretion in the certificate matter and states that cc Campbells Camp beiva belVa friends claim that the course of the clerk of the house of representatives in ignoring the certificate of the governor in favor of campbell and placing upon the tiie rolls cannon to whom the certificate had been denied both by the executive and by the courts was a great stretch of power and the utmost he could probably have done would have been to have I 1 left ef t the question to the decision of congress which would thus have brought the whole mormon question in in such a shape as would have necessitated some decisive action Y the question of mr cannons citizenship will be judicially decided and we have no fears upon that point his case is too sound bound and clear to be in the slightest danger the extraordinary powers claimed for the executive exist only in assertion and no attempt is made to quote a line of the law ia in emia said to confer courry them for the simple reason that there is no such law on the statute books of the territory or of the united states the action of the clerk of the house of representatives seems to trouble the friends of mr campbell more than anything ele elie eie that has taken place in connection with this dispute and those thos e who are not familiar with the law and with the facts in the outrageous bous conspiracy by which it was sought to sub gub vert the wishes of nearly all the voters of this territory may think that something irregular and improper has taken place but we advise them to wait awhile it will be seen when the whole case ermes comes to be ventilated that the clerk has done just right in the matter that lie he has violated no law but has acted strictly in accordance therewith and with his duty the law requires the governor to Cc declare the person having the tilo greatest number of i votes duly elected this he refus refuted ed to do but gut presumed to declare something for which the law does not provide the so called certificate of mr campbell is not such a document aa as is required by law but on the other hand the governor unwittingly gave 1 J just us t such a berti certificate fl cate as proved to the clerk of the house that mr sir cannon was elected by an over whelming whelmine wh elming majority ot of the qualified voters the documents filed with the clerk of the house on either side go to prove the same thing and he woul wout have had to shut his eye in simple facts and nigul figures res tes certified to over the official seal ot ibis territory if he had bati placed mr air campbells name on the roll he ile would also have lent the force of his position to one of the tiie most palpable an I 1 barefaced attempts at political cai cal robbery ever sought to be gerpe abed since the establishment of nis great republic that official has made no stretch of power he has simply simp y acted on common sense principles ind and within the strict line of his duty and the froth and fury which have been the consequence among the conspirators is highly amusing to lookers on and very gratifying to the friends of justice and fair dealing the cause of the great wrath among campbells friends is the failure to get got the ier per diem which was wag I 1 looked dok ed upon as a certain salary grab every month until next december Dec embr at least if his name had been placed upon the roll tho the pay could have been drawn no matter how much of a steal it would have been under the circumstances and this thia was the objective point of one or two of the main workers in the conspiracy how easy it is now noy to talk about a stretch of power rund and rind the propriety of leaving tho the question to the decision of C congress angress on gress but how about tho the stretch ot of power in a simple ministerial officer presuming to de clde cide ona question of citizenship and in declaring that the person whom the people had voted against was elected the tho main question the qualifications of the delegate elect belonged to congress aldno alone to decide but bya by a lla flA stretch of power as impudent aa as it was unprecedented an officer who has no moro more right to ad such a dispute than a common constable presumed to issue an edict concerning it for the purpose of aiding in tho the abominable conspiracy it is easy now cosay to pay that it should have been left to the tilo decision of or congress that is what wo 0 o said sald in the beginning and have maintained up 0 to o the present time and it is they uley who now take up this cy cly that tried to forestall congress and steal the position wh which ich could not bo be obtained by fair means and the action of that body the more these plotters move in their infamy the plainer their villainy will appear to the country and the clearer will they expose themselves to the contempt of or all parties sects and individuals who wiio have tho the least regard for the rights of citizens and the sovereignty of the popular vote |
