| Show lamentable IGNORANCE tian THE text ot of the amendment to the sundry civil appropriation lation bill providing for the tho filing failing of vacancies supposed to be caused by the failure of the august election has now come to hand it will be found in lu another colu column mn which contains the re report r t 0 of f the discussion over its pro visions vla via v I 1 iong ions 1 taken from froni the congressional record of august bd the amendment was proposed in consequence of a c communication received from tho chiet chief justice and As justices of this territory whose iatter latter appears in the report and the object of the legislation is to prevent it disturbance and trouble thought to be consequent on oa the lapsa of the august election and it to keep the territory from anarchy until the next elez election tion Ilon it is designed in the language of DirBa sin sir bayard as a mere temporary appointment to keep heep the machinery of government going careful reading or the letter of the judges will show that they are cautious not to tako tabo the ground that the failure of the election makes the local offices vacant they state that III igi it t Is liable to cause general disturbance and trouble but that is from the alleged act fact that amany many of the present incumbents am are understood to ba be polygamists hold office aire alre BO so they claim claims ia Is to secure the continuance of good order and the regular and undisputed support cf organized government objects that are very laudable and quite proper for the judiciary to aid in maintain ing jug the tho senate in donsi considering dering theeo these questions evidently jumped to the that as the august election would go gb by default the terri terni ta be in a state of disorder anu and confusion it lt was stated daring thai thal aften after monday au i i gust eth there would e ensue n sue suo in utah utah a hild mid total law law unless the Gorn government ment mOnt blib tild take flome flomo prevent to it it was waa antver furtner tata ty mr hoar 0 the mover otobe oabe ambi adment that there is 1 nota register of deidel deeds there is not a assessor or eol collector lector or 1 J suppose sup eup pope ofee ofie a consta bie mr JBrown bro bno appears to th tho only senator who hua bad suly tuly any andev s standing of ho tha true status jn tha tho be ha asked theresa fm any aning iti ingon inton mil eil aliee with ith lih provision hr the 1 staica giving the incumbents of of gf flees power to hoid hold over until I 1 successors are aie elected and quail fi ed NO reply was madeko except a about ista being in if i onlee and R tiennie tieni ie put pul thui the peran enli enit rub fit we mocie b by I 1 A 4 W 1 ant naping eing a be uia via ascertained neche no he imin imig cut cuts cohort bori bort by a vote on oh tile the j tifa tila legislation is clearly based upon an error and therefore 11 it ll falls t to 0 meet the design of those who klaf az it there iano lano la 18 lio iio no anarchy ai faulting from fiora J the of t he rio uri na an 6 who th the ihn n WI wiil will 11 venture to i tessera arv w ithe nit eager huntera hunters foj for an n a appointment broor the thes governor woula arit yil til dad iwabe oeal ocal officers onn off leGre are not tive bite offices office 8 as before t the tae ae dak day when whon hen the elect election lon loO hould have as eh place nhe vio the law la w J matoo ado bal val plain n ao oai a doubt on ahafi point i yera senator as mr hoar roar cf iab taB uett ayer averted veried ater ted if stating in co the whole that aften after aft the arst first na aday ada y in august there would jie joe none nope 0 of o th the 1 and this I 1 A crovea pro vea that ho did nob nut not kenow benow aw any chiff lhing g about the matter on which he wig leading the abia ahia ia alyf klir klit af p 4 RZ en pau in ji fully apparent entire ai scipuo whenever yh enever tho the affair pt gt this thia territory have been under discus bion eion the amendment conceded to by mr hoar and which prevailed making the term of office of the governors appointees not to exceed eight months was also founded on a misapprehension senators appeared to bo be under tho the impression that the would be able to institute a government by election at any timo time after their arrival in utah the edmunds led JEd munds law states distinctly that they are to act under the existing laws of the united states tates and of the territory regulating elections there are no laws regulating the elections in utah except its own statutes under their provi provisions blons alons there can be no general election until next august eight months from august 1881 will bring us to april 1882 if the governor could under the terms of this new leg legislation make appointments that would be valid the offices would expire in april and would bo be vacant until the following august making four months of that lawlessness and blanar anarchy by and rab fab absence sence of government which h ic senators mistakenly suppo supposed zed would exist he hero re atter alter monday last starting with an egregious error discus sing it with a lacic lacs of understanding of tiie the facts and the tho laws bearing upon them no wonder that they fell into the folly exhibited in the amendment to tile tha koundry civil appropriation bill when the news first reached us in the preas dispatches we supposed suppo ked aed tho the eight months was a telegraphic error aa wo ve had no idea that uhe the learned gentlemen having the matter in hand were so uninformed upon the election laws of the territory for which they were legislating as to make such buch an unwise provision establishing the very difficulty which they were aiming to remedy we thought that the appointments point ments were welo intended to last three months and that provision would bo be added for the general elec eleB election tion to take flaco in november at the time of tho the election for dale gete to congress but we presumed too much on the intelligence of f EBBy jaw JiW t appropriation bill a piece isec eaf of en entirely t fre ire jy new now legislation was to keep the machinery of government going in utah congress haight laight have saved saved itself the trouble of this anomalous counce coerce and this territory the difficulties which may arise through this unnecessary legislation legi lation by simply examining our local lawf lawe then it would havo have been that amplo ample provision is made lor lof ur the continuance of the offices by LY the holding averof over oven of the present incumbents and even if members were under the impression that there wab was any ambiguity en cn the subject they could dould have placed it beyond question by providing that the tha failure of the august 6 election in consequence bf their own special legislation to ba operative in an time 11 d as timp an any vae vac vacancy d in in 66 the geele offie es to 0 be a voted forat for at haye have I 1 agia ben caay c aby provocative v f grm ot L 0 I 1 y j but it th toasa fiali df any one who dabbles in utah affairs to examine the subject crill aily ally and carefully editors minic ema ehm era and even legislators who above all inen should seek seeb to understand it before genora taking action acton appear to ca con U aider alder I 1 der it gy to investigate ld kesti vesti gate on elide of th the guestion question guda leel leil wd hda MO a f reckie eckleS saes BaeB as 8 that would bo be ludicrous if it were ilot not BO so serious in its cons quen ces rush forward fonward to msty hasty conclusions and aa rhey hear a statement adverse zat jat the M to be faffer benn faff ec by t the tha e course ourse determined iet let upon course ourse determined iet let upon I 1 whar chais is doz simply to course as a a stated wigs lyjak ly Jaw right there is no cause for scare or excitement nothing to lub lUs turu the peace which la Is cb char of our quiet com munyA nonn pann mand 0 ha a awn busl busi ae wt juso guird a au temper in doing d olg d botu ad ami aying abing bauh jp btag that will I 1 cicur arp him or IV frienda friends jf cl iiii ot lof her lier children P god rul rui rulea rules an andall and d ali all I 1 I 1 thim v ev N |
