Show AN UGLY lillior iol lil mior DIOR WE dalike dislike to pay attention to rumor but there is a report in town which occasions a great deal of comment and not de be notice from the press it is to the effect that governor murray has expressed or hinted at his intention not to sign the appropriation bill unless the legislature approve of his nominations for territorial officers in may be that this is only common talk and therefore remarks in ia relation to it will be out of place but the well known rashness of the governor and disposition to follow fellow bad advice and the anxiety of certain persons here to provoke a conflict in which they hope to make the peoples representatives appear in a wrong and unfavorable light warrant the belief that there is something in it that a course of this klud kind kind would be wrong and would result mutually eventually in more injury to the governor chanto than to the legislature or the people is as certain as the revolution of the earth supposing that the construction put upon section seven of the organic act by the governors advisers should be sustained by judicial authority the failure to sign a bill for the appropriation of public money to carry on the local government would not be justified the officers elected by the people or by joint vot eLthe assembly as provided by law arem ardt facto omm off meers officers whatever they maybe may be considered de jure and the dispute between governor murray and the legislature on this question however it may be decided does not and will not involve the validity of their official acts governor a similar issue in regard to the territorial omm off meers officers but did not stop the wheels of the territorial machinery governor E emery took a different course and sai signed ea a bill for the election by the people of territorial auditor and treasurer for the purpose of settling any ally further conflict of opinion as to the appointment of those officers in I 1 this he showed wisdom and aud a desire for the maintenance and extension of republican principles instead of adis duls position to usurp or arbitrarily oscr exer eise cise powers that ought not to exist among a free f ree roe people i we trust that the governor has been beed misinterpreted in regard to this matter A few days however will show how it stands and and in any event the people need not become at all excited rile sun will rise and set the streams will run and grass will grow seed time and harvest will succeed each other and this people will flourish increase and prosper no matter what may be done lawfully or unlawfully aily ally gov governor arnor or even if there is no governor atall at nil nii alls well that ends well and the reign helgn of tyrants in the pe be short f i |