Show THE PROPER POSITION tim THE absolute veto power vested in one man especially when the person clothed with such buch extreme authority is not popularly responsible is an anomaly in a republic it pleases governor murray an official noted as much for unjust and unscrupulous ship as any other characteristic to exercise his brief authority to subvert the will of the people and consequently lythe the fundamental principles of republican government by refusing to attach his official signature to mea measures enacted by the legislature that are clearly in the interests of the public weal so long as such an illiberal despotic and prejudiced man as mr murray is retained in onice office there appears to be no help but for the people to endure the oppression for the present we observe in our esteemed contemporary the verald herald a suggestion favoring an application to congress to pass the bills vetoed by the governor we are not in favor of a movement of that character it appears to us that the proper position of the people of utah is that they desire no special national legislation for the territory either elther favorable or othe otherwise this attitude is based on the fact that the people of utah are arc perfectly capable of exercising the privileges of self government without any special congressional interference the territory has an inherent right to make laws in relation to all ri rightful rt subjects of legislation this night right was a condition existent coexistent co with its birth of which it cannot be properly or constitutionally deprived this also inheres from the common right of man as defined in the declaration of independence pen dence to life liberty and the i pursuit of happiness the assumption 1 that the territorial organization being beim the creature of congress the nati national gnal onal legislature has a right to interfere legislatively in the regulation of the domestic concerns of the people is fallacious such interposition being subversive of the fundamental principles of free government should the idea of our esteemed contemporary be acted upon and congress take favorable action on the application it would amount to a special or temporary abrogation of the absolute veto power powen of tiie tile governor it is not likely however that congress aou would d take a favorable position on the subject ct should any application be made at all in connection with the stretch of power exercised by the governor it is our opinion that it would be better that it should take the form of a petition for the abolition of the absolute veto power which would rectify the wrong of which the people 1 have now good reason for complaint I 1 far more completely than the passage of congress of any or all of the bills which have been passed by the legis and to which mr murray reuses to attach his |