Show THE GOVERNORS BROHEN BROKEN OFFICIAL PROMISE WE have laid before the public some of the arbitrary and inconsistent acts of governor ell eli II 11 murray during the recent session of the territorial legislature there is another which should not be allowed to pass unnoticed it is his course in relation to the bellap bilia portioning the representatives of the territory ill in ills his message to the assembly at ai its commencement the governor said on this subject the present apportionment of members of the legislative assembly is defective f in that the districts are in many instances so sho constructed that several members am ard chosen on a common ticket instead of giving each locality having we tae necessary population the right to choose its own member I 1 recommend ommond rec that the districts be so constituted that each shall have a voice aloice without bejus overborne by a larger neighbor which may be combined with it as now this is true apportionment and local government the other is consolidation abtil abill A bill was promptly introduced in the council making a new apportionment ou on the basis of the population it houses and hassent iu in due season to tilo Illo vernor on tile the ah J 11 of february it was returned without tile tiie G governors signature ae accod ll 11 olli pini panie eci eel 1 by the thu annexed colell communication ica TERRITORY OF UTA UTAH 1 1 OFFICE feb 1884 lei to lion n W I 1 V W I 1 V auff augg I 1 president of au ucil icil I 1 SIR I 1 tetu return rii ril herewith unapproved p raved C r F no 31 34 entitled au an act apportioning the legislative representation of the territory of utah tha act falls fails to provide for local representation tile the census ot of 1880 en titles every of population to one representative in t the c council and every oooo of population toone to one representative senta tive in tile the house of tives the practice of constructing districts so that several members are chosen upon a common ticket as is provided in this act instead of giving olvin oivin each locality loc allty having the nese necessary population the right to choose it its s own member is defective I 1 if the legislature will pass an act apportioning the territory into twelve council districts and twenty four representative districts is as near as mawe mame maybe upon the forego foregoing 1 ing basis where here bac each councilor or representative is to be voted for separately I 1 will be pleased to approve the same I 1 am most alost respectfully respectful iry irl it en ell 11 MURRAY URRA 1 governor goern or on lace race receipt t of this veto and agreement the council passed a new bill framed upon the governors plan but through sortie some misunderstanding it was not dt accepted apted in int the house 11 Ho however wever oveter a house bill was drawn strict conformity to the governors govonor dugges biond which passed both muses houses after full consideration and was sent to him on Thursday march this bill which we publish la in full today to day was vas treated with silent contempt the governor neither approved nor vetoed it ile he made no seln gein sign fein in reference to it lils liis plighted word was violated he counted liis his own promise over liis his own cial clai signature as notilia nothing ll 11 he a dishonored lio ilo nored himself while nui zul insulting tug the legislature ile he demonstrated to the whole people that hs his word is not to be taken that his agreement is not worth tile the shadow of a copper cent that he will make false statements publicly in his hatred of the people of utah has been demonstrated several times beyond dispute but in this instance he places himself on the public records of the territory self seif convicted as the nullifier null nuli itier of his own official oui cial clai written voluntary contract lie cannot creep out of this arrate arraignment ll ii 11 by the excuse that he rece race received 1 ved sed the tile rues message sage too late for consideration the bill is brief i simple lu iu construction framed on his own method with which he certainly ought to have been familiar and reached him before other other bills to which he attached his signature the question will be asked why then did lie he not either veto or s it for these reasons lie ile could dould not give with ills liis veto any valid reasons for disapproving the bill seeing that it was drawn up as he himself di designed esig ned and lie he did not honestly want the bill at all because there is a measure pending in congress one brov provision islon ision of which gives the governor governor alone the power to make the a apportionment portion ment aud enlarged authority Is what his soul lusts after ills liis pretensions put forth in his wordy message i that he wished a bill passed for a n new ew apportionment were all ali al sham isham and his llis prom promise ise lse that he would sign a bill fra framed medin in a certain manner was humbug and falsehood he wants howerto power to do the thing himself that he may ma swell and ligure figure as the autocrat thai thay that he is and that he has proved himself to be in spirit and in act whenever the opportunity has been afforded for the exercise of the one man power powen any commercial man who would go back on his written ilag agreement re ement as governor ell eli 11 murray has done would be so dishonored among his f fellows that his credit and his veracity would not be valued at the price of a grain of sand |