Show THE TIIE VETO POWER rower R E ETC eto TC WE have received the following communication muni cation and append a reply according to request PLEASANT VALLEY E emery mery county april uth 1884 editor deseret news can you inform the readers of the NEWS N if there Is any late hite law of congress giving gilim to the governor of utah any special veto power I 1 see by his communications to the legislature that he claims that the organic act gives him idin the exclusive veto power which I 1 have nave havethe the bestif best of reasons forbe for tor believing lievin does not give him any veto power at all eon kon an the of october ISM isoo I 1 heard stephen A douglas make one of his campaign speeches at dubuque iowa and the speech was published in full in the morning herald of october luth 1860 1800 in which he stated that he as chairman of the thu territorial committee of odthe the house of representatives had penned the organic act of every territory that had been organized for the th le last sixteen years and he made specia mention of the or organic anic act of UM utai territory and said re ne had made it th the imperative duty of the governor of utah to sign all ail laws passed by boy the territorial legislature and to faith 1 fully iury execute those those laws reserving to congress the exclusive veto power in that speech the little giant of illinois referred to the prophecy of joseph smith with regard to himself and said he put the words of the prophet to the test at springfield illinois when the breckenridge wing of the democracy formed an unholy unholy liance alliance 91 with the republicans public ans to defeat him and he beat them both but this was in accordance with the words of the prophet soon after he received a letter from one of i the friends of the prophet anfor informing I 1 him that his die was cast and he would woula never be president of the united Stat esHe did not mention nithe the name ot of joseph J smith or brigham young or the ins Mor mons but gave descriptions which plainly I 1 showed whom he referred to he ae said he did not believe he was a prophet pro whet of the lord but said he if I 1 am defeated at this election I 1 shall be compelled to believe this much of the prophesy and if this much is true t then 11 egx why v by not t the ile lle b balance a la nce nee JAMES WIT WILLIAMS 1 T ims the organic act no matter who penned the original bill nor what were its provisions says in section two in regard to the powers of the governor and land shall approve all laws passed by the legislative assembly before they shall take effect this clearly makes the laws passed by the assembly of no effect without the governors sign signature but section 1812 of the revl eevi revised e ad statutes of the united states makes this matter still more d definite defini t e after providing that a bill vetoed by the governor of any territory may be passed over that veto by a two thirds majority vote of both houses of the assembly it has this proviso that so much of this section as provides for making any bill passed by the legislative assembly of a territory a law without the approval of the governor shall shail not apply to the territories of atah utah and arizona that settles the matter so far as the laws of congress are concerned the prophecies of joseph smith concerning stephen A douglass were literally fulfilled the prophet told him that he would aspire to the presidency of the united states and that if he opposed the saints ana and the work of god he hie would fail in his ambition ile he became a bitter oT opponent and failed when he thought his triumph was secured and thus it will be with all who fight against zion |