| Show THE PROBABLE EXTRA legislative SESSION CLEVELAND has recommended to congress the passage of a bill authorizing a special session of the utah legislature this he considers necessary in consequence of the obstruction of the late governor to the passage of the appropriation bill it will be remembered that when the idea was advanced that the president would vituld call an extra session the DESERET NEWS showed that it must be done through congress it is to be hoped that action will be taken on this matter at once it is possible that the members elected to the last legislature may be authorized to act in the special session but it is probable that a new election will be required when the late members could be reelected re elected as the most competent persons to attend to the business necessary to be done because of their familiarity with all the details if the extra session is called we hope sufficient time will be allowed for the there enactment reenactment re of several very important measures which were vetoed by the late governor out of pure spite and malice they are almost as necessary as the appropriation bill of course the new governor would be put t n his mettle and if he approve approved of the he bills he would be assailed by the conspirators who made such a tool of murray but it would give the governor an 0 opportunity of showing how much sand I 1 there is in his composition and whether he means mean 8 to study the public interest or the wishes of a clique beut on rule or ruin 11 they will be terribly disgruntled if the extra session is authorized they have not been able to bulldoze the president and cannot manipulate congress as they handled murray they would not only prevent the extra session if they could but would destroy the legislature entirely they are so anxious for republican or democratic rule that they would take away from the people to be governed all voice and control in the local government first they want the mormons cormons Mor mons chased so that they the little minority can run the territory for this they clamored for the woodburn bill or preferably for a more stringent measure concocted among themselves taking away the ballot from every person pelson who belongs to or supports the mormon church second if that fails they want a legislative commission of their own crowd if possible appointed by the government in place of the legislative assembly chosen by the people third that being impossible they would like the legislation to be dons done direct from washington anything but local self government in any snape shape or form they are nice republicans are they not and what kind of democrats are they who wish to destroy in this territory the very f fundamental ment principle of democratic government we may expect that when the presidents proposition is considered in congress the representatives of this clique will do all that lies hes in their power by falsehood and misrepresentation to prevent the convening of the legislature but we do not think they can succeed if congress is not thoroughly blinded by prejudice the necessity of tiie the measure will be perceived at once as the only remedy for the condition of things brought about by the obstruction and nullification of the late executive of the territory attached to the bill for tile the extra session should be the measure placing utah on the same footing as all the other territories in regard to legislative pow powers ersA the absolute veto should be removed there Is nothing in it that is justifiable in a republic it is foreign to everything democratic in theory and practice it is monarchial despotic and ana anomalous there is no need for it whatever if all the anti mormon nonsense uttered on the subject was true it is still entirely unnecessary congress retains the power to disapprove of every act of the legislature and this is surely sufficient for every purpose if the bill is passed for the extra session it will no doubt tie he limited to a short term the expenses will have to be specially provided tor for because the law forbids any session ol of the legiel legislature until the money for its ex expenses is appropriated the cost of a new e election eato will fall on the government because ot of the useless incumbrance known as the utah commission which ought to have ended its existence after the legislative session of 1884 as intended by the act which crested created the commission but was kept in life by the connivance of the now defunct governor the extra session is needed for many things and it is to be hoped that its powers will not be confined to the mere passage of an appropriation bill |
