Show OFFICE SEEKING THE way of the office hunter is hard it is particularly so when he be is seeking to displace another for his own occupation and emolument workmen have an express expressive ive but vulgar name for a creature who being out of a jot job sneaks around an employer and by hints innuendoes or direct accusations endeavors to procure the discharge of an employed that he may jump into the vacated place in our opinion that name and title are scarcely vigorous enough for persons who are now endeavoring to obtain from the new administration offices that are not vacant and which cannot legally be matte mad so except for cause it is to be expected that when an incumbent resigns or his term of office is about to expire there will befany be many applicants for the post that is all right as politics and prevalent customs go but it asdis is disgusting to decent people when a scramble takes place among the hungry horde of office seekers for a place which is still occue occupied aed and when there is no reason why w by the term should be shortened there are some offices in this territory in the gift of the government which are likely to receive a change of incumbents cum bents it is to be hoped that suitable men will be chosen in the change republicans Republic aDs will of course take the places of the democrats who resign or are removed or whose terms have expired L efforts to obtain the appointment for these if properly put forth are arc legitimate but there are others the judge ships for dinst ince that are of a different character altogether A chief justice or associate justice for a territory is appointed for four years yeam that is his legal term it is not stated in the law am that he shall hold it subject to removal by the president section 1864 of the revised C statutes of the united states provides the supreme court of every territory shall consist of a chief justice and two associate J justices ices any two of whom shall constitute a quorum and they shall hold their offices for four years and until their successors are appointed and qu lined 11 by recent act of congress an additional dit ional associate justice has been appointed for utah whose term of office is the same as the others the revised statutes also provide for ft a governor a secretary an attorney and a marshal for each of the territories 9 and in every one of these provisions the term of office is for four years I 1 lu unless sooner removed 4 IN by the president 1 I Set sections lons 1841 1845 1875 1876 tt it is ia clear that the omission of this limiting clause as to the term of office of the judges was intentional etwas it was not the purpose of the law to B abow politics to govern arbitrarily ilk the selection of the judiciary the theory of our governmental system is that the judicial power should be above politics using that word vord in ila a party sense we do not say that tb the e practice is now in ac cop CoV dance with the theory but it is awn that a district judge in a territory is installed for four years without other limitation that he y be removed for causel cause we be lova is generally conceded but we think that a judge who deter agaes to occupy his post to the end of his term would be able to offer very ory solid resistance to any attempt w oust him except for malfeasance tt incapacity capacity in office conclusively demonstrated if he chooses to re 88 SQ that is another thing entirely in utah are now y appointees of a democratic dent but they were confirmed by y a 4 practically republican genaie al lauy any rate they have been chosen fat bof a 4 term tarm of four years they have the right to expect to remain in their ces until the end of that term aeed they should exhibit such un for the position that their re adval might be justl justified fled eury ary occupy a different status fron from ny ther other class of officeholders office holders and lia protection to them was evident y signed designed by the framers of our dional atlo naJ statutes the th e hat must be thought S then of individuals who are now work ing with all their might and pulling j wires and spreading 1 1068 loiis us rei reports and misrepresent 11 afa the le acts of i now holding oar years term for the purpose of foshing them out and getting them ee foisted in can decent peo ut ertain for such paltry trick w the slightest particle of respect we consider the means that are being ing employed to substitute cum eum bents of the judicial office ons who have demonstrated tam tr r unete unfitness for the position un wb v of any one having the least tension to manhood such per are no friends to the material of st arrests of utah nor to the peace wib on community if the puppets hom they hold the strings were suited for the places des eted these proceedings would be tta equally y open to 1 censure theft evl is 11 no vacancy in a federal jua ee in utah it is indecent for any man to endeavor to push himself forward as a candidate for that office no one with common self respect would resort to such tactics and it is a matter of surprise that any man with ever so hard bard a face and heart would expose himself to the odium which must overtake him on the hard way of the inveterate vet vot erate and unblushing office hun ter As to the promoters and behind the scenes manipulators of this disreputable scheme nothing higher or more respectable can be expected of them while they are bent upon their old work of fostering dissensions and striving to make gain out of the tumult aroused amused by their plots and misrepresentations but the conservative and high minded men of all views and parties in utah should set themselves against such indecent measures and use their influence practically to prevent their accomplishment |