Show THAT FEDERAL AGENCY IT goes without saying that one of the chief alms aims of the anti mormon t liberals Liberal sJ ot utah has hag been to rob the majority of their political rights their twin project being necessarily the spoliation of their property some degree of success has attended the efforts of the self seeking conspirators but they have fallen far short of accomplishing their full faill purpose As often as they have failed in the attainment ot of their complete object they have periodically returned to the assault the attempt of the late governor murray to fill all the county offices by his own appointment is yet fresh in the public mind the leaders of the hungry political pack now engaged in causing a fresh anti cMor mormon moW howl to reverberate throughout the country were selected as the favored ones they grasped the dead sea fruit with wolfish avidity but it turned to ashes in their bands there were no vacancies the autocratic scheme collapsed governor vernor west also conspired the active politicians to lish a one man power in the republic with himself as the head centre he lobbied in washington to have himself made king with plenty of ef power to satisfy his sycophantic CU courtiers chalers Alers the tucker eads act containing the ibe a uto proviso passed the house hoase of representatives with a rush rash and a roar rear and caleb was but bub ft nigh authority pushed a pin into tija his bauble in the shapo shape of a stage whisper into his eat ear that he had better be off boutah and attend to his proper and legitimate business when the measure reached the senate mr edmunds stuck his senatorial scalpel into it and cut out the clause that created caleb the head of a despotism the centralization plot was waa only broken not annihilated the fragments are gathered again ads a and ad it assumes assumes a now you see it and andoor now you dont shape in his last report to the secretary screwy of the interior our meek and gentle governor A L thomas made this highly seasoned recommendation some federal agency should be authorized zed to appoint the following county officers selectmen clerks recorders cor deral superintendents superintend enta of district schools md assessors assessor sn P I 1 now that looks on top as if that federal agency ff to exercise a power that belongs to the people who have a right tu to select their own offic officers eft mean mr thomas but that gentleman has his hia own way of getting at things when he has anything on hand band he get 0 on n the roof of a high building and shout the details of the scheme to the passers by his style reminds one of the man who was tramping over the country and called at a house instead of asking directly for what he wanted he said to the good lady if you please madam could you oblige me by giving me a drink of water as 1 I am so hungry tint thit I 1 do not know where I 1 can get geta a place in which to sleep tonight the question is what federal agency is referred to let senator paddock of nebraska an old asso date on the utah commission of governor thomas explain that astute gentleman on december aub 1889 introduced into the senate which was referred to ti tie te e committee on judiciary his brief but significant measure be it etil enacted acted by the senate and house of representatives or of the united states of america in congress as sem bled that the governor of the territory of utah be and he is hereby author authorized izod and empowered to appoint selectmen clerk recorder assessor and superintendent of district schools in and for each and all of the counties of said territory and the term of of all persons holding holdan such of flees and not so appointed shall cease and determine on the appoint ment and qualification of their successors as provided in this thia act see sec 2 AU all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are are hereby repealed As the first drafts of bills for special anti mormon legislation are as a rule framed in the office of some active politician of the liberal Libera party in this city it is fair to infer that this one is no n exception cep tion of course MT mr thomas has gone east in the interest of an appropriation for a government go vern ment bu building tak ing into consideration his decow emendation menda men dation Uon for the destruction of tb the elective electie power of the people and th the 0 entrusting of the prerogative to appoint local officers to some fe detal agency it is not too much to presume th athis thethis that his labors may take a conglomerate shape the fact of a friend of his having solved the agency problem gives additional force to such a proposition sometimes it is convenient to get into a big building when it is likely to rain |