| Show A disingenuous disclaimer to A student of mental philosophy the motives of a man who resorts to cunning and double deal ing are often a ao clear as those of men who disdain to resort to processes of concealment the key to discovery in this connection is to make a special point to observe what the individual placed under analysis is interested in placing in the shadow after arriving at a reasonable inference on that point if he is found resorting to concealment in relation to tile the matter he is interested in keeping lit in the dark the aresu presumption maion is fair that he be is be ing read as one on could peruse the pages of a book by this operation scan this expression alleged to have been made by governor thomas rhomas on may soon after his return from washington the bill authorizing the governor to appoint certain county officers is still in the hands of the judiciary committee I 1 did not hear bear a sin single e reference to it in washington an and I 1 do not think it will be pressed pending n the e consideration on aeration ration de of the test oath bill b I 1 though h it its fate will be decided by b M mr adm edmunds u nd 8 and I 1 dont know his purpose in the matter the gentleman was wan interested in promulgating an understanding that he had nothing to do with the work of suggesting formulating or pushing the bill which aims to constitute him arthur I 1 king of utah by robbing the people of the right to elect county and territorial officers and vesting him with power to appoint them because his connection with the measure would exhibit a piece of the most disreputable autocratic self seeking known to the nineteenth century it is safe to say that a premature defense being ahead ot an accusation is second cousin to a confession of guilt shakespeare show showed e d hi his a a knowledge no w led ge of the human heart when he put into the mouth of one of his char actors methinks the lady doth protest too much it must have appeared to mr thomas all the more necessary that he should disclaim any knowledge of this infamous measure because it is publicly known that it was conceived by him having been recommended in his last report to the secretary of the interior how to is it possible thon then that he can escape the suspicion of having given birth to it the latter operation being the natural debult odthe former it is therefore under the cincu circumstances na aces unreasonable to presume that senator edmunds can be viewed as holding any other relationship to it than foster parent true mr thomas recommendation did not specify the particular Fedt federal feutral ral authority tho rity that should in his opinion be vested with power to appoint the officers that are properly elective by the people but everybody understood that it meant the governor with perhaps the utah commission acting with him as a Oft cabinet billet or a sort of subordinate sinecure organization cunning frequently overtops over tops itself if the governor had not uttered a voluntary unsolicited disclaimer against any knowledge on his part regarding the bill which alms alma at making him king of a territory within the republic popular attention would not have been so keenly directed toward the absurdity of such a condition of ignorance on a matter directly connected with himself especially in v lew of his being at the capital on a special lobbying expedition in connection with special legislation in relation to utah indeed considering his official position and the fact that he was taking a lively interest in pending measures against the interests of the people of this territory it would have had the appearance of a discourtesy not to have acquainted him alua with the merits of the one under consideration and which is known to be so near to his heart there were points which escaped the subtle shadowy mind of mr thomas that heightens the improbability of his ignorance his asserted familiarity with the fate of the bill said he Ws its fate will be decided by mr edmunds that is an assertion ser tion and consequently could not have been born of conjecture this bei ing ng the case it would be unreasonable to attribute this knowledge of the power of disposal of the autocracy bill to the effect of ruminations rumi nations in a pullman sleeper while on the way from washington was not the understanding reached before the departure from the capital that the astute statesman from Veroa ont would see to the disposition of the measure and in the event of the failure of disfranchisement push it forward for all it is worth and on ito ita face it appears to be worth a good deal to the governor hence says mr thomas 1 t I do not think it will be pawed passed during the consideration of the test oath bill which probably means that disfranchisement failing efforts will be made to push the next in order which largely partakes of the genius of the abolition of the suffrage because it leaves lea ves but little scope for the use of the popular ballot 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