Show A SLENDER HOPE A washington special to the liberali liberal organ states that governor thomas has been working hard to save the utah commission and had hopes bopes of it being retained on a per them diem compensation the compensation seems to figure conspicuously on both sides of the question of the th retention or abolition of this useless body bod if mr thomas really has any au such h hope as is attributed to him we do not believe there is more than a shadowy foundation fr it the action of mr holman chairman of the committee on appropriations in baving the item for the compensation of the commission stricken from the appropriation bill will bring the subject squarely before both branches branche s of cl congress ug roas this ink mas ans that the uselessness of the commission commisse on will be made as clear as ae daylight the result must be that the national legislature latu row will ill percal perceive ve the folly of longer paying out a large sum rum annually without any reason or receiving any adequate service in return the hope of retention reen tion Is also against the general to afford utah some relief from the political thralldom in which she to is held 11 if however by any ps possible sible means the result khouli i be dif different to what we anticipate the commission would be placed I 1 in a a delicate position from a finan financial cid standpoint the members have had so little to do have consequently coD spent so little time in atte ding to it and resided only at brief intervals in the territory that the per them diem system would scarcely bring them a pittance it if in order to maintain the amount at anything like a respectable figure longer time should be consumed in doing next to nothing comparisons with previous years would throw the matter into an unenviable light the exha existence tence of the commission is 1 an absurdity it has not the merit of consistency from any standpoint its only utility is in the fact that it supplies easy posts for a number of 0 o placemen placement pla cemen we believe it is doomed to extinction and is now in fact almast practically defunct befu not |