| Show resignation the resignation of if OL delegate la Is a proceeding on the public will want to have further at present we only know what has baa reached here by telegraph and that is in as usual when the matter is 18 of uncommon consequence to us very meager it appears anat the delegate had bad maue made two iwo oi 01 three culls calls upon the president presided deu regarding the of the territory receiving a litte encouragement at first and none at ajl ail at last lasi aud alid considering himself snubbed he b hastily anu and petulantly dratted drafted anu and handed in his bis resignation it is a fair presumption that mr rawlins knows his own tu business siness besta best and it is unquestionable that he cannot be compelled to holu hold a position which he does not want but his party la in utah will probably exercise its right of t tj klikow why it was not consulted nor apprised of such action before it was taken to be at the head ol of a force recently victorious and without advising its it to drop offard off and quit is sometimes a very demoralizing thing to do and its influence in any cise cannot but be felt bastues Bas lues the people of the territory have some rights in the premises they atu lally will have little consideration fur for an unofficial official who thus childishly plays with a weighty trust and will regret that the fortune of politics poll tice gave them a representative who knows his own maud no bo little or whose mind is 18 subject to such sudden and embarrassing change the thousands ol of dollars which a new election will cost the turmoil and demoralization of business bUu buti iness which a political campaign inevitably causes bli all this seema to have been overlook eu ur or ignored oy ny impetuous delegate it is safe to say bay the people of utah will not mo flo easily overlook luok look or ignore it or the man who Is 18 responsible fur for it anil and if they can get nu hu bolter better leason for his course than that which to is given his ment ut at the selection of a federal officer for or the territory they will not feel much mach like indulging in any parade or jubilation on the occasion of his return such conduct for such a cause was scarcely ever heard of in the count country rya history certainly anck happily it is first experience olt off the kind bind if all our delegates Delegat rs had chosen to desert their constituents jim in this thia manner because of some ure at the selection of federal appointees poin tees there would have been many resignations resignation and many jardy special elections fortu fortunately bately they have looked upon their duty in a somewhat broader light it has never occurred to them that they were elected to control federal patronage in the territory or that that indeed was waa a matur matter in which they had bad any rights at all save as advisers to the aD appointing POInting power the NEWS has bics only recently had occasion to comment on the rights which some members of congress have been in the habit of asserting aas erting and demanding we are accordingly spared the necessity now of pointing out OUE wherein mr rawlins has bas misunderstood the purpose for which he was elected and the services lor which he Is paid it is a curious fact that the only approval his hia conduct evokes comes on tile the one hand from his bis political op on poLien ts who consider that they may have something to gain by another appeal to the people and on the other baud from enose who have arrayed themselves as enekes one ailes to the ferri torys advancement and it is t to be hoped he will be favored with a con stunt beant reminder of it for the NEWS his course insulting to people of the territory and petty and UL babyish in the extreme still better now than later let us hope that next time such a choice will be made as to spare us any repetition bf the hu humiliation milla |
