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Show HIS OWN PAPER OFFERS CRITICISM Governor Spry is out of harmonx J with his political associates according to the following from the Salt Lake Herald-Republican The people are constantly treated to the spectacle of the legislative, the judicial or the executive departments of government calmly Ignoring, setting set-ting aside as of no moment, the solemn sol-emn Injunctions of that constitution Fer since statehood each succeeding state legislature has broken the constitutional con-stitutional provision which limits its session to 60 days an offense it has not mitigated by the hypocritical pre-t pre-t nso of stopping the clock on the 60th day Its recent effort to be virtuous vir-tuous bx handcuffing itself with a law that would compel adjournment on the Inst constitutional da) merely mere-ly added to the sayaty of the oc casion without giving anx assurance Ol bellied obedience to the onlv au-thorit au-thorit it must recognize ' The other departments of the government gov-ernment are no more obedient to the constitution than Is the legislature. It Is not long since a member of the judiciary attempted to throw men Into In-to Jail without trial or hearing. In plain violation of the constitution, an effort balked by the supreme court. And now the executive in the instance in-stance of a vacancy occurring in the house of representatives decides thai he will not call a speelal election, although al-though the constitution, article I section 8 commands him to do so In the following language " T he governor shall Issue writs of election to fill vacancies that may occur in either house of the legislature legisla-ture ' " The governor has refused to issue the call for a special election, and by 50 doing has gained the 111 will of his own political organ When a governors govern-ors own paper denounces him, the chief executive must be most forlorn, if not discredited |