Show from daily jan demurrers murray the returning board feat of his excellency E 11 murray on jan ath refusing the certificate of delegate to the man elected by the people meets with little approbation at the hand of eastern or gestern re stern journals of the many press opinions we clip the following from he N Y graphic of jan 10 governor murray of utah haa refused to issue a certificate of elec tiou as delegate from ahat territory to the house representative to george Q cannon who received the greatest number of votes at the election for that office on the ground biml he is not a citizen of the united states and thai he cannot become euch before the fourth day of march next it is admitted that cannon who hai been delegate to for a number of years was not born iu this country the elder chierus that he was in 1851 and when a years ago his seal in me I was contest ed on the ground of bis aloie aloi e the house awarded lira abe seat gov murray has taken tho other and decided that clinnon ia not BOW and never has been a citizen of the united state and therefore is anelio gible to the office ot delegate to the bouse of he has therefore refused to issue the certificate of election t him and has issued it to his competitor mr A G campbell Camf bell let it be remembered that there is no contest as to abe fairness of the election it is ed gilted milted to have been fair that there is no question as to the right of the voters who cast cheit ballot for cannon to vote at an elec tion for delegate the had the light to vote they citizens of the united states and duly qualified that the election was held on abo day fixed by law and in accordance with law that george Q cannon received a greater number of votes at such election than A G campbell that the question of mormon and gentile has no legitimate connection with governor murray ao lion in this regard As a matter of bourse cannon ie a well known pillar of the mormon is a gentile but governor murray did not baso refusal of the certificate of election to mr cannon on the ground of hia monism or alleged polygamy but on the ground of hia ineligibility to the offic and he did not grant the certificate to mr campbell on the ground of his being a gentile but because in hie view of all the candidates eligible for the offida he received the greatest number of votes the governor held that those who doted for cannon threw away their votes the question at issue is simply this had governor murray the power to pass upon the qualification of a delegate to congress if be has then be was right in refusing mr cannon the it he felt satisfied that cannon was not a citizen of the united states though the fact that he bouso of Re presenta live had decided the question against the position claimed by cannons opponents would avo warned an officer to be cautious the statute declares that every territory shall havethe right a delegate to the house ot representatives of the united states to serve during each congress who shall be elected by the vote in the territory qualified to elect members of the legislative assembly thereof the person ake greatest number votes be declared by the governor duly certificate be given accordingly does this statute make tho governor a returning board and give h m p awe i to declare a person elected who has not received the greatest number of voles it would be difficult authority for such proceeding unequivocal statute it liht well be the governor might think that ho had no power to itsuo a certificate of election to an alien but a of a certificate to cannon would not warrant the granting of a certificate toO ampbell campbell did not receive the groa teat number of votes and hence the governor could not declare him duly elected and give ahn the certificate accordingly as directed by the statue but beyond ii very doubtful if the fio bad any power under the statute but to baue the to the person receiving tho greatest number of votes and leave the of to decide the question to bis qualification ol liing but blind prejudice and deaf hatred could refuse a bearing tp euch arguments |