Show THE POLITICAL POSITION T I no o one man xiii appointee P eed apply 91 by our correspondent EDITOR HERALD it looks as if utah had entered upon a revolutionary epoch matters arc are in an tin uneasy easty unsettled situation and it all comes of tho the revolution revolutionary ar party seeking by fair means and foul to turn the political superstructure of the territory bottom side up it the projectors promoters and sup porters of the plot were to succeed the ludicrous spectacle would bt be presented of a system of lecal local government standing on ita its head bead ant and flopping its pedal extremities in the air air like human anatomy in that peculiar pecullar posture it would be deprived of the power of progressive motion and the brains would bo be nearest the ground such is the figure that could be aptly applied to ti a condition in which the minority would rule tho the majority tho the edmunds law is a partial slop step in in the revolutionary direction jt it deprived a certain class of citizens sens of tho the right to exercise the elective franchise or to hold bold any public office whatever thus a con slice waa was cut from the bulk if tf the majority to whom the mass of the disabled portion of the populace belong this has however aroused those who formerly were with the majority only in sentiment but not in action and brought them from a condition of ineligibility to placa themselves legally in a post position i to exercise the potency of their votes and thus the partially diminished majority has been pie prevented vented from being alarmingly depleted this surely shows allows that when even th dullest of the populace of utah arc are made to feel that their liberties are seriously threatened they know liow how to appreciate them land and arc are ready to peaceably stand up in their defense the hopelessness of their cause made the minority mad their desire to be at the head bead of the political structure is insatiable and there f ore tho the question of the validity af pf of the lie woman act was sprung in in the he courts court that the judicial knife might sever a slice in another mare more sweeping direction liberal hopet ran high and calculations were confidently made by the mi bority again as to the result of the decision adverse to the law which enfranchised the softer sex the tribune calculated that the peoples I I party would be so attenuated V by the new move that it would only give i ve birth to votes while the liberals Tibe liberals rals would reach g giving a snug majority of f another illustration of the wise wise statement odthe of the scottish barath Bard that at the best laid schemes of mice and men gang gong aft oft aglee it is always the safer plan to wait till the hatching process is completed before counting the chickens thiv confident were come some athe f tho liberals about the anticipated decision that borne some of them in salt lake city stated that the matter was a foregone conclusion an insinuation against the courts that was as unjust as it was untruthful thank goodness besil there is something like honor inthe courts which are the bul barks of the citizens safety the decision fell fe like so much mud in the liberal porridge dish but had bad to be he eaten though net not with a very good grace the long expected appointments b by the governor to fill vacations t that a do not exist have come nelile some of the appointees arb men of respectability in ill many I I instances the delectable my I list g gives adly va prominence to dear deservedly obscure and insignificant ant individuals they never could otherwise attain and some of them will doubtless feel flattered at thus being thrust suddenly though in in our opinion anwa unwarrantably before f orb the gaze of a not over admiring ing public even the abc acc acceptance extance of such a position is is a sorry spectacle jf human weakness besides a flag rani burlesque on free institution institutions according to the genius of american institutions the public offices into which these persona are sought to be foisted are in the eitt gift of the people this being the case a any ily person who willingly tenders the use of his name in this phase of liberal liberalism ism lends ends hi himself to ft a plot lot to perpetrate a political apolitical theft vt it is a pl plain ain a statement t a bement of fact that tho the offices aro are not in the gift of the governor and those to whom he attempts to tender them could never bo bg selected by the only power that can rightfully bestow them the power of the people every respectable pec table high minded man wh has received this gubernatorial notice has reason to feel more offended than flattered wo we eil sti that if the way was really clear to the offices in question many of those now named for them would net not then be the nominees but if people arc are willing to he used as puppets for political purposes that is their business however as the notable hoar amendment only provided for the filling of vacancies cies that might occur through the failure of the august g election there are few if any holes into which any of the Go governors vernos men can be stuffed the holdover hold over statute of the territory retains theold the old officers until their successor success orare are elected and qualified this being the status of the situation the policy of the present incumbent is and ough tto be noone maa man power appointee need apply A 13 BC C |