Show ANOTHER HANDSOME MAN new governor a of ability and in a recent number ortho washington atar the following paragraph appears caleb W west of kentucky nominated by the president yesterday to be governor of utah was endorsed indorsed indor sed by the entire kentucky delegation and especially bv speaker carlisle mr west has been lor many years prominent in politics of kentucky he is a leading lawyer in cynthiana Cynt biana II arrison county and has been on the bench lor a number of years he was a prominent candidate for lieutenant Ro at the last convention but was defeated for alie reason that be was on the confederate side i in the late unpleasantness while the rival candidate was a union man mr west is a native of kentucky and has always resided in that uc is about forty five years of age A washington special to the newyork New York world has thia to eay of the new nominee for the governorship of utah washington april 5 caleb W west of kentucky who was today to day nominated by the president to be governor of utah territory succeeding governor murray lives in that provincial town cynthiana where james G blaine once taught school west haa never distinguished bims belf in any particular form other than dealing out justice from the bench in the county of mason at the breaking out of the war be joined the company of fighting joe desha who in after yearn became one of tho confederate leaders after a years fighting with deaha west joined the army ot general john morgan and was one of bis staff when that chieftain surrendered at greenville at the close of the war he prepared himself for the law and has rison to the dignity of a judge which position he now occupies at the last congressional nomination in bis district he bad ambitions to come to congress but declined tte honor in favor of his friend colonel brecks enridge west is a handsome atypical kentuckian and no belter judge of horses ever braced the eacret boil of dark and bloody ground judge west made but one visit here which was as far back as last december while here he made frequent calls upon the who became very much impressed with the handsome kentucky applicant until it assumed the shape of what might be termed a case of kentucky west is a gentleman of considerable ability and polish much after ahe style of hia fellow citizen col J johnson it is claimed for him by his he hia the proper metal to deal with the cormons mormons and will make aa good a governor ry his predecessor de cessor |