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Show 5 j : - GENERAL JOHN A. McCLERNAND. I ? , The Tribune of this morning prints a ( : special dispatch from Washington in which the correspondent names General John A. McClernand of Illinois, as most likely to be Governor Murray's successor. suc-cessor. The fact that General McCler- nand has been summoned to "Washington I at the President's invitation, is a pretty good indication that a Federal office of some kind awaits that gentleman's acceptance, ac-ceptance, and there is reason to believe that it will be a Utah office, too. . ' Were it not for the fact that in the revo- , lution which is shortly to sweep over this i Territory, the Utah Commission is likely j to soon become a thing of the past, we J should think that the Chairmanship of j : that body which has been offered to i j him would be preferred by Gen- j I j eral McClernand to the office I i , of Governor, since the duties of the Commissioners are even less II onerous than those devolving upon the Governor, and the salary is nearly twice that allowed to Territorial Executives. ; , But in view of the probable speedy dissolution disso-lution of the Commission, over which General McClernand certainly would not ' care to preside for a few months at most, - it is not unlikely that he may conclude to accept the Governorship. ; General McClernand is a Democrat to I' the backbone, with a record both as citi zen and soldier of which any man might well feel proud. If lie shall conclude to ' .' become Utah's Governor, all the interests of this great Territory will be safe in his supervising hands, and the good work of Americanizing Utah will continue with unabated vigor. |