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Show For Governor OF UTAH TERRITORY, ' Samuel A. Merritt. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all, with many happy returns. FOR GOVERNOR OF UTAH. The anomalous political and social conditions con-ditions which exist in Utah require that the Federal officials -in this Territoy should be superior men. The men who have filled the Federal offices in Utah have not always been superior men ; in fact it may be said of many of them that they have been inferior men. But this is not all. The Federal officials of Utah as a rule have been aliens to the Territory Terri-tory and they have obtained their offices as a reward for political services, either rendered by them or by some political baron whose villains they have been. Their interest in Utah has been I but the interest of the political adventurer adven-turer who comes in quest of gain or political poli-tical preferment. Their interest has been in their office, and to that alone has it been confined. When the political ax has fallen upon them and severed their official heads they have gone elsewhere, for Utah was not their home. Some few who have been so decapitated have remained re-mained in Utah, but it has never been the case with a Territorial Governor who , has come to Utah. The Chief Executive I of the Territory, of all others, should be a bond fide resident of the Terri tory. Such an Executive should know the temper of the people and should know the needs of the hour. To know this temper and these needs, he must have Ibeen a long time resident within the Ter-;; Ter-;; ritory before his preferment to so respon- i Bible and distinguished a post as that of Governor. He should have such material ! interest in the Territory that he will be solicitous for the promotion and advancement advance-ment of every branch of industry, and he should recognize the great fact that the encouragement of one industry to the neglect of all others is to work a detriment detri-ment to the general prosperity. These are general qualifications,essential in Gov-' Gov-' ernors every where. The Governor of Utah Territory should possess other equally es-; es-; ; sential qualifications, for the condition ' of affairs in Utah is totally different from what they are elsewhere in the United States. The great majority of the people of, Utah are Mormons,' and in-many re-sp'ects re-sp'ects the pretensions of their religion have been inconsistent with the -authority of the General Government. In these ' pretensions they have been sincere, and it is this very sincerity that has made all I attempts to deal with things in Utah so I ' , difficult and so unsatisfactory. The Leg- I ' : islature of the Territory is elected by the I : ; Mormons, but the Governor of Utah has I j ' an absolute veto upon all measures passed ! ; by the Legislature. This veto power is ! i of an autocratic nature, and in its exer- I : cise thi greatest discretion is necessary, I foraa ill-advised use of it might work j a great injustice and make more, j ; bitter the already too bitter feeling ! which exists between Mormons and non- Mormons in Utah, while a wise i use of it would do much towards harmon izing all parties in Utah. The Governor j j of Utah Territory should have decision j ' of character, but at. the same time he should be a man of pleasing address and 1 conciliatory manners, for these would often give to his refusals the garb of -con- cession, and as a proper Governor would never veto a wise measure nor use his lower captiously, 1 here would exist be-?' be-?' tweeh .thc Executive and the Legisla-ture Legisla-ture the most cordial relations while the mutual respect and confidence which I would be engendered would tend to rid : the Territory ef the evils from which -it now suffers. The Governor of Utah' Ter- j ritory should be a Democrat and in full i sympathy with the 'Administration, ' ! but Utah has not such a Governor. I As a Democrat in full sympathy j I with the Administration ; as a Democrat 4 of much and varied experience in politi- I 1 cal affairs; as a bona fide resident of Utah Territory for many years ; as a man ! whose material intetest is identified with Si the material welfare of Utah; as a man i ' who would be decisive where decision is necessary, but whose conciliatory man- . ner would make yielding, where proper, j ' both dignified and gracious ; as a man who would use the veto power wisely and j never abuse it captiously, we nominate, t and ask the Democratic party of Utah to I join us in requesting the appointment l5' - - the President, as Governor of Utah Terri- ; ' tory. Samuel A. Merritt. |