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Show THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE. LEGIS-LATURE. The Governor and - the Legislature do not work hannoniouslj' together in all respects, and this is but natural. For some little time past there has been a general inquiry whether or not the Council would confirm the Governor's nomination for Territorial Superintendent Superin-tendent of Public Schools, Auditor of Public Accounts and Territorial Treasurer. Treas-urer. The impression seems to be gaining gain-ing ground that the nominations will be confirmed, but there is nothing definitely ! known. It may be doubted whether there is a single member of the Council who now denies the right of the Governor to make these nominations, but some, we understand, object to some of tlie nom- j inees. The objection is generally thought i to be personal and is in no way based upon ' unfitness. Personal Per-sonal dislikes are always powerful power-ful reasons in the conduct of all business, but they are not always good reasons. In small communities political dislikes are very apt to become personal dislikes, and this is particularly bo where political feeling runs so high as in Utah, j If such dislikes alone influence the Coun- j cil in the matter of confirming the Gov- j ernor's nominations, the Council should j throw them aside and confirm the nom- j inations. Associations in public life are entirely different from associations ' in private life, although men are liable to exact the same qualifications qualifi-cations in ' men appointed - to public positions ' that they-' expect to find in private life. In selecting associates'in private life, the matter of personal likes and dislikes must necessarily enter into the matter of choice. But how often men who are bitterly opposed politically -are warm personal friends, while men who are politically associated together very often personally dislike each other. Governor Gov-ernor Murray does not ask the Council to receive into their social circle his intimate friends, and the Council do not ask him to accept their intimate friends as his associates. The Governor and the Council Coun-cil may be politically opposed, in fact, we understand they are, but they have inter dependent duties to perform and under the very instrument which gives them their authority." That instrument says the Governor shall appoint certain Territorial Terri-torial officials by and with the advice and consent of the Council. The Governor has nominated certain men to these offices and has sent his nominations to the Council for their approval. The question now is, will the Council give their approval?-If approval?-If they do not, it is more than probable that when the Legislature adjourns the Governor will re-appoint the same men to the offices to which they are now nominated, nom-inated, and they will bring suit to obtain possession of the offices. That the courts will put them in possession of the offices there can be no doubt. So long as the Legislature is in session and the Council takes no action in regard to the nominations, nomina-tions, of couse the Governor's nominees will have to wait, but the time they will have to wait will not be very long, as there are only about five weeks more during dur-ing which the present session of the Legislature will last. If the Governor's nominees can get . possession of the offices to which they have been nominated through the courts, and of this there is very, little if any doubt, and such being the case, is "it not far better for the Council to confirm the nominations? If one has to surrender a point, a graceful surrender sur-render gains almost as much as is lost. The Council will have to surrender on this matter of appointments sooner or later, and the sooner they do it the better it will be for all parties. The Legislature of Utah is not a popular body with the I nation, for the nation looks upon them as being obstructionists to the enforcement of the laws of Congress, and any unreasoning un-reasoning opposition on their part to the lawful exercise of the powers vested in the Governor of the Territory by the Organic Or-ganic Act is particularly fraught with evil to them at the present time. A sense of the true policy to be pursued at the , present time should cause the Council to confirm the Governor's nominations. We trust it w ill be done that a vexed question ques-tion may be settled and the Territory gain peace upon one point. |