The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-24


| must be An i'll conditioned sort OF
man to even imagine such gross
and vulgar things. And think of the
Arizona numhskull going still! further
and arguing, as he does. that a
governor from among the people
would be more respected and
have greater influence for good than
these high bred, kid'gloved gentle
men from the east. It is true the
latter have not been thought much
of in their own communities. or they
would there get profitable Office
through the auffrages OF their own
people. instead of coming cut among
the barbsrians OF toe mountains to
serve for the miserable pitance OF
| 81 600 a year. This circumstance.
however, makes none the less true
the fact that they are great ard grand
men, With high and massive broWs
and possessing all the executive ana
intellectual qualifications denied by
nature to the miserable residents of
the territories. When Cooper goes
SO far as to say the governors 'come
principally for the purpose OF en-.
Toying The honors al d emoluments" of
toe Office, aud that they do not feel
deep concern :or the public welfare,
he becomes libelous, and ought to be
suppressed a. gubernstOrisl crank.
The governors. as a matter Of fact,
care nothing for toe emolumenls and
honors OF the Office. Their education,
training end genius would win fame
and money anywhere. They ere
patriots, pure and simple. sacrificing
comforts. gIories and ease. to the
work of regulating and enlightenipg
the pagans OF the west.
Bat there a., other recommenda-
tons by Gosper which are ret oTtho-
dox lie says:
Al the territories ought to be per-
mitted to avail themselves of the privi-
leges and blessings Of sisterh cd with the
states now in the grand Union, under
some KIM of restrictive, enabling act
UnGer the Influence OF the great Tide of
men and money. new rushing into the
hitherto isolated sections of the Pacific
Coast country and The northern o sses-
SIons, the time is mt far disGa4I when
a!l the sectlous OF country now controlled
by Congress IN a territorial form of
government will be loudi, knocking at
the doors II Congress for equal privileges
With the great stes OF our % merican
nation. Congress SD uld not loose sight
of the necessities Of those sections 81 our
common country now so rapidly f | nx
up with both class of peaceful and in
dustrlous and reckless and abandoned
people.
This strikes az, and will 80 strike
the governors, as downright wicked
ness. z federal governor actually
thinks the territories sholId b. given
the privileges OF statehood. Mr..
Gosper has evidently gone stark mad.
Does he realize what the admission
OF the territories might result in?
The people of the territories, being
ignorant, log-b0rn heathens, if they
had the power, might repud q tie
the federal governors, kindly
provided for them by benevolent
government; they nigh: pass by,
without appreciation, all this states
manship, this education, this self
sacrificing patriotism, this noble dis
interestednass. and ele3t governor and
Judge, and other officials from among
their own unworthy selves. when
chaos would ensue, AMI things go to
ruin with crash.
Governor Gosper must be sup.
pressed. It ia not probable that his
hallucinations will spread among the
gube!natorial fraternity, but then
such ideas as his must not be pronul
gated officially. 1t will do for the
ignorant residents of the territories
to think and talk as his does.
bat they know no better, and
their voices are without weight as
against the Nlterances and suggestions
Of the patriots whom the Arizona ex-
eoutive irreyerently refers to as "csr-
pei-bag officials. Thee latter know
that the dependencies can De best
governed-best for the nation and
best for the people themseIves-by
Statesmen" from the east-states-
men who happen to be out of employ.
ment at home. and who can there
fore sacrifice their time and employ
their talents in efforts to ciyilize the
uncouth, brutal population of the
plains and mountains of the be.
nighted west.