The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-01-19
OF TIE SANE KIND.

This morning we reproduce from
eastern journals more editorial COM
ments on the late act by Governor
Murray, which has made that official
suddenly and UNANIMOUSLY notorious.
Without regard to politics, the re
spectacle and intelligent press of the
country condemn the outrage as q
wicked and dangerous exercise OF
authority on the part of the Cover
nor. The editors are away from
Utah, and are not influenced in their
judgment By passion, or preference
for men. They look at the matter in
the clear light of cold fact, and their
words are directed by a regard for
Justice and the law. They see only
that grave and glazing wrong has
been psrpe trsted; that the people OF
Utah have been deliberately robbed,
so far as their chief official was able
to rob them of the dear right Of
choosing a delegate to Congress.
They see tina! the Governor has
usurped powers. and assumed 70 send
a delegate of his own selection, a
man so little known and command
ing so little respect in the COM
munity that only about per cent
OF the voting population of
Utah cast their votes for him
as their representative, although
an industrious canvass in his behalf
was made, and the peopl we're plead
ingly appealed to to vote for him.
The eastern editors see these things
and they cannot help denouncing the
act of the man who would rob the
people as unlawful, wicked and dan.
Rerous. No honest editor whose
mind is without prejudice, and his
ideas of right clearly defined has
approved the issuance of the certifi
cate to Campbell, or justified it upon
legal or moral grounds. We OF
course except the subsidized editor or
editors, If tue number be plural,
whose bread and butter depend upon
their readiness 10 write contrary TO
their convictions of right and justice:
TOmaha Bee, January 14th
The sober-minded and bipartisan I
people Of the country will not support /
Governor Murray, Of Utah, in his re- ;
fusal of a certificate TO Delegate Cannon
on grounds purely technical. The fact
remains that an overwhelming msjority
of the popula- vote of :he territory was Q
cast for Nj. Cannon, whose seat hereto &
fore has been unquestiuned. The Bee q
opposed the Garcelun steal in Maine, .
which was Of the same character IS
shrewd trick. It condemns -.
equally this latest dodge to defeat the .
populsr will and to substitute political
for honesty snd fair dealing o
even towards opponents. q
bridgeport Conn Standard, Jan. II v
Cannon, the Mormon delegate to Con- P
yress, is a hot headed Englishmsn, who U
was a favorite of the late Brigham Young fc
md is q very Jealous Mormon, with 8 II
zoodly number Of wives. At the Ia y
election be received al immense ma u
ority over Campbell, the Gealile candi- =
late, for delegate TO Co gress, but the !"
3overno- OF L .sh, believing that Cannon &c
IS. never been nEturslized, and is not
therefore, eligible to e seat in Congress, il
egarIed the votes cast for him as thrown Ct
way, and consequently he gave the GER 81
ifeate of election 10 Campbell. Cannon n
viii contest the seat, and all he has TO do :.
0 insure his success is 20 show that he ~
SIS been legally naturalized. If it was 81
natter of any importance to the demo- re
ratio party, Mr.. Barnum and the demo- pl
ratio national committee could prove Is
lannon's naturalization easy enough.
IN they would need to do is to alter the no
ecord 10 come court by erasing the name ',
some naturalizsd citizen by scids and VI
rite Cannon's name in-the place thereof, tl'
he ssme as they had somebody's name ee
rased from a hotel registsr in Lynn and te
-rote Morey's name 10 the vacant place, IN
/ order 70 prove the existence Of that or
lythical gentleman aud his personal q
resence in that city on the day in ques- VI
on, but as Mr., Cannon's continuance in 81