The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-09
THOSE VACANCIES.
How They are to be Filled by the
Governor.
How the Thing all Game About.

The HERALD's telegraph dis
patches on the I'd instant stated
that the Senate had placed a pro-
vision in the sundry civil appropri-
alton bill, comforting upon the Gov
ernor of Utah power to ell vacan-
cies in Utah offices caused by a fail
ure to elect on the first Monday in
August, Below will be found the
full text of the debate on the mat
ter together with a letter from the
Utah Supreme Court parties which
brought out the amendment to the
bill. The DILL was under discussion
in committee of the whole when the
following took place:
Mr.. HUar-I desire to offer an amend
ment which requires the unanimous con-
sent Of the Senate, and l should like to
have read q letter signed by ell the JUS
tees Of the Territory of Utah, which
shows the necessity for it. / move to in
sent, after line 756:
The governor Of the Territory of Utah
iS hereby authorized to appoint officers
Il the said territory to ell vacancies
which may be caused by failure to
elect On the first Monday in August, 1882
in consequence f the provisions of an
set entitled San act 10 amend section
1882 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States in reference to bigamy,
and for other purposes" approved
March %, 1882, to hold their offices until
their successors are elected and are qusli-
fed under the provisions Of said act.
Now I ask that the letter to which I
referred be read.
The acting secretary read as follows:
The undersigned judges of the Supreme
Court Of the Territory Of Utah, respect
fully represent:
That the Edmunds bill, so called, va
Gates all registration and election officers
IN Utah; that by reason of this no regis
traLiOn Of voters has been made in this
territory this yesr, which the local law
requires TO be done in May and revised
the frat week in June, and none but reg
istered voters can vote; that by reason Of
such failure Of registration and lack Of
election officers the election fixed for tie
first Monday in August, 1882, cannot be
held; that at fueh election there would
have been chosen successors 10 ell the
present county Jficers, and also to the
territorial auditor and treasurer. as d.
recsed by territorial statute; that those
successors cannot BOW be chosen for the
reasons given; that this failure to elect is
liable to cause general disturbance and
trouble, especially in view of the we'll
known fact that many of thu present in
cum oents are understood to be polygam-
lists, and go disqualified under the law
above referred 10 TO hold Office. We
therefore ask that Congress shall take
such measures as will provide for legal
successors to all the present incumbents
of Office who-e SUCCESSORS would have
been chosen ct the August election, and
thereby secure the continuance of good
order, and the regular and undisputed
support of organized government, which
Otherwise would be seriously jeopsrdized
We have delayed this representation as
long as possible, hoping for the advent OF
the election commissioners, but they have
not yet come
Dated July 20, 1882.
john A. HUNTER,
} Chit Justice,
PHILIP 81. EMEbsnR,
Associate Justice,
STEPHEN P. TWIss;
Associate Justice,
Supreme Court Of Utah.
Mr.. Hosr-This amendment wa pre-
pared By the seDator from Delaware
Mr.. BAyard, the senator from New
York, mr.. Laphsm, and myself, and
We are authorized by the Judiciary COM
mittee unanimously to recommend it.
The point is q very simple one. There
wac to be an election for local officers, |
registers of deeds, auditors, and county
officers, On the first Monday in August.
That election can only be made by duly
registered voters, and the duly registered
voters can only be registered at . regis
~trstion made in May, but the Edmunds
bill vacated from the time OF it, passage
the Offices Of all the election Ulcers in
Utah. Consequently there wa no regis |
~tratiOn; so that after the first Monday in
August there will be none Of the local
officers il existence until an election Is
held, under the provision Of the Ed
munds bill, and the territorial legisla-
ture, elected under the provision Of the
EdmuDds bill, provides for the filing OF
these offices By u new election. The
amendment provides that the Governor
may appoint officers for the interregnum
simply.
The Presiding Officer, (Mr. Voorhees,
in the chair)-T-e question is on sgree-
ing to the amendment Of The senator from
Massachusetts,, [Ar. Hoar.l
The amendment was agreed TO.
Subsequently Senator Lapham en-
deayOred to have an amendment
agreed to, for the payment OF the
Seoretary of the territory "a reason
able sum" for his services as secre-
tary of the commission, but it was
ruled out on the point made by
Senator Allison that an existing
law prohibits a man from receiving
two Salaries. The Senate having
gone out of committee of the whole,
the amendments to The bill were
considered when the following &C.
curred:
The next reserved amendment was, at
The end Of line 756, to insert:
The governor Of the Territory Of U Rh
ia hereby authorized 10 appoint officers
in the fajd Territory TO oil vacancies
which may be caused by a failure to elect
on the 6rst Monday in August, 1882, in
consequence Of the provisions OF 80 act,
entitled "An act 70 mend section 6352
OF the Revised Statut 8 Of the United
States IN reference to bigsmy, and for
other purposes, approved March
q, 1882, 70 hold their off ,es until their
Successors are elected and are qualified
under the provisions of such said act.
Mr., BrOWp-I make the point Of order