The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-03-26
NOTHING POLITICAL IN 1T.

Murray and his friends are trying to
ease the pain from the fall of the former
by alleging that the removal of the Gov
ernor was on account of his Repub-
licanism; that as his. party had gone
out of power, his displacement by
Democrat came as a matter of course.
We hope his late Excellency may de-
rive comfort from this reflection. for
all know he needs consolation just at
this time. Other people, however, are
compelled to look at the removal from
an entirely different standpoint from
that which Murray and those about him
occupy. The Governors theory and
reasoning would have been correctsaud
logical had his resignation been de-
manded year ago, bat now both are
transparently at fault. 1.-THE Governors
party politics had been the cause of the
removal, or even taken into account by
President Cleveland, why would the
latter have waited twelve months before
letting the Governor out? Murray was
quite as pronounced Republican in
March, 1885, as in March, 1856 Besides,
early in CIeYeland's term. the Governors
resignation was laid before him, and
would have been at once accepted if the
President were DESTROYS of getting rid
of him because of his politics. The fact
is, the Governors politics had nothing
whatever to do with the removal. and
was probably never taken into con
sideration by the President. Murray
regarded himself as firmly fastened in
the Office, never dreaming that in the
present temper of the public mind con-
corning the Mormons, Cleveland would
dare GUST man who was posing in
season and out of it as an eaemy to the
Utah people; in popular parlance he
felt that he was ''solid," and that the
more outrageous was his conduct
towards the Mormons, the hrmer
would be his hold upon the Office. His
confidence in the permanancy of has
position led him into the preparation
of series of outrageous acts, beginning
with the call for troops in December,
and ending with his veto Of the oppro-
priation bill. This last deed was in
tended to work the overthrow of the
Territorial government, the idea of
Murray being that as the Legislature
had not provided for the expenses of
carrying on the government under the
present system, the fact could be rep
resented to Congress in such way as
to induce the sending of a Legislative
Commission, or the taking away from
the people of all rights of citizens, the
power and authority being placed in the
hands of the coterie of which Murray
is a member.
That politics had nothing to do with the
removal is proven by the fact that Muir
ray was kept in Office. and his course,
up to within the past three months,
apparently approved by the admins
tration, and also by the fact taat
Republicans equally az pronounced in
their politics as Murray, are in office
here with no thought of being dis
turbed. II politics were the cause, why
have not Secretary Thomas, Chief JUS
tice Zane, Associate Justice Foreman,
District Attorney Dickson and Marshal
Ireland, all Republicans holding COM
missions signed by Republican Presi-
dents, been re 3Ved2 AS matter of
fact, Mr.. Clel o,and has removed but
two Federal officials in this Ter
ritory by the appointment of
successors, and neither of them
could fairly be considered in
the light of partisan removal. The
Surveyor-GenersI's commission would
have expired in January, two or three
months after his successor had been ap-
pointed; the other case was that of
Register McMaster, who was one of
President .Arthur's midnight" APP
pointments, the young mans commits
sion being given him during the last
hours of Arthur's term, advantage
manifestly having been taken of Cleve-
lands promise before his Inauguration
not to remove merely on account of the
officials politics. 4-g
People would think good deal more
OF Murray if he would accept the situ4-
ton as it exists and admit the facts as
they are known to be. 1t was a re-
moval for cause, and all attempts to
pnt any other phase upon it are vain,
deceiving only those who make them.
MARCH IS wearing away and so Is