Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-04-07
THE NEW GOVERNOR.

Utah's new Governor will soon arrive
in our midst and assume the responsible
tiles and enter upon the discharge of the
duties of the important position to which
he has been appointed. Although a
stranger to all except a very few of the
people of this Territory, the history of
the man and the strong Endorsement by
the entire Congressional delegation and
other leading men of his State, are suf-
fcient assurances of his mental and
moral qualifications for the place. The
well-known attitude oil the Presi-
dent towards the polygamous and
reasonable Church-and-State organi-
zation of Utah, and his expressed
determination to either wipe it out of
existence or force the abolishment
of its infamous methods and practices,
are satisfactory guarantees that his ap-
pointee is in accord with that policy, and
that his Executive course will be accept
able to the loyal people of this priest-rid-
den Territory. That he will come here
with a full determination to exert the
Executive power to its utmost extent for
the enforcement of the laws, there is not
the slight reason to doubt, and that his
policy will be as vigorous and effective as
that of his predecessor, may be as con-
fidently predicted.
Being stranger to the peculiar meth
DDS and Vaccinations adopted !by the
Mormon leaders to accomplish their
political purposes, it is possible and even
probable that he will experience some
difficulties at the commencement of his
official term. No means will be omitted
by the disloval element to blind him to
the true condition of affairs in the Terri
tory and to mislead him into the belief
that they are a prosecuted, instead of
law-defying, criminal, government-hating
people. Possessed, however, of the good
sense with which he is accredited, he
will not likely be long misled by even
the most artfully conceived falsehoods
of the skilled fabricators OF Zion. 1t
should, moreover, be the duty of all loyal ,
persons with whom he comes in contact |
to give him the benefit of their expert
ence and observations, the better to en-
able him to become fully posted in re-
gard to the details as well as the general |
situation, at the earliest stpossible period
Being Democrat it will be quite
natural for him to seek information and !
perhaps advice from prominent local
members OF that party. 1t is their duty |
to furnish him with all possible
information, and to impress upon him the
necessity of such rigid Enforcement of
the laws as will sustain the dignity of the
national Government, reflect credit upon
his party and verify the promises of the
President who appointed him. 1t is the
duty of all law-abiding citizens, of what
ever party, to accord the new Governor
their hearty support in his efforts to free
The Territory of the foul stains of polyg-
amy and treason; to continue to compile
ion the good work inaugurated by his
who was sustained, encour-
lged and supported as heartily and
sffectually by the party to which Gov
'rnor West belongs as by his own politi-
al adherents and sympathizers. We
lope and believe that the Republicans
generally will pursue q similar uuDartissn
nd patriotic course.