The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-10
JUDGE CARLTON RETIRES.

And so Judge CARLTON, in compliance
with demand, has sent to the President
his resignation as a member of the Utah
commission This was TO have been eX
pected. and nobody will be surprised, least
of all the Judge himself. Judge CARLTON
is an able, active and prominent Democrat,
and halls from the Presidents own state.
He is not only opposed to HARRISON IN
politics, but like a true Hoosier Democrat,
worked for the success of his party in gen
eral and the defeat of the late Republican
candidate in particular. The election OF
General HARRISON naturally and necessarily
meant the retirement of CARLTON, for it
would be the basest of party ingratitude
for the President TO favor Indiana
Democrats We have known for
some time that the Judge re
garded it as extremely improbable that
he would remain. He has been so certain
of his early retirement that he has been ar
ranging his affairs to take his farewell of
Utah. and return to his former field of
operations. Nor do we believe the gentle
man goes out with any regrets. He was d
member of the original commission, having
been appointed by President ARTHUR in
1882. For seven years he has been leading
spirit in the board, most of the time its
chairman, and he goes out of office having
a record of which any man might be proud.
1t was difficult position which he occu-
pied, one requiring excellent judgment and
a keen sense of right and justice, but he
managed so well that he retires now with
the respect and confidence Of all
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uprghtness and independence in of
tcials, who believe in the impartial
enforcement of law and love fairness. The
others have never admired Judge CARLTON,
and it is to his credit that they have not,
for their admiration would be reflection
on his character as an official and as an up
right man. We believe that Judge Carlton
came TO Utah with the firm determination
to perform the duties of his Office as he I'M
derstOod them, honestly, faithfully and
without fear or favor. We know that
coarse and brutal assaults upon him have
failed to swerve him from the course
marked out, or induce him to submit to the
guidance and direction of prejudice. Abuse
inspired by greed for power and unreason-
ing hate, has had no other effect than to
cause him to stand more erect and
be more independent While others
have cringed and bowed to the
lash which at one time was more feared IN
this territory than it is to-day, CARLTON
stood proudly and manfully forth. perform
ing his duty and standing by his oath of
office 1t was because he showed the cOur-
age to be a man that he was so heartily dis
liked by presumptuous and unprincipled
faction and respected by all good citizens.
THE HERALD can say in truth that it be-
lieves that for the retention of many of
their rights as citizens, the people of Utah
can thank Judge CARLTON, for there were
those associated with him. and others urging
them or, who would have disfranchised
the party of the great majority and
turned the territory over to an unscrupu-
lous few, to be oppressed and plundered.
The public has known of these things as
they have occurred, and because the people
have known of them, Judge CARLTON Will
carry to his eastern home the respect and
best wishes of thousands of good men and
women of Utah.
This makes two vacancies IN the com
mission Others may be expected to follow
shortly. Unless we are mistaken, there
will soon be a complete reorganization Of
the board. Aside from the local citizens
who are ambitious to serve on the commits
sion, none of whom, in our opinion, are
likely to get the place, the only
persons who have been prominently
mentioned for commissionerships are
a Mr.. DELANo, Of Pennsylvania, a Mr..
ROBINSON. of Indiana and Ex-Governor
SAUNDERs,of Nebraska. All these are
spoken of as good men. Governor SAUN-
DERs is so well known in Utah, where he
has many personal friends, that the hope is
freely expressed that he will be selected.
As Judge CARTONS resignation has
reached Washington, and THOMAS appoint
ment to the governorship has been made
and announced, the places of these two
gentlemen will probably be filled at once.