, 1890-03-12

the offices to which they have been re.
spectiyely nominated, but the fact must
not however be overlooked, that the ter
%ritorial committees of both houses of the
congress of the United States have re
ported to their respective houses: Bills
for the immediate admission of Wyoming
into hi union as a state, and that all au
thentic information on the subiect. leads
to the almost certain conclusion that
Wyoming will in a very short time be ad-
mitted into the union as one of the equal
and independent states thereof, under the
constitution recently framed and adopted
unde r proceedings taken in territory for
that purpose. A reference to the consti-
tuition under which the state of Wyoming
will soon perform its functions as a state
of the union, disjloses the fact that the
functions of all territorial officers will, with
the admission of the state into the union,
cease in a very short period OF time. 1t
is therefore most important, if the public
interests are to be regarded, that good,
trained public servants should not be dis
placed for the short period Intervening
before statehood, and their places filed
by persons. who, however great their
merit as citizens, must, in the yery ma
ture OF the case, be lacking in that ex
perience in the administrative ton of the law
which will be indispensIbly necessary in
the transition from a territorial to a state
government
1t is believed that it will be universally
conceded that that the present treasurer,
the Hon Luke Voorhees,, has discharged
his duties faithfully and with an unyiell-
ing regard tor the law and the public in
terest.
1t is likewise due t. the present incum.
bent of the office of territorial
auditor, .tho Ron. NJ. N. Grant,
to say that he has acquitted
himself In the discharge of the duties of
that Office with exceptional skill and fdel
ity to the law and the interest of every
taxpayer and resident OF the territory,
who, In his or her judgment, place the
general veal above private or personal
gam. Indeed, it the present territorial
auditor, In the performance of his public
duties, has incurred the i'll will or hostil
lty OF any person, official or faction. it is
because he has steadfastly and unhinch
ingly stood in the path of those
who sought to use the territorial funds
taken from the pockets of the people for
the private gain Of certain people and for
purposes not authorized or warranted by
law. 1t should never be forgotten that a
public office Is a public trust" to be
exercised for the general public good. and
no person should under any guise or pre-
tense whatever be ignored or punished
because he has sought to preserve the
public funds in his Lands, or under his
control, from the greedy aud unscrupu-
lous clutch of those who would divert
them from their proper uses as fixed by
law. Believing, therefore, that the best
interests of the whole people of the terri
tory will be best subserved in the present
transition of the territory to a state by
making no changes Except for cause) in
the occupancy OF the several Offices for
which the said nominations have been
made. 1t is therefore
ReSotred, First, That this council do
advise and consent to the appointment of
said Louis Miller as fish commissioner
to the terms of said nomination
and subject to the law governing SAID APP.
ResOlUed, Second, That this council do
advise and consent to the appointment of
the said A. A. Holcomb as territorial
according to the terms of
said nomination and subject to the law
governing said appointment.
Resolued, Third, That this council do
not advise consent Ito the appointment
of the said Henry G. Hay as treasurer of
Wyoming territory.
ResolUed, Fourth, That this council do
not ad vise or consent to the appointment
of the said G. w. Burdick as auditor of
wyoming territory.