The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-03
VAIN EFFORTS.

Our Washington correspondent tells Of
Governor THOMAS activity among the sen
ators to induce, them to stand by the Utah
commission which the House proposes to
abolish. This was to be expected. It Is
very generally understood that that tired
feeling OF which the governor complained
and which induced the executives physi-
clan to order change from tho balmy and
bracing breezes Of the mountains to the
miasma-laden atmosphere of the
Potomac bottoms was caused by the
fear that the commission would
have to go and his party thus be de-
prived Of portion Of the machinery by
which it makes elections in this territory a
farce and deprives people of most OF the
rights Of citizenship The malaria of
Washington at once braced the governor
up, Tor be had no sooner reached the CAPT
tai than be found himself able to put in
some days of vigorous work with
members Of the House Commit
tee on Appropriations trying to con-
vince them that it would be right
Tor me government to continue paying
S'o,OO0 year for the maintenance of the
useless and wickedly partisan Utah com
mission. We can imagine the governors
surprise when he learned that his labors
had been to no purpose, and how he
FASTENED back to Washington to attempt to
do in the Senate wing what he had failed
to accomplish in the House end of the Cap
itol.
The scheme is to induce the Senate to re-
place the appropriation FOR the commission
and have the matter fought out in the con
ference committed THE HERALD does not
believe the effort viii succeed. 1t is posi-
bic the Senate may restore the item, though
we doubt il. No valid argument in favor
Of protracting the life of the commission
can be advanced by Republicans or Demo
Gratis. To say that the Republican Senate
|ill'insist upon keeping the commission
alive is to say the majority in the upper
house have the courage and sudacity
to deliberately throw away $4,000 of the
peoples money without Offering any ex-
cuse for the act II is easy enough to uu-
derstand why Senator JONES of Arkansas,
should consent to the reckless extrava-
gance. He has a neighbor and personal
friend on the commission, who would be
an object of charity were it not for this
annual bounty of $1,000 year which the
government gives to the unfortunate man.
Doubtless Senator JONES has other neigh
bors whom he would like to provide for in
the same way. But besides ell the other
Democrats in the Senate, there are several
Republican senators who must know what
useless institution the Utah commission
is, and who have the courage to refuse
their assent to longer maintain the costly
nuisance. Senators STANFORD, FELTON,,
TELLER, WoLcoTT, CAREY, WARREN and
others on the Republican side Of the cham
Der certainly understand the situation and
are courageous enough to act according to
their knowledge Of the facts.
But whatever course the Senate may
pursue the House lie master of the situa-
ton, and in our opinion we may rest in
perfect confidence that having set out to
abolish the commission it will carry its
point In the event of the question reach
ing q conference committee, Chairman
HOLMAN viii represent the House in that
committee and there need be little appre-
hension that he viii yield, when by holding
out be would make an excellent point for
his party and save to the federal treasury
SIS, 1000.
Notwithstanding the pleadings Of Colonel
GODFREY and other members of the com
mission, and in spite Of the efforts of Gov
ernor THOMAS and other enemies TO Utah,
TIE HERALD believes the commission will
have to go, and that this territory will soon
be relieved Of one of its infections.