The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-12
THOSE NOMINATIONS.

At this writing the Council hes not
acted upon the nominations to territorial
Offices by the governor In this matter his
excellency has been peculiarly discount
eous. TIE organic act provides that the
appointments shall be made by the gov
ernor "by and with the advice and consent
of the Legislative Council, ~ the natural in
ference being that the Council shall have
some "say" in the matter The more i'm
portant of the nominations were not even
sent in until the evening of the last day
of the session, when, if the business of the
session had been up and the governor had
acted upon the bills IN his hands, the AS
sembly would have been ready for
very last moment the governor
went Just as far as he possibly
could in the direction of entirely ignoring
the Council. He treated the body as if it
had no other function to perform than to
formally approve his appointments without
nquiring into them or considering the
characters of the nominees, their fitness
for the offices, etc. There was no reason
why all the nominations should not have
the desire of the executive to show that he
did not regard the Council as being "in il"
so far as advice was concerned, though
the law compelled him to get their Icon
sent"
Not only was the governor grossly dis
courteous in delaying the nominations, but
it would seem that his intention was to be
offensive as well, for he has named good
many men who are personally obiec-
tionable to the majority of the Council
and to the great majority of the
people. Notwithstanding the fact that
the Council is largely Democratic and the
territory Overwhelmingly SO, he has
! ignored that party in appointments to gen.
eral offices, and In the membership of of
fetal boards has placed the Democracy in
the Insignificant minority. Liberals, and
| peculiarly pronounced and offensive Lip
erals at that, have been carefully selected,
as if the deliberate purpose had been to
force the Council to accept those most
Objectionable, and to show the contempt OF
| the governor for the division on-party-
lines movement which has taken place in
this territory.
OF course The HERALD doesn't know
what the Council will DO, but we know
what the constituents of the Councillors
would applaud them for doing,
namely: For rejecting the nomination
of every man who is objection
able We think this should be
done, both in the interests of the public
and as a rebuke to the governor for his
discourtesy and his uncaled for and often
sive partisanism. This is not an altogether
one-sided affair. There are some positions
in which the governor can have things his
own way. He may snub and kick and cuff
the Assembly and they cannot resent it ex
cept by way of protest; but in this matter
of filing the Offices the Council has Ger
tain degree of power which it can exercis,
in defiance of the governor.
The Council should confirm no mar
whose occupancy of the Office will be OBJ
jectionabe to the people of this territory
The offensive nominations should be re
iected, and if the governor doesn't like it
that viii be his own fault. There will no
be intense grief if he shall be treated t
some OF tue medicine which he delights t,
force down the threats of others, and if h,
shall be made to understand that while TIL
Gar is criobed, cabined and continet
matters, there are occasions when ever
the governor of Utah cannot compel obedi
ence to his imperial will