| Show AN IMPROPER COURSE IT is according to the genius of the institutions of our common country that the people of localities shall be left so far as practicable to manage their own affairs this is especially the case with regard to elections the american citizen who has the welfare of the commonwealth J at heart views with disfavor anything in the form of outside interference ter in that connection it would have been well if united states marshal dyer had considered the propriety of this position as relating to the ogden election yesterday there was nothing improper in him and his deputies being on the ground for the purpose of aiding in the maintenance of the peace of the mun municipality I 1 c apall ty but he did more than this in fact fack what he did do was of a nature liable to disturb the equanimity of municipal affairs the local officers were on duty cluty and acted in accordance therewith their object being to assist in preserving not only the general peace but the purity of the ballot in pursuance of this motive they arrested a number of k persons Ds a charged with illegal voting per ng thea they had a perfect right to do this if if it could be proved that they had taken this st step ap A p Ille illegally gany in contravention of the rights of citizens the law is so framed that they would be liable to punishment for such euch an infraction but their action so far as we understand it has no such appearance the marshal in arresting them because they arrested the parties thus charged assumed the role of an obstructionist and an intimidator the nature of his office demands that he shall be nonpartisan non partisan he did not so act at the election RK which took place yesterday at ogden his step 8 te in arresting the officers for ae the performance I 1 of what was their duty was an ail act bearing injuriously in the shape of intimidation upon one of the parties involved in the contest while it acted as a stimulus of encouragement to the other side in proceeding as he did in this matter the marshal placed himself inan in an unenviable position because inimical to one class of the 10 and favorable to another his a attitude should have been entirely neutral t that h at being the only proter proper ground u upon n which he could stand staid it would ire be e well for him to remember that he should confine himself strictly to the duties of his office and not interfere unwar unwarrantably mutablY with the business of the populace ee |
