| Show THAT registration BUSINESS wo we believe that county commis commie roberts and Christo pherson did an injustice to some of the people of salt bait lake county in voting down the resolution of commissioner geddes to reopen registration on the and both of the present that those who had been missed osuld be given an opportunity to register and that registry agents could have full opportunity to close up their work the plea pies of economy on an the part oi of the two commissioners named was not good in this instance less jeee urgent for the pu public bile ghou have been passed upon favorably proposition was in the right line and should nave prevailed with respect reaped to the limitation or of the registration to ton ten days in salt halt lake county probably the he commissioner would act differently it if they bad it to to do over again this belag the abs first registration under state laws abe longest scope of time lime his ble should have been allowed it was a commendable effort to make the abe cati canvass vass as inexpensive as an possible to the be con county t L but the law allows twenty days fro from the be loth to 0 o the jtb 0 dep september the commissioners out it down to ton ten days it the period had been from the letb to the instead of five days later it would have been much better than from the to go we he and would have allowed several lay ski WO the close to reopen it if MOW guy ry i he house to house bouse canvass ld idea la a most excellent one in the present state of affairs here bore were it not DOC for that thousands of those who registered when called upon at their homes by the agents would have bays failed to go to an office to do so and the house to house canvass should be maintained in the he law for some years a at lel least with respect to the open offices of registry agents which to is on OB tuesday and saturday of the week beginning with the second monday in october and which in the present year falls on october letb and there Js is still an opportunity for those who have not registered to do so no the only complaint that can be made of the law in this his respect to is that two days was too little and a week would have hare been better for the first registration the small election precincts however way may make two or at most three day enough in the future the law as it stands is fortunate in at least one on respect vix that it contains both she he house bouse to house and open office provisions so that really no one oa who wants to be registered can blame any one else but himself for lailure failure to do 80 |
