Show IJ THE COMMISSION AGAIN I The Utah Commission has been treated MI heretofore by all parties a sort of divine Institution to criticize which was sacrilegious sacri-legious When it was instituted there t was much talk of the great work it was going to do and such being the expectations expecta-tions concerning it the compensation for I I 11 the office was raised from what it first was to what it now is namely five thousand thou-sand dollars per year that the services of menof distinction and eminent abilities I might be obtained Men who had occupied high places of honor and trust were secured se-cured but to have occupied a place off of-f I I honor and trust is not an absolute warrant ffl war-rant of superior worth and ability But at best the duties of the Commission U r t are but clerical and the labors nominal I f t and could be as well if not better done by the Governor and Secretary with the I aid of the ProbateJudge of each county when acting for the different counties Not I only could it so be done but the expense would be nothing as compared with the r present expense But these are arguments 1 argu-ments looking to the abolition of a useless i and expensive concern while at present our object is to speak of it as iLls and the k manner in which it has performed its J 11 work The first work the Commission did was to revise the voting list and to strike from off it the names of all who hal ever at any time been in polygamy and they also prescribed pre-scribed an ironclad test oath for aUto aU-to take This was the first work I of the Commission from which so much was expected They did it very thoroughly and very competently so far as their understanding went hut the Supreme Court of the United States of undid this thorough work of the Utah I I Commission and many hundreds whom the Commission proscribed were restored t fj to their rights After this the Com mis J jJ sion suggested a form of oath to determine deter-mine a voters right and qualification to I r register Thus far there have been no J complaints In the selection of registration t regis-tration officers the Commission have not I always been so happy as could have been wished hut this was owing to the fact 1 that the memberswere distinguished men > I from the East and were not acquainted with the people But what is the last act of the Commission which goeT to prove their incompetency to perform even the nominal duties of tb On July 19th a convention oi he Peoples party was held in this cay and nominations for the vat ions officer who were voted for yesterday were made Among those nominated was Mr W W Kifor for Representative to the Legislature On July 30th the Utah Commission promulgated Order No1 appointing a j d to canvass the returns t of the jjt > i1 i t tion which was held yesterday Ai lg those so appointed was Mr W W Kit the same gentleman gentle-man who was nominated on July 19th fort for-t Representative to the Legislature What excuse can tho Commission offer in extenuation If imch an nctan act that was a violation of the very genius of merican institutions Mr Riter was put in nomination by his party eleven days before he was appointed a member of the Board of Canvassers Do not such things look strange If it is said that the Commission Commis-sion forgot or did not know that Mr 1 Riter was a candidate they are incompetent incom-petent from fault of memory and improper I attention to affairs but if it is said that they knew Mr Riter and knew him I to be an honest and competent man then they are incompetent from a lack of appreciation of the genius of American institutions and have not learned that no man is fit to be a judge 4 in his own case In whatsoever way the matter may be looked at it is plain that the Commission ignored a semblance of 1 decency in a matter that cannot be too i well guarded Would they have people presume that with themselves to watch over all nothing could possibly be amiss and that their greatness and goodness would absolve all things with which they may have to do from the taint J of suspicion Such doings cast l reflections and suspicions upon the men who sanction such proceedings in other States and Territories and for what reason I rea-son should the Utah Commission receive I immunity from like reflections and sims j I picions I I F It has been said that the President is i i i dissatisfied with the Commission and 1 surely such things as theappointing of a J i candidate for office as a member of the I I I Returning Board which is to canvass theI H votes cast for all candidates will fully warrant war-rant the Presidents dissatisfaction I r 1 |