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Show LI All fcjLBCriON LAW- ! Kali Lake City, January lo73. Tho pint Chice-:o traveler in L'tah, yc ..-pt '"( 'hing-l'' o,''lia tr'-attd the read-.-n of 'he Tribune with a r-; ri"f cf tl.; ".i:t r.ii n'v j " e tnjfjs." H: Bi'i-l tA; tr-jublud with l bar. iocur-jblc disL-a.-e, ca.kd aijtti-.i ncrihumti in an a n to.ua Malt; fur havii:if uu iniTf-t i-.-r u-w iit'tis, and . beiu in v;:tt of fymcihiug with winch , Ui oliliiK falach'j'jd-t IU iiis U-U'tl s'y.e, I he cupiui ifrL'ttmi l!;e k-ti-imive i act, ai.d huptM tliu.4 to terve two purp-jfcn; viz, first, and th" ruirt im- l portaut to him, lo cuable him lu gtt a i'tW drops uf mola-aes to LL bard la-.-k, I and second, lu tmiglueu bis cuppjsed iuoraut readers. ihs exp':iM,-b OiU-t be great, bis traftd extensive, aLd his ojinpathy i ovcrll'jwiijg, &h be scuuiri compelled to j prCMint the law, "u.i it read.i" with exordium aud perurati jo iu uQitram-matical uQitram-matical pbra.-Ch fur all our con.iidera- j tion, "knowing as I do," ho says, "that the mass of tho people of lhi I Territory and elsewhere are nut familiar j with the pruviiiuns uf the act." That 1 is kind to publish the laws grali", but is it nut "iovc'a labor los!?'' W ill the '' of the peoplo here and elsewhere ever see his poor jargon? He declares "members of congress ought to shudder shud-der at the idea of such a flagrant outrage out-rage (meaniuir, I suppose, the horrid act) being perpetrated on American soil." Ia it not cruel to want them to shudder this cold weather, in addition to the shivcry-shakery tendencies of the season? lie conjures up to his vitiated vision, horriblo hccnus, flagrant outrages, out-rages, and fearful injustice. I fear he saw double, and had "snakes in bis boots" when he wrote the article on this innocent law. L?t mo try to cure : him. I am glad he certifies that tho fifteen sections given aro a true copy. Were it not that such certificate were attached I could not have believed that such amonstrou.s shuddet-crcating law oould have been passed, or so successfully success-fully carried out as it has been lor the lait twenty years. In the" most pathetic manner be asks, "Can the peoplo of the United States blame tho non-Mormon residents of this Territory asking congress for a revision of tho Territorial law?" There must bo somctbiog terrible in that law, that I fail to see. I feel afraid almost al-most to read it over, but he kindly pormits mo to infer its awful provisions, without showing what they are. Ho must, too. bo a humble creature,, He does not oall himself Socrates Lycurgus, Solon, nor by any eminent modern statesman's name. Ho cannot bo said to bo an ass in a lion's ukin ho may bo a lion in an ass's hide. Ie calls himself a Chinaman, and I will not deny him tho honor everything gets its lovell hut as he may not bo so formidable as his pigtail, I will venture juH to examine tho "flagrant outrage" of the election law. " Seo. 1. That annually on the first Monday of August there shall be a general election hold in each precinct in the several counties, tor choosing all officers not otherwise provided for." Is not that awful, flagrant and unjust, un-just, to bold an election on tho first Monday in August in each precinct, to.? Horrible, most horrible 1 "See 2." Is it not diabolical that the county clerk should cause a notice of tho time and place, and the number and kind of officers to be chosen, to bo put up in two public pluoes in -oaoli preoiuct, at least six days bclbro the timo of election? Oh, you Mormon legislators, how daro you ? ''Sec. 3." How could you presume to say that the senior justico of the peace should bo judge of cloction in this preoinct? Or that ce should appoint ap-point ono clerk and furnish stationary necessary and ballot box ? Or that in his absence tho electors first assembled on the day, lo the number of six, may appoint some suitable person to aot ss judgo, etc.? It is an outrage on all men, and calls for immediato interference interfer-ence in congross. How is it in China, Chingloo? "Sec. 4." Whyshouldyoulawmakers direct that the election be hold from ono hour after sunrise until sunset? Why not say until midnicht, when gamblers and loafers seek thoir roosts, , that they could go to the polls before retiring. Or why is tho fugitivo vaga-: bond or tramp prevented from voting in every precinct that he travels in? That is an infringement on tho rights 1 and liberty of American citizens ' away with it. It must bo repealed! This is, or should be, a free country. "Sec. 5. Each elector -shall provide himself with a note.containing thenames of tho persons ho wishes elected, and the offices be would have them to fill, and present it, neatly folded, to the judge of election, who shall number and deposit it in the ballot box; the olerk shall thon write the name of the elector, and opposite it tho number of his vote," I have written this section fully, for it contains the bug-aboo, I suppose, that frightens this outraged Chinaman and his confederates. Let me first ask that the privilege of choosing choos-ing the ticket or vote be given to Ching Foo, or his immaculate party, and then all will be right and square, for "Brutus is an honorable man." Tho minority would rule, aud tho majority ma-jority should retire gracefully, and everything that is "Mormon" would bo damned for such unjust legislation, in letting the majority rule. Secondly, wh? fold it neatly? Everybody should see it, and it should be open to the publio gaze! Who's afraid to show his ticket? Let it bo done openly and manfully. I object to the clerk's writing writ-ing tho name opposite the number of tho elector's vote. Who ever heard of such a thing? Thig interferes with stuffing, and should be removed. liut it says "the judge of olection shall number the ticket and deposit it in the ballot box." "Aye, there's the rub." To number tho ticket is on-pardonable. on-pardonable. You can know bow the man votes, and for whom he votes. Now, I candidly allow that that is the only apparently objectionable feature in the act Personally I would rather that the tickets were not numbered, and that every appearance of knowing the voter's choioe should be removed. That is fair. But on considering the pros and cons in the mode, it is hard to say which is the better course to pursue. Suppose wc voted viva voce, would not everybody know the voter's choice ? And it is a man'y, noble way. and lawful if so passed. Then would not our carpers carp ? But do not the parties in other States know nearly every person that will vote for them? Thry know nearly to a man, and move ' heaven, earth and sjiec place else to secure voters and increase their strenirth. Where's the difference then, but that betwecu "t-eedledum and twetdledec?' 1 see, however, nothing so ve y uarcpubliein, fligraat or ty-I ty-I rannieal in it, aud I have a richt to my ' opinion a weil as "Ching-I-'oo" and ! h;s ilk. This act and custom prevails, j or prevailed, in some other State, and it is ( I ) a good security against stul-! stul-! ting the ballot box; and (J) enables I challengers to prove whether the voting is legal, if com sted. It must be considered con-sidered that this act was passed in lS5o, when the people here were few and isolated; that it was hardly then expec:ed that so large acd var-'r.l a popu'ation as now inhabit this Terri- lory, or the circum stances tha now ' occur, would exi:t here. Of course, to the best of motives can be attributed the worst of de-iens, and to the best laws yet enacted, tho gravest objections can be made. I need not trouble your readers with making remarks on every section, for space would not permit, acd I w:U therefere, merely touch at some of the or.'?riif evKt previsions of this horrible law Does it not demar.i enr boldest re- ! mocsiracce to fceti-'n where the bi ;ot box. at the c c;e if rhe eLciioo. .-houid be sealed. t-'c- Why not ktep it opt n to tuu in our n.'i.;.' i- w-j pleaM.-.' V. b.j - h.-.u i the c-unry j-ide and clerk, as u".i-.'D 7, hrejk the seal aod ectn! th? vrc:? T::-:-.--e men : certainly have cghi.Ii to ! u cvur.c over the votes ct thousands, wuuoui scrutinizing and noting every voter's 1 bias; and it is hardly suppoable that they kuuw every pcrn in the county. In reading this law, it -hou:d be remembered thai B:uhatu luuog wan guvtrnor at its pa-sage; yet M.e the authority given to ihvi a cr-ir, i-nd Lot tbt: governor, in ea-e ot u-,s, to tiL-u-riiMf.e ibc tli-eti u i,y Im. T Jf ! -iL-reiancs g'-tK-ri. y l.avo been j Morui'ju, or iudu tbdeut i l ua il-ti..-N.-.; of ihv v .vrrn.jr. Th d -.-.- II., L -i.oW, ill- 'i- 'il. I P'i'i-T M- "iU.'-d la lirijiijaui i uuii ini;d-. te. 14. I'roM'l.- th.it '-.Sh.-n a vaciuey oecui ma i rnior m; i.l ei ive ulfi;i thd kuVltl' r sl.a-i ordi r a t-pt-uul l1i c:iou to fid i-u-jli vacancy," Alc Ttua did not put power into "iinni.tr Brlliain's" hand, airuc wuu d ay, but left it lairiy lor (he people. That, huwevtr, must be ou'.rv uus to prevent pre-vent "tjeutiltj" governors from putting their favorites into oliicj. Our present incumbent in the gubernatorial chair' acts very differently from this la. If a Territorial vacancy occurs, Le ap points a man to the office In id so I'; and if a county office vacmey happens, he fills the gap by his choice, neither orderiut; lu election for Territorial office nor al!oiug the county court to appoint for county offices, as the law provides. If Biighaui Young were to do that, would not there be a howl, "a new niovenunt auong the dry boner?" Seo. 1j, Says, "All officers acting in elections shall be allowed a reasonable reason-able compensation for their services" thut is fearful, surely; and who "can blame the non Mormon i for complaining?" complain-ing?" It further says "they shull be punished with a reasonable preventive amount of fine f'o. fraud or negli-gencol" negli-gencol" Now that is just cause for Cbing-Foo aud kii pany to lift up their voices against the act. They have been so often defaulters, peculators, and so guilty of fraud in ail their oil) 1 cial transactions, that they call on , Uncle Sam to interfere for their safety. I Is not that a heinous crime to punish fraud or negligence in this enlightened day ? If this election law is so outrageously outrage-ously unjust in tho almond eyes of the Mongolian "Ohtng-t'oo," what State law should the Territorial legislators adopt? Perhaps he wants the registry and election law of California a la .7 that is so complex and inlricato that tho county clerk of San Francisco could not understand it, and Horace Hawcs, the author of tho bill, bad to sit with him for days to initiate him into its mysteries. The clerks and officers offi-cers of the other important counties wero compelled to "ferrit it out" themselves, as tho sago Horace could not go to every township. A law, too, tho workings of which is so very expensive expen-sive that it has, and will, cost California Califor-nia hundreds of thousands of dollars, and yet many aro deprived of their rights by it. These pickings are what Ching-Foo and his friends want. '"Don't they wish they may get them ?" "Knowing, as I do," as saith tho sago, the ignorance and sinister designs of tho peripatctio scribbler, and his friends, can the whole people of this vast republic wot.dcr that I write to enlighten them and open to their dull visions the flagrant outrage and silly ravings of penniless adventurers, and disappointed place-holders? That horrible hor-rible election law makes us all patii-otio, patii-otio, liberty-loving and generous, and tntii it is "revised," Farewell |