Show TO THE ELECTIONS AX OPINION AND ailder OF ane S LAKI cm jaue 1883 acx ramsay chairman of the corn 1 l sst at sir your committee appointed on may ath to and it port in to abo offices to bo filled ret the august in 1883 ic reports ehni there arc 0 o bo elected of the legislative assembly in aill the districts of the nid ni d alio county and precinct officers As to thosa officers who should havo been elected ut the august dec tion in 1882 wo land abit by law acino of are to be elected foi a certain number of for a given torii and until successors arc qualified and soilo 1 or a term and until their successors uro elected aind qualified in to anil the diroe and manner of filling the local laws arc difficult tf in new of congressional legislation legisla tiou but in t abo decision of tho court of utah as to vacancies in the of kimball vs in ina tho appointment of alo governor of utah we are of alio llio that all should have been filled at alio election in august 1882 arc to be filled at alie next election in august for abo term vo are further of the pinion tant abo offices of territorial superintendent of district t vioola territorial auditor of public accounts territorial treasurer aud to locate university lands anro under abo organic act of the territory of utah to ba appointed by alio governor with the assent of alio legis litimo 1 and abo acts of ibe assembly pio for fillia those by an election of alic people aie in conflict with id organic act and are therefore invalid respectfully A IL U L goorsky committee the report was adapted and tho following made that at the election to bo hold on monday august G ahme uro to bo elected members of alie legislative assembly ii alio llio bov cial ci al districts district a of abc territory and also certain county and lire officers aud that all county and pic offices which have been at tho auguet isya aio to be filled at tho august election 1883 for the bucs pirce acrin tho pillion and order of as expressed aboc is wo eliuk in respects opposed to abu law on alio llio subject but there 13 enough nt atako to continio abe loal fiat I 1 H n question that bo chaily decided at 03 early 11 period as consistent theio bo an of abc con of abo edmonds law and rulings afif lie commissioners decided by abc court of abo united states in tiina for abo august election this would doubtless bo ft binalo to alio matter in of such decision or oilier immediate remedy whether it would bo better whilo waiting abe action of the Our fc on exceptions already taken for abo peoples baity to go to abo polls in full strength aud elect men is a question for abc to consider and further need bo said on that point now that abo commissioners erred in deciding that the ouicla bield over 1 should be filled at the august clau tion ia clear under our for judges and some other officers the law that in 1874 and every two years thereafter certain officers should be elected or two years and ici r successors should be elected and andor aliis law if au election fails to bo nold or a party to within the time by law alio old retain their places for another years being no provision for to bo filled at an earlier period the lil incumbent die or voluntarily vacate bis position tho office would then bo and under abc hoar amendment be filled by ap from tho governor tho nest general election when it would bo filled by the popular vote the suno as oilier vacant this not being alio regular year to elect probate judg s cars who hold ofeleo for the two years and until their successors anro elected and qualified they should unde tho law hold over until the general election in august why the commission eis step outside of their butic s and at tempt to decide judicial questions which belong to the courts only ia not very easy of s and especially on points that may have to bo determined by the court of last resort there iq about ae much law aad justice in it as tharo was last year in the governor riving commissions ti illegal appointees without bonds boin filed or even notice given of acceptance of alio appointment ONE 3 car ago ou alic list of juno the trial of the farat indictments against alio star route men began and the innocence of the parties has only just been determined by the court whether they were really every person v ial have to cuili c for themselves the jury acu havo had a harj timo of it is only two legislatures in session namely illinois and pennsylvania |