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Show THE CONVENTION MINORITY RKPHtSLNTATIUN. 'In uinrruw tin! re present aiivuji oi the Territory will moot in ilii.H city In convention, fur the purpo-o of limiting a uoD.-ititiitinn lor a Hiate .jvcrutnuiii and adopting m-M nia-urcs a- may If deemed pmpor to endeavor In :.-ctin-tlie adtiMuii df I tali into iliu I'ninn Wo have a very dittVrent iJi-a ul tin-ri tin-ri k I l t 4 and duties of th'?se gentlemen from what Horn; i-cciii to mitertuiu. W (Id nut conid.T ihfy arc unduT anj pledge to argue it) Javnr ul' ur vot'-lnr a State cuiiNtilntion ami government, if they arc nppu.u'd to ii; but having bci:i l:lcftl:d, wilhuUl nulieiUtioll Oil their part, by t lift people, limy .-ln.uld honor lhat election hy meeting in convention, con-vention, and hy tliur combined wiv doiu seek to reach tho result which limy ho deeyicd he.it for the iuten'sl.s ol tho entire pcuple. That some of the delegates arc in favor of a State wc arc assured; that noun: are opposed lo it, wo have I heir own declaration fur ho-hcving; ho-hcving; hut whelhcr favoring or opposing, op-posing, this convention .should meet, deliberate and reason, as true lovers of country anxious to subserve the general gener-al good, and ever keeping id view that axiom of republicanism the greatest good for the greatest nniubcjj should be the object of all. Wo der-ire to see a constitution framed so broad, so liberal, so entirely republican in every respect, that even cavil will be silenced by il if possible. And lie re wo wuuld direct attention lo an anomaly in republican government, which should not have been permitted to exi't for nearly a century in l lie United States. The minority in every Territory nnd in almost every State in tho Union, are virtually without representation. rep-resentation. Under the electoral rule which prevails in the country, a legislature! legis-lature! may bo entirely I euioer:ttie or entirely ltepuhhean; and the execu tive and administrative oilires of the country, or of a State, are almost invariably in-variably filled by the members of one party. Is there to-day a federal utliee in tho United States tilled by a Memo-erat? Memo-erat? We think not; and this condition condi-tion of ail'airs arises ironi the inlimious doctrine that "to tho victors belongs the spoils. " There should be no spoils to bo wrung from tho people, and least of all should a party which may come within a very few of being in a majority major-ity be deprived of every voice in the dUt ril tit ion ol' oilices and positions which the whole people have created and Mitaiu. We say this is au anomaly in deiuo-cnitie-republicaiii.Mii, which the United States professes to be governed by. The minority should have tho opportunity oppor-tunity a Horded them of being represented, repre-sented, if they arc of sufficient respectability respect-ability in numbers to secure such representation rep-resentation on republican principles. ! Illinois, in its lately adopted eonstitu- 1 tion, has included a, plan for minority ; representation which is eminein'y in harmony with the genius of our gov-eminent gov-eminent and institutions-. The same plan is under consideration in New j Vol k, and certainly should be adopted : by that State. The means by which : tho desired cud can be reached is I Mmple enough. There are say ten cilices cili-ces to fill. As the rule now stands, a ! voter eau deposit a ballot bearing ten ! names, one lor each cilice. Change lhat rule so lhat he eau give ten voles for one man, or livo each for two men, or four to ono man and six to another, or one each to ten men, and the correct principle of minority representation is adopted. To illustrate: Suppose there are five thousand voters so divided that there are one thousand of one party and lour thousand of another. According f0 tho electiou laws in general force throughout the United States those lour thousand voters can till every one of the assumed ten offices, leaving the one thousand entirely unrepresented. By the other plan proposed, the one thousand can secure tho election of two candidates, but no nioro, which 1 would be the Dumber to which they 1 are justly entitled. We submit to the convention the propriety of incorporating this plan in the proposed constitution, and everything every-thing else which will secure to all people, peo-ple, irrespective of color, sex, condition or creed, a full exercise of their inherent inher-ent rights, and the truest ossession of ' that freedom and liberty which should ' bo enjoyed, by all. ! they are equally loud in their expressed dc.-.ire to have tli-1 w.iim-n dl-fran-ehi-d. - They want a iv-i.ilry law, too. Well, o do W'-; and wc .-iiie:rcly huj e cofigre.-s may p-iss one. It is time -iomi:lliinr were dune to atop the whole sale iil'fal voting oi' v:i--h tin y luv. b' Kii i::iil:y ev. ry cheiiou at which thy ha v.j tiiul tliLir power. The voles jjullid on certain occx-ious l (J'jrinne are rr-niembered; and Upliir wi,! live in memory for the st!e in which it ran up ;i tiuro again-t Hod. W. il. Iluop..-r, far above the eniire pupiilati'n of the p:vin.-t, imii, wo (U'-'ll a;jil ehiMien, eitiz' iii at.d a;iji;S, vo'er-i and non-voters. The currying ol' voter' li m:u one precinct t' aurth' r in t!ii city on election day, and voting t he same peiuil two or three tiim, elegantly termed "repealing," i.i not unknown to fame; and altogei her v;e are satisfied satis-fied that a registry law would be not only a good thing for Utah but ha beconie a neeesdiy. We have no dc.-iro to aay anything inure cuncerniug last Monday's election; elec-tion; the card of the judges speaks for Use If. |
