Show THE UTAH COMiSS IUN A democratic contemporary in commenting upon the action of the senate in regard to tho utah commission says that ono striking thing that appears in tha discussion is the familiarity of the democratic speakers with the political affairs of the territory and another is the density of the ignorance of tha senators on the bame subject THE ESQUIBES begs to diner with it abs tbs senate hag shown souna sense than the house in reducing the salaries of tho commission and providing that they he residents of the territory the democratic wing of congress has not the evil which the people of utah cry out while it has sought to renive the commission proper another and more objectionable election body is given the territory the house amendment provides that the work of the colmia aion be performed by alie governor the secretary and the chief justice ot jtb that would be no real relief foreigners would still ba in control of the election machinery of the territory in fact it would bo making a bad case worse for while the present is nan partisan the off itera sought to b by the democrats would invariably be of tha same political paty furthermore they donld likely be non residents of the territory for these reasons we think that the republican senators have acted with good sense and forethought by not acceding to tin house amendment if we are to have an election board at aillet ua have a nonpartisan non partisan commission appointed from our own midst rather than a foreign body of the same political of course THE ENQUIRES would rather tha utah bo allowed to begu legu late its own election affairs and have no election board appointed by the general government but that feature does not enter into the present discussion |