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Show !THE SEli EIUIUMW BILL. The Introduction l.v Senator Edmunds Ed-munds of the bill hick Is sUe hero dcs-cribi.il in this I-suc, may be taken as an indication that the disfran-chiatroent disfran-chiatroent nica-4irt may not pass. Tiio monstrous character of the latter, lat-ter, the enormity of the injustice which it n-ould work, and the -violence of its clashing with many vital principles ofthe American system of government, have become so apparent ap-parent duriug the time it has been under discussion in Congress, and by the press and public, that a strong probability of the retreat of Its champions cham-pions has arisen. The Struble bill is unspeakably unspeak-ably bad, but it is scaicely any worse than thelatcstonefathen.nl by Senator Edmunds, but In reality the work of a small clique of Utah conspirators. What the Struble bill aims to do in brazen defiance of the Constitution, and every scruple of right or justice, this new concoction concoc-tion seeks to accomplish by indirection. indirec-tion. It makes all county and Territorial Terri-torial officers apjointive. True, in the telegraphic synopsis of the bill '' which appears in another column, sheriffs and coroners are not named, SE , 3P, uut they probably appear in the iff ', 'V 'ext, as the evident object is to JS 'F place the county governments com- gs if plctely in the hands of the appoint- 9b, -5 " . in3 power. W f Thus the only officers left for the Ip tfsj leople to clioose are members of the g ' - .Legislature, Justices of the peace, P if" . nnd fence viewers. Authority is fc v given to a board of seven, comprised fe Sij . of theGovemor,Secretary,andmem- E S. bere of the Utah Commission, to M PC re-district thu Territory, and we B? I" ' Jf all know what this means. It signi fy lall es "lat 'rom n Iar'y wbicli em- B jfif braces only twenty jr cent of the E !". total pcrulatlou of the Territory, a Hi Iffir majority of the members of the fc -3sL Legislature is to be choeen,liy means K jifr tne "fljoo string" process of Iff -gS.- creating icsislative districts. Thus jj jffi tho people, in tho true sense of the j fife term, will have the Iprlvilego of !!. jlr electing only the officers whoe 8 1' " duty it is to sell estray animals, and , t5 ascertain if tho requisite number K, 'fiL- of pole or wires have been used In fii, j thccontructionofafence. tfe Such wretched fragments of popu- ' jMi lar government as would be left to sfc, JST the people of this Territory under tjCjfe - the new Thomas-Edmunds bill, " tiP would but augment the wrong r lS" of ita enActmaut Tuat kill would If, 1jK" produce actual, literal disfranchise- St' SK inent of an abominable form, E SK: while hypocritically pretending to jK " do nothing of the kind. If It be ' jil urged that all political classes are lk"fii? treated alike, in taking from the fej: t oters and giving to Uie appointing 5" J"1 "tmer the right to name the officers, r"S j the auswer is that one claB3 will be (g!ft lrtli compensated by liaving Cflf chosen from its members, all oflice- fe holders of every description, while ," jeS Uie other class will be deprived of f5p vote, voice and representation it i f-y- the governmentof the Territory and J., ita counties though numbering Hearing Hear-ing ly or quite four-fiftlis of the total 4jj population. 15, This feathery compensation EM amounts to nothing, however, by ng the side uf the pohtlcal abasement tap that would ensue to all classes. The iH" ouly benefits, If they could be so jll " called, would accrue to individuals If who would bo in direct favor with "JV j!, U"e appointing power. There is k! nothing can compensate for the des-m," des-m," tractiua of the right of the citizen to 1 ,V a voice in Uie selection of the rulers. M i-V Xo American citizen of this Terri-. Terri-. ft 'or-' worthy the name w ill, without iff t; protest, submit to an Indignityand v t1-' robbery so gross and unqualified. 'H X Such a supine attitude would be a fcjfcl ) ' tacitsurreuder of manhood. If this pf, '"i - attack upon a constitutional X." ' and ' Republican form of govern-'ifi govern-'ifi ' , nient guaranteed to tho peo- f' . . Tie Is accepted and not op-. op-. "j pjsed by the Gentiles of Utah, then '3 's-" shall.it sjon come to a realization JrJ that the "Jlormons" are Uie only -" ' . genuine supporters of the organic law of the nation. ti ' This new measure bearing Mr. '(.., Eirnunds' name Is substantially jlt" identical with provisions that were 3&l ' - embraced In the Edmunds-Tucker 4 bill as it passed the House. But ."" Senator Edmunds, who was a member of the conference commit--- tee, inslstei on striking them out, C and' in response to his influence ' they were eliminated from the bill c b-fjre Its Dm passage. The os- tenslblo reason for this action, the wrong of placing tho Territory so completely under the thumb of one " man, vagasouuJ one. but theSen- , ator's present altitude, would Indi- ", , cate that he has undergone a change - '"Jr of heart 4! r L- The Utah Commission Is, by this "is 4-- UJl, given power to order a new ?2 registration instead of a revision, Tg and, In connection with the Gov- ' , ernor and Secretary, may make and t enforce such rules and regulations , " relative to registration and election '!?; matters, as they may seo fit, con- ' ff tistent with the laws of the United "jr.4! Slatts. If the synopsis gives cor- ff, rectly the substance of this latter J feature of the bill, it virtually re- peals the. election laws of the Tcrri- fj" tory andelcgates to Uie Governor, , - Secretary and Utah Commission 3 jiower to establish legislation in lieu AiS thereof. V3 Thus into the hands of these seven ?'$ nicn is given tho power to control, 'Jk-Z legislatively and administratively, F-t?" " elections in this Territory, and ME? to choose all tfie Territorial and f: county officers. True, an election ' I1-1 ' " would not, under this L1I1, amount r-j"a ' much, and the privilege of par- llclpating in it would not be worth jp3 -" a very, UesjcraU: couu?st; but con- r 4 trolled as it would be by this boilrd ,f ' f scen, the right to vote wouldlx it- still more of an empty, substancc- fes i I fcfes shadow. nf- ' Tlie principal difference between tm th6 Dcw Edmunds bill and the dls- pg" franchiement measure is that the tjS , ' latter .iurs out injustice, iu. un- IW - stinted quantities, upon tho "Mor- p?W4 ""' mons," and foists the Gentiles into exclusive power, ,hUe the former, though equally unjust to the "Mormons," "Mor-mons," makes the Gentiles partial victims, and raises sevtn men Into autocratic authority over the whole U Territory. If the Struble bill Is jpf meeting with opposition from Utah 5 i " Gentiles, what will they say about i the measure here under review, I when they eonie to understand its real nature? t If they do not make it warm for !the conspirators who have sought to place both the "Mormons" and Gentiles of the whole Territory at the absolute mercy of a small ring, we mistake the mettle which Is characteristic of at least a portion of the non-"Mormons" of this Territory. |