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Show THE UMJKrEKS J!UT (!0. Till- withdrawal of the appeal to the Supreme Court of Utah in the mandamus case of the city officers, is a little more of the dilatory pcttl-gogging pcttl-gogging resorted to by the "Liberal" "Liber-al" lawyers. It is pretty certain that the appeal would have risultcd in the affirming affirm-ing of the decision of the lower court, and would no doubt have hastened the process of installing therightful city officers In tiie josl-tlons josl-tlons from which they have been arbitrarily ar-bitrarily excludes. Thecity officers elected lu tlie third aud fourth precincts were refused re-fused ccrtiCcate!, by the Secretary of the Territory, who Iiad already Issued Is-sued certificates to the Liberal" candidates. They applied for a mandamus to compel the performance perform-ance of Ilia duty. Judge Zane granted tlie writ- The "Liberal" attorneys at-torneys took an appeal. Now they withdraw it. Proceedings w ill have to be taken in the District Court to cu't the bogus ofllcials They are clearly occupying places to w hich they w ere not elected. That this will be judicially e-tabiihesl we have no doubt. Rut it will take some more litigation to ut au end to this usurpation. If it were not a matter of duty we would not urge the gentlemen who were elected by the People to push the matter further, but let the "Llls-ral" plotters who gained the ele-ctloti by flagrant fraud see what their work will accomplish, in disgusting dis-gusting their on ti rortv with "Liberal" extravagance au J incompetency. incom-petency. Rut It is right that this contest should go on until ju-tlceis done, so we ho-.o tiny will not be deterred de-terred from pursuing it to a victorious victori-ous end. |
