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Show if i.oon "flORns-' fj:oi tiif (oh- 3 MINION. E5 Tlie Utah Commission hive issued H instructions to the election officers K the substance of which i that there B should bo "a fair and imjyirtlal S flection." Thee aj they arc tie 3 tlrous that ' everything like lrauii rg shall bo put down, t'iatecr law fully registered otcr in the Terri tor rliall have the t rivilege of de- 4 iting Ills ballot freely, as he , ttishes aud without lntimii! illon, j and that none w ho ire not legally j registered shall be permitted to vote, no matter u hat may he the circumstance? circum-stance? " This i very excellent tall. Whether it will amount to any- tiling inorc will be icen perlipi, " before the election is over Tin. j. history of the municipal election, j which is preserved for future use, , dois not tii-tlfce -inj great anxiety v on the part of Hit- C onimiesion to do ' very much in the direction indicated j" by their plea'int prattle However, we hope their "voids will be backed up by their deeds, V and that v. hen called upon to a&stt m the enforcement of their lnetruc- V tlons thei will not be found want v ing Their powers it is true are not verj extinive, but they cuh remove fc oflicers of their appointment who h plainly neglect or wilfully refuse to perform their dut . , It is a notorious fact that legal i voter?, who haeesereied the suf- frae for ears have had ther names I tncken from the registration lists, fconic of these, n e understand, have already apjilej to th" Cocimis flou, have been referred to the Registrar, and alter being si veil the cold shoulJer until repeated imjnr tunity ha coiiiiielled an answer, imebeen told roughly "I cant do auj thing about it. ' TJie Utah Connii-snm should lau cognizance of the facts that "ljiberal" oters are not treated in this -way: that it is Peoples Partj loterswho are summarily crossed off the lists, that notices are bein rved, upon Peopled, Parti loters only, in the nature of vexatious ' objections and not in good faith. Well Known niouogaimsU ire informed in-formed tuit tney ire objected t as "polj garnish " The miserable tool of direputab'o party managers who Mgns the complaints does not appear to substantiate them, and does not even kno the men to whom he oljecb? The whole scheme is known to be a p'wtinition uf the law fnmed for the protection oHegil voters and the puntj of the ballot box. And the appointment of a Ueg'strar know n to tc truiigl cirtizanand to lie working against the people who haetoaprear be-forehim, be-forehim, and in the mte-estof their , lolitical opponenU i of itMsir a , ftrong comment on the extreme de-ire of the Comnuion to secure a iairanj impartial e!edum The Utah Commis- on can, by its removing power, exercise gre-it in- fluence in the direction desirttl. Thei can aid oters ho have been without reason or law ttr.i ken from the regi-ratIoii lils m obtaining redress in time to be of service. They can manifest sine real interest inter-est in this imjiortaut matter. Thej should notice the Oct that their county registrar i pi.t up for a lu erative couiUy nllicc, by way ot r.-ward r.-ward for Ins otlicial work in the Interest In-terest of thtpartj that is resorting to the tricks and dodges of which the People's Party justly complain And it would be much more eecm J.J, so mani couiervatnc citizens Hunt, if the CVnmis .on did not exhibit ijuito sa mjih desire for 'Liberal 'success and not qui'e much lmhinrcnce to People's i-arty complaints of manifest injustice. We do not charge the Utah Commission Com-mission witii beiui implicated in the attempted robberj of People' Party voters, by tns jg their names from the register and by placing rams, of "Liberal" nonresidents non-residents upo a it without in address, ad-dress, so as to pra-ent identification nd thus bar detection. Rat we saj when thee things are done bv their appointees, they could d" tomethlng in the matter if Uny woul I, and an opportunity should be affjnled them V, ee if their good woiis mean auythius more than talU |