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Show I l"COsCIEriODVCOMMIi- MO. I Wnpubliib today an interesting I and pilntei communication from I ilr. David L. Murdoc'-. The gen- Ueman pays his respects to the Utah y Coanaissjon, a bJy chiefly con- sEpicuoas fur oIlUIiI manipulation, tha object of which i to render ' political friu is not only possible but abwlutely certain. Tnelr chief oc cupation as a majority has been to pursue a ciur3 or action thst would render their existence perpetual. perpet-ual. It may transpire one of thee iIay?,ho wexei, that these gentlemen I have reckoned without their host, t themijorityof the psople of Utah, whose rights have lrea invaded by their ona-sided administration. . ' ' If the quotations from the com I I mission report cited by Mr. Murdock HI I be carefully sMnned, it will Ira ob- H I I served that this useless an I not cx- H i ceisively ornamental body of elec- H 3"" tion minajer, foisted upon a long H ' sjuenn; paople, express animated H j Jubilation over the fact of one H 1 politic 1 party glnln; ascendancy H i j over another. As an administrative Hj ). i ollcial is supposed to bj impartial, H J this partizan preference exhibited in Hj a state document is not only unllg- H J nlQeJ but exceedingly small. This H M ascendancy of the "Liberal" con- H trolintbls munUpality is made a H source orselfglorlfliitlou and idiotic H I pride. If these gentlemen had a H 1 iVeea sens: of honor the situation Hj 1 woull bs to them a so tree of shaaie, M I .' because of the fraudulent processes m I by which, under their auspices, the B 1 ' result was attained. The Com H j i mission, however, aids insult HJ J j to iuury by statin; that the HJ I j' i election was a "fair" one. HJ Jr B I It was notoriously otherwise. Hi Q- ' 'lie -EUa happ-ned to point out HJ H7" , the "Li jeral" frauds that were oe- HJ M Ing perpetrated and the CommlsMsn HJ r -, became s-ud lenly Inquisitive, and HJ ,T f 7 wanted the editor of this Journal to HJ tell all about it, as they were not HJ V- a familiar with the details. The HJ editor drew attention to the fact that HJ K there were ample opportunities for HJ H , the Cemmlsston to institute an in- HJ H qu'ry, but they preferred to remain H I in blissful or pretended ignorance. HJL ; Since the Commission rendered Hj I 'IB ' their report to the Sscretary of the HJ jH ' Interior, developiiLnts havo oc- HJ , , curred which will give them ample HJ , saope to reprent the kind of fairness HJ which exists In elections conducted HJ M uudertnelrpurview. H'ccommead HJ K m that they inform tha government HJ I I that the "Iilberals" whose victory B , 'I is a source of such self satisfaction HJ j tue Cn'a!'"lon, stolv six of the HJ m j fifteen CounciIorsbis of this city. I- M They might sUte that the District '1 Court, Judge Zane pnslding, so de- H I C ' cided; that the "Ibcral" maa- M t 4l ! -V agers appealed frjin his decision. HJ j tW i and that when the time for the ss- B s'on of the Territorial Supreme HJ ( V I Court arried the appeal was with- HJ f j drawn, in order to defeat the law HJ and perpetuate the theft. One HJ would suppose that such In'amles HJ . would cause thoss "conscieatious" HJ . administrators of the election law- HJ to crawl into their holes and pull the HJ aptrtures In after them, rather than HJ indulge in oHicial gbriflcation over HJ f 'r - such shameful results of corrupt HJ 5 partisanship. We are ashamed that HJ k f -eU crimes should be condoned and HJ j go unpunished. H Among the facis that should be (presented In the next ollcial report of the Commission to th Sicretary J i oJ the Interior are thos elucidated HJ ' and provel in court in connctIon HJ' v. ' "" with the )iool election referred to HJ ( 'y r- Murdcc't, when an office HJ w3 stolen from the Peop'e's rindi- J tlite by"liIboral" "flim-flamming," HJ y the I ition be nj subscqaeatly HJ, i , relinquished by tht. coatestee whep HJL .1 the frauds were brought lo light HJu ; Judge Zane, in that connection L, urew the a'teatioa of the grand HjV j J" to the suspicious conduct of I J H.S. McCallum, one of the regUt i , " appoin'ed by the Utah com-nis- HJ ! slontocmluct the "fair" elecUon HK i oflastFebrua. M 1 Perhaps the o-nm't&iou may Hf,, dlre-t thn attention of ths secretary, H In their next report, to tha fact thai HT ' under their "conci-rtious admin- HJt ' Istratlonofths ele-tion laws," the Hv I offlcejflerk of Silt Lake County HJlu j I WJ" stolen by the fraudulent opera- HJl. t J I tIons of thir appointees. The HP J j f methods employed for the conum HA J 'J matioaofthe steal wero prrsonatlon HH f by connivancs of a "Liberal" Judge H J i i of election, aai Uie striking HH 1 frotn t registration lists on HF j j the mo-nlng of the election HJL '( of numbers or legal voters of the HM: 1 ( People's Party, and the rejection of HH 1 i the ballots of the pjopla thus rbbs J HH 1 I , of their franchise by "Libsral" elec- H i j tlonjudges. The Commlsjlon should HH , 1 ' be careful to state that thesa ara not HH 1 naeremittera of report but stubborn HH j jV j ftts proved in a court or law. HJH&iiHHHH.HHHHHHHHHHHHa Tet the inJorlty of the Com mis tion con&Uta of "conscientious" men. Very! This reminds us of a remark once made by the facetious Dr. II. J. IUchards, who is given to expressions expres-sions of caustic humor. The conduct of some person was under crltlcim), when tha Doctor said that the individual referred ta was ' a very good man." "How do you know that, Djc tor?" "Why, I heard him say so." The mijorltyof the Commission are ' conscientious" officials, for have they not said so themselves? And then look at tho abundant cvlder ;j upon which to -found such a self laudatory statement! |