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Show M 1 .MOIM'IU III' I UK lTOI'll.'S II' ii i ii in. jfl IN A weak aud watery article tho 1 "l.lherat" organ atleuiU ti defend , JH the "I.llwral" reglitrarn and tho Utah W Commlinion, from tho odium that luu Ijj fallinunon them throuuli Iho ahum- JW ful neglirt of dulj aulixtremenl. Ijl lauihlji that have dlagraird the itgla JH tratluii of voteri, ever elncotlieC'om. JH mlulon auuuud control of Utah olio. aw tlonaUalia. JH Hut IU drlvellnga am utoleM. lla jBj own columiia luno furnlahed art of Bl the Ilgurra ami facta that mako up tho nR I roofa ugalnat them, l'hu nuMralloii tjW llita have nut tern urgid aa tin. law Nj reiulreaand for which tho reglatrara RW Imvol.irli .1J. Thoae iDlcera hap Hh urpuaely paaaed hy tho houira of lion- Hi "IdUraU" au aa not tu reglaler the Hi Iniiiatia, and have hi 1 1 on the (lata the MR irnniea of liuudrola of urMni wlm ij havo ramoMtl Ironi tho Territory nud PJU ofolhera whihaedlod. , 1MB Allthollouuderlug au I rtcilmlna. W) Hon aud falao diargia hi which no PJjj 1 rx.f I. ollircl will not allict the faaa. PjI It la not only uiulenlallo that tho PJU duly remilrid by law ha. notletu r- W formed by tho regMraia, Lilt tliater j aonahavo twen ihoaen for Iho oftlcu PJn tieoauao of their extrtlne artlaniuhli, B aud that tliey havo done Ju.t abnut na H they pUatod, and havo nevtr Uiu B maleriauiialhleto tho oplo by lw H luKiIuel nuder bonda. HB the Tniuncnn; BK "Orciuraotliev hive aaurulo all lti uw olutod from maoiUura of Iho Liberal ' rf5)5k parly Tbat waa Intended from the fir that wa ex pet"! from Ibel fmmlMlon by thi admloiitrallon." That la an admlralon of a treat wrong en 1 an auumed dltgreceful policy tojuatlfy It. Tho (,'ommlulon apiwintril all the reglatrara from among a very araall minority of the Vetera. Thl, no doubt, wai "iicted from the rlrat" by tho 7rl4ne gang thallua run the Commltalon, but we deny the charge agaloat tho government, whh li la not rtonell la for the ahamefully partisan llcy ruraued. Neither la the law reafonalble for It. "Proper raona" ere not Litter, tin riluclplnl, Impudent and defiant r tlaana. The law la not romplle.1 with hy their eppololment. If the Territory Terri-tory had Wen hunted over for lmpror perion to l tntnnted with the wotk required, no worro aelectlona roulJ have been made thau lotuu of the r onaplcktd out. The 7r.6unf aayi that our roruplalnt la that the C'ommlailon dl 1 not appoint "Slormen" rtglatrara. Of eourae we do not expect the Tr limit ever to tell the truth, rxrr t hy accident. Our complaint waa that Inttcad of pul Ho cfllcera who were retMiilble to tho jfuple aud under heavy buiidt aa the law rovldi-l, the L'ommlaalon a-tolntcil a-tolntcil prlvato tervoria, nouall!eto noUoly, who did u they leawd. That body ooiil I Juat aa well apjolut loibtlo olllceri whoee Hlon laa guar antyof gootl airvlceand who are under bonda to do their duty. Howlthtlio olllccra to hear an 1 determine de-termine ol Jectlona to votera. The law provided that Juitlcie of Iho 1'irice ihoull decide audi cruwa. I'n.ni their declaloni then, la an appeal to the higher court. The Conimlaaion mvle their Irriaponalble and jwrllun reglatrara courla to de. tetmlne mattera In which their owu rotiduet waa In iuetlon and from whote declilona there la no appeal. The 7ritun wanla to charge alt thla le the hw, when It la a violation nf the law, .There are tome detect In the law, hut thereevlla are not charge-nbte charge-nbte to tho Itw luit to the C'onunlaalon In falling to be govt rncd by the law. Non'Mormon" ofllcera eoull be found to do the registration work and other nori-"Mormon" oltlcen to hear tho ol jectlona, If the Commlaalon do almltoflndthein, who woull not bo tooU of the "LlUial" faction and who would la troerly atiailntod "under thelawaofthe United Htalca and of Hue Territory" lualeadof under "Liberal" "Lib-eral" regulatlona and "Liberal" dictation. dic-tation. What wo want, and all we are after, laarif iilu Ihttnthlngaao that, for once lietore the C'oulinUalon goea out of piwrr, we may have a lair and free eleitlon In thla city. The manlier In whlih cur i lection atlalra havetatin conducted aluco they were manipulated manipulat-ed by that ttfidy, haa bee n a burleviue un the ipular voice and a moLkery of the rlghla of the -op!e. |
