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Show nu miMicTiiKjTiiOMi nrs. IK' I Wllt.lk.vm tlie manner la which ffjf t t elections have been consulted elnce hH J 1 Hi" advent of lli Utah Commission vfrn,,, i, has been referred to, ellhor bjr political n , jiartleeor th press, Ili "Literal" de ' ' fenders of tbe evils oomplalned of, HL j havejumjd tothe reteuo with aatr. BEJEL f tlotit that the fault Ilea lu Hi laws. It fifcf s la now charged that they were "forced BB 1 to work under a taw that a 'Mormon' BflHw legislature had leased, anil which (BR1 i. was Intended to mak ltrglslrara Si-Iii abaolulo despots to register whom they BO. pleased, and to mak It Impossible for Bf M '"T one to b elected to any ofllc i f J except he paid hla regular tlthlug." ftij Trill don Ttrjr wall to throw f'f, "Literal" Uuit In the cjea of tlia y V groundlings, tut It will not tear the f light of Investigation nor the. riddling l 'l of theelsvoof crltlcltm. There Is vry a I little the matter with the lawn. l'or ft tunately they are on record and cannot J t-o belled without exposing tho J A roallgner to tbe effects of hla folly. If , 1 the lawa had teen ndmlnlatered ae V cording to tbelr letter aud tplrll, I merely changing the data of (arsons it who were to act under them aa Con grits Intended, there would have been HNsf conitiarallvely auall cauie of com- M ; lain). It la straight faliehood to H charge the wrongs that bars pie. ft, l vailed to tho lawi that have bteu j, l'crtont were chotsn by the Commie jjri ,,on lo "c- M election cfllccrs jf II who were totally unlit for the H woik and Itt rrtpoiiilbllltlei. Instead mnfj of onloeraundcr bondtlodothelrduty, perions were selected wltbcut any ob- jA Illation either to ths people or to the S j aplntlng tower. They did aa they tf leased, and laughed at lb Commie r tlon andsnteridat the cltlirns whom tl they deprUed of their legal rlghla aa 1 voters. The peraona appointed to act In a j'l'r judicial capacity, to pass on the right of franchise, were not Judicial ofllcera lAJf aa required by taw, and there wot no IgLjj rpeal from tbelr ileclalona aa there 1BM would have been under the law placing aBi 'l1 "lI im-r UXn Ju-'loee of the peace Hf Till selections mad were, In the ma 2R 1 Jorlty of Initancca, of peraona known aR f to be hoetlle to the maitea )nf the cltlxene and obnoxloua tecauao of their extreme anlmoalty and partlunahlp. The excenea, II-legalltea II-legalltea and poaltlT outragea that Mfitt risulted from tbla proatltutlon of the Ht I lawa, are In no way chargeable to tho KL 8 lawa tbemtetrea. H.i Nor can II be prored that under the Rjt operatlona of the reglalrallon act of Braf tbla Terrltory,any cltlien waa deprlred IB J of tbe right to Tote becauao he waa not tSBil ft "Mormon," or being n "Mormon" fSMJE that he did not pay tithing or dlacharge iiffyi, aome Church duty, No auch a ciae cai bo cited. It la a tralgbt, dlreot and wilful falto-Hg4 falto-Hg4 hood. The law waa not drtlgned to HTd deprlre any legal voter of hla fraachlae, Hufi but to protect every oltlien In lil law p'.l fulrtgbtaandilvllegea. Andltoper Wl if ated In that way to Jew and Oentlle, v "Mormon" and nntl"Mormou," uutll Biijil perverted and wrongly administered IS K under the auiplcra of the Utah Coin Btfju mUalon. All tbla la ca able of com iHft plete demnnitrntlou and It iaunot be WHg dlaproved, HjU Wo can get along, however, with the IflE Utah Commlulon until Congreaa area HHr flt lo relieve thla Territory from the HBifei lK)ndage In which It llngeri. We HKltl ran bear It a little longer, l'erionally, IBjb; the gentlemen ou that body are men KHX'i ' ktlllly and etandlng. If we had Lf, been allllctrd with bad men of alow I!b1 atrle, wa might bavaaullerrd much HNIJ: worie Indlgnltlia, Three gtntlrmeu HKl ' have bad an eaiy time of II, they are ff well (aid, there lino wonder they de llj' I ' 'ro to keep their placra, and we aeo no Hte nted to nerp and wall at their ronialn. Hft ( ,' '"-' ln nl('u w'h their full pay and. Kf'H leiqultltti. If Un.lo Ham la HK J.'1 willing to pay tbo expenan, Utah HE can run along with the f fj) Commlulon aud Ita regime, well vi enough.uutlltbat literly which li aure 8fit t0 ,om dawna upon time fair vallejra. Hff, u, ' Uuti e me, It la not only the Hj ft depth of lalithood but tho height of Kh fMly, toaaiertlliat the wrongo which R 1 1 many cltliem have cauie to complain KJ ? "'i I" tho deprlval or olatructlon ol si ' their rlghta of frauchle,came through B t' the lawa of Utah. They are the niultof I' lliemaladmlulatratlonofthelawa, and n f Ilia partlian Irlt of the body lent here fftt lo favor the minority and place It II I,l poulhle In political aupremacy over HW Yj tbe majority ol the cltliena. That la Hi N the plain truth and li la uieleaa to deny HM; it |
