Show A B ai SYNOPSIS TS YN Y N OP 8 tuf T r of the latest report of othi ottie a utah I 1 commission THE birst REPORT I 1 i t ever X kaaa ra auy ly that body bo bythe liberal party ii domed so they say from the herald the utah com commissions in is io 11 3 it annual report lias ill s been made maclo public by b y secretary y smith it is ra a lengthy document but coil consists fists efti largely AY in ill reviewing erting the past event s in tile the territory and i tid corn cly little in the ft ay iy y arll af pf deiv lv re ada eions is advanced anaed the report contains L a onas inas of correspond emo heretofore made public touching upon harrisons amnesty proclamation mation last jear and tile transfer of the comans womans industrial home to the commission and the occupancy thereof I 1 the opening pages are devoted chiefly Y to registration and elections and tile the commission claim that both have been A systematized had hd reformed and tho expenses greatly reduced 1 r 1 1 0 in regard ito the d du aar ial ilori ie the commission co tigress appropriate money to keep th building repaired and that ill 11 0 government dolices cx and courts be located ther therein cili on the grof ground fiDd that money would be saved and every everything thin 1 g grou grouped pea complaint is made that t ahe government is is paying a 1 fatge g e ball elP tj tame Me I 1 it much luch space is is given to the record of elections held and the statement made that the commission furnished certificates without chan chana a though heretofore fal falsely chiv accused of cliar chang ing on oil the subject of registration the commission say it was vi as made last y year carnith with great fairness and legal strictness and although party spirit ran high and abe there re was much political excitement tho the election was free from violence the regis registration for the november election is now completed and so far as the house to house canvass is concerned the posting of notices a completion of lists tiling filing and lie hearing aring objections to the qualifications of electors who may not be entitled to vote or register b being 0 about all that remains to bo be lone done the judges are yet to be appointed which will be done during october there are about 1200 of them on the amnesty question the commission says bays when the time to begin I 1 the lion of the registration lists for the coming vember november N 0 election carne came on oil tile the commission founds itself very much embarrassed in consequence of the legal proposition presented by the proclamation of president ilar ripon on tile the of february last ia 1 t granting amnesty and pardon to t that bat C class ia F s of tho t 11 0 mormon people who were by the eighth section of the lie edmunds tucker act denied the right of registration and voting m in its being d desirous to do right and inaus injustice ti co to no one it y turned to the law officer of tho the government overn ment for an official opinion and a solution of what the con coil a purely legal proposition then thell follows the olli otric cial ial communication muni cation under late date or of june 19 1893 on the of jul july latt last tile the at torney torn ey general refused to give an opinion of the proclamation on the ground of having no authority to advise the commission in the exercise of their duties of office ou ice being refused tile commission cl claim aini they proceeded to consider confide r the question and made a ruling in in reference to registration though divided the mcIves which was published at the time but finally gave a liberal construction to the law allowing 0 affected classes to register on oil taking a proper oath As AB a legal proposition it is not yet settled judicially next nejat is ie given a lengthy history of the cormons mormons Korn ions in illinois missouri and the settlement ment in utah to together grether with statements regarding polygamy the various acts of tho the legislature are f vica and stress is baidon laid oi the aca accod of tle the legislature last laet year adopting the abe provisions of the ed munds intends tucker law denouncing aul publishing r polygamy vs 03 ft a chih Next follows a long history of commission the itself it is claimed that etwas coldly received by the press and the people when first appointed and the report fu further in ill lans is connect connection tl ion speaks of tho the dissolution ion of the peoples party in miland tho the early disbanding of tIie x gentile f faction action tile the new are leaving tho the dead past to bury burs its dead now competing with eacle other for alio palm of lo 10 loc cl I 1 q political ascendancy each i is s ask asking ilig congles Con gres for radical legis lati lation for territorial home rule or statehood but notably neither is ae kirt either neasure measure during tile the of either discontinuance of the litah nl Comil commission lissio n exact language of officers appointed ap P 1 anted by since the 1 date ai te of report including those to be ap appointed pointes with I 1 ef f ree en to the approaching nov t emba ebbit selection e I 1 action is 2067 2607 the com c mission claim they have disbanded tho factions in utah laws have been leenan enforced forced progress accelerated andt and tle in morality of monogamy 1 vindicated the office of commis sione had not been a sinecure I 1 oither as they lave have had much to linkof hink of f difficult legal questions to Solve and besides beides they have a vasta vast amount munt of tr traveling avelin 0 to do re durin six months mon llis time in the ye year the commission cam mission recommend a constitutional amendment inhibiting and lid l empowering to prescribe pres the conditions of rn i arriage aad divorce and tho the mann manner er and effect ell act of eating each the value of such an the commission insist as concerning the too paramount feature 1 and bobial Boa ial 1 I life 7 amable 4 ai e w w of orn iA ining irig ar and id il irrigation ri id itiba matters in id U utah ll 11 I 1 and a attention is called to the uban t need of a scientific and comprehensive scheme of arri gation with tho the recommendation 11 1 tion that the and unreserved lands in utah under a compact guaranteeing a faithful application of the proceeds of sale in in aid of irrigation would bring a big 0 influx of emigrants from the old states the commission declare and the 11 mormon ormon imbroglio rogglio would soon be finally iett settled led |