| Show THE TSE EFFECTS OS OF THE tre ordee ORDER thu TUB new order prom promulgated algatha by the utah has occasioned gur Eur surprise prise in several quarters As we have already remarked it cuts both ways it exclude excludes 3 many persons from froni registration and voting who have from the mormon church whether they havo put away their plural wives or not at the thie same time it is a bar to all who have contracted a plural marriage since the passage of the act of 1862 whether mormon or not even if they are now through death or divorce living in monogamy or in a condition of eoll soll i tary singleness A man now with no ino wife at all who has at any time tima since the above dato data married a plural wife is shut out from the elective franchise by the rules of the com corn missioners ners as interpreted in the order but though this is the effect of the rulea rules it is not in our opinion the intent of the law the edmunds edmunde act was framed to exclude actual polygamists male and female froba from voting privileges the object in in yiew was to discourage t the h 0 practice of polygamy the language langu aoe aae of the daw jaw is that no polygamist bigam isi as t or any person cohabiting with more than one woman and no woman cohabiting with any of the tho persons persona aforesaid shall no ne entitled to vote at any election elections oto sto this clearly relates to present conditions jt does not affect persons persona who anve aavo been polygamists or biga mists misto or who have cohabited with more than one woman if they am re not now in elther either of theae thesa conditions dit ions the rule however la Is retro betro active it reaches to every one who has at any tims tima since july lat let 1882 entered into either of these relations whether prose frose prosecution prosecute cut aon lon is or is not mot barred against them by the statute of limitations thus punishment is inflicted upon them as it appears to us ja in a samanner manner totally unwarranted by law thero there is another point in tho tha new now order worthy of consideration rute bute 2 aa as it stood before th this Is order permitted persons who cohabit with mord more than one woman out of the bardage marriage relation to reg register ater ster and vote it excluded those who cohabit with more than one woman I 1 in the th w marriage marr fagg iaaC dation relation r but the order eaje who in violation of either tho the me net act ot of 1862 1863 or of 1882 ahas has haa entered I 1 into nto any 0 the relationships tion tian ships described in the act of 1892 1882 is banot not nov a legal vote voter and ana cannot be registered abw the be act referred fetn ad ica rr lo 10 d disfranchises franchises dis afra choso PM men mca CO habit with moro more than one woman and those women who cohabit with i ench each persons without any reference lothe 40 arthe in arrIage marriage relation rei atlon stion 11 that part of orthe the oath cath then will have to i be modified or the langu language ago ngo of the order will hava have to be change 1 they are contradictory v and misleading if aft tips at present ve we consider that all of the gata which has been added to that pres bribed by law is unauthorized and illegal 11 because the power to frame any oath of the hind bind was not conferred upon the commission in the act which created their office and there ia ja no other source from whence they could derive any lawful authority yot yet ag as we have urged before we consider it the duty of the people who tiro are eligible under the definitions of the commissioners to take the oath catha so that they may hotbo nod not bo excluded from registration and the privilege of voting at tho delegate election in november Nov omber and that no advantage may ba be taken of our out words by persons who would as soan eoon swear to a lie as pick their teeth and who delight in attributing that false falEe falsehood hood to othera which they practise themselves we wish it to be lbs distinctly understood that the deseret NEWS advises every man and woman to atay stay away from grom from the registration who Is declared ineligible by the rules buies and the order of tho commissioners Commissio nere and urges all who are entitled to register under these those rules aa as explained by tho the order to register reg istir at the theotime time appointed and vote on election day without fail fall our oar position ia Is this we regard the oath prescribed as beyond the law and beyond the intent of its framers rut but as it only prohibits some men and women from the performances por per formanes of an act which they are not lawfully forbidden to do it is better that they yield until the validity of these provisions can be properly tested and leave the duty dudy of registering and voting to those who can do so without coming in contact with either the I 1 law aw the rules or tho the order it ibi isi better betten to suffer wrong than to td do wrong and while the tho peoples party preserves itself clear of anything that can be construed into illegality in registering end and voting let them keep a sharp eye on the doings of of those unprincipled opponents who have in times past in places that could be name named d when opportunity offered resorted reported to tha the most shameful practices in order to carry carny elections our oar people have bave never had any need say nothing of to adopt the tricks and devices of the unscrupulous they have no need and we hope no inclination to do BO so now nom no w lah what t wo we desire I 1 ja a fair and free election under the law and if the rules aro are more stringent than the law lav all right bul but e lei let them uneal operate in all directions and under them applied any way they can bo be brought to bear if our people do their duty and the majority are not defrauded ot of their lawful rights the peoples party can burey surey surely elect its candidate jn in november |
