| Show THE LATEST commissioners COMMISSIO ners NEES JUDICIAL ruuno RULING oun readers are aware that the utah commissioners have rendered an opinion taking the position of a court that certain territorial officers are not to bo be elected by the people and that the laws providing for their election are void the People peopled ls territorial central committee do de elred alred to know what would be the action of the commissioners if the names of the territorial offic officers erB to tobb tobe b B elected under the utah law were placed on the ticket at the general election in August and therefore addressed the following OFFICE OF PEO PEOPLE elbes elees TER towan tomal CENTRAL SALT LAKE CITY june 29 f 83 to the honorable utah commission gentlemen Gentle mem mew the undersigned undersigner under signed on behalf of the peoples peopled territorial central committee respectfully request an answer from your honorable body to the following ques bione tione will voting foh foy or at next general ejection in this territory candidates for the of territorial Treas tress treasurer uler uzer auditor of public rubio accounts superintendent of district schools School band sand and commissioners to locate university lands upon the same ballots with candidates for members of the legislative assembly and county and precinct officers cert i invalidate such ballots entirely or will such ballots ballota be counted for members of the LegIsA legislative tivo tive As aa and for county and precinct officers and the voting for candi dates for territorial officers be treated as surplusage awaiting your reply I 1 have the honor to be very respectfully your youn obedient servant JOHN SHARP chairman peoples territorial central committee the following reply has been re calved halt hait LAKE crl cul CITY culk i july ad 1883 1683 kon hon hohn sharp chairman peoples territorial committee committees salt sart lake city utah sik bik in reply to your communication of june 1883 lam iam I 1 am directed by the utah commission to state that ballots voted at the coming election august ath 1883 containing the names of candidates for other offices than those dedig bated to be filled by the commission will be rejected and not counted for any purpose I 1 am very respectfully arthur artnur THUR L THOMAS TAOMAS secretary of utah territory in this the commission have not only set themselves against the territorial laws under which they are required to have the elections conducted but have gone back on their ruling of lust last october inre inne in regard to tha the term for delegate they did not then recognize the validity of the election for that term but announced that it if the name of the candidate was placed on the ballots although no countin counting g would take place for such candidate yet it would not invalidate the regular tickets this is 18 a 8 peculiar freak but it Is not without an ulterior object however we do not think thai thal object will be achieved |
