| Show REVISION OF THE registration LISTS As required by law the registration officers commenced the revision of the lists last monday they were further directed by the following foll wing clause la in the late instructions issued to them by the utah commission 1 the county registration officer 0 fil should forthwith procure from the clerk of the county court of their respective spec tive counties the last preceding registry list on file in his office and by himself and deputy on the second monday in may proceed to the revision of the same and for this purpose visit every dwelling house bouse in each precinct and make careful inquiry if it any person whose name Is on his bis list has died or removed f from roin the precinct or is otherwise disqualified as a voter of such precinct and if so to erase the same or whether any qualified voter resides therein whose name is not on his list and if so to add the same thereto quite a large number of people who were formerly disfranchised franchised dis illegally b by the action of the commission and yd registration off omm meers officers are areno no wunder the late decision of the supreme court of the united states enabled to vote that such may be reminded of their privilege under the law and see that they are registered we herewith append the explanations lately given b by the commission regarding who arceli arrelly are eliy elly gible and who are not 1 L l the registration Off omm meers officers are required to exclude from the registry list every man who is a fl polygamist or bigamist and every person cohabiting with more than one woman they are also to exclude every woman cohabiting with any of the persons described as aforesaid 2 A bigamist or polygamist in the sense of the ath section J of the edmunds law is a man who has bas entered into the tile i state of plural marriage at any time in the past and that relation it not having been de solved by death divorce or other effective manner and be he Is still a polygamist even I 1 though he restricts his cohabitation to but one woman 3 if a man has married several women and he has died the surviving women if otherwise qualified are entitled to be registered 4 I 1 af if in such a case all the wives or all ali al 1 b but one have died or been divorced the man is entitled to be registered 5 the first or legal wife Is not entitled I 1 to be registered if at the time she offers to register she cohabits with a bigamist or polygamist unless the other wives are dead or divorced nor is she to be registered if she cohabits with a person cohabiting with more than one woman 6 the disfranchisement operates upon the existing state and condition of the person e and not upon a past of fence fe I 1 ice pj it t t is s therefore not retrospective e he alone is deprived of his vote who when he offers to registe register r is then in the state and condition cond of a bigamist or polygamist or is then actually cohabiting hab ha tin US with more than one woman but a bigamist or polygamist Is such a person as is described in paragraph 3 0 4 above which see doubtless the territorial central committee of the peoples part fart parts party will shortly issue suggestions and direction arec tending ti to guard the existing political rights of of the community unwarranted invasion |
