Show THE END IS 15 NOT YET VET 21 2 1 THE cases of the auditor and treasurer are important to the people of etab those who are endeavoring to te wrest from the people the right to elect their own officers to transact their own financial affairs pretend that they cannot understand why the people should be so obstinate in contending for a couple of offices the salaries of which is ia so small this shows the mercenary standpoint from which they view the question mere is a principle involved in the controversy which justifies the areat greatest persistence and determination in hebting it to the utmost possible degree it is the right of the people to manage those local affairs which do not in any way affect tile the general government it is the resistance of popular highl absolutism auE autocracy zd and tyrun ty runny uy the ruling of the utah courts sustains khz latter against the former and the question being a federal Feder alone one ought to go to the supreme court of the united states many mistakes mista kea have been made in regard gregaru to 10 the proper method to pursue in order order to talie take tile case up the supreme court of tue the Terri territory tury having refused the appeal it is said that it can be taken up ap on a writ of error oo on talked by application to a justice of tile highest court as in the snow case both statements are erroneous the writ was not obtained in tuat way in tue tile snow cases and there is this difference in tile two positions the auditors and treasurers Treasur ers cases were not tried before a jury while the snow cases were so tried if it is claimed that that would make no difference we cite the case ol 01 liecht vs boughton S C 15 otto in error from the supreme court of wyoming in which the case was dismissed by we tny supreme court of the I 1 united states because it was brought up on a writ of error when it could be brought upon up on appeal the case not having been tried by a jury section two of the act of april 1874 provides that the appe appellate liate jurisdiction of the supreme court of the united states over tue judgments and decrees of said territorial courts in cases of trial by jury shall be exercised by writ of error and in all other cases by appeal according to such rules and regulations as to form and modes of proceeding as the said supreme court have prescribed or may hereafter prescribe the court ruled chief justice waite giving the decision that the statute was conclusive of the motion to dismiss the rule of congress was inflexible and cases tried aby by jury should come on writ of error and sit ail others by appeal As to what can be done since tile the lower court has denied an appeal we have not space today to day to explain but we have no doubt that everything possible will be done to make a complete test of these cases it is a little premature lor for the plotters against the peoples rights to shout victory and tor for anyone to predict how soon the appointees poin tees whom the people do no not t want will take possession ot of the offices we repeat our advice to wait awhile and see for the end is not yet |