Show THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY IN view of the I 1 fact that the utah commission will on the lost take up the question of territorial re apkor tion ment it will not be improper to remark that so eminent an authority as aa president harrison has declared ie e careful ful guardianship that shall ays aake ake the expression of the af 0 people fair pure and true to ia the essential noial thing in american lifee life and furthermore that the characteristic of our american institution the compact of our government to is that the will of the majority expressed by con and legal methods be the supreme law of our community we take it that the president when he uttered these truths not only had in mind that the genius of american government rested upon a free ballot and a fair count but also that any manipulation of the vote by which its full value might be neutralized and its legitimate intent evaded was a crime against the spirit of the constitution and the laws in other words we assume that he browned upon gerrymandering and the formation of shoestring districts as illegal and un warrantable unwarrantable encroach ments upon the voters rights the lust of power frequently induces men to resort to these devices to defeat the popular will and sometimes the plots work successfully nevertheless they are to be resisted by every honest citizen and with every honest means respect to the popular will to is the sheet anchor of our national security |