| Show NO PARALLEL WE dehaye have been expecting that the liberal apologists apol for the illegal seizure and retention of six mats beats in im the city ity council by Lib liberate ersle who were not elected would attempt to draw a parallel between their cam and that of the territorial auditor and treasurer who held their offices until the supreme court of the united states decided against them we anticipated this his because we knew that liberal ring argument consists of just such sophistry soph latry as that and that those who uw use it never miss a chance to avail themselves of it we have not been disappointed the effort has ha been made but there is no similarity between the two positions auditor and treasurer were elected by the people the bogus councilors councillors Counci lors were not the former know knew they were so elected the latter knew they were not in contending for their offices those territorial officers set bet forth the law and the facts and claimed their positions by right of both the city pretenders did nothing of the kind but simply resorted sorted to the tricks which legal technicalities cali ties make possible there was no fraud attached to the first case the second was tainted with it from the beginning and covered with it to the end the law under which the auditor and treasurer were elected was duly passed by the legislature and signed by the governor the question as to the conformity of 0 the law to the organic act was an open one many eminent lawyers differed about it that governors took opposite views upon it is evident from the signature of the executive who approved it as against the claims of others other who considered it void the auditor and treasurer did their duty in holding places to which the people had elected them until the highest court decided that their offices were appointive and not elective the bogus councilors councillors Counci lors were not elected at all this was understood by both parties before as we well 11 ll as after the election it was judicially determined that the election for councilmen was to be by wards or precincts and the scheme to seat men who were not so elected was concocted by liberal leaders and carried out by liberali liberal I officials and was an intentional piece of political chicanery it had not the shadow of a principle involved in it the question is asked has the NEWS forgotten that it denied the authority of congress inasmuch as a mormon legislature had ignored it we answer it is impossible to forget that which we never knew and never performed neither the NEWS nor the utah legislature ever denied the authority of congress in this matter both and many learned lawyers disputed the claim that congress had exercised by the organic act authority to the extent of making certain offices appointive that were not created when the act was pawed passed if the NEWS in a acre reformed harridan it has haa some advantage over those creatures crea turee who never reform but remain the same mendacious sophistical unregenerate and un ungentlemanly gentlemanly defenders def of fraud and corruption as aa ever |
