| Show PLAIN TALK FOR THE UTAH commission TUB edmunds act which created the utah commission and defined its duties lu ties requires require ff that elections in utah should be conducted under the laws of the united states and of this territory the commission is to appoint the regia regi station ration and election officers and they are to perform the same duties under ohp he same game regulations as the officers who were formerly elected by the people were required to perform the law provides for a correction of the registration lists at stated periods this correction is to be done in a house to house visitation by the proper officers and consists of striking from the lists the names of all persons who have died or have removed from the precinct or are otherwise disqualified as s voters therein and adding to the lists the names of all qualified fled voters whose hosi names are not dot thereon under the utah statute this duty devolved upon the assessors of the various us counties or cities as the case might be and their deputies under the 1 IJ edmunds act it is to be performed by 4 proper persons W appointed appoint exl by the utah commission the assessor of the county is a 8 responsible ible officer under bonds for the faithful perform sues ance of his duties U under rider the T appointments of the utah commission the registration officers have not dually usually per fiona chosen chiefly for their pronounced hostility to the majority of the voters and their fidelity to a fao tion seeking to gain control of public affairs and they have been irresponsible persons not placed under bonds who have done pretty much as they pleased and in some instances have defied the power that appointed them ignored the rulings of courts and openly worked for the interest of the faction from which they were intentionally chosen these are facts that the utah commission cannot truthfully deny although some of its members may object to our blunt way of putting them what has been the consequence this that the work required by law has not been done but the appointees have been paid for it nevertheless out of the treasury of the united states the proof of this has been furnished many times but the commission apparently has taken no notice of it now ho however weer it comes from a source which should arrest its attention because it is furnished by the party which the majority of the commission seem to have chiefly labored to support the salt lake tribune une whose influence is continually felt in the office of the commission which reposes under its shadow has published a list of hundreds of names of voters claimed as liberals who could not be found in the precincts where they were registered there are many hundreds more which were not given in that alst but the tribune selections answer every purpose just now no matter what may have been the intent of leaving these names of persons on the lists who have died or removed from the precinct the tact fact remains that the registration officers have not done the work which they were paid to do and if they have sworn to vouchers in order to get their pay they have committed perjury this neglect to call it by no worse name though we think the evidence to is clear that it deserves a harsher word more significant of criminal act and intent has been continued ever since the utah commission has exercised the appointing authority in place of the electing power of the ek people the blame reflects u upon n that body ahil the jewl results that have followed are felt by the cammi community 77 the wrong can be rectified Qed fled and the power to correct it is with the utah commission how eau can it be done simply by a compliance on the part of that body with the letter and spirit of the laws under which they are required to act let proper persons personal be appointed and let each county and city registrar be put under bonds and thus thug b be e come responsible for his own acts and those of his deputies A man without character or standing and who could not got get bon bondsmen damen for a fair amount is not a proper person the fact that he is a liberal and will do dirty work for his party does not make him a proper person in the eyes of the law or of fair men even if the majority of the commission have viewed the matter in that light we are to have an important election in this city next february the registration lists will have to be revised there are several hundred unregistered citizens who are claimed as liberals ap there are many hundreds more who have given their names as democrats or republicans and anti anav liberals 1 many of these have been passed by purposely by the liberal registration officers who did not want such names on the lists in addition to the neglect in striking improper names off it can be proved that there has been further and worse negligence in not hot putting pro per names on Is this shameful state of things to be perpetuated will the commission cease to be so grossly part izan and appoint capable and proper persons who can be sued on their bonds for wilful neglect or other illegal conduct or will they continue to play I 1 uto into the hands of a faction that has resorted to all the vile tricks known to degraded american p party a arty politics and stopped at nothing which gave hope of success the proofs of shameful neglect are indisputable they are before the commission what ase aae they going to do about it will they continue to ignore the requests of the majority of the citizens or will they work the reform which is within their lawful power and which to is their official duty to effect let substantial responsible imparts zan persons be appointed to revise the registration lists as the law requires let them be required to place the residence of each voter on the registro registrar tion list leta let a complete copy of these lists be filed and posted for the use of all parties not the exclusive inspection inspect loA of a faction let their vouchers be rejected if they have not done their work let them be removed and others be appointed in their places if they fail to act as the laws and legal regulations require and let us have registration lists lista that will answer the purpose the laws have halve in view that only registered voters cn cost cast a ballot and that the taint of fraud which has been on all the elections I 1 in this city and county since the utah commission has baa existed may be effectually and entirely removed TM this con kanbe be done is in there the reany any e eirthly reason why it not bo be done |
