| Show THE commission TO TYE the utah Cominis sion is ie tobe oom corn mandod for the stand it has taken re ta ar dlag the coming election this territory hm has not mot always alway been favored with strict impartiality in the matter of choosing cho oring thoa whom we would have to serve berve us and the resulting result resul tin in some exam cases has been that we got instead those whom we had bad to arv serve which latter is not right no matter whether brought about by fair means mean or foul couf but is infinitely worse wone when connived at or permitted than in other oases cases the appeal of the commission to ift made to the registration officers and aad judges judge of election as well as to the voters and starts out by laying to in aub stance that thai it to li desirous of hoving having and is even determined to have a fair and square I at the polls on tuesday next everything like fraud must be put pat down and every voter legally q qualified 1 must have the privilege of deposit tag his billot ballot without while bile those who have no such right must just as rigidly be excluded the moat patriotic citizen the most moat independent do pendent man in the country could mind and will oak aek for no more than this while the most zealous partisan part iaan has haa no right anything to beyond or oi jbf olde aide of it it is just juat right and we hope to see it carried out to the letter there is nothing to be regretful about or to feel eore over when those abo are in charge of the election machinery act in accordance those pla instate menu by the commission Commis aion no matter whether victory or defeat shall resul to those who assist it in its laudably purpose andin and in this class will of course be found f all upright citizens the if such such we may call it then goes on to say that all challenges at the polls should be determined fairly and impartially with the view to rejecting none that are qualified and keeping out all others remembering in the meantime that one whose vote is challenged occupies a similar position to a man on a criminal charge all reasonable presumptions are on his hla side aide formerly Fer merly it was the case can that the burden or of proof was placed on the accuser but the unreasonableness of such a stand we are glad to see has been recognized in view of the fact that a person who claims the right to vote in any precinct on can easily establish that right and the one who challenges him may not have proofs ready to show to the contrary it is commendable that the rule ceases where it does and the fraudulently inclined can be detected negatively attention is ie called to riotous or dis dig orderly conduct at the polls in which we had bad an a object lesson here last fast february the example given then was not such auh as to be very discouraging to intending violators so the para graph on this subject con as surplus surplusage ago by any means some bome general expressions regarding the purity ot of the ballot box are then made and the document doses closes thus than the manhood of utah cannot afford to prostitute itself by frauds in elections i we concur most mola heartily |
