Show wag THE TO COERCE THE commission THE attempt on the part of the members of the loyal league to coerce the Comro into hito the performance of an ac that would be nothing short ot of aa outrage on is but another evi evidence debee of the unscrupulous character of lae ve the low law does not pro jor the disfranchisement of all Morro oBa lad and the U placing ot t the amt bruy ritT 0 t the the people ol of la 1 the power and under the heel of a small and vindictive 1 minority the loyal leaguers want to have the legal deficiency in a that respect made up reduced to plain and aid unmistakable terms the intriguers intrigue rs demand that the commission shall do what Co congress agress refused to consent to and what is entirely without authority in law it has been a part of the scheme i e which has kept this territory IB ustate of chronic chroni caAd and detrimental agitation to stretch the law far bey beyond nd its letter anet and spirit I 1 in alts its application to the Mor morman ingull people the attempt to force the commission into that position is but another illustration of this pern us policy it it is worthy of note that it has a common origin with former proceedings of the same sam cha character ratter so 80 aar far at a least as its first application is in william H dickson the lately deposed district attorney the present at tempt COM compel 1 th the e commission to te go 90 outside of thedac th le win in election matters ai is a twin bro broduer arto to the infamous seg 1 ire rogation aaion process formulated by the same gentleman ge and applied in the courts by U y it it was made possible for mormons cormons Mor mons chari charged pol with unlawful cohabitation to be I 1 imprisoned ib for life and fined to the extent of a colossal colo saal fortune at the whim or caprice of the district attorney and grand jury under a law that provides a maximum maximum punishment of six ix months incarceration aud and a fine 04 ki this expert la law w stretcher adopts the same tactics in the examination of petit jurors as a feeler to ascertain how bow far it would he necessary to go beyond the law in the first place to keep beep mormons cormons Mor mons off the panel and then by pik parity rity of reasoning comple completely dis dig completely tr ir anchise them it if applied to e election ecklon matters mr dickson imagined he had found tee lie philosophers atone and he and his big f fellay 0 0 schemers were jubilant lie he and ad key they forthwith formed themselves into a committee of coercion and waited upon the utah commission but the latter decline to become a party to the infamous plot As the supreme court of the united states dashed mr Dick sons segregation theory by which scores of men w were e re held in illegal imprisonment to pieces so the commission stands in the way of the perfection of the latest scheme ahil tae defunct DIs district tAct attorney way may find it easy work to induce a court that appears willing to bow to his dictum he will find men j in n other positions eions of responsibility who will insist on thinking and acting for themselves the top bottom and ana sides of the object and argument of the leaguers lea aers are comprised in one brief statement the mormons cormons who can yet wield the franchise are in the majority and while they are in thu that position we cannot get the local offices and we want them 11 that is the whole thing in a nutshell to a person looking on it would appear and his big colleagues tit of the coercion coer letan committee are far from safe advisers to te say of to any offic official lal wilo who wishes 0 pursue the path poin ted out by dut duty which beeh is the course harmonious with wi tk the law the commission commissi on are to be congratulated that they have this view rn on the atle subject as indicated by judy Carlt buld logical and clear exposition of the situation that gentle man as was to be expected is now the ac offset t of vituperative abuse from the able t organ of the conspirators it is to 60 be presumed chat such attacks wl will I 1 I 1 not tend to weaken the backbones of the Commis commission sign to vacillate and yield to such a pressure as has haer been brought to bear upon them to induce yiem heffi to td betray their official trust would be an exhibition of imbecility flad to perfidy that would be sel self f condemnatory as well as inducing well merited Wout empt it is pleasing to note th that at the commission is not composed of the kind kidd of men to be coerced and tossed about by every wind that blows from certain qu quarters all that the mormon people asklof ask of them or any ftc othor other official I 1 is a fair and impartial impart lil application oatlie of the law they asano ask no more and insist upon no loss less JT indig the commission invulnerable er the coercers coer cers th through roiti h their organ make application to anether quarter the registrars they are told in so many words to act independently olt of uie to commission to put it as intended teu ea ed they are Iti invited viLed to pa pay y no regard to the instruct instructions lons of the commissioners it fortunately happens hoi however Wever that the latter appoint the registrars an and J the same authority holds the power to depose it 4 is the duty daty of the commission to see that the registration business to is thoroughly and fairly done and to select mentho wm not assume the role of obstructionist ti there ts s a specified time within which the work must be accod p if it Js is not done the responsibility lity which will be undoubtedly serious selous r will rest where it belongs |