| Show THE MAXWELL MACHINE maxwell is peculiarity in his way he doea not propose to remain in tho ranks and when bis party fails to give him such prominence as bis soul craves for and his heart rejoices in the possession of he simply devidas a plan for forcing aloft it was a charitable supposition on the part of many tint the unaccountable manner in which funds which reached his hands as U S marshal had disappeared leading to investigation exposure and removal was notoriety enough in ono genera tion for tho most morbid appetite but maxwelll maxwells Max wells stomach like that the ostrich seems capable of digesting anything his latest venture in the field notoriety is the attempted disfranchisement chi of nearly half the voters in utah the supreme court in obedience to bis petition to that end having required the registrar of salt lake county to strike from his lists the names of all women which apa pear thereon or to show cause why he has not done so this evening the ground upon which maxwell bases his petition is understood to be substantially qualifications are imposed upon male and female he claims to be unconstitutional and unjust and if this bo he case be starts in with a blunder by proceeding in equity when there is plain adequate and quite as speedy a remedy at law in proof of which the reader is referred to the election statute in the session laws of 1878 besides unconstitutional enactments are void from the beginning and unjust ones are voidable either requiring but a presentation in that light in court to effect their nullity the petitioner then proceeds to claim that the rights of all agal voters are set aside by the reen lion of such females names upon the registry list but in what manner he fails to show specifically he admits that he is a legal voter and does not deny that ha votes without let or hindrance whenever disposed to do so so we are left to the inference that the cause of grievance is purely partisan and that the alleged injury is inflicted upon maxwelll maxwells Max wells party his own injuries being purely fictitious and devised for the express purpose furthering the interests of a cause which has finally shown some signs of respectability in its rejuvenation by repudiating him neither maxwell nor any other man can show that he is personally injured by the admission of female votes to lot box disguise his purpose as he may the supposition that women vote as their husbands vote has a solid foundation and is the case at least nineteen times out of twenty and if the vote of some mormon wife annuls the vote of maxwell then the vote of maxwelll maxwells Max wells wife may counteract that of the mormon comans womans husband that is it ought to do so and whatever ought to be done is supposed in the absence of evidence to the contrary to be performed tho rule then so far as the securing of equity in the general result of an election is concerned is that a gain is made on one hand and lost on the abber for even in the names specified by maxwell we find that of one of the most ma ignant anti mormon females that ever wielded a pen or wagged a angue against any community and if she can register all can register and being registered all can vole this fact with its concomitants hat be party known as the peoples is angely in the majority in any event and that the ranks of the liberals are as likely to be augmented to as proportionately great an extent as he peoples by the addition of females to the voting list destroys the ne quality phase of the proceeding and shows that not even his political organization ia injured it is not our purpose in this article discuss the constitutionality or of the female suffrage law being convinced that action ia improperly brought and that the intrinsic merits of the case are not a consequence ajust subject of controversy n the first place maxwell is not as we have shown within the require mento of the statute in relation to mandamus not being beneficially interested in the outcome again if hiis party li we do not concede it does not miter for political bailies have no standing in court in equitable proceedings and cosily if thelah be as i alleg ed maxwelll maxwells Max wells claim eliat there i no plain speedy or adequate remedy at law for the evil complained of is absurd since every vote cast in accordance with its provisions would be illegal and there ia a very powerful remedy at aw for roch before and after he fact As a further otriel to maxwelll maxwells Max wells proceedings the reader s referred to the decision ol 01 the su areme court of utah in the toselo uan dimus case published on the fourth to days we only quote o much of it as is appi cable to the question a perusal will show the status of our chief tribunal upon the woman stati frage quntion the fact that there has been a change of one member in aho personnel of the court liaa perhaps inspired alie champion fabricator with tha idea that reversal of the former position of that body could be obtained but there S litle douba as badly left in this instance a ho ws when he squandered fo much time which be longed to bis office and so much money which belonged to many others in an effort to oust uon geo Q cannon from his seat in congress and get into it himself it is a poor showing for the liberal when n j compelled rely upon tuch fictions aa are contained in its political and legal poorer on when it depends upon such an engineer M maxwell and the poorest of all U the expected tergiversation which it celiea upon evolving from the supreme bench does not maxwell come very near to or absolutely reach the point of complete self when he makes the sworn allegation that kobert T burlon is duly elected qualified and acting assessor asies sor and register of voters in salt lake county when the full test of the affidavit and petition are taken into consideration 11 should be remembered that alio manner in which that official was duly elected was by male anil fedale votes under the provisions of alie maxwell declares to he unconstitutional and un jud just how illegal voters casting ballots in pursuance of the provisions of in unconstitutional law ann cnn duly elect dy is not clear to those who are not familiar with maxwelll maxwells Max wells remarkable faculty of divination the question of jurisdiction api pears upon examination to cut an important figure in this question but having exhausted our space for this occasion we are compelled to defer that feature of the cae ca e until another issue the caie comes up or argument al thia evening but it i hardly probable that it will be concluded for a day or two at least |
