Show 1 1 7 AN explanation T lion john T card in the 1 kew new york post following is the card of hon hou juhn T caine which was published in the yew new york poet post e recently it explains itself in the post of the there was a brief comment on mr air tuck ere ers anti mormon bill to this effect the misplaced mia placed and misnamed self govern government mene of ot utah will lie be moli tied fled eo so that all 11 II the county officer sheriffs ehe riff an aud elect select men instead of being appointed appoint rAl by the churchwill hereafter be chooey by the governor and sod the president thug taking the machinery of the jaw law out of the hands of thoo who disobey and defy it thia this state allows a lack of correct info not only as the condition t in utah but aleo aa is to the I 1 marin mannar trot of choosing officers and ud ex eluting the laws the is that the lack of information ie is shared by the country io in which mmary in members embere of congress way justly be included had the country been acquainted with the truth regarding utah bad had member of if the house been given the opportunity to awe 4 acquainted with the bill for which to so many faed on wednesday laetit would ifould zoi havil paired anim mod that if its author could not 4 fiade nave re cog nixed it all the cou county officer probate jud judge gem a Ite riffi and find select a 4 iea ten are cut not appointed oin i W by the ch se 1 are elected ele cled by bi the people in the manner common to 1 1 every comm unity I 1 where republican prevail pr e vail and since bince 1882 t tats whole election catchi ery hae has been in the zhe bande hands of officers ficere of ap pointed by the president this fact ism ie notorious noto 0 to riou rious tue 4 1 0 aam ia u be not held bj by mormon Mor mons as your ar ode de sigra to imply the jaman amen table fact is that this bill does not take abe machinery of the law out odthe of the bande hands ot those who diso disobey bey and defy it the gentilee Gen tilea vs instead tead it gives them powers ico measurably augmented were it true however hoe ever that the mormon church doea dois make the appoint berils to the offices na named med it will ill be biffi cult to explain in what way any tiny advantage is i to be gained to the cause ot of liberty by transferring tram ferring the PO power r to another and making it infinitely more absolute than before chis bill cannot remedy the th e evil yu charge even did it exist it simply pretends to td take the power from those who do not possess it and gives it tin unqualifiedly qualifiedly to one man the bill in question quei tion gives the governor Govera oro of utah the th appointment appino t of 2500 officer officers ot of thi this num nurn ber her about 1900 are county officers ficere of including assessors Mies iora and collector or of taxes treasurers treasur ers attorney attorneys sher ier a justices juit icee of the peace coasts constables bles school trustees truet eee etc ctet etc while nearly are among which are the mayora mayors aid ald ermen councilor councilors assessors and collectors of maxs treasurer treasur ers reco record t ers er et ett etc of thirty iben incorporated citie cities including salt lake city ully with ft a population bordering un on it lt gives him the ap of all territorial Terri officer officers and makes him indirectly and find through bis hi appointment tow matter ter of about 1200 other positions the en lire tire patronage patro nape amounting to some like place places by his hi appoint appointments mentis be he abio lute control of all territorial county and municipal i IC apal finances theae these officer under the territorial law were and are in the gift of the people and the fact that five lath sixth of of ebo people elected their friende friends ie is hardly more of a crime than the uniform election of catholics Catholic i or irish cere cers by their friend ti in certain j N mew 4 A i di 42 ej C I 1 11 I 1 the he eaon ban y wajih f 1 b bill I 1 is 11 d drawn rawn up may be discovered covered di in the fact that it continues conti nuel in office the five utah commissioners who draw from the public treasury a year each and cost t the h e country an a additional ad yearly in all and at the ame time lake takes from them all their dutie duties they were appel appointed int to supervise the elections B by ai the lill bill ae as it pared passed the house all officer but twenty four members ot of the lower house of the leg legislature Is i ind the delo delegate gate are m made a appointive upolu live ta election lection fur there these u takes place biennially this bill render renders the government overn ment liable to a payment 0 L I 1 for the continuance in io place of five I 1 men who are to direct the election of twenty five men once in two ye years are and direct the canvass of or the re turna lurne when the ele election egions are over res P JOHN baisie OA isiE be delegate legate |