The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-23

! squelches our long cherished hopes
I They Go that which clearly they
have no right to do. and assume
prerOgatiVeS, not warranted by the
bill under which they are acting
that is, instead Of making new regi.
stratiOn lists, they propose to revise
the old ones, which retain all the
legal voters Of the previous registra-
tIon-the very thing we have all
the time objected to; for it actually
counts US out at the next November
election.
Now Mr.. Editor. seeing that the
liberals % of Utah have worked
matters up to the present successful
point and are really the power
which brought about a state of
things which puts these Commits
Sloners into their present lucrative
positions with government pap to
The tune of $4,000 a year, common
courtesy should have dictated to
men of ordinary intelligence that
they should have applied to the man
ayers Of the llberal( y party here, eon-
suited their wishes and adopted
tbel1prOgramme; but instead of this
they ignore US and take the law
into their own hands, hold their
meetings, adopt resolutions, and in
fact as though they were in Amer
lea and were dealing with Ameri-
can citizens. We had programme
arranged for them, by astute and
broad minded statesmen such as
MesSrs Bane, Lannan, and others ::
and let me add by way of parenthe-
sis, thai when the country wakes
up to the true ability and states
manship Of the men it will demand
that they throw off their
extreme modesty and step
forward to assume important
positions in this great nation. l am
sufficiently in their confidence to
know that when their country shall
call they will respOnI, though they
may have to neglect their private
business for their country's gold.
Now, Mr.. Editor, in my trouble
and dire distress, | appeal to you.
Does it not look as though all our
bright hopes are to be blasted, and
that the free advertising Utah has
had would result in favor of the
Mormon" people and against our
partyP Does it not appear also that
the public Offices and public funds
would remain as far out of our
reach as ever? Ny impression is
that we had better go to some other
part of the country, where our
patriotism and worth can be recog-
nized, instead of fritterIng away
our valuable time in Utah, trying
to convince the American people
that the MOrmons have no rights
which they should respect. II you
will read the Tribune editorials (the
Tribune is our Organ) of the dates
following the passage of the Ed
munds bill and the civil service ap-
preparation bill, as we'll as the one
this morning upon the action of the
Utah Commissioners, you will get
a faint idea Of how we feel;
but really this gives but faint idea
of the situation, for we feel like
HI. You see, Mr.. Editor, we have
had considerable faith in what our
organ told us, for we thought its
writers ought to know they. said
they did; but we have changed our
mind. Last night a few of US held
a caucus on a pile of watermelOns
in front of First South street
green grocery store, and discussed
matters pretty freely, and decided
that we had been terribly gulled by
the Tribune, and that we would
not put up another cent to sup
port a paper to fistter us by
holding up before Us visions of Office
and plumber, which can never be
realized except in the imaginative
brain of these newspaper scrlbblers.
We were made to believe that the
Commissioners would come here
and ignore the popular party. and
do as the liberals CD dictated to
them; but it is evident from yester
days proceedings that they recOg-
nize no party, and intend To use
their own judgment, and follow the
law the way they understand it,
which leaves out in the cold
Yours, disappOintedly,
P. 81 sign myself o. H. for
short, which spelled out reads Office
Hunter.