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

! squelches our long cherished hopes.
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-
stTation lists. they propose to revise
the old ones, which retain ali 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
sioners into their present lucrative
positions with government pap to
The tune of $1,000 year, common
courtesy should have dictated to
men of ordinary intelligence that
they should have applied To the man
ayers of the lberal( p party here,eon
suited their wishes and adopted
theirlprogramme; 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 us
Messrs Bane, Lannan, and others :;
and let me add by way of parenthe-
sis, that when the country wax es
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 reSpOnL, 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 il 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 ever2 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 (thC
Tribune is our Organ) Of the date
following the passage Of the. Ed
munds bill and the civil service ap
J Precipitation bill, as we'll as the one
! this morning upon the action of thu
Utah Commissioners, you will gel
a faint idea of how we feel
but really this gives but faint idei
: of the situation, for we feel lIk
! Ill. You see, Mr.. Editor, we hav
had considerable faith in what on
organ told us, for we thought it
: writers ought to know they. sal
they did; but we have changed on
mind. Last night few of US hel
a caucus on a pile of watermelon
5 in front of First South stree
! green grocery store. and discus5e
u matters pretty freely, and decide
Z that we had been terribly gulled b
Z the Tribune, and that we wOul
/ not put up another cent to SUI
: port a paper to flatter us b
/ holding up before Us visions of Offic
o and plumber, which can never l.
q realized except in the imaginativ
IL brain of these newspaper scrlbbler
II We were made to believe that tn
IS Commissioners would come her
e and ignore the popular party. an
n do as the liberals CD dictated
u them; but it is evident from yeste
days proceedings that they reco'
4 nize no party, and intend 10 Us
10 their own judgment, and follow I'll
Is law the way they understand
e which leaves out in the cold
J. Yours, diSappOintedly,
n. o. II.
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