The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-05

ableSt journalists may be the ed tor
of party news Japers. The edito
whose opinions are above the m l.
encs Of ''poIicy," and cannot be
shaped or changed by selfish mo-
tiVes or popular clamor, has greater
power in the community than he
whose views are the views of those
who pay him, Of those whose adver
tlsements appear in his paper, OF
the church people, or the official
class, or Of any other section OF so
ciety. So with the lawyer. His pro
fessiOn is to save his clients, whether
they are right or wrong, and the
closer he sticks to this the better
lawyer is he. Some professedly
correct people assume to say that an
attorney should not take bad case
If this were to be the rule, One-half
the people who go willingly or are
dragged into court would be with.
out legal advice. A lawyer, being
free from prejudice in legal ques-
tions wherein he is not interested az
counsel, his opinion is of value.
With this idea in view, we repub
lish in full the leading editorial
article in the latest issue of the
Chicago Legal AdUiser, weekly |
journal devoted To law matters.
The editor has freed his mind from
the popular feeling in regard to the
and treats the Edmunds
act from the standpoint of a lawyer.
He finds that the law is not only
outrageous, but there is danger in
his class of legislation. The effect
If the application of the act upon
he Mormons is of small considera-
ion to the legal mind as compared
With the evils that are likely to
row out of gross disregard of
legitimate legislative power by the
aw-making branch oe the govern
lent. The lawyer sees more harm
q the violation of an established
rinciple, the overstepping ofclearly
efned legislative bounds, than he
oe5 good in any immediate results !
hat may follow the extraordinary h
egislation. The article referred to t
headed "The Utah Question, and 4
as follows:
There Is about to be tried in this coun-
y an experiment in local government of
hleh we have no parallel or precedent:
Ot even In the remarkable instance of
Ie recsnstruction measures in the south.
a states, where il was claimed the local
overnment bad been overthrown by the
'bellion, thus demanding these extreme
eSsures eL neceSSitGte rel. |,
At the late session Of Congress a law
as passed called the snti-polygamy
u, prepared, it is said, by Senator 3D.
luDds, Of Vermont, the object of which
'lng to supersece the government Of the
erritory Of Utah as formerly existing
nd establishing it under different rules
trough the direction Of commissioners
rovided and appointed for Ia It purpose.
he power vest d in this commission.
I'D the end 10 be attained, will best be =
1d7rstood by the following dispatch of n
uRutt 18th from Salt Lake, through the III
sEOcisted Press, concerning tue doings -
the commissioners now in session at
q aforesaid place:
The Utah commissioners publish their
les this morning for the registration of
ters and procedure connected with the
)VembeF election. The local registration
v is followed as closely as Adelity permits. Is
nc commissioners will appoint supervisor L,
registration In each county and registrars | &c
each precinct. The lists now with the y
UNITY clerks Will be taken, and each person
hose name appears thereon will be required a
swear that he or she Is not in polygamous So
lstlons, and, failing In this, their names Pl
all be stricken from the list; and, further, 2;
. Registrar is authorized to Arbitrarily D.
IKE TOE me hst soy name he may con- ID
Ter disqualified under the Edmunds Bill. sp-
al being allowed to the commission direst.
If the list is In any case not to be had
an new registry shall be made. These pro. -
lions secure not only complete and
trough revision o. the lists, but. in sinh.
ting every name to a crucial test. anew
gistrstlon is in effect provided. The Gov II
loT tomorrow will make his appointments
Ger the new law giving him power to fill the !
lnty offices of twenty-four counties
The right of voting st election ia an
lerent right in every citizen. Ours ia u
euded as free government. as dis
gUished from despotism. 10 other
rds. 1t is government of the people.
ceases to be such, however, whenever
comes to that, that the right to vote at
y be taken from the people at the will
Congress, or the law making branch
the government. The eth article of
Federal Constitution expressly de- az
res that 'the enumeration in the Con "
utIon Of certain rights shall not be
strued to deny or disparage others re-.
led by the people," The 5ih article
lher declares that "no person shall be y
rived OF life, liberty or property with g
due process of law"
he right to vote was a right recos. "
30 ct the formation ofthe government o
listing with the people. It is sn IN u
Fd q principle in the history of our
ernment that shy person can be d.
ed OF right which he enjoys without nc
process Of tan, and yet it will be IN
that any and every voter hou;
Utah, or wherever these COM and
I0neTs set down for business, and
De deprived Of his right ofvoting by am.
mere order or command OF 6 min NJ,
l4l officer Of the United States pov- sons