Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-29
GOOD "WORDS'' FROM THE coz
MISSION.

WV'b NOhi'~- EEbN IEL tFs.-
MISSION.
The Utah Commission have issued
instructions to the election officers
the substance OF which IS that there
should be "a fair and impartial
election" They say they are de
sirOus that everything like fraud
shall be put down, that every law
fully registered voter ia the Terri
tory shall have the privilege Of de-
posting his hallut freely. as he
wishes ami without intimidation.
and that none who are not legally
registered shall he permitted 20 vote.
no matter what may be the circum-
stances.'
This Il very excellent taIt.
Whether it will amount 10 any
thing more Will toe seen perhaps
before the election is over. The
history Of the municipal election.
which Is preserved Tor future use,
does not disclose any great anxiety
on the part Of the Commission To 30
verymuch in the direction Initiated
10y their pleasant prattlr.
However, We hope their words
viii be backed Up 10y their deeds,
and that when called upon 20 assist
IN the enforcement Of their iustguc-
tions they will not be found want
ing. Their powers it Is true are not
very extensive, but they caal remove
officers Of their appointment who
plainly neglect or wilfuIy refuse to
perform their duty.
1t is a notorious fact that LEGAL
voters, who have exercised the SUI
frage for years, have had ther names
stricken from the registration lists.
Some OF these, we understand. have
already appealed to the Commits
sion, have been referred 70 the
Registrar, and after being given the f
cold shoulder until repeated imp1r /
tunity has compelled al answer. /
nave been told roughly - can't u. I
anything about L."
The Utah Commission should T.
take cognizlBce o. the facts that
'Liberal'' voters are not treated in /
this way; that It is Peoples Party
voters who are sumniarily crossed :
of the lists; that notices are being
served, upon Peoples Party voters
only, in tine nature Of vexatio4s /
objections and not iu good faith. /
Well known monogamisgs are in .
formed that they are objected to ~ /
''poiygamists.'' The miserable tool /.
Of disreputable party managers (
who signs the complaints, does not +
appear to substantiate them. and /.
does not even know the men 90 /
whom he objects. The whole
scheme Is known he q prostitution
81 the law framed for the protection .
OF legal voters ami the purity Of the /
ballot box. And the aupoinument 4
Of a Registrar known 90 lie strongly I
partizan and to be wOrkiHg against I
the people who have 60 appear Ie- I
fore him, and in the Interest Of their
political opponents. l. Of Itself q
strong comment on the extreme .
desire OF the Commission 10 secure
"a iair AMI impartial election
The Utah Commission can. Ev ftz
removing power, exercise great in
fiuence in the direction desired.
They can aid voters who have been
without reason or law stricken from
the registration lists in obtaining
redress in time TO Toe Of service. I
They can manifest some real inter /
est in this important matter. They Z
should notice the flct that their
county registrar is put up for n Ia |.
crative county Office, by way of T.
ward FOR his official work IN iba fn-
terest Of the party that is resrr.fnr
TO the tricks and lodges OF which (
The Peoples Party Justly COMPLAIN.
And it would be much more seem /
~, 50 many conservative citizens
think, If the Commission did not
exhibit quite 50 much desire for
Liberal success and not quite 50
much indifference to Peoples Party
complaints of manifest injustice.
We do not charge the Utah Com
mission with being implicated in
the attempted robbery OF Peoples
Party voters, 10y striking their
names from the register and by ,
placing names of Liberal, non
residents upon it without any as-
dress, so As to prevent Identification
and thus bar detection. But We
say when these things are done bv
their appointees, they could do !
something in the matter If they
would, and an opportunity shogIi q
he afforded them {, So. II ,rcf- &
good words mean anything more
than tuEE. u