The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-31

ties as a man and citizen-his right to vote; his
right TO hold office; his equality with all others
VINO are his fellow citiZenS-all these guarded
| ana protected and not held at the mercy and
ulscretlon OF one man or popular majority or
! terests.
Be it known how little Of such freedom Utah
| ana her people possess.
The governor, the secretary the members of
| the judiciary, except justice, of the peace the
marshal, the public prosecutor and his assist
ants, the board of commissioners who appoint
al registration and election officers and control
the elections, are selected by distant appoint
Ing power and are utterly unaccountable to the
| people for the manner in which they perform
! the duties of their offices.
The governor nominates the auditor of public
accounts, the treasurer the governing boards Of
all public institutions, such the university
agricultural college, reform school and insane
asylum. Thus the people have no voice in the
selection OF persons to manage the public funds
and institutions created and maintained at their
| expense.
The territorial school commissioners selected
by the supreme court and owes no responsibility
TO the people,
Clerks selected by the district Judges ana the
PROBATE judges appointed by the President by
and with the advice OF the Senate select the
regul ar panels for jurors. The regular panel is
supplemented by persons summoned at the dis
erection OF the United States marshal The de-
termination of rights of life, liberty and prop
erty rests with tribunals, no part OF which owe
any accountability TO those most vitality con.
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duties. The marshal and his deputies are
clothed with the most far reaching authority
under which they may usurp the functions OF
all the local constabulary and police OF the
territory. Even the justices of the peace are
shorn of their limited Jurisdiction by commits
sloners appointed by the supreme court and
whose jurisdiction Is made co-eXtensiye with
that of such justices.
The will OF the representatives of the people in
the enactment Of needed legislation is liable to
be defeated at the caprice of a gubernatorial
auIOCraL clothed pf oh
veto.
While county prosecuting attorneys elected
py the people are permitted TO initiate prose-
cutons IN the inferior courts, no such pro- ecu
ton can be carried forward to success except
according 20 the pleasure OF the district attor-
ney imposed upon our people from abroad.
The most vicious interference with the YES
tlge remaining OF our local liberties is the
maintenance and action of the Utah commits
sion who IN their appointment of registration
omcers nave often Sc ected corrupt and ire
spons.bl persons. These have filed the regis
| tration lists with hcticious names and resorted
10 other devices by which repeating and other
frauds might be successfully perpetrated at
elections,
There is no province or dependency. it is be-
neVed. OF any civilized nation, wherein the PEG
pie are not accorded more of liberty and the
rights OF man than are possessed by American
citizens in Utah.
The situation is intolerable to freemen. The
people through US, their chosen but helpless
representatives, demand relief. The ONCE
holders, their patrons, those who fatten upon
the degradation and misfortune of our people
all the hordes Of beneficiaries of the present
system Will resist the appeal.
Your memorialists, however con lidentlv re-
lying upon the justice of the representatives of
the American people, ask the Congress of the
United States to enact into q law as n r1ea snre
which will afford immediate relief the Hill in
troduced in the House of Representatives bv
Delegate Game for the local government of
Utah territory and to provide for the election
OF certain offices in said territory"
your memOrlallStS further ask that as all
eSSenLaI condltons exist emitting Utah to ad-
mission into the union as stat and that as
soon as your honorable body is satisfied OF this
fact, law may at once be enacted permitting
her to take the position for which she is so
eminently fitted
And your memorialists will eyer pray
SECOND READING OF BILLS.
Q. T. No. 23-Providing for the compila-
ton of new index of the laws of Utah.
Read second time amended and filed for
third reading.
G. T. No. 39-Providing for the assess-
ment and collection of taxes in incorpor-
ated cities. Read a second time, amended
and filed for third reading.
h. h. NO. l3-To amend chapter 8, part
1, compiled laws of Utah. Read second
time and filed for third reading.
H. f. No. 32-Prohibiting the employ
ment OF certain persons as conductors or
operators of elevators. Read a second
time, when, on motion of MIR. Evans, the
enacting clause was stricken out.
THIRD READING OF BILLS
G. f. No. 1S-Regulating the practice OF
dentistry; was read third time and, after
several amendments, failed to pass by a
vote of 3 ayes, nays.
G. F. No, 31-For the relief of organiza-
tons, ETC., doing business on the building
society plan; was read third time, and
pending vote, the Council al. 4 20 o'clock,
adjourned.