The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-27

The vindictiveness Of the majority of the
Utah commission is manifesting itself in q
decidedly emphatic manner. The Repub-
lican members Of the board came back to
the territory filled with hate as usual, only
that hate is now turned against the
Democracy instead Of against the Nor
mons, as formerly. 1t Is tale Of cut
rHReous partisanism which is being un-
folded in the appointment OF deputy regis
trstion officers. The Democrats, at the
last election, cast more votes than the two
other parties combined and one would
naturally think that under the circum-
stances the Democracy would be given at
least equal recognition with the minority
parties in the selection Of registration Off
GERS. The majority OF the commission,
however, think otherwise as proven by
The celebrity and certainty with which they
turned down Democrats who had been
recommended for appointment. The at
tention Of the reader is called TO the list Of
appointments made yesterday. He will
ind the names Of very few Democrats-so
few, in fact, as to convey the impression
that Republicans or Liberals to I'LL the
places could not be found in the precincts.
There is in the list, however, a sugges-
ton Of reform on the part Of the commits
sion Hitherto the majority, while ap
pointed as Republicans, have been out and
out Liberals, playing the subservient tools
OF the Liberal bosses, and paying as little
attention to Republican petitions for fair
ness and justice as to those presented by
Democrats. Now it looks as IL the COM
mission had come back with glimmer of
new light. 1t is observed that whilst
Democrats are outrRgeously ignored, there
Is reasonably fair recognition OF RepuDli-
cans and Liberals, between whom the
deputy registrarships are about evenly
divided, except as to those counties and
precincts where there are no Liberals, and
then the appointments 60 to straight Re-
publicans, regardless Of religion or pre-
vious condition.
OF course the Democrats win be COM
PEELED to put up with this contemptible ex-
hibition Of partisanism. There seems no
escape for 1t, inasmuch as the commission
Is all-powerful and without shame, politi-
cal conscience or sense OF decency We
can say, however, that IL our Democratic
friends in Congress had known the true
character Of the commission, we believe
they would never have assented to
the continuance Of the board for another
year, but would have made short
work Of the partisan outfit IL was the
belief on the part of some Of our friends
that il the commission were maintained
for one more year the board would be rea-
a. nj he ro<
matters run along as they were for little
while. The hateful work now going on
makes it certain that next winter the nee
essary action to free the territory from the
Utah commission will be taken by Con-
gress. All that viii be necessary will be
the spreading of the record of the SHAME
fully partisan appointments before the
House and Senate.
It will do no good, but it may as well be
mentioned that it was the Republicans and
not the Democrats who proposed the re-
duction Of the commissioners salaries,
hence the sorely disgruntled gentlemen are
not 'sioting fair'' in venting their spite
against the local Democracy. 1t was SEN
ator CARAT, we believe, a Republican, who
proposed to cut tho salary from IS, 600 10
$1,000. and this was followed by Senator
SHERMAN, with an amendment making the
compensation $1,000. Republicans with
Democrats voting for the cut. If the com
missloners are trying 20 ''plRy even,n they
should hit the Republicans, for the latter
are largely responsible for reducing the
interest OF the commission in Utah to just
two-ffths Of what 1t was when they drew
$4,000 year for passing a portion Of the
bathing season In this city.