Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-24

Ia contained in tho statement oi oIe
u. W. SMITH
before the same committees. He said
For every commission issued TO ans
officer appointed IN tho 1orrliory, ths
secretary gets tie money In the nrst In,
Stance, but who gets II afterwards ] do
not know. The report u tho uuh Com.
mission shows that "a ~ these officer.
were commissioned Ia 1901 That wa
the year in which hut few officers wer,
elected. During the year 1877 THE gon.
tlotnen who are with me and myself have
I discussed tho natinrl, IL j. estimated that
| 1850 additional officers would ho CON.
missionod. Take Il Tor the two years aud
something ike 800 oflicars would be
/ commissioned and tho fcos for their com
missions would be AZ 800, q right com.
Portable little sum, more than any Of this
COMMITTEES get And that money i
hlchcd out Of the pockets Of the people
without authority Of law.
This statement refers directly 10 re-.
gistratlOn aud election officers ap.
pointed by the Utah Commission, aud
he says ''that WIS the year when but
few officers were elected"
Had Mr.. Smith desired 30 state the
truth, he could easily have learned that
not cent had ever been charged to
or paid by any officer appointed by
the Utah Commission for issuing com.
missions 10 such officers. Further,
that There Ia but ono class OF officers
who nre 10y law charged fee VI s. for
their commissions, and they are Com.
missioners u DEEDS for Utah In other
States, and that the only other officers
10 whom Is charged a small fee for
chmmiseiOns are those. officers who, by
the Territorial lave, are required 10 he
cpmmis.ioned by the Governor. with
these officers the Titan Commission
has nothing 10 do, except such as are
elective olllcers, and these receive
their certificates Of election from the
Commission without charge or foe.
Much was said la thON CongrcssiOn.
al hearings Ia regard 10 tho members
being
NoS.REsiDENTs
Of the Territory, who only went there
"oDce year" about two weeks before
til. election, aud sometimes not that
early" aud packed up and went away,
"leavlng sometimes while tbs votes
were being counted"
II has seemed TO bD the policy Of
the government 10 appoint non.Ieai.
dents OF Utah upon the Commisslon,s
probably upon the theory that such
Board would be less imbued with tie
local prejudices than one formed from
the bitterly warning factions OF Utah,
and that dispOses of the first position Of
the complaint. Az 10 the time spent
by the Commission in the perform.
auca OF its duties, the Commission CA
hardly conceive how gentlemen Hike
Ex-Governor West and ex.rerritorial
Judge judo could be- induced 10 make
such unfOundcd statements. At the
very time they were making their
statements before tnp Congressional
AMI before they Lett Salt
Lake TO 10 to Washington, this Com
mission was Ia session In the CITY OF
BAIT Lake--a session commencing on
the 18th OF January. 1892, and ending !
March IL, 1899, period Of sixty-onc |
days. Ii assembled n month before the |
and continued In daily session |
until after the votes were counted and |
certified. During the preceding year |
IL held four sessions Of ia days. The |
average time spent in the performance |
VI Its uutics annually since the organ
isalion Of the Commission In 1889, has
been about SIX and One-third months, |
and some years more than eight |
The sessions have never been |
held less than three times each year,
and generally four times.
Here Ia Inserted u table OF the