Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-05

voice IN the selection Of persons TO
nnnag. their public funds aud insti-
tutinus created aud maintained at
Their ,xucusp, The territorial school
contmissiouer IL selected by the gu
mr., me court and owee no responsibility
CLERKS selected by the district judges
and the probate Judges, appointed by
the pt,sident and with the advice OF
IN. senate. select the regular panels for
iuror4. Tho regular panel IL supple.
ni,nted by persOps summoned at tn,
discretion OF the United States marshal.
Tho determination Of rights ot life,
liberty and property rest with tribunals,
ia uart OF which owe Any account.
ability 20 those most vitality concerned
ju the faithful performance Of their
duti.s. Tho marshal and his spputies
ar. clothed with the most fat-rcaching
authority. under which they may
usurp the functions OF all the local con.
stabti larry and police Ot tho Territory.
Evbn the Justices oil the peace are
shorn of their limited Jurisdiction by
commissioners appointed ny the Su.
prpme Court anu whosv Jurisdiction IL
made co.ertensive with that vi such
Justices.
The will Of the representatives. OF the
people in the enactment Of needed
legislation Il liable 10 he defeated ut the
caprice of gubornatorisl autocrat
clothed with the power Of abOlute veto.
While the county prosecuting attor
news, elected by tile people, are per
mitted 10 initiate prosecutions In the
inferior c0urts, no such prosecution
can he carried forward 10 success ex-
cent according 20 the pleasure " the
district attorney Imposed upOn the
people from abroad.
The most vicious Interference with
the vestige Of our local libeT,ies Is the
maintenance and action OF the Utah
Commission who, in their appoint
ment Of this registration officers, have
often selected corrupt anu ifrrspOnsi.
bic ptrpons. They have filled the
registration lists with fictitious names
and reForted " other devices by which
repeating aud other frauds might be
successfully pctpetrated Mt elections.
Thef. IL no province or depcn loncy,
II Is believed, Of any civilized nation
wherein the people are rot accorded
more Of liberty anu the rights Of man
than are possessed by Americans in
Utah.
Tho situation Ii intolerable TO free.
men. The people, through Us, their
chosen but helpless representatives., dc
mand relief. The office holders, their
patrons, those who fattcn upon the
degradation and misfortune of our
people, all the bordes Of the benen.
Charles OF the present y stem will resist
the appeal.
Your memorlalist, however, con-
iidently relying upon the Justice of the
representatives Of the American
people, ask the Congress N the uuityd
States 10 enact into law, M "a
measure which will afford immediate
relief, the till Introduced into the
SENATE 10y Senator Fsulknersnd IN the
House Of Representatives by Delegate
Cainc, "For the local government Of
Utah Territory, aud TO provide for the
election Of certain officers In said Tor
ritory."
Your mcmorlalists further ask, that,
as all essential conditions exist EMIT
ling Utah 10 admission into the Union
a. State, aud that rs soon as your
honorable body il satisfied ~ this fact,
n law may at once be- eunciod permit
ting her TO take the position for which
she IL NO eminently fitted.
Aud your memoTlalists will ever
pray, etc.