The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-30

vassing board for the returns of cleo
ton of county and precinct officers. who
could not canvass the returns for the
delegates to the constitutional conven-
ton, and had no more right to touch
the ballot boxes for that purpose than
the Tribune wiseacres had. Such ac-
ton would have been entirely without
warrant of law.
But the Tribune Rugged this piece of
in its view it would prevent all posi-
Utility Of an investigation of palpable
errors, and thus secure that fifteen
Republican majority. The Herald
pointed out the albsurdity of this posi-
ton, and so the Tribune took another
tack. That was, that the judges OF
election in the precincts should act as
the county canvassing board. The
Herald showed the folly and nonsense
of this, and the Tribune turned round
and denied making the ridiculous pro-
position in these words:
"The Herald further repeats that it is
ridiculous and untrue to say that the
precinct judges should become the
county canvassing board. We never
said that. We said the judges in each
precinct became the canvassing board
for that precinct and the county board
was abolished. Jan. II, 1895.
But here is what the Tribune &C
tually said which called forth the re-
marks of The Herald:
1--WE see nothing in either law to pre-
vent the Commission from delegatine
that power to the judges Of election
All the law requires is that they shall
be proper persons. Jan. 10.
Thus on January Is the Tribune made
the absurd proposition; on the 18th
two days after, it denied having pro-
posed it and substituted something else
which, however. was equally ridiculous
The Herald then showed from the law
that there were but two courses open
for the Commission, and the Tribune
quoted our language as follows, but
jeered at it as begging the question:
t'The Herald says if the Utah Com
mission have not the right to perform
that work in person they certainly have
the right to appoint some one to do it. >
That is a begging of the question:
Dec. 20.
But, funny to see, on the same page
on the same day. the Tribune itseh
said editorially:
when it comes to canvass Of the
votes, all the Commission can do is t.
appoint a board to canvass the votes. y
! Dec. 20.
Thus the paper that wants to be {
guide to the Republican party of Utar
has taken at least four different posi-
| tons on a simple question of law, con
| tradicted itself, denied it's own words
made a spectacle of itself to all think
ing readers, and written itself dowr
that "sorry'' animal which it is it's de
! light to call others when further in
! consistencies fail.
| The trouble with the Tribune is i
and being afflicted with a poor memory
when it is one of the class that need:
a good memory most-4it does not know
one day what it said the day before
and thus becomes jumbled up in a mas!
of blunderings which would cause 6
less impudent Tot to retire in shamt
and confusion.
We trust the Supreme Court viii
make a speedy decision, and we fee
sure that the judges who will rule or
this matter will not be Influenced by
any other consideration than the mean
ing and intent of the law. In that they
will be supported by the people of Utah
Of all parties, but may expect to incur
the displeasure of one small attorney
and the great legal lights of the Sail
Lake Tribune.