Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-17
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rnah,lpr A., pnsed by Congress for the
admission ~ Utah Into the Union ~
state: that
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dcrttnndlng Of the facts IN relation ~
Il. The patent purpose ~ the Enabling
act was a. give the people NJ Utah the
same opportunities ~ had been az.
forded other people to form q state gov
eminent u wap wnri.d 20 na Ia remove
the disabilities ns 10 the franchise
which had heen GRATED by former acts
Of conErcsa. Il was therefore provided
,hs 80 n, ,wsn, w. ,.ar. who have
resldei IN sald I.,ti,"ty i9r on. year
pilH " sun .".',Nn ~ 1900
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The board Of commissioner. known as
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somplete registration ~ votrr. ~ said
Territory 10 b" mad. under the provi~-
IONS ., me nws o, W.. , nv, s,s. .,,,
s.a,,,r.d ~, r.s,s,,ntlon under salI
laws shall be- ~ modined AZ to test the
qualifications Of ne electors as pre-
''''"'' :" "'N NV ~"
What IL the plain niRnincation ~ All
this Does II not mean the removal
Of the disqualification that werc w
fore. under the Edmunds and I'd.
monds-Tuckcr acts. and the bcstowai "
the right 10 vote upon EVERY male ciii-
zen resident for year In the Terri
tory Else why a new rcgistratlonG
Why q change ~ the oath prescribed
BY the previous acts ~ Con-
grcrsy And why the provision In
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arts in connie, Win The pr,vlsion. Of
this act. whether passed by the Legis-
Mtuir or nalh Tcifli"iY or ny congress
NV "'''"F ''p'"'"
the contention 81 tho pnrhllhd de-
n'er OF the rights go t"r'h Ia the En-
"hlihE Act, strives to make Il appear
thht no person Who had been dirfran-
ehlsed uhher the hhN-polyEnmN laws
had a lrFal status In the Constitutional
Convention There IL nothing clearer
10 people with their Dyes open than that
the Enabling Act was fo framed hy
Congress that such persons should have
LEGAL status. both 49, voters and a.
delegates 60 that Convention
Hut AN that Is past II Is gone into
the history ~ Utah. The legal status
Of those gentlemen was not questioned
at the time. IN" registration oath
was changed M that they might take
part In the election ana IN N" conycn-
tion u elected. The Utah Commission
acting under authority ot the United
States attended 90 mat ns required hy
the Enabling Act Ne one questioned
the fight ~ mon who had formerly
been disqualified whether they had
been convlft"d under the disfnnchisinr
laws nf not tp rNrr.ire tho suffrage
under the new registration. speciality
changed by Congress f"r their benefit
nut Utah 10 nov "a sovereign state