Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-22

declined rather than that public Of
4 flee is declined. One ordinarily can
only properly decline something which
has been rendered him. person NOM
mated for public office is rendered on
ly a nomination for public office. He
is not then rendered public office
When. therefore, he declines he de-
clines the nomination.. Such seems to
be the meaning of the statute under
consideration wherein 1t Is provided
that when person nominated for
public office notifies the proper Of
ficer that he declines such nomina
ton. the same shall be void" That is,
the nomination which he declines is
void, not that some other nomination
which he does not decline Is also void.
AMPLE MEANS TO VOTE
The argument made that unless the
names OF these presidential electors
are not placed on the official ballot an
der the title of the Taft-Liberal ticket
as well as under the party name or
title of the Republican party, voters
who are DESTROYS of voting for electors
president and James ;. sherman ior.
vice president, and who are not desir-
Gus of voting for other candidates on
the Republican ticket, are not given an
easy and reasonable opportunity OF so
doing, is well answered by Nil Justice
Commissioners, reported IN lo4 Mich
4T9. The legislature has amply pro
vjded easy and convenient means
whereby any voter may vote Tor
presidential electors or for any other
candidate. on any ticket, and vote Tor
candidates for other offices OF
other tickets. Both the opportunity
and the facility to so vote are amply
afIor6ed. But it is said that the voters
OF tho Liberal ticket are elltltlea
in have all the names OF the nominees
for whom they are DESTROYS OF Notlhs
naced on one ticket in order that lhes
may vote a straight ticket, The statute
49,. 49, :, yro1p Of voters the right to
make nominations for public office the
sorns MS is given to political partlcs.
But the primary and principal rlsh.
conferred is to make nominations, hos
that a group of voters may seiec! Vail-
Gus nominees made by other parties ios
bov. them grouped under one ticket for
tho mere purpose that an opportunity
,,,a,- no !, afforded them to vote a stialent
| ticket. such thing is not what is
contemplated by the statute.
NOMINATIONS VOID.
For instance. suppose a group of rot-
| ers arc DESTROYS Of voting for one or
| tne nominees nominated for district
! il,tce on the Republican ticket, Tor one
| ~, Tho Democratic ticket. one on the
| American ticket, one on the Soclailst
| ticket and for. Republican nominee
| FOL, another office, a Democratic honll-
| noe for still another. and so OH, select
| ing various nominees on different lick-
| els the statute does not contemplate
! that thew are entitled to have suc'l
| names so selected grouped uiiuer one one
| Ticket for the mere purpose Or hhE!iis
an opportunity to vote straisn. .,thes
| 4ut apart from these considerati Mons
| W., ,erow of no principle or law which
authorizes us to declare that per-
son nominated by group OF voters
or BY a political party, is ob!iged 10
! accent such nomination notwltnstalio-
ing his decination. If a political party
| OF, a group of voters. nominate PEI
son for public office which is decilned
by linn. such nomination IS Nold, ana
| s,lch political party or group of voters
| hns made TIC, nomination for Sucn pun
| Ii, Office Their status is the same as
| thnnph no such nomination mas peer
made by them. except the right TO III
i the vacancy as by law provided;
i our conclusion, therefore, is, that OF
/ tho facts as made to appear by IN.
! AFFIDAVIT of the realtors the perso.l'
| non. mated by the voters OF the lal.
I,ihcra, ticket as presidential electors
hsyr the right to decline such notnlha
-, II, manner as was done by them
.;1d that the voters of that ticket l,ac
M nominees for presidential elector!
and therefore the secretary OF STAY
was authorized in refusing TO certit.
10 the clerks OF the various COUNTS
sueh names as nominees of that icke,
Tx, demurrer is therefore sustained
.