Tombstone epitaph., 1916-08-27

says: "A judicial ofacer who has power to revise . ministerial action of a Board of Inspectors. does not. by the statute. gain . power to do . thing | which the Board of Inspectors might | not do, for their power is statutory. | and is limited to the correction of au error which would not have taken place but for the invalid action of the eoard of Inspectors. The statute did rot seek to give other power. but ex- .,ressly provides that the power of the udicial officer may be exercised "niy h the Board refuse to strike from the Hist the name of the person not so qualified to vote .. The logicai conclusion. therefore. inevitably fCl- lows that Judge may not. by such statutory power. strike a name from the list which the inspectors of eiec tion could not striks from the res,s- try"
 Sc also People ex rel Smith vs. York ct al. Ss N. Y. Supp. Al as bearing on the general principle involved
 realize that the law may work hardship on some electors, but courts must construe laws ss they are. and not as they should be. The proper appeal of the elector in cases like his is to the Legislature. and not % the courts. The voter who has honestly changed his mind since reg ,stration should console himself with the lan- guage of the Supreme Court of Cali fornia in Schostag vs Gator, ct al, y1 Pac. 5O2, a somewhat similar matter. in which the court says: "It Is con tended that the test prescribed by Section 1866 is unreasonable, because with the close Of registration. the elector loses his right to change his party allegiance in consequence of a change in his political convictions. and is precluded from taking part ID the election of delegates to the con, ention of the party with which on the day of -election his ore matured opinion would Iimpel him to cast in his lot This inconvenience certainly does result from the provisions of the act. but the legislature. which must Ue pre- stunned to have forseen it, probably regarded such sudden conversion der ing the short interval between the close of registration and the date of the primary election as likely to De of such rare occurrence as not to justi- fy the commission Of provision evi dently designed to prevent unscrupu- lous and merceary electors from hold ing themselves free down to the day of election to vote with any party, upon any corrupt motive, for the pur. pose of influencing the nomination of it's candidates for public office, while without any interest in their success, and perhaps with an interest in their defeat If 1t shall sometimes happen that a conscientious voter is convert ed from one political faith to aother between the close of registration and the primary election, he may console himself for the loss of his vote by the reflection that his loss is trifiing by comparison to his share of the ad- vantage to the state of which he is a citizen. flowing from a measure which tends to prevent a grave abuse
 This language is % pertinent to our own situ8tlon petOre The enactment or the present law and now. that it would almost seem to be made for the occasion.
 The demurrer to the complaint is sustained.
 i ALFRED c LOCKWOOD,
 Judge Superior Court TAYLOR IS CANDIDATE
 FOR SUPERVISOR.
 B. A. Taylor. of Gleesoo. possibly one of the best known business men in the county has announced his can didacy in the Prospector.