The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-08
rHE ELnoaroN TEACHINGS.

TIE ELECaIoN TEACHINGS.
Among other things taught by Mon
days cleo ion, WIS this. that consid-
cradle percentage of The people are no!
registered. These are not confined 10
either party, but are found in both il
perhaps about equal numbers. Scores
were bsmosning the fact that they had
failed to take the necessary action en-
titIiDg them to vote, for they saw tba;
their votes would be worth more shan
ever before TO their respective parties.
Many were heard to say that objection
able and unrepublican as was the oath,
they would swallow it before an
other election, and thus acquire the
right to be OF sergi9e TO themselves and
the community, 1t may be expected
that the next time the registration Of
icers g their rounds they will not en-
counter so many men as usual who will
refuse to take the oath.
twas also developed that the regis
tration lis is not at al reliable as q
guide to the number OF voters. There
has never before been an election
when the parties came so near
voting ter full strength. Bo;h
tina People and the Dherrl1
wer5 thoroughly well organized
and they wags both provided with
excellent and sctive working commit
tees, Whose business it was ID ses that
the voters OF their respective parties
went to the polls. If any registered
citizens did not vo.e it was because
they were away from their precincts,
and not through f5rgetfuiness. The
notification committees were thorough,
and whatever may be said to the con-
trary they we're highly successful in
getting the people out. In one large
precinct all but nine of q
party's votes were account for
before the polls were closed.
In other precin It's probably an
eanalIy close showing was made. In
come of the smaller precincts in this
county sYeTlYEe rf IS $500 ",a.-i.
via difference between the number of
names on the REGISTRATION list and the
number On the voting hts, there war;
a good many ssay-at- homes: but this
y incorrect. The registration lists ore
overloaded. They bear many names
Of men who have never Voted, and
whose residences cannot be found
Of men who ara in other Terri
tories or States, and OF men
who are dead, if not mythical men |
rhese lists should be revised more care |
ully than they have been, or one Of
hese days huge fraud will be perps-
rated. It is doubted that the total
'ote in Salt Lake County on Monday
Vas equal to more than half the num-
'er OF names on the registration Its.
Vhile it may be get down as true that
uily ninety per cent. of the aotuaI
'oters now resident in the county. cast
heir votes. 1t you'd not be a Diff
ult matter for party TO
ote some OF its numbers 'seariv
ndl oftea," employing the names O.
len known to be of tn Territory.
T dead. In Bingham, for instance
here is registration aggrega ing 400
hns the l46 votes cast there on Mon
ny represented within ten per
mt. all the bona fide voters in the
imp; what was there to prevent the
1ting of 200 tickets more than were Il
lst. employing the nsmes OF Z
% abssnteesP Tie old Isis shonFd "
cast aside and new ones
ade at least every other wear.
this system of "onos registered CT
ways registered" opens the dosr 70 Il
aud and invites to crookf dness. The Z
lection that vita frequent registra- II
ms the citizens would have to give up
much time to the Business of vot
:, is not suiici one. If the ia ii
vidual will not eive the time neces. 10
~. to register and vote, he is un "
'rthy the privilege Of voting. n
more important thing which the
cti showed. was that the Libeyals
hopelessly in the minority In this Il
y. and that they deceived themselves wi
en- they EXPRESSED the belief thar
y could carry the city. They are
IDLY holdin; their own. if Che
'ple will exercise care in making M CT
ir tickets, selecting only good apd ia
np9tent men, and thus holding to- ~
her members of their own party a ea;
y nerd have 40 fear that the LIB
Is viii defeat them.
r IS said that among the contri ~,