The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-26
THE ACME OF IMPUDENCE.

There are mighty few men in this world
for whom THE HERALD entertains less re
spect than for certain Michigan carpet
Dagger who answers to the name of o.
w. POWERS. He exactly fills the bill OF
the kind of man this paper does not esteem.
We presume the public is pretty well con-
WINGED by this time of the facts above set
forth, as this paper has not been gingerly
in expressing its sentiments regarding him
at any time during the four years that he
has been iunketing about the territory,
grip-sack in hand.
Our special reason for referring to him
at this time is communication brought to
this office on Monday, and which is printed
elsewhere in this issue. We print his let
ter, at the same time suggesting that it is
the very gall of impudence for the fellow
to come to THE HERALD for defense Of the
conduct of himself and his tools and CO.
workers in the political field. 1t is like
POWERS, however.
On Sunday morning TIE HERALD pub
lished the following:
o. W. Powers, Esq.
DEAR SIR-Ine bearer OF LnlS wants 10 vote,
look after job for him. JOHN WITBECK.
Tony, Levan. Juab county, Utah.
We also explained that the signer of the
note was the head and most active member
of the Liberal party in Nephi, and that he
had charged the Peoples party with bring
ing men from his section for the purpose of
voting at the municipal election, The
HERALD knew what it was talking about
when it printed that letter, and was abso-
lutely certain Of the authenticity of the
document. On Sunday morning, under
flaming headlines, and over the signature
of this same POWERS, appeared in his
newspaper organ communication in
which the fellow said: II am justified in
pronouncing it (the WIrBECK letter.
clumsy forgery. l shall sift the matter
thoroughly" This didn't surprise US at
all In truth, we would have been aston
ished if POWERS hadn't pronounced it
forgery. 1t is cause for some amazement
that he doesn't stick to his first position
and continue to deny that the document is
genuine. However, having seen the orig
iual, and the author, his political colleague
and confrere, having confessed, there
was not much chance for crawl-out
through a denial, bold as it might be;
Powers therefore changes tactics and tries
to sneak out, leaving WITBECK in the soup.
AS matter of course POWERS denies
that he is engaged in the colonization bust
ness. He wouldn't be the cunning politi-
elan that he is if he dida't. And also as a mat
ter OF course his agent at Nephi makes a sim
liar denial And yet of all the colonization
that has been charged--and Powers and
WITBEcK and their newspaper organ have
been bowling colonization for weeks past
the only positive evidence of attempted
of voters that has come to |
light is this letter of the Nephi Liberal
directed to the chairman of the Liberal |
committee, and asking that work may be !
provided for a man who wants to vote
We suggest that the brazen impudence
of Powers denial is about the richest thing |
that has come out in the campaign. The |
WITBEcK letter and the POWERS denial of |
colonization efforts are both referred for |
consideration to an impartial public
Also, what does the public think OF the |
POWERS assertion that he and his commit |
lee are lighting for fair and pure bal !
ot," when he and they are doing every
thing in their power to prevent the PEG
pie from having any ballot whatever! The
People are having the most difficult time |
Imaginable in getting their names on the |
registration list, so adverse to a ''fair and |
pure BALLOT are the Liberals Names of |
Peoples party men are stricken from the |
list without cause, in the interest of the |
Liberal party. Liberals are registered at
the hotels, in the saloons, at their offices,
Early, late and at all times, while members
If the Peoples party are insultingly denied |
at other places than their
homes, and at other than the business
lours' which the Liberal registrars desis
nate. Yet POWERS says he and his party
ire fighting for a fair'' election Even |
he courts are appealed to TO do something |
heroic thai viii be an excuse for denying |
suffrage to every member of the People |
party We presume that in the opinion Of |
PowERs it would be fair" to do this |
POWERS simply becomes contemplate when |
he asks if The HERALD will laid US" (him |
md his c0mmittee) in efforts TO prevent |
hose not bona fdc residents from voting. |
POWERS knows, though he is too despicable
% admit it, that all the time and with every
word and line, THE HERALD is striving for
in honest election. This paper has said
many times, and it repeats it, that rather
han win by any dishonesty, crookedness
IF fraud, it would look with pleasure on
he defeat of its party. 1t demands hon
,sty and uprightness in its own party, and
wishes it could expect the same things on
he part of the opposition. 1t does not ex-
,ect them, and will not expect them
While the chairmen of Liberal committees
q the country write to the chairman of the
LIBERAL city committee asking him to fur
fish ''iobsn for men who want to vote the