The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-12

here to vote next February. 1t is known,
however, that Liberals who have voted at
every election in Park city for years, are
now registered in this city and that they
expect to vote here at the coming election
Itwould seem that all these facts, joined
with the circumstance that only last Aug
ust the Liberals actually cast more votes
within the corporation limits than the
People, should inspire the carpet-baggers
with absolute confidence as to the out
come of next February's balloting.
There is still more, however, to
make the Liberals happy. The registrars
are all little more than active agents
for the party. Ever since they entered
upon their duties they have labored indus
triously for the success of the Liberals and
equally hard against the People. They have
registered Liberals in season and out of it,
night and day, early and late, and when
ever and wherever they could find them.
At the same time they have avoided
listing members of the Peoples
party whenever they could find shadow
of excuse for the denial. In some instances
they have fatty refuses to list men clearly
entitled to vote, taking advantage of tech
nicalities to keep the names off. In other
instances they have stricken off, with
out authority, the names of Peo-
ple's party men, and refused to
reinstate them. If the Liberal committee
had had the selection of the deputy regis
trars they could not have chosen men who
would have served the party more faith
fully or with greater devotion.
And yet, with all these things in their
favor, with the election machinery entirely
under their control, with every apparent
advantage and no seeming possibility for
the People to come in first in the race, the
Liberals are anxious and disturbed-much
more so than the People appear to be. Here
is letter signed by the chairman of the
Liberal committee, Just issued, pleading
with a member of the party to personally
attend the matter OF registration" POWERS
writes like desperate man. 81 therefore
again urge you he says, 80 see that your
name is on the list. By reference to
my last letter you will learn who is the
registration officer for your precinct. Sec
him dtoncc. YJUhGUa no time to lose" And
then he makes the doleful confession that
eff the election be lost it will be because
our people do not register as if he didn't
know that every Liberal in the country
who could be found had been searched out
by the registrar or block committees and
duly listed long ago. POWERS knows to-day
as well as he will when the registration
closes, just how many votes he can connt
on for his ticket, and knowing this, he is in
great doubt regarding his ability to verify
his prediction and promiseof a Liberal vic
tory.
The fact is, the Liberals are byno means
confident. Some very "bad breaks" have
been made in the management of the party,
and the consequence of these cannot be
reckoned. 1t is known that some Utah
born young men voted with the Liberals
last August, and it is known that some of
those are now working energetically and
earnestly with the Peoples party, being
disguised with carpet-bag methods 1t is
also known that the recent Liberal sensa-
tional splurge in Judge ANDERsoN's court
not only turned many young men back
into the Peoples ranks, but drove many
Liberals from the party which would re-
sort to such methods in order to win an
election. There are men in the Liberal or
ganization who are disposed to be fair and
decent, and they are the ones who rebel
against the evidences of unfairness and
indecency in the Liberal management. Just
how formidable this revolt is, of course
cannot be told at this time but it is appar-
ent that the signs of it are sufficient to
alarm the gan G at the head of the party,
and cause it to put forth desperate efforts
to recover lost ground.