The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-01
THEY WERE REFUSED
The Reasons as Given by the
Liberal Registrars.
SOME OF THEIR ACTS SHOWN UP.
The Various Meetings Soon to be Held
by the Peoples Party Marcaing
and Other Clubs.

The writs of mandate issued against Reg
istrar Morris, of the Third precinct, anG
Registrar Clute, Of the Second, are made
returnable December l6, when the defend
ants will be required to show cause why
they have refused to register certain per.
sons who are entitled to be placed on the
registry list.
Registration in many quarters of the city
has been a constant drag. Now that the
time that the registration Off GERS will stop
visiting dwelling houses of voters has crepi
near at hand, we find numerous complaints,
and many well groun led, that persons N
titled to vote have not been visited; so
many there are, IN fact, in this situation,
that 1t will be barely possible that those
neglected will be visited by the men who
are instructed to visit each place of abode
IN each precinct of the city.
Some legal voters have feared that it
would be fruitless case of their having a
chance to see their name put on the list, if
they had to wait for visit from the regis
trars, and they have sought out the
ofhcious gentlemen in quarters they
frequent, asking them for registration
Many of these persons have been
denied this and been told that they would
One thing is certa II, and that is that
these same persons will be left, if the regis
tration officers continue to find as much
work about the saloons and hotels in future
as they have in the past.
THE HERALD intends publishing some
few acts of our kind regist ars, and shall
continue to keep It's columns open to com
plants of legal voters whom the officers
slight in their duties.
Mr. GEORGE Lewis of the Fifth ward
has had home in this city since he was
nine years old, but has occasionally been
away out of the city. He has worked
steadily here, however, since last April
When he applied to E. r. Clute, registrar
of the second precinct, for registration. he
was sharply told that he would not be
registered on the street. Mr.. Lewis states
that it will be quite impossible for the
registrar to find him at his house. as he is
ont from early in the morning until late at
night with his work.
Mr. Geo. Smiled. of the Seventh ward,
was also refused by the same officer; his
case is similar to the one above mentioned,
but he has not been a resident of the city
so long. He was also told that he could
not be registered on the street, although as
he .ateS he has seen the officer register
others on the street.
Mr.. Joseph Woolsey has lately come to
lie city with itentions of residing here.
H has applied to H. :. Nc alum, regis
trar OF the First precinct, for registration
and was refused because, as the officer
stared, his wife had told him (McCallum)
that her husband had come in to vote The
lady strongly denies having ever said any
thing about her husbands voting to Mccall
lum When the officer was again apLro iched
about the matter, and found caught in
falsehood by Mr.. Woolsey, it is told that he
was angry enough to fight but Mr.. Wool
sey is still not registered.
Mr.. John Gillispie, of the Sixteenth
ward, saw J. r. Morris, registrar, visit his
house, and Immediately afterwards met
him on the street and asked him to be re-
gistered and was refused.
Mr.. Henry Cumberland, Of the same
ward, was refused by the same Morris be-
cause his naturalization papers were made
out by clerk of probate, which was, at
the time he received them, perfectly law
full This fact was certified to by II. G.
McM:llen, clerk of the district court, but
still Morris refused to register him.
Mr.. w. c. Roby has resided in the Fifth
ward since 1871, and owns property there.
He got his naturalization papers four years
ago. He does not know why E. r. Clute
should refuse to register him, but he does
it all the same.
Mr.. w. J. Backman, of the Fifteenth
ward, was refus e by the same Clute for
some cause not quite plain. He was nat
uralized about month ago, and he has
two brotht RS whom the officer registered
all right the day befo e.
Mr. John II. Back, of the Sixteenth ward,
applied to J. R. Morris, registrar, for reg
istration and was told he might wait and
come to his Office. He wants to know why
he most wait