The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-26
WHAT WILL YOU DO?


mission, and it does so respectfully, that
there are some explanations which it
should demand at the hands of one of its
registration officers, namely-E. r. CLUTE.
When the official named had completed his
labors, and made out list of persons in
the second precinct supposed to be entitled
to vote at the coming municipal election.
he certified over his own signature. that
the list was "full, true and correct, and
sent the list as directed by the statute, to
the city recorder. Then it transpired that
resident OF three months had been
listed, the law specifically declaring
that a residence of six months
is abolutely necessary to entitle a man to
registration. Search was made for the
oath of the Individual, and no oath was
found; then the statement was made by
the gentleman's friends that he had never
taken the oath, that he had not been regis
tered and that he had refused the solicita-
ton of the registration officer who had ap
preached him on the subject. Mr.. CIUTE
says the man was not registered, but does
not pretend to explain how the name found
place on the list, though he wrote it and
certified that it was 'true and correct
THE HERALD does not desire to be con-
sidered impertinent and impudent, and we
do not regard it as either to ask if the
Utah commission can afford to let this mat
ter pass in silence, and put forth no effort
to learn who is responsible for the listing
of man not entitled to vote and
who had not taken the oath which
the law and the commission had com
manded should be subscribed as a condi
ton precedent to registration. If Mr..
WARNER did not subscribe the oath, then
Mr.. CUTE is guilty of carelessness which
ought not to be overlooked, or of some
thing worse, and the commission will not
be held blameless if it shall refuse to call
him to a reckoning. 1t the commission
shall fail or refuse in this matter the pub
lie will have a right to say that the men
sent here by the federal government to
execute the election laws are willing to
wink at the violation of those laws in the
interest of a political party. The public
will be justified in charging against the
commission failure to perform its duty as |
an impartial board sworn to execute the |
laws fairly and honestly. We shall expect |
the commission to proceed in this case as it
would do if the registrar were member of
the Peoples party.
And now what have the Liberals to saw of
,ne of their nominees for office-perhaps
he most important office in the municipal
ty as regards all property holders: Mr.
CUTE is the Liberal candidate for assessor
md collector of taxes, and if elected will
lave under his control the estimating of
he value of every mans property and the
of all the city taxes THE HERALD
SKIS, and it does so in good faith, and it
SKIS it of honest, property owning Liber-
Is, if in the light of the DEVELOPMENTS in
his registration case, is Mr.. E. r. CLuTE
proper person to be intrusted with the
Important and responsible duties attending
o the office named. If the listing of Mr..
WARMER, non-qualified person, were
imply the result of carelessness
0 put the most charitable construc
ion possible on the matter, will
be safe to place so careless man in an Of
ce where carelessness would be criminal? q
Mr.. CLUTE put the name of Mr. WARNER
Ia OiAO 1loD hnOWluS W Ue ldck1Dg In
le qualifications of a voter, and thinking
nat possibly the fraud would not be dis
overed, there will be no two opinions as
} the late registrars manifest unfitness
'r the assessorship or any other position
T trust.
The question is very serious one, but !.
lie Liberal party cannot dodge it. Indi- :.
iduals, as matter of course, will decide -
" themselves and at the polls will re-
ldiate the nominee; but individual re-
ldiation will not satisfy though it may, L
Id we sincerely believe it will, result in =,
lie overwhelming defeat of the nominee u
he Liberal party must either force Mr.
Lutte from the ticket or it will be sad
ed with the responsibility of carrying him 9
Id excusing and justifying his in L
mpetency and recklessness. or worse "