The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-09
LIBERAL RULE IN OGDEN.

The people of Ogden have already had
too much of Liberal rule. One year ago
tomorrow our fair neighbor on the north
was stolen by one of the most bare faced
conspiracies ever perpetrated in this free
country. 1t came about in this way: The
otah commission appointed several
irresponsible deputy registration officers
to attend TO the matter of registering the
voters. Complaints were promptly made
that these fe- lows were not acting either
legally or fairly. No favorable action
could be obtained from the commission and
they proceeded with their conspiracy
to steal the government of the CITY. To
this end they placed nearly l, 100 fraudulent
and spurious names on the registry list: at
least names OF people who were not living
In the city, as most searching and canvass
ing inquiries elected. The names of scores
of the Peoples voters were left off the list
and scores OF others, honest and legal
names, were arbitrarily stricken off with
out any cause or reason whatever. On
election day, and the two or three DAYS pre-
cedipg it, about $50 strangers We're con-
veyed into Ogden, some from Pocatello and
Blackfoot, Idaho, while others came from
stations all along the Union and
Central Pacific railroads, the Rio Grande
Western. from Park City, Bingham and
Salt Lake. At the polls on election day
these strangers walked up to vote and
when challenged, because they were not
residents of Ogden, and therefore had no
right to vote, the judges of election-two
out Of three of whom were Liberal
promptly refused to entertain any chal
lenges, and let the whole gang vote. Tn
two hours after the polls opened all OF
these strangers, tramps and buns had
voted and their votes had not only neutral
lied the same number of honest votes of
the Peoples party, and thereby overcome
the votes of the people who had made and
owned the city. but had given the Liberal
party large majority of the votes cast. and
turned the city over to the party which
really had the fewest legal votes The
Liberal managers were SO bold in their
work that they even voted many of these
strangers on the names of some of the
Oldest and best known residents of Ogden.
When these men came in at or 10
o'clock to vote, they were promptly told
they had already voted, and when
they insisted that they could prove
they had not, then they were informed that
some one had voted on their names. and
that no one could vote again on their
names. 1t has been asserted that
one of the Liberal managers of that
election boosted that he hal voted
one stranger-at the different polls-not
less than twenty times that day, and it is
believed that it is equally true that many
were voted on the names Of dead men. Tt
was the greatest and most barefaced cleo
ton fraud ever committed in this part of |
the country. The spoils were divided
among the men most prominently con-
nected with the robbery, just as it is pro-
posed to divide the plumber here. One of
the Liberal committee was made the re-
corder, another one city attorney, while
another was appointed road supervisor.
and SO on till ali were provided for.
In less than week after the election,
arge transom in one Of the most fashion
lble residence portions of the city
pore the names ''NINA and MAY,uj
wo of the new corners to Ogden.
Within month the steets and sidewalks
we're alive with the demi-monde, ranging
rom the commonest street-walker to the
highest priced and best-kept of the class. {
with this outbreak of i'm
morality, gambling palaces and dens were j
pened, and while the games were played I
oors and blinds were thrown wide open
or all to see and visit. 1t has been said, :
nd still goes uncontradicted, that the city !;
olice were instructed to patrol in front of q
hese establishments, so that if occasion il
equired they could protect the proprietors C
nd their unlawful games. The saloons e
nd gambling dens were permitted to keep n
pen Sundays and to run all night. 1t has y
lso been said by those who say they know
nat these gamblers and saloon men con- =
,ibuted literally to assist the police. This d
ondition continued until the people felt b
ley could stand it no longer, and so in u
sted that the city council should cause s
Re ordinances against these crimes to be ii
lforced. This the council and city Off
ais declined to do, stating as y
lie reason for SO declining that :,
, city could be frst-class and Al
city without these necessities :,
civilization" In short time things be- Il
me so corrupt that men were held up and a.
boed on the principal avenues, and re- :,
'ectablc people were fearful of being on :,
e streets at night. At this particular W
age United States Marshal PARSONS in as
ructed Deputy PRATT to notify the city &C
liberties that if they failed to enforce th
e ordinances of the city without delay he di