Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-11
GILT OF lis OWN HOCTH. ETC.

- y GARNER oy the Liberals;
tia. the Peoples Party voted 81 OF
a> per cent OF their registered
strength a. the County election,
while bGt Is or % per cent OF the
''biberals" went to the polls. Sup
F,-e this TO be tue, what then:
Why, Is u no: clear that the re-
manning thirty per cent Of 'sIliberal''
names on the list are bogus? That
Is, the names are there, bu: the men
are no. here. There are hundreds of
names On the registration lists for
which no owners can lie found in
the city The "Liueral,, maniuI-
EtoCs Of election affairs took good
care not to risk the chance Of dis
covcry, by putting down on the lists
prepared for the public the alleged
addresses OF these bogus voters. Not
all the purchased toughs and i'm
ported Personators could make up
Tor a third OF tine bogus voters
napeL on the registration lists.
II taxes some hardihooi to carry
cut tne schemes attempted 10y Lib
erAi'' strikers at the recent election.
Quite number OF the personators
weakened at the critical moment.
Some Of them were too tirnid 10 take
the cath required by the challeng-
en-. Others ran away when one u
their CrOniss was detected. Others
refused u 10 the work Tor tue price
offered. A few " hen detected at
!one polling place went to another,
and some tried the game in three
different precincts. "Liberal'' judges,
In one or two instances at least,
helped the villains when challenged
for nOn-residence and instead Of
putting. them under oath, required
the challenger to prove his point.
But with all the trickery that
was accomplished, very far from a
sufficient number Of tools could he
found TODD the dirty work intended.
And 50 the discrepancy between the
number Of ''Liberal'' voters and the
number Of "Liberal'' names on the
registration lists is fully and easily |
accounted for.
The Rio Grande Western Railroad /
did not furnish so ine an opportu- !
nifty for 'Liberal'' handiyork this 1
time. The special registration car
was not in operation. There was
no special present inducement in
view OF the rogues who registered
the gangs along the line last win
ter. The low resorts where toughs
hang out, furnished a goodIy num-
Der for the county election. but
could not supply anything like the
crowds that helped the ..Liberals',
steal the city election.
There is one thing that the de-
cent citizens OF Utah should keen in
Haiua In reference 10 election affairs.
The Legislature Of 1890 passed two
bills looking TO election reforms and
rendering impossible some OF the
.ncks 10y which 'IiberaI', frauds
were accomplished last February. ,
But the Liberal" leaders and organ /
-aised such a howl that the ~ .iber-
~ Governor vetoed them both anu
mus LEFT the way open for a repeti.
I-ion Of the wrongs OF the past.
'Li5erals7Pretendcd that the frauds I
md acts Of injustice OF which the
People complained were made Dos
loie through defects in the law. II
But when those alleged defects were 4
ought to be remedied, rhey jumped {
L once TO the rescue anu rendered ,,
'eforn impossible. ,
The party that is responsible for I
ne evils that have entered into [
Election affairs in this city is Too /.
,orrapt to hang together very long.
! herein Is comfort for respectable l
,inzens. 1t viii drop to pieces
through internal ro;tsuness, and
men there will lie hope Of Justice
and lair play. Meanwhile let every :
honest voter do his duty, and aid in 9
sxP'sing fraud by bringing the
criminals who practice it to punish. :
nent Or at least to exposure.
/ as great proportion Of the re-
Clustered voters Of the Peoples Party
: els 10 the polls as is claimed by
.heir opponents, 1t speaks well for $
ne party and SHOWS that the name. 6
q Us voters on the lists were geDu-
me The enormous differenoe he