Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-06

judges of their own election. Blu
We did not expect you TO Join so com
pletely in the sentiment of SUSPICION
or certainty. While your admis
sion is sufficient evidence that YOU
party Is the absolute controller OF tn
registrars, we do not propose 10 con
done such an infamy by sppealin,
to yot. pity, as such, Tor Justice a
the hands Of sworn officials.
We trust that you will excuse u
IL we do not discuss with you the La
governing elections. We do no
recognize that the Liberal party 4
the appellate tribunal before which
the acts Of registrars should be con
tested, nor even that the Llbera
party should De our intereessof /.
prevent usurpation bS these officers
Our arguments Upon that law ant
our proof of its violation will b,
made at our appointed time and IL
the proper form.
We trust that you will also ex
cuse us if we do not accept seriously
your party's attemp. to atone for /
world Of mlsdeeds by few pages o.
virtuOus phrases. 1t Is a tardy; in
efiectual, and, we believe, an un
real repentanee.
Your second letter, like YOUR first
has failed in one Of its objects-tht
gaining Of our confidence. But II
may accomplish, in part, the other
OF its designs. 1t may distract the
attention Of th0ughtless persons
frem the Newspaper exposure OF
Liberal frauds--an exposure which
we shall take the liberty of inaugu.
rating in some other way. Think.
ing men are already Convinced, and
your communication cannot blind
them; when we choose to produce
all the testimony, we think that
every man whom your letter now
misleads viii 10 longer doubt that
stupendous Iibsral frauds have
been perpetated. -
To all your expressions of courtesy
We return an equal measure of
courtesy. We remain, dear sir,
yours respectfully.
j.. e. RICHARDS. Chairman.
X. w. YoUsG, Secretary.
This is brief, but it il to the point.
A hundred either ttinsS might be
sad, but IL was unnecessary for the
demolition Of the position assumed
by Messrs. Powers and Hyams.
They had every confidence in the
registrars, no doubt, or that run
would never have he-n paRds over
the II. G.. W., iiof would 1our OF the
registrars have been placed on the
''Liberal'' ticket. Judge Powers
don't like the "imputation that the
registrars are partisans." OF course
he don't, as = matter Of policy; but
for his party it suits him al right.
Neither would he like the expression
of one Of tile registrars and ''Llberal'
candidates, with reference to the
Peoples Party-"We've got them
now, and we'll grind them to pow
dern-that is, il he knew the express
sion was made in public. But the
sentiment is all right with him; he
only wants to keep 1t from the
people.
In one thing, however, the leader
of The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by his
own fault or that Of his tools, it
makes no dilference-hasb been very
unsuccessful OF late. He has not
been able to hide the fact that great
frauds were being perpetrated in
behalf Of his own party; that the
object Of those frauds was to deprive |
the honest voters Of this city Of their |
choice OF officers, and foist upon |
them persens who profited by dis
honest election methods. And now |
that these methods have been
brought to light, to the intense dis
gust of every decent man who |
has heretofore trained with |
the s'Liberals," the prospect |
Of ingluious and overwhelm-
ing defeat has driven the I'M
scrupulous gaLg TO desperation.
They have endeayored to Justify |
their actions or the gtcund that the |
end justilies the means. But in this
they see failure; 50 they are making
frantic efforts to find some new
plan to work on. They would like
to treat the old plan as they did the
carpet-hag. This was hoisted over
the stars and stripes, but as there
was danger Of it bringing an attack
Of ''la grippe' in the Glib
eral'' ranks, it has been taken
down, although that which
il symbolized still remains.
They would like to keep the plan Of
fraud out OF sight, but i'll benefit
~ its nefarious operations. IL is a
iact, however, that the light has
Deen turned on too strongly for this
70 be done.