Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-20

knock il might mean the fort on ID,
hill. though the Car in this sense wa
originally spelt Cahir; tut il hay
been Augliclsed into Car in namei
of places If Mccormick nuaus ia;
son OF Nick's friend, poor MEX.
friends are few, for I believe thert
Is not another COrnick in the world
If IL means son OF the .-f0ft on the
hill" the fort was very nonpr0iuc
tive, and, like KsOp's mountain.
might as well have produced .
mouse.
Daring the Salt Lake election
campaign the Chicago Tribune pub
lished n long special daily from il
Utah correspondent. From It's
issue Of Feb. 10, 1899, the following
excerpt is taken:
The"Liberals"ought to feel ashamed
OF themselves II they get beaten to-
morrow. They do not deserve any
sympathy If they lose the election.
Some Of the leading Liberals" went
TO Washington early in The winter TO
Senator Edmunds, whom they told
they wanted TO carry Utah. Well, -
replied the Senator, 'why don't you do
II? You have all the law that is neces-
sary. Apply it and go ahead"
If that does not mean c0unten-
ancing and encouraging anarchyon
the part Of Senator Edmunds, l
can't say what else it might mean.
The Liberals" did apply that law
with vengeance; aud 10 show how
they did il, acre i a statement from
Captain Bonfield on this head. 1t
was published in the ElreHinI Nclrs
Of this city in It's Issue Of sept. Is.
1890:
Ex-Inspecior John B0nfirld has
just returned from salt Lake City, and
he was seen this morning 1t his olirB
BY an EceHfHg Nelrs reporter. who
called TO have a talk WIKI him about
his recent exploits in the Mormon
country.
The famous detective was in a pleas
ant mood, aud readily conseutedto re-
late his story. He said the recent
election went against the Mormous as
The result Of the most shamerulfrIuis.
and that the Gentle triumph was a
triumph Of boomers and SPECTATORS
who sacrificed everything IN the ma
ture OF justice for their own purposes.
The Utah Commission Is Supreme
out there" said Mr.. B0nfield, ..aud
under It's operations there Is a prac.f-
cal disfranchisemCnt Of tho Mormon
vote. 1 was retained by the Peoples. /
or Mormon, party in October last to |
trace out and investigate ANTICIPATED /
registration and election frauds, aud /
my connection with recent events ia /
Salt Lake IS thus explained:
When j was charged with this mat ]
Ter went out in person 10 look over
he ground. spending some DAYS in
getting acquainted with the laws and
he people with whom | WIS TO deal.
Under the Utah Commission there i
board Of registry, composed Of a
-eSistrar-general and five members.
col. Page, mere iigure-head. holding
he ornamental Office. The city is di-
Iided into five registry districts, and
he registration. beginning Nov. !.
continued until Dec. -; aud during
his time the five members Of The
'oard had II all their own way. One
Il them was in charge Of each district.
md 1t was the theory that house-tn-
louise canvass was made, aud each
,erson duly registered who was en-
It ed to vote at the election. which
ccurred on the 10Th. The members
4 this board were supposed TO be non
artisan, but the reverse was
rue, as was shown by the fac. that |
our OF the five were on the Gentle
eket which was successful last Non
az. They carried their Offices in
heir hats. and voters whom they did
OF want on the registry never gol
here. They indeed went from house
house, but they managed TO skin all ;
le Mormons, and hundreds Of these
linen who had lived all their lives in
tah-weTe thus DISTINGUISHED. Those
no attempted 10 get their names
own were put of on one ground or
lolher, and their protests against the
Justice TO which they were subjected T;
ere vain. MormOns who had never
zen married at all We're stricken from
10 registry on the charge Of pOlygamv. I
I'd when they attempted to have a :
saring, they were either deniad or
ere merely cross-ques.ioned by the 4
gistrars, who finally took their own a
urse, and from their decision there >
rs noappeal. :
% But this work did not stoD at the
ESTABLISHMENT Of the AIormous. :
re Genules registered hundreds Of =
mes without giving the residence or
cupaiion, as the law requires. Thev z
en- got "A special train. and went on q
er two hundred miles OF the Denver
kio Grande Railroad, registering
cry man they could get TO sign the
sisiry blank. They took with them
enty OF refreshments, and when they u
a man TO sign one Of the blanks II
one was required 10 take an cath n
y gave him drink and a cigar and I.
ked politics TO him. Hundreds who II
never lived in Salt Lake CITY were 3,
rs registered, and l got more Than =,
enty aflidayits from men who mad y
IN fixed in this way. 81
The result you know. The Gen,iio -
<et won, and the real-estaie boom il
Land values have been pushed ~
enormously since the last ci~ IN
'nihs, and there is n Tremendous 10
craze, which has been ia
PED by Mondays election. Tho bu
rmons all own their own homes
~ are well-to-do, respectable and
efy people, but they don't look
n favor on the progressive ideas
the Spectators who are now ON tic
} afier long and bitter cnntest.v Tia
What foundation was there IN ,bo OF
les telegraphed east from Salt Isi-e Tn,
eerning your actions out there, Mr.. OF
Ihere was none. When I was re- 81,
ca 10 watch the interests Of the - -,
pes party / put some Of my men -
charge OF the work, after in Sh
'tlng The Held for myself. Among tht
suoordinates was an ex-Pinker. mi
man named O'Brien. These the
reported 10 the Peoples nsrtv the
duplicates Of their renors by
sent 10 me. O'Brien's refor,s
became somewhat singular in
and. suspecting thar all was not
!, went out, and set watch ON q
movements. found that he had ern
ed himself OF as n single man Fai
was IN the confidence Of a promi-
oenilie, who had n daughter to
~ " br1en was paying assiduous II
:, AS soon as / learned the sitna- 81,
L disclosed my identity 10 Ger IA "a
Liberals. told them what was 0o- I1ol
on, and lad the young iady's OF
T warned discharged O'Bfien WEI
10 then went over into the service
Gentile party,as hal expected
20 90, and he began the disselnin-
OF the stories that became cur r.
TO my operations. HIS dies
3 were utterly untrue. and when lierl
rs challenged TO their support he sion
;, 70 bring forth a scintilla Of In {
jure