Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-01-28
MORE OBSTRUCTION TACTICS.

AS the day Of election approaches
The opposition become more bzazeT
and shameless in their methods
They make j; more and more mani
fest daily that, falling in the requis-
ite voting strength 70 assure them
Of victory, they propose to resort to
every species Of unfair means 70
gain their point, by defrauding the
majority.
As WIS noted in the NEWS yester-
day. over 200 notices have been
issued to voters Of the Peoples
Party to appear and show cause
why their names should not be
stricken from the registration list.
These citations have been served
ut the instance Of Mr.. Webb, Of the
s'Liberal'' committee. One of the
allegations against the parties is
non-eitizenship, yet many Of those
on whom service has been made
are native born. Another is nom
residence, yet numbers of those
against whom this objection has
been raised have never lived outside
of this city. Many persons who are
unmarried are alleged to be polyga-
mists.
That this is but 4 part OF an OBJ
structive policy adopted 10y the other
side from the beginning of the cam
paign is too manifest TO need asser-
ton.
There is feature Of this phase Of
'Liberal" tactics that is particularly
glaring. After the ''Liberal'' ticket
was completed the News directed
attention to the fact that all of the
names Of the precinct registrars had
been placed upon it, as a reward fer
party work done in an official ca
pacity, except one, as follows:
Louis Hyans, for Recorder; I.
r. Clute, for Assessor and Collector:
J. Z. Morris, for Alderman Of the
Third Precinct; r. d. Winters, for
Alderman ofthe Fourth Precinct.
According to the instructions of
the Utah Commission, the regis
trars were maiea board Of reference
to decide all questions relating to
the eligibility to vote OF persons
whose names We're on the lists.
The inconsistency and wrong Of
having meu sit as Judges on ques-
tons arising upon n matter in which
they are interested parties were
pointed out. Col. Page, the city
registrar, announced subsequently
that he and the solitary registrar
who was not nominated and placed
on the "Liberal'' ticket would act rs
referees in relation TO disputes aris-
ing in relation TO the question oftbe
right to vote. Even the chief Glib
era'' organ refers to the registrars
who are nominees as S'ex-registrars., ),
In the face OF all this the 200 and
over, members Of the Peoples Par
ty, legally entitled to vote. are cited
by those precinct registrars to an
pear before them and show cause
why their names should not be
stricken from the registration lists.
The notifications are issued over
the signatures Of the registrars &C.
cording to the precinct in which the
person resides. One before US. for
instance, summons a voter of the
Fourth Precinct to appear before r.
D. Winters, "Liberal7 candidate
and registrar Of that municipaI
Ward.
The summons might just as well
read that the individual against
whom the vexatious allegation is
planted shall appear before me that
may judge whether you shall be
permitted to vote against me at the
municipal election to be held on the
10th Of February next
Then what about the announce
menu Of Colonel Page, the city
registrar? Wen, perhaps-as the
chief 'Liberal'' organ said concern
ing his arbitrary aud outrageous
changes of the polling places-he
may have "reasons'' for this right
about-face business.
1t can now lie added rs n matter
OF fact that the 'sLiberal', regis
trar-candidate referees have been
sitting in judgment upon per-
sons who have been cited to show
cause why their names should not
he stricken from the lists. They
have begun the work Of purging the |
lists Of persons whom they are salts
fed would not vote for them II their |
names remained. Thus thc"LiberaI,, |
manipulation OF election affairs re-
duces their pretense Of desiring a |
just election to the status OF a howl |
ing burlesque.