Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-01
DETECTIVES AND THE ELECTION.

4 COARSE and brutal criminal
whose guilt IS proven by the bring
ing to light Of definite and specific
facts, who yet hopes to defy the law
by running q Bluff will often
adopt certain style OF language and
line Of argument. The language
will be boastful and staggering, but
studiously confined to general as
distinguished from specific denials
Of guilt; while the arguments will
consist mainly Of abuse Of the Off
GERS or persons who have produced
the proof against the accused.
This description viii not require
much modification when applied to
the articles which have, from time
to time, appeared in "Liberal''
organs for the purpose of meeting
the charge that the late election in
this city was carried by brazen and
extensive frauds. In support of
that charge specific statements of
fact have been made Gin ordinary
and concise language and with
such particulars OF time, place. per.
sons and property as to distinctly
inform the defendant Of the offense
with which he is charged, and 70 |
make a defense" The answer TO |
all this has been an arrogant. gen.
eral denial, coupled with gross
abuse in unstinted measure poured /
out upon individuals supposed to /
have been instrumental in exposing
the crimes that We're perpetrated
against the franchise, in the inter
est Of "Liberal'' manipulators.
1t has been charged that the 1
Peoples Party managers employed 1
detectives to aid them in carrying
tbs election. How could the detec- |
tives have done this? In no possible |
way except by exposing "Liberal''
frauds. The detectives could not /
register nor vote. An innocent man
cares not how many detectives
may be watching him, but breaker
of the law is the enemy and ira
Queer of its officers, and especially
of the one 10 whom he owes his con-
viction. This accounts for the ven
omous attacks that have been made
upon Captain John Boniicld.
The accusation that he imported
4 set Of criminals to aid him in
detecting crime among the Glib
erals'' is sufficiently answered by
the declaration that, of all the list
Of such characters published by the
chief "Liberal'' organ as in the en-
ploy Of BOnfield or the Peoples
Central Committee, only two were
even known to either, and those
two were O'Brien the renegade and
Ella Neither Bonfield nor any
II the Peoples Central Committee /
lad any knowledge Of the existence
u either Of the other men said TO
ave been in their employ, and who i
we're all ''Liberals'' SO far as they :
now or have reason to believe.
The crimes committed in the in :
crest Of the "Liberal'' party, and r
rhich have been fully and explicit u
recoGnted in these columns. re- n
lain stern, Immovable, unalterable y
lets, OF peculiar historical in y
rest and significance. Bluff :,
wager and abuse, backed up by ali "
lie counter-charges and brazen ~
,nials the "Liberal'' organ will n
FER be able TO invent or print, will .,
OF expunge them from the record Il,
the times. Neither will they al
event an overwhelming exposure n,
them at tine deemed proper. r.
ne other side pretend to want a h,
Her exhibit. They have no need tr
fret on that score. Perhaps they m
u wish in due time they had not of
ade the demand. m