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

Nisn a weak case is apt TO ohalIenp
the impartial character ofthe iudg5
and your suggestion in this regar
lneites from US the observation tina
The proofs which you refer to a
being In your possession may bay
force on your own minds, whicI
you are conscious they would not re
fleet upon others.
Third-YOur third suggestion Tia
service could not be had on the Der
sons whom you would desire d
challenge, because of their non
residence, need hardly be replied 10
II the proof which you indicate yol
nave IN your possession exists, i
would supply the rngans OF purgini
the sist ard lie equally effective as /
the persons would respond in per
son.
We may state in this connection
that the challenges which our com
inlttee have caused to ts mad,
against pergons Registered In n sin
gle precinct In this city has resulted
IN developing the fact In aboui
NIFTY eases that the parties 90 chal
lenged had given their residence,
upon vacant lots, and at other time,
at points where such persons were
utterly unknown TO the parties whC
did reside there. This proves that
persons have registered who hav,
no residence In the city 70 con,
sideratl e e-tent, VINO are not of the
hloeTal party, and that such regis.
tratlon needs the attention which
we have given il and which YOU
so emphatically declined.
In conclusion, and without in.
tending to he disfespectful. we
must be permitted to say that the
attitude which you have assurtied In
TINS important matter Is one That is
most remarkable. You permit the
aesrrtion TO go before your people
daily through the organs OF your
party that frauds are contemplated
and are being manipulated in the
interest Of your opponents in most
important election. 1t Is boosted
that the most ample and completss
PROOF exists OF a conspiracy 10 carry
the election by fraud, and yet with
these proofs in your possession and
ready for exposure you decline all
the means the law provides for their
redemption, aud, folding your hands
before the public, declare that YOU
Will do nothing, either in your own
party's cause or in the public in
terest for the laws OF vindication or
TO assist those who are doing 50.
We may say in our opinion your
attitude is one that is unjust 10 the
public interests. No good citizen
has right to stand idly by and see
the laws violated, and refuse to
make an effort TO prevent it. His
doing 50 must suggest that his al
legations are pretense and that nc
is conscious that they cannot be
supported. II the Peoples party
should be beaten at the February
election, II would BE, we respectfully
urge, much ri,Ore to Its credit that il
should have made its greatest effort.
than that it should come out of the
contest declaring it could have won
the victory if il had used the proper
means. If it should he defeated by
the means which it suggests, its
defeat will be 4 disgrace TO itself
hardly equalled by triumph won
10y its opponents because OF its dere-
LECTION.
We confess to extreme disappoint-
rlent that we cannot have your CO.
operation in our efforts to secure a
fair election, but feeling thst our
duty 10 our own party and to our
city cannot be discharged except by
persevering in our efforts to secure
1t, and again regretting that this
labor is left 10 us alone, we are, my
very dear sir, yours respectfully,
q. w, POWERS, Chairman.
Louis HANS, Secretary.
No wonder the recipients of the
letter scrutinized the signatures to
he sure that such a document had
emanated from the ''Liberal'; COM
mittee. 1t might have passed as a
Joke. but even those acquainted
with the ''gall'' of n party that
would run n special train over the
r. G. w. 10 get names fraudulently
on the registration lists, were sur
prised that il was meant in earnest. |
The arrogant assumptions and dicti-
torial expressions in the paper were
intended as sober expressions. So
ordinary courtesy called for a reply,
and the Peoples committee made
one that is eninenuy suitable to the
occasion Here il is:
HEADQUARTERS PEOPLES NUM-
CITAL CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
SALT LAKE CITY,
February 4, 1890.
Hon. Orlando w. Powers, Chair
man Salt Lake City Liberal
Committee;
Dear Strive are directed by the
Peoples Municipal Central Com
mittee to say:
We are not surprised at the regret
expressed in your campaign dOcu-
ment of the 3rd inst. In fact we
rather expected and even desired
that your party should be disap-
pointed by our response to your
former communication. Nor are we
surprised at the reasons alleged by
your committee for your regret. We
expected these reasons TO be, rs they
are, marked less by clndor than 10y
cu9ning. Since you consume 50
much space 10 construct OR motives,
permit us, with all due respect, to |
briefly elucidate your own. 1t was
your manifest desire TO learn the
nature Of the proofs held by us |
against your party. That we re-
fused your modest request is sufii- |
cient reaton for the melancholy |
air assumed in your second letter.
Nor are we now to be drawn into an |
exchange Of campaign secrets, dis
and policy-despite the al
fectation Of cOrdial unreserve visi-
BILE in your lengthy communication
Of yesterday. such an exchange
would be unfair; for We have no
perjury to protect and no fraud 10
palliate. Your party seeks to deny
us much; do not, we beg, deny US
our right 10 act as the guardian of /
our own information, nor the right |
to proclaim that information at the
hour and place in which the cause
Of Justice will be best served. Ii is a
ambition which seeks TO
run both sides OF political cam
paign.
Your adroit assumption of solicit
tude concerning the result to us Of
our refusal TO ''co-operate'' with
you, If it were real sympathy, would
be misplaced sympathy. Charity
begins at home; in some cases it
would better stop there. All your
should be for the persons
who have committed perjury at
and the persons who have
and permitted il. If it
were all bestowed there we could
not share your bounty. We expect
10 win the election; and we intend
70 win il honestly. We do not sup
pose that the hundreds of names
which have been fraudulently
stuffed into the registration lists
will be recognized as the names Of
egal voters; we do not suppose that
me man will be permitted 10 vote
,ften without NUNS hment: we do