The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-11
Is 1T A CONSPIRACY?

Perhaps the most scandalous of the
twenty-five nominations made by the Lib
erals at their late conventions were those
of Mr.. j. R. MORRIS and Mr.. R. D.. WIN
TIERS for aldermen from the Third and
Fourth wards respectively. Both these
gentlemen are newcomers; both were
strangers the public until few weeks
ago, and both would, in all probability have
remained strangers to all save the limited
circle of their personal acquaintance had
it not been for the circumstance that they
were recently appointed deputy registrars.
1t is generally understood that they were
selected for that Office because of their
bitter and unreasonable opposition to the
majority class of the community and on
account Of their responsibility. The
United States supreme court having de-
cided that if a citizen has grievance be-
cause of the wrongful administra-
ton of the registration law, he
must proceed against the registrar
personally who is guilty of the wrong, the
Utah commission has adopted the policy of
appointing men of insignificant responsible
ity for registrars. 1t has been charged
that this is done to thwart those members
of the Peoples party who would make a
financially responsible registrar smart.
NORRIS and WINTERS appointments would
seem to bear it out, and while in office they
appeared to be reckless and defiant as to
the rights of members of the Peoples
party, evidently standing in no fear of suits
for monetary damage On the other hand
their partisan friendship for the Liberals
was manifest at all times. While doiog as
little as possible for the People, all that was
In their power to do was done for the
Liberals. They would dodge Peoples
voters, would visit their homes when it
was known the men were absent at
their labors, would refuse to register
People on the street or nights and
mornings at the homes Of the officials, and
would also assume and exercise judicial
functions in deciding that mems citizen
ship papers were irregular and void.
When it came to Liberals the registrars
were more than accommodating. Not only
would they put themselves out to visit Liber-
ais houses when the men were at home,
but they would list Liberals on the street.
in saloons, at the hotels, in offices, early
and late, in fact, anywhere and at any
time.
For all this partisan work as officials
| for doing their utmost as registrars to de-
feat the People and give victory to the
Liberals, the gentlemen have been re-
warded by nominations to two of the i'm.
portant offices in the municipal govern
ment. These nominal ions seem almost
scandalous. They are akin to making a
candidate for office the Judge of election
at which he was voted for.
In this connection it is now
stated that two others of the
five deputy registrars are candidates
for municipal offices; that the name of Mr..
LOUIS HYAMs will be presented to the con
vention next week Dor nomination TO the
city recordership, and that Mr. E. R. CLUTE
will be presented as candidate for CITY
marshal. In the light of the WINTERS and
and MORRIS nominations we can almost
believe the story as to the others. In the
event Of those nominations will it no,
have all the appearance of a conspiracy!
Only one of the five will be left out. an6
he, poor fellow, can join the deputy regis
trar Of Ogden, who during the Liberal iolli
tication in the junction city last February
was overhead TO say: ''And what do
get for all this. 1 get -. Hereafter
they can do their own ID dirty work
| get nothing for all the dirt I've done TO,
the partys''