Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-03
FRAUD AND INTIMIDATION.

THE "Liberals" appear to have
settled upon a policy Of intimida-
ton in connection with the most
stupendous and bare-faced fraud.
Neither element of their course will
result in benefit to them. 1t rem
ders their ultimate defeat more GER
tain.
As an evidence of the purpose OF
intimidation, as an auxiliary to that
Of unparalleled fraud, we have cited
the threats contained in the chief
"Liberal'' organ, in relation to in
voking the aid of United States
troops to help consummste the pro-
posed election steal. That unscru-
pulous journal keeps halnmering
away in the same direction, and, as
additional evidence of the proposed
terrorization part Of the scheme, we
present this extract from an article
that appears in its yesterday morn
ing's issue:
Two prominent government officers
think it would be wise TO have four
companies Of infantry and two sections
OF artillery from Fort Douglas within
easy reach on election day. They need
not he out in the streets a; all, but
kept where in case Of trouble they
could easily be called out. General
Butler tried that sort Of thing in New
York when Lincoln was elected the
second time. An outbreak was feared
from the admirers Of Horaiio Sey-
rnour, so General Butler was sent to
Gotham with several thousand troops.
He had his headquarters at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. and Geographic COM
munications were complete with every
police station house in the city. while
the troops we're quartored in the base
ments OF the principal hotels.
1.-TWO prominent government Off
GERS" Yes. That is good. Let
them act in the premises. The
people are pacific in their DISPOSE
ton. There are never fewer than two
parties to a fight. The people do
not intend to engage in n rough and
tumble row, notwithstanding the
greatness Of the provOcation. Their
strength lies in an unhroken attitude
Of peacefulness. This will be shown
Throughout. The greater the frauds
perpetrated by the other side in
attempting TO wipe ont the Peoples
majority, and the'more pronounced
the intimidation by which these
transactions are backed, the brighter
and fairer the prospect for victory.
The peaeeable disposition of ma
jority Of the citizens Of Salt Lake
will be manifested to the end. Con-
sequently, let the "two prominent
officials'' carry out
their ideas and thus commit a
breach Of the law in relation 10 |
placing United States troops within 1
a specified distance Of the polls on |
an election day. It viii do no harm |
to the people, bit perhaps the pres
entaton that would be made to the
in relation to,the action
If the "two prominent government
would not do them much
good.
What does the organ of the fraud
perpetrators mean by the parallel in
egard to an alleged action of
General Butler in New York and
tating that his headquarters
Tere established at Fifth Avenue
Hotel 20 Is this an intimation that
be Continental Hotel, operated and
onducted by the business partner
( the "Liberal'' candidate for Nav
r, would be an excellent place at
hitch to muster the troops? 1t Ger.
AMY would be uniform with the
ction Of the city registrar in chang I
lg the polling place of the {
eeoRd Precinct from the County !
curt House to the Continen. Q
i. The lstter establishment is S
convenient place for conduct Il
g the work OF 'LiberaI' PERSONAL a
e. Perhaps the "two prominent +
'vernment officials" are Of opinion Z
at that kind of political jugglery U
ould have the protection of the
nited States troops. We hardly Il
lagine, however, that this great il
vernment will share that view Of Sc
e subject. al
Anyway the presence of troops al
II be neither here nor there to the Il
ople who are being defrauded by "
process that has no parallel in the CT
tory Of any civilized country. ii
iey are determined that so far as nj
y are concerned the election of
III be free from violent outbreaks. la
cir power lies in self-controI, in so
'ir large majority OF legal voters pr
this city and in their knowledge It's
he most abominable and fraudu- iai
( political operations on record no
nmitted by the opposition. en-