, 1890-02-13
IT WAS a GREAT VICTORY.
Mormons hlia.o Fraud az Every
Description.

s7hLt isNhE VIII NNtNs ftO. ILL.,
Everything in Salt Lake Is quiet to-day,
and business has resumed its normal
condition, and were ii not for tho deco
rations upon the houses of the Gentle
citizens, there would bc no indications
Of the great political battle which closed
last night.
The official returns OF Yesterday
election were received this morning, and
give George NJ. scott Gentilcl, for
mayor, majority of 500; Louis II.
Vans, (Gcntile) for recorder, $50; J. u.
Walden tGcntilc) for treasurer, go; T..
u. Cluto tdentile), for assc ssor. i66 j..
VI. Young (dentile), for marshal, 773.
The remainder of the Gentle ticket,
including fifteen councilmen, were
elected by a majority ranging from GCO
to i00. This gives them control of tho
municipal council for tie first time in
the history of the city.
FRAUDS ALLEGED By rnR MoENovs.
In discussing yesterIay's election The
Herald, the organ of the peoples party
and the Mormon church, says: "Ihe
votes havo been cast and counted and
the result announced. We nre glad that
election day has gone, and, with the
people generally, hope never 10 sec
smother such campaign. Most sincerely
do We hope that another such election
may never be held ia this city or in any
other in this territory, on their face
the returns show n majority for the lia-
cral ticket and ~ majority that will as.
tonish those who are not familiar with
the methods prncticcd by that orgnnizi.
tion. We don't beiieys that there is an
Intelligent man in this community who
thinks for moment that the liberals
have any such number Of legal voters as
cast ballots for the ticket Monday, and
We do not believe there rarely IL ever
was moro crooked election. Certainly
nothing like II ever occurred here.
Wo do believe that the poo
plo's party have the most lawful voters; 4;
and that Hirnnd square shONing wout III
demonstrate this to tho satisfaction of
every body. Fraud. illegal registration
and the dislranchisemcnt Of legal Nor
mon voters were practiced by the libcr-
ais without opposition, ard by these
means only have they won the day. II
was unquestionably - crooked election.
and to what extent the croOkcdncss was
carried We don't pretend 10 say. The
liberals get "A majority of the votes as
they set out to do last sn miner, but now
that the campaign and election have
ended, unsatisfactory as the result Is,
no memberof the peoples party must
forget that he is u citizen of salt Lake.
More than ever are we interested Ia tho
welfare OF this lovely city, and hear,ior
than ever we pull for its welfare. Yes
terday's work may he an error, bur 10 il
not yet discouraGing. and is in no sense
disappointing. We must see to IL that
salt Lake does not suffer from IL, and
also see that there shall be put upon the
city nothing to check or retard her prog
ress."
OPINION OF THE pEsrREr aEws.
The Dcserct News says 'srhe munich
palclection of this city was carried by
the liberals tgentiles) yesterday by "a
majority of sou. Tie process BY which
this result was reached is notorious. The
party in whose hands was the entire
manipulation of this election business
ran special trains ON the Rio Grande
railroad, and registered gangs of men
clear To Colorado who had not the
qualification OF voters, being non-rcsl-
dents After the lists were made. fully
ono-half OF the peoples party = registered
voters were challenged by citation to ap-
pear before the registers and show cause
why their names should not be stricken
OH. Tho names Of those who tailed to
appear were removed from the lists.
Others, who had been polysamists, but
arc not now. were treated In a similar
manner. in contravsntion OF the decisions
ol the supreme court oi the
United States.
Illegal voters found when they ap-
peared at the polls that thcir names had
been removed from tho registers list,
and without even n challenge AT tho
voting places ali the liberals challenged
Ior any cause were permitted to swear In
their votes, while Ia two Of the precincts
ut least not one challenged member Of