Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-11
NOT DEFEATED But ROBBED.

heard from a sOlll4lA l-4ocIal III
he was not permitted to regist
and vote. So far as known, or eve
intir1ated from any source, any ma
desiring 10 vote the Liberal
ticket had every obstacle remove
from the path leading to that oppo
tunity.
On the other hand, ever since tn
house to houss registration began
complaints without number, base
on the most substantial grounds
have resounded all along the line 0
the Peoples Party. AS was amply
shown in the investigation befor'
the Utah Commission, the crosses
discrimination was practieed by
the registrars during the house
to house canvass. "Liberals" were
registered wherever met with by
the registration officers, either
night or day; while the houses Of
Peoples Party voters We're avoided,
and their owners harassed and I'M
peded in the attempt to register.
Scores or Peoples Party voters have
been compelled to devote the whole
or part Of day, for many days in
succession, to the task Of getting
their names upon the registry lists.
Naturally, under the circumstances,
some OF them became Disguised and
discouraged, while others had all
their attempts to register defeated,
though qualified in every respect.
Then came the scenes in the old
Eagle Foundry building, where the
registrars sat for 4 = eek to register
names not entered on the lists dur.
ing the house to house visitation. 1t
stormed almost continuously dur
ing that week, and applicants
for registration were compelled to
stand on the sidewalk in the snow,
sleet and rain, often for hours at a
time, in ordert 70 secure an interview
with the arrogant official who con-
trolied their destinies so far as the
elective franchise was concerned.
Here again the groSsest discrimina-
tion was exercised against Peoples
Party voters, many Of whom were.
on frivolous and unlawful grounds. |
denied the right to register.
Next came the notorious Webb
crusade. When it began, the Peo-
PIES Party managers estimated their
strength at something over 1900.
OF these about 400 received cbaI-
lenges from Webb, nearly all of
which we're known TO be utterly
ba5eless at the time they were is
sued. The scheme was not to sun
port the challenges, but TO take adj
vantage Of the default OF such as
Jailed to promptly appear and an.
swer, 10y striking their names off
the lists. These challenges reduced |
the strength Of the Peoples Party
1t is estimated, from $50 to 900.
Notwithstanding the rulings OF the &
Utah courts audofthe SupremeCourt ,
Of the United States. 10 the efT:-.,. .L-.
the legal disabilities Of polygamists I
ceased When poiygamouss status
ceased that is, when they ceased to
have more than one wife, the regis +
trars ruled that "once 4 polygamist
always a polygamist,'' and on the n
strength of this contradiction Of the e
courts and common sense. thew 4
struck Off names Of such as had onca 7
had more than one wife at the same ;,
time. :
Under the provisions Of sectioD h
2eoT Of the Revised Statutes Of the n
Onitst States, man qualified TO c,
register ami vote, whose name II
through the wrongful acts or omis. d.
ions OF the registration officers ol
ais to appear on the registry lists
nay, on making at the polls nm
itidavit to hisqualifications. be per-
nitted 70 cast his ballot. The bena-
its Of this law were uniformly
rsnted to ''Liberal'' voters during 'e
he progress Of the ballotipg. bnt
'ere uniformly denied 10 voters Of Al
ne Peoples Party, about 200 NJ III
HON made an iavits in the vari- e
US precincts. 20
BY the foregoing methods. the W.
rength Of the Peoples Party was Sol
ecimated to the extent Of several sta
lndred. Their loss throupb IN. no
nproPer and unlawful tactics NJ fer
ie "Liberal" officials and maninU- rec
tors, would, in all probability oe'
Mount to 500 votes. This estimate be
made in all soberness and candor scr
ID Is confidently given as under the
ther than over the truth. tina
AT the time Of tie Investigation wei
Tore Judge Anderson, it was well wit
own that there were, in this city VIII
7eFai hundred men who had not Tor
en naturalized, but who were in ONT
npathy with the Peoples Party. doe
e decision in which that hearing one
minated put stop TO the natur- De G
saiion Of aliens who would NOT "
e the "Liberal'' ticket. and de- tell
we'd the People,s Part, - -. side
erve force which had not. of Iecti
irse, taken part in any previous viii
npaign. slap
ne act OF the Utah Commission raol'
appointing to judicial authority
registrars, under circumstances HJ
enabled them to pass iudicialIy
without the possibility of appeal Tt
n their decision, upon their own at ba
awful doings, was a fragrant Scott
ng, such as would, in any Stlte Rms
uiOn' oe held sufficient to 4 re
Ter the election null and void ON of mi
ntest.
nj now We come to the climax inoni
which the Liberals, canned in .,
. sc Vi irauus' wrongs and Isado
wful aets-that special regis "I,ib,
On train which went from We
cry over The Rio Grande decea
tern Railroad, to the Col that
mt mat such a train flag /
. u.h Trip has been in whose
tadmitted by the chief "Liber- from
~n. lhai men we're unlaw- cal ca
registered by the hundred, blem
A' mp mas, we under have
b been fully proven by many who
- auOei oa'h' Ihatafraud view.
: '9i'e' outrageous and DO ii, and
A.; ~ easily ana so fully prnven I - -.