Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-01-31
WHAT WILL BE DONE?

THERE are no important facts set
forth in the exposure of Liberal"
corruption contained in this morn
ing's Herald which have not been
publicly known, to a moral GER
tinty in this city for weeks, except
the manner in which those facts
were collected and reduced to tan
gible form. That a registration car,
equipped with whisky and cigars,
having on board agents OF the
''Liberal'' party whose design was
to corruptly swell its vote prepaFa-
tory to the coming municipal cleo
ton, made a trip over the Rio
Grande Western and registered a
host of men, has been a IA
miliar topic Of discussion for
month. AS soon as it was
learned that the number Of names
on the registration list of the
Second Precinct had been very
nearly doubled since the August
election, an approximate estimate
of the extent to which fraud
ulent registration had been carried
could easily be made.
Several hundred names have
teen placed upon the list of
chat precinct which are I'M
derstood to have no legal nor
moral right TO be there. The evil
dence of this now exists in the form
OF affidavits, which describe in de-
tail the manner in which the names
were registered, where the registra-
ton was done, who did it, when it
was done, who the men are who
were prevailed upon TO sign the
oath, the means used to get their
names, etc. In short, all the essen
tial facts, including minute details
as to persons, times and places,
put in the most distinct aud
positive form, are at hand for use,
and the substance Of them is before
the public, with a notarial seal
affixed thereto.
A most villainous plot, damnable
from whatever standpoint it may be
viewed, is laid so bare that not a rag
nor latter Of concealment is left that
will aid in covering its hideous.
mOnstrous form. A crime OF such
magnitude has been committed, and
the guilt Of the perpetrators has been
made SO clear, that, had the thing
happened in some sections OF this
glorious Union their lives would not
be worth pins fee, and in no State
could they have one ray of hope to
escape a heavy penalty. Their efense
Is so brazen and so enormous, and
there are so many witnesses who
know Of it, that under no free gov
eminent on earth outside of Utah
would they have a ghost Of chance
to escape the vengeance Of the law.
Yet what will be done? Will
George NJ. Scott and, the honorable
portion Of the Liberal" party said
TO be represented by him, remain
silent and inert under the glare of
this exposure? VIII the Utah Com
mission disclaim ali authority to in
terfere? VIII District Attorney
Narian take no cognizance Of the
crime? viii the United States
Marshal and his force remain quies-
cent? VIII All these sit supinely by
and witness 50 TnOnstrous crime as
the stealing ola great city by such q !
gang rs that which has been mauip-
ulating the registration here q
We have courts OF law clothed |
with the usual powers. VIII they |
so rule as TO make the consumma-
ton Of this great wrong possible?
Or may the people, whose rights
and property are thus jeOpardized,
appeal to them successfully, and
enlist their authority in the interest
of justice?
If this great wrong shall go IN
checked to triumphant issue. there
will rest upon the heads Of the gov
eminent officials in this Territory a
damning guilt If this city eau be
stolen, the Territory can be. If the
crime now so thoroughly exposed
shall be permitted to succeed in its
it is only question Of a
few months when the entire
Of Utah can
be plundered by conspirators at their
own untrammeled will. Elections
will he farces, the people will be
slaves, ami worse than anarchy viii
prevail. All this is included in the
purpose which has instigated the
outrage we are speaking of. a
more INSCRIPTIONS set Of manipu-
iators than its instigators would be
hard indeed to find. What will be
done about it? VIII it be permitted
70 succeed