Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-10

.oFFIcg or raE DEsEREr News
COMPANY,
SALT LAKE., February Z, 1870.
"Col. q. l.. Godfrey, Chairman Utah
Commission.
''Genilemen.-Your favor OF even
date in rela ion TO an article VIII ch
1 appeared in the DEsEREr EyES-Sc
News Of the eth instant Is received.
Although | never wrote or inspired
the article referred to. and did no. see
II uns;i !, was in print, do nos wish
10 avoid any responsibility which
attaches TO me a. editor Of the DIS
EEEr EVENING News. I therefore re-
| ply to your assertion directly.
You say that make among others
this direct charge: That two OF the
registration officers OF ihis city naie n
trip IN 4 special ear over the Rio
Grandc Western aud registered 10y
Wholesale gang after gang 81 en-
plOyss.' &c. l clip from The article
the exact language used, A. follows:
III Il believed - have cuine to be
As well understood 10 every citizen as
i the season OF the year or the sia'e of
tie velther, that two OF the regIs.rs-
ton officers OF this city made
Il "trip in a special ear over the
Rio Grande We>tsrn and REGISTERED by
wholesale gang afe- gang OF employees
found at various points between here
and the Colorado line. The members
II the Titan COMMISSION, il i pre-
sumed, have Iuli information OF this
aaErant crime
You Will observe that instead or
making any direct cnarge' OF the
NrfHHaN
simply commented upon something
tnat j. a topic OF common cOnver>a-
ton. The charge did no. originate
with the DEsEaKT NEWS nor with any
OF lis wri ers.
1t i flir 70 presume that the Utah
Commissioners present in this CITY
have as full inform alton Of !his Il ~
rant crime" - i current in the com
munity. Ard / must confess INV sur
prise n your 81 ement that Ihe Com
HEs>.on and each member thereof
empha icaliy denies having any such
Informal lon"
also respectfully suggest that II
the Commission really dc-ire 10 20 TO
the bottom OF TINS notorious aif.lir
i1cra mus. be better means Of reach
ing II than through newspaper chan
nelS. The nam Of the appOIutce> Of
the Comm iSsiuu who are said 20 have
pcrpc' T.lie one Of the most shameful
attempts 1t fraui ever commUi ted ia
the 1untrv are banded about by the
public, and, ~ the DEsERET EVENING
NEWS mas INT mated, ,uust sure v have
come 10 the ears Of the Commits >iou.
am, gentlemen, very re-Pec fully
yours, CHA>. W. PENR0SE,
= lltnr tESEREg y EgyS
st that lime was satisfied that the !
reports commonly circulate / concern
ing illegal reg stTatiou along the line
OF the Rio Gande Western Railway
were true. But the direct evidences
which have been obtained in proof Of |
those rep'rIs were not then within INV I
reach. Even il they had been ut my |
disposal it is probable shat should |
have deemed it prudent to withhold 4
them for lime, in consideration OF /
the intense party feeling tIat then pre-
vailed, and the indispusition t. deal |
Justly . ith the Peoples Party ex- /
by all who possessed power 20 /
correct the wrongs that were being
perpetratsd.
A. the conies is now over and the
bitterness It provoked Is somewhat!
l!iayed. and as / think you should be
informed 8 10 some OF the di>gracc.ai
acts known to many members OF the
Peoples Party who con-ider ihev
have been de1rauded, submit to Won
copies ola few out ola large /
number OF allidsyits which have ex-
mined, which are bona fde, aud (
which will be carefully preserved FOR
'uture reference. The aGidavlts in re-
,ird 70 the tram registration. some OF
which ] send YOU, coupled with the
ae; n I The names Of the men iuey-
lily registered apycar on the re.is,r,-
ion lists wi boat any address and
hiciiy in the Second Precinct. cs.ab-
ishel, in the minds OF those who have
veil considered the mat er. the assur-
nee that three At least OF your regis
ration officers We're parties 10 the
raud.
1 also send you a few oui'of q very
lrge number of aaidlrits concerning I
le conduct Of the registrars. sitting As
court Of first and lat resort and de-
irving hundreds of legal voters or :
ne right TO east their bIllots at the
alt Lake City election.
And further, add some SAMPLES of
OF other ali iaviss. showing
iat the judges OF election violated
10 law in rejecting woes offered un-
er the provision of section 2)07 Re Q
iSed Statutes of the United States.
Win this Information at hand I feel I
ny duty to place so much at least q,
now send at your disposal: not, c
owevef, with the view OF making d
rs correspondence public. but tina: /.
M may NOT, through silence on NV
Art, be left in ignorance Of the wrong =,
lat has been done to the majority OF
is voiers o! this city. and the cripa-
ie conduct % those officers OF YOUR n
'poin;ment who are noyy enjoying
ie Pecuniary reward OF their unlaw- Q
L work. Very respectfully.
CHARLES ". PESRosE. a
The report says further: &
What purportei to be ailidavits OF !
verai parties accompanied the CON- I
but rs none Of the pl-t!e, D
Importing TO have made them were "
iown TO, or ever heard OF bv. the IA
'mmissiou, with one exception. the al
'mmission had no means of l;now- Il
2 whether they were deserving Of st
sight and creience. even If the n
- alleged in them were worthy OF 3,
,ice.'' :
the some exceptions mentioned m
the sfli iavit of James B. Raw. n,
llch the Commission singles out "a
cause he was said TO have been n
.eetive la the employ Of Capt. st,
niieid and some reflections were m
= upon his character. But they CO
ue no effort TO find out the '.sev- no
j parties" who swore to the facts vi
The alleged registration and their tre
MITIGATION of the registrars who fro
it. Many OF these are tin,
II known and reputable citizens 10,
ne Commission had been imbued ap
h any desire to investigate this VII
tier, ample evidence would have ms
n furnished by those who had it
heir possession at the time. As wi
Is il came within our rtnch we a
ed portion Of it in the hands sh1
Inc Commission, sufficient TO ten
vince any ordinary mind. We 9th
q not 10 SO before. We re- GOV