The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-02
But They Stand Aghast at the
Presence of BOnfieId.
NO DENIAL OF THOSE CHARGES,
The Herald Bombsnel Creates a Panic-sr.
Wells Name Restored-A Pointer from
Scofeld- Confidence at Headquarters.

y It's VIGOROUSLY open secret that ther
e is a widespread feeling of consternatio
/ pervading the Liberal ranks.
u The bombshen The HERA1,n throw inf
the Liberal camp Friday was veritabl
r doubly charged dynamite, nitro-disma
dealing proiectile, and the noise it made i
! exploding reverberated from one end of tn
town to the other and shook the Liberia
) citadel to it's centre.
The plain, direct, blunt and open state
ments made for the first time that Ri
Grande engine number 20, in charge of En-
g glneer H. w. BURRows-or BURROUGHS. a
we are now informed that it is spelled
4 and Conductor LAMB--ran out to the Colo
rado line ION certain day Just befor,
; Christmas; that they carried as passenger
TWO notable personages with registratio,
books and blanks in their possession. anf
That they registered gangs of workmen al
Spanish Fork, Thistle. Mill Fork Soldiers
summit, Z. V. Junction, Kyune, Castle
Gate, Price, Lower crossing. Cisco and
half dozen sidings, with the publication
OF the workmen's affidavits, all of whom
mad been registered in these gangs-created
amazement among one branch of the Lib.
erals, anxiety among another, and conster.
nation among third
Inc sensation caused by this part of
the article was as nothing, however. COM
pared to that occasioned when it was pro-
claimed that the noted Captain Bonfield. of
chicago, with force of detectives, had
been quietly at work among the Liberals
ever since these frauds began in Noyem-
per, that 1t was these detectives who had
fnrnlshed the reports of the memorable
run OF that registration car that; they were
still at work among the Liberals; that thew
had mingled freely in the Liberal circles
from the quarter de Hegeny to the Alta
CUB ITSELF and tnat they were
IN possession of important cam
palgn secrets. A general sense
- - " OAt OlC CIUSG Ol a shoulder
ing volcano and hldeous fear of hearing
something drop, spread far and wide among
the Liberal hordes, and diffused itself
from thechief rogues down to the humblest
vagrant who had allowed his name to 90 on
the fraudulent list.
Up to last evening sixty hours had passed
since the plain, blunt statement came ont
that that run was made and the lists
swelled by names registered on the rail
road; time enough one would think for MIR.
would-be Assessor and Collector Cute to
rise and explain about the presence of all
those names Oh his books. mr. for tho
Tribune, the organ of those five pure regis
trars, or for that incarnate holy of bolies
Judge Powers, to deny that such run was
made, or to bring Engineer Burrows Tor
Burroughs and Conductor Shorty Lamb
or the Rio Grande Western train
dispatcher testify that engine 20 never
made the run as alleged and that the two |
notable personages were not passengers.
and that no gang were registered. and that
the men were not ministered to from a
glass and demiiohn after they had put
their names down, and been told ssto keen
it quiet'
But silence, deep, dark, impenetrable
silence covers it all. The only thing that
could be construed into a response is the
shrek of despairing vagabond, uttered
against Captain Bonfield in the Tribune
editorials. The captain. however, is emf
1ently able to take care of himself, as the
foul night scavenger of the Tribune will
find
The HERALD article, it is said, caused q
TASTY council of the Liberal leaders on
Eriday. Requests were pouring in ON ,
hem from the respectable element of their
arty making inquiry about those affidavits
would they be denied, and could they be
explained prominent bishop of one of
he non-Mormon churches paid a personal ,
'lslt to THE HERALD counting rooms to !
ecure an account of the charges, and it is l
Inspected he asked his party leaders for an
None was given, because
zone could be given. The party had
altered the acts of the registrars by re- {
varding them for their services with [
omlnations to Office. 1t could not now a
epudlate these acts. There was only one e
hing to do, to raise the cry, ga Mormon
rick, and that cry was raised. MANY of 4
he enquirers went home perfectly salts S
led. The Rio Grande railroad run, the
egistration of gangs of workmen, the .
emljohn and the two notable personages L
'ere all swept out of sight and explained
way 1t remains to be seen whether the
gentleman referred to will be :.
atisfied with this explanation. If he does z
OF, will he have the courage to denounce q
ne registration outrages from his pulpit to-
,-day We shall see what we shall see.
But big class of Liberals not satisfied q,
re the rag tag and bobtail element regis
red out on the line and now beginning to
rive in this city by foot, by team and by b
fat and box-car service. u
eedless to say, their arrivals are not :,
lronicled in their party journal.
HUNDREDS OF MEN