The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-29


Most cautiously he had taken thai
oath, and that in the most solemn
manner, and people thought it would
simply be binding on him.
Mr.. AXtons duties were not onerous
The hundred thousand dollars and
more had been spent, the frozen ground
had been dug up, the election was
over, and the hobos had departed TO,
pastures new. In his rounds from
house to house he merely had to en-.
quire whether certain men registered
there on his lists still lived there, and
when he was told no
TO ERASE THE SAME THERE,
FROM,
AS the language of the law reads
Did Mr.. Axton do this? No. His
books when he handed them in to the
commission and certified that they
were "a true and correct copy of the
voters living in the Fourth precinct
were and are today honeycombed with
the names of those tramps, hobos and
hired voters who were cleaned out by
Mr.. Ryan on the day after the election
of February, 1892.
Two of these books were inspected
by a Herald representative yesterday
and others, we are assured tell the
same story. There is little group Of
names whose owners, according to Mr.
Axton's books, reside at 1856 [ street
The names themselves are sufficiently
indicative of their Ryanic origin.
James Murray, John Murphy, Johr
Meehan, Stephen McCarty, James Nc.
Cy, Daniel McDermott Con New.
man, Thomas Ryan, Jerry Sullivan
James Sheenan, Jerry Sullivan, vii
liam White, Charles Anderson, Johr
Brennan, John Clary, Thomas Dunn
Fred Davis, J. A. Woodloe, John Cor
man, John Geary, Charles A. Kline
Hugh Leonard.
Not a man in this group of twenty.
two voters was or is known at 1856 J
street
Who does live at1S6 I street? Why, nc
one but Mr. B. Y. Hampton, and there
he had lived for months past and nc
one knew the fact better than John
Axton, ir., himself
Indeed, in its place in the hook
under the letter H, the name s'B. Y
Hampton. 1856 I street." plainly ap-
pears.
This is only one Of many instances
Thomas z. Parry, Alex Russell and
j. H. Oliver are allowed to remain or
the lists as at Branton's camp, vher
that historic spot had been cut Of
existence for more than year. as
Mr.. Axiom very well knew.
Now why did Mr.. Axiom allow these
names to remain on his books? What
could they accomplish for the Liberal
party if their owners had left the pre-
cinct. will be the natural inquiries OF
innocent minded people.
Bless their simple hearts, are they
so ignorant of Salt Lake politics not
to be aware that the Liberal mana.
gers and heelers only wanted the
names on the registration books? eve
do the rest" A herd of hobos in the
back room Of a saloon. slips a paper
with names and addresses, and what
can the judges of election do about it,
Mike Levy, of Grand Junction, car
just as well vote the name of Dennis
Cleary, of Pocatello. as the owner Of
it himself That is the system thai
has won Liberal elections in the past
that is what the Democratic registrars
struck at when they knocked nearly
5000 dead names from the lists, anc
that is what the Citizens committee
is striking at every day in summonine
the herds of scoundrels before Referee
Baldwin.
Those names of hobos in the Fourth
precinct, who were imported to carry
the election OF February 1892 and
then deported by Ryan, were allowed