The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-18

check upon the rise in rates OF in
terest and return to the ordinary
business methods freed from the fear
which has paralyzed trade and in
dustry, will introduce US to the ap-
preaching winter better prepared for
it's rigors and inclemency.
A "CANDID" LIBERAL EXPLANATION.
The Liberal organ publishes what
it calls candid and fair explanation
about Fred Trimmer's naturalization.
He says he took out his first papers
in Colorado in 1884 and voted there
for six years. When he came here he
found his name on the rolls as a voter
and has voted every time he has had
the chance. The Tribune says ''he has
been a consistent and answering
Liberal and he has voted accordingly
at every election. About three weeks
ago he went before the district court
and took out his full papers. The
reason he did that was because in the
recent registration his naturalization
papers were called for and then for
the first time he learned he was not
entitled to vote. But he never in
tended to do anything unlawful, of
course.
This may be very candid" but it is
one of those explanations that do not
explain. 1t is strange, to say the
least, that d business man of his ex-
.perience should be so lacking in in
formation as not to know that an
alien could not be a citizen of the
United States unless he was natural
lied. He had no right to vote in
Colorado. But when he came here
how did he find his name on the rolls
as voter?" How did it get there?
That is an interesting question.
According to. another explanation that
did not explain, about three years ago
"a Colorado young mans name was
'found on the list of voters and he
had not been here three months. He
never authorized it's enrolment and
he did not take the registration oath,
but the Liberal organ tried to shuttle
over the matter by saying his name
was on a piece of paper on the regis
trar's table and was put on the list
by mistake.
Now did Mr.. Trimmer ever take the
registration oath? If not who put his
name on the rolls as a voter?" If so
how does he explain that he swore he
was a citizen of the United States
when he was not?
But the Tribune vouches for him
as "a consistent and answering Lib
eral who has voted accordingly at
every election Certainly. That
would be very Consistent for a Lib
eral, but if he had been on the other
side in politics he would have COM
mitted a terrible crime in the eyes of
the Liberal organ, and ignorance of
the law would be no excuse, but be
laughed at in person who had fig
ured SO prominently before the pub
lie.
This is one among many similar
unexplainable things about the old
Liberal registration. Quite a number
of people found their names on the
rolls as voters" to their own surprise;
but in every case they were expected
to vote the Liberal ticket. At the
same time hundreds of legal voters,
old residents of this city, as well as
comparatively new corners, found it
very difficult to obtain registration be-
cause they were purposely lodged by
the Liberal registrars who had spotted
them as non-Liberals.
The fact that two or three thousand
names were found on the rolls by the
present registrars and the persons
coull not be found shows that there
were good many unexplainable
things about the previous registra-
lions. And the rage of the Liberal
organ over the purging of the lists,
although it is required by law and
suggested by the Utah Commission,
was consequent upon the exposure of
Liberal methods which it occasioned
If there are other gentlemen who
found their names on the rolls as vot-
ers illegally and have, as consistent
Liberals, voted accordingly ever
since" they had better not try to
make so candid an explanation as
that attempted in this instance, for
it would only make necessary more
work for the grand jury. This is
rather hard time for that stripe of
consistent and answering Liberals
They cannot boast of grand Jurors
who stand pledged to throw out all
charges against Liberals for Illegal
voting. However, since Mr.. Trimmer
has been so candid we hope his al
legged ignorance will soften the awk-