The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-01
a FAIR ELECTION WANTED.

"a fair election as THE HERALD IN
derstands and advocates IT, is one at
which every legal voter is free to cast one
ballot containing the names of candi-
dates whom he wishes to support; also
from which ali persons not legally enti-
tied to vote are excluded. 1t does not
matter whether they are called Liberals,
Republicans, Populists or Democrats.
The views of the voters have nothing to
do with the question The paper that
says THE HERALD means by g fair cleo
ton ssto keep Liberal citizens from vot-
ing' wilfully and maliciously lies. We
would be pleased if we could consistently
modify the language and say it is mis-
taken, but we and it both know better.
THE HERALD desires that the registra-
ton lists shall be purged of all names
that are not rightfuIly upon them, be-
cause that is essential to a fair election :;
it viii uphold the registration officers
in the work of legal purgation,
1t viii not endorse the striking
from the lists of the name of any legal
voter. 1t is notorious that ever since
the Liberal registration of 1889 many
hundreds of names have been left upon
the lists of persons who could not and
cannot now be found. They were kept
there by Liberal registration officers in
violation OF law. They were retained for
the purpose of keeping open avenues to
fraudulent registration and voting. The
matter is and has been a public scandal
and disgrace to all concerned in it.
The election laws require the erasion OF
such names from the lists. 1t is not only
lawful but right in itself that they should
be expunged. Who wants them retained?
Does any Democrat or Republican in the
city contend for their retention? Is there
any one but the rank, rabid Liberal fac
ton and its organ that opposes the oper-
ton of the law and seeks to obstruct the
registrars in their duty?
We want a fair election. This is the
desire OF all the decent people of the city.
The better portion of those who have
trained with the Liberal organization are
united with the Democrats and the Re-
publicans in this wish. And they in
tend to see that it shall be realized.
The tricks and lodges which have
disgraced the conduct of election affairs
under Liberal manipulation are disgust
ing to these gentlemen and they are de-
termined to prevent their prevalence now
and in the future.
Let the Liberal organ attack the regis
tration officers if it will. Let it fume and
fret and swear and sweat over the purga-
ton of the lists as much as it may, the
work must go on. HOBBS brought into
town and given work as the price of their
votes must not be permitted to take part
in the election, by assuming the dummy
names left on the lists in past years for
this purpose.
Every bona fide resident citizen of the
United States who has really made this
city his home and has resided in the terri
tory six months and in The precinct
one month, mnst be protected in his right
to vote, and THE HERALD will do iUs
part in maintaining that right if he is the
rankest Liberal that swears by Powers.
But the transient, the new conner, the
alien and the hobo had better not allow
themselves to be persuaded to try to vote,
either in their own name or that OF an
other, furnished to them by Liberal
heeler, or they will be likely to find them
selves within prison walls. This time we
mast have a fair election.