The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-07-19
What May Be Expected.

1t is quite proper that citizens of Salt
Lake city and county of all political par
ties and opinions should see that they are
duly registered, so that they may be able
to take part in the fall election. But
there is no need to give notice of that
necessity as "a note of warning.' The
kind of men having the registration to do
is of different sort to some that have
been entrusted with the work. We may
confidently expect everything in relation
to it to be attended to on the square.
No citizen who by law is entitled to be
registered need fear that he will be pur-
posely excluded from the list. There will
be nc passing by his house without call
ing, no lodging of his presence when he
wishes to see the registration officer, no
refusal to take his oath when he desires
to make it according to law. Any insin-
uation to the contrary, by whomsoever
made, may be confidently treated as an
ebullition OF spite because men have been
appointed to perform the work who can
not be induced to become the tools of de-
signing persons.
The only people who have any need to
fear are the bogus citizens, non-resi
dents, reporters, impersonators and hired
hobo5 who want to get their names on the
registration lists. They, we believe, will
have hard time of it.
We do not believe. as has been very
shabbily insinuated, that there will be
any attempt to strike off names or put
them on for party reasons. That may be
''genuine party politics" from Liberal
point OF view. 1t is not true Democracy.
We are OF the opinion that ''conscien-
tious scruples'' will have full weight
with the County Registration officer, in
spite OF the gratuitous insult flung at
him from Liberal headquarters. 1t is
very natural, however, that such persons
as make this attack should measure his
honor by their particular and deficient
yard stick.
Under the registration officers recently
appointed by the Utah Commission, we
believe there will bean honest and thor
ough purging of the lists. The dead and
departed and fictitious names will be
stricken off. Vacant lots will not be
credited with numbers of residents. Men
living outside the city will not be regis
tered as residing within its limits. Tran
sients and others who have been here bull
three months or one month will not bt
counted as having resided here for si1
months. Persons who have not taker
the oath will not be registered.
All that may be gall and NORWOOD tc
certain Liberal conspirators, but this
year. S registration is to be honest ano
lawful whether they like it or not. And
if it can be demonstrated that, merely fol
partizan ends or by any wil1ul intent, q
qualified voter is denied registration OF
his name is uniawfully stricken from the
lists, The HERALD will join in every
r1ghtful endeavor to see that justice il
done both as to the rights of the voter
and the punishment of the offender.
Until the registration officers commit
some overt act that will warrant sucf
language as has been used under cover O
a warning against what they are likely Il
do, those insinuations are entirely I'M
called for and betray the character of tn,
Ipersons who utter them. All the same
let every legal voter, Democrat, Republi
can and Liberal, see that he is registered
when the proper time comes, and lie
every honest man aid in securing cleal
and lawful registration list for eighteen
hundred and ninety three.