The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-01-10
PROVO CITY. JAN. 10, Il
THE ELECTION CASES.

THE ELECTION CASES.
Yesterday the commission arrived
at the conclusion that there had been
fraud in the election cases from San
pete county, and the commission
reached the conclusion that it would
issue the certificates to the republican
candidates from the tally lists and with
out other evidence. The evident frauds
were committed without any knowledge
of the commission, its clerks OF attend
ants. and hence the results as in Ii
Gated. This should not end the iDves-
tigation by any means. The search
should be continued until the guilty
parties are found and just rebuke be
administered. The commission has
acted in perfect good taith all the time,
and the result arrived at is competent
proof of this. Their only anxiety has
been to arrive at the truth. In view
of this result it should follow that the
Tribune and all other influences which
have been bounding the members of
the commission should make amends
by publicly stating that the members
are fully relieved from any and every
taint or suspicion of fraud, either at
tempted or contemplated. The pur-
pose has been to turn up bottom facts
and to let the blame fall where the
guilt was located. ofcourse the conclu-
sion reached settles the fact that there
is to be republican majority in the
convention. AS bad as this may
be, it is still better than
fraud as much as we desire to
sec a democratic majority in the con-
stitutional convention. yet infinitely
better that than that the democrats
hold it and owe the ascendancy to
fraud. The result is not compliment
arY we grant, but we feel proud that
no taint can attach to the democratic
commission. We are aware that in our
American system great latitude is al
lowed to partisanship, yet when this
latitude goes beyond the point OF fair
ness and honesty, it must De checked
by the strong hand of justice, and
every good citizen of the state must
rally tc the side of law and justice and
say to the perpetrators of fraud, be-
gone, we will have nothing to do with
you. 1t is subject of no little salts
faction that in all this examination the
courts have had the active co-opera-
tion, not of the commission only, but
of every reputable democrat in the
territory. The end and the only end
sought was justice. That has been
found and now nothing is required but
q certiication of the honest result.
1t is true that this conclusion settles
the sanpete cases but it by no means
settles others equally as important, and
equally covered up and clouded in
doubt. Let the commission proceed to
the end as it has done so far, accord
ing to law, and let the blame fall where
it may. We cannot afford to
hold a majority unless it is clear un-
mistakeable and totally relieved cf any
suspicion of fraud or wrong doing on
the part of any man or any influence
whatever.
Weare very sure that the above are
the sentiments of any and every hon.
est democrat in Utah county as they
are unquestionably of this paper
Doubtless this matter is the uncon-
templated result by men who have had
little or no experience in the conduct
of elections. Men unframed to the
clerkly duties of conductors of popular
elections are liable to make these mis-
takes and others of a similar nature
Intent to defraud must be established
ere fraud can be charged. Most GER
tainly that intent is totally absent in
this case. Now let good democrats
everywhere unite with hon est republi-
cans in condemning those who hsyC
wrongfullY and recklesEly conspirec
to defeat the popular will as expressed
by the ballot In the last election.
The people will look for the full elu
cldation of this matter with the keenest
possible interest.