The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-29
le steady weaving of that conspiracy

racy, etc.
One would think that under such
showing, that, even the majority of
the Utah Commission would become
demoralized and. not press the fraud
any further
After all it is a pitiable conspiracy.
IL shows bad management among the
thieves. If the purpose had been
TO stuff the ballot boxes, why
was not that purpose worked
IN the precincts themselves on
election day. Why did they not
single out the rogues in their party
ana appoint them election judges?"--
December 20.
They (the Utah Commission are try
ing, II possible, to count out enough Re
puolcan delegates and to count in
enough Democrats to obtain control of
the Constitutional Convention"
There is not one thing in the way
except the perversity of the majority
OF the sion."-December 81.
IF we are to Judge at all by their
AIS, the Commission is trying to
g&Hnt out Republican majority of
%Egates to the Constitutional Con-
vsntion. 1t is a disgrace to the Terri
tory. It is advertising this Territory
on the eve of statehood as being a
f1's'oS NiiSiC ~ 10 pOSolDlC lOi IIIG VII OIL
the people to be set aside by the action
OF few men. 1t is advertising further
the fact that Utah contains a few men
who are willing to carry out q. scheme
Of that kind. Jan. d. 1895.
I'VE trust they will see what mathe-
matics Mr.. Letcher invented to try to
find discrepancies and make a justifi-
cation for going to the ballot boxes. It
needs no elaboration at ALAN O.
1885.
The direct falsehood ia the foregoing
paragraph will be better appreciated,
when it is understood that the testi-
mony in court to which it referred,
showed that it was Commissioner
Sherman's method of mathematics and
not Of Chairman Letchers invention,
which the Tribune was denouncing
and also that it was on Sherman's mo-
ton that the ballot boxes were sent
for in the first place.
''Then there is no doubt but what in
order to get the enabling act reported,
the promise was made in Washington
that with that done and with the Com
mission re-organiZed, keeping all the
election machinery in the hands Of
partisan Democrats, they would make
the new state of Utah a Democratic
state. Jan. 6.
Repeating this falsehood on Jan Z,
the Tribune added:
''And this fact makes it az hard mat
ter for the majority of the Commission
to go back on their promise"
The Tribune maintains and has all
H. ~. Il.
not committed in Sanpete but in the
Commission rooms in this city.-Jan. II.
From what has already been done
all decent people have right toAenter-
tain any suspicion they please, until at
least one clear act of good faith is
made manifest by a majority of the
Utah Commission. january a.
After all those direct and indirect
charges against those gentlemen. the
Tribune had the hardwood the same
day on the same page TO say in refer
ence to some remarks of The Herald:
yesterday it charged that the Tri-
bune had tried to inlplicate the Demo-
cratic members of the Commission
with the attempted steal. That is not
true. Jan. Il.
And two days after that, it denied
having said anything against Chair
man Letcher. in this fashion:
eve have made no charge against
Commissioner Letcher except to eX-
press the belief that he would have
been willing to take advantage of the
crime that had been committed. That
he is in the same fix that Lady Mac
IL. 1, Tor,
And that is avowed after charging
Mr.. Letcher falsely with inventing a
system of mathematics to manufacture
and picturing him as a
in the stocks and ready to be
handcuffed for jail!
Next the Tribune fabricated a. num- |
Der of direct falsehoods as to the man
ner in which blanks were furnished to
the judges of election, charging that
the Commission had adopted another
plan from that of the former Commits |
sion, and had neglected to furnish the
forms in triplicate which should be
sent out. 1t kept that up for several
days until The Herald proved the
statements to be utterly and ma
Iiciously untrue.
Again denying on Jan. II it had &C
FUSED the majority of the Commission |
If any wrong, it returned ito the at !
tack on the following day in this wiser
ga mighty wrong has BEEN done in !
this Territory, and it is all because ap- !
parently, the Democratic members of |
he hPaT,
to make the Constitutional Convention |
Democratic or to defeat Statehood"
THAT three men given a little tenn !
porary authority can thus Indefinitely |
put aside the will Of the people, and |
fill the Territory with apprehension, |
discomfort and Indignation is d burning |
shame and disgrace. Jan. ".
The same kind of thing is kept up
even to date. The purpose of the people
for whom the Tribune speaks is to
nave a Republican majority in the con-
yention by hook or by crook. There |
mas been some crooked work in regard |
20 the Sanpete returns. There is not
anything in the evidence in court or
out. of it which connects 1t in any way !
with the majority Of the Utah Commits
sion. 1t is the cowardly ard unjust tiff
able charge of the Tribune against
hose gentlemen that we resent.
That paper claims to know who the
guilty parties are. At the same time
t gives the public to understand that |
he Democrats on the Commission are
,ither the actual criminals or are par
les to the dirty work and are anxious
% take advantage of it and therefore
ire, in any event, particeps criminis. |
And yet it claims to have said nothing
improper about them.