The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-24
: THE PURPOSE IN VIEW.

terribly agitated every time The Her
aid calls for the detection and punish
ment of the Tascals who changed the
election returns? That paper has de-
clared enphatfcally that it knows who
they are. If that is true, why should
lit be disturbed over The Herald's de-
mand for their detection and punish
! ment?
If crime has been committeeman
the evidence goes to show that there
has-why should there not be a deter
mined effort to hunt down the GRIM
inals? The Herald has offered two
suggestions: One is that some of the
money which the Tribune is collecting
to fee lawyers shall be used towards
the detection and punishment of the
''forgers,'' whoever they may be. We
do not care whether they prove to be
Democrats or Republicans. The other
is that those who claim to know the
guilty persons shall go before the next
grand jury and tell what they profess
to know.
Why should that arouse the ire and
bring forth the venom of our. incon-
sistent neighbor? 1t says in reference
to The Heralds remarks on this mat
ter:
The people were advised not to
send money to help investigate the
frauds, to find out and fasten the
proof upon the perpetrators.
If we were to use the language of
our Incorporate contemporary, we
would respond with its favorite "argu-
ment' and say that is a "ie" and the
writer is ga measureless liar" But we
will simply remark that The Herald
has never advised" anything Of the
kind, but on the contrary has ex-
pressed the opinion that every means
possible should be devised to find out
and fasten the proof upon the perpe-
: traitors. That has been our demand
ever since the evidences were given of
actual fraud in connection with the
2 returns.
; We believe that the anxiety of the
: Tribune people is much greater that
the Republicans shall control the con-
vention, than that the manipulators of
the returns shall be detected and pun
Ished. The Herald has no knowledge
as to- the guilty persons. Suspicion is
a long way from proof. It does not
follow, because the changes said to
E have been made in the returns tend to
favor Democratic candidates, thai
they were made by Democratic hands
But as to that we do moi care. Let
1.-THE punishment fail on the guilty and
= let the innocent be cleared. That is
: what we ask, and sneering will not
answer the demand. Let those who
E profess to know be required to '1tell ii
aIl"!
= There is nothing set forth in the
,, Tribune peoples call about finding out
6 the guilty parties and fastening the
4 proof upon the perpetrators of the for
d geries.' OF course, if they do moi
g want any Of the funds collected to be
n used for that purpose, they need MOI
e spend it that way. But they should
: not fly into a rage and sputter false.
re that they might use some for that
d purpose, and that they disclose the
o names of the men whom they say they
r know corrlm1tted the crime.
$ AS to the money being gathered in
a the people who contribute should OF
o course say what they want done with
vt it. The call from the Tribune for tht
: cash was to prevent the manifest in.
y justice" of am alleged attempt to secure
a Democratic majority in the constitu
;, tional convention. 1t has been repeat
= eddy stated that it was to enforce al
honest count of the votes for consti
=, tutional delegates" What is the Trbb
Nothing but that which Will give {
strong majority to- the Republicans il
the convention.
e Our neighbor asks about The Her
= aid:
W Suppose it was called upon to sup
le ply that evidence [of fraud in tn,
o Sanpete returns], what would it do?"
'e Well we would cite the testimony il
ID court, including that part whicl
T. showed that Commissioner Sherman
= and his man had those returns TO
two days in their private possession
the only evidence adduced of any sucl
-
personal and private handling of thos
n returns, and say 1--WE have no other evi
p dence; but the Tribune people say the:
Or know who the guilty parties are; cal
H. themr
ar The Herald has not been on the in
A. Side track Of the miserable bushes
Id which has been transacted for som
m lnefalfOuS burmese The Tribune ma
s. professed to know a. great deal abou
ID it from the beginning. We would Xix
d, to have the whole matter disclosed
Il from start to finish, and the guilt.
y punished as they deserve. Let justic
be done though Democrats fall or Re
m publicans are pulled UP and con
It demned.
1t The anxiety of our neighbor does no
d seem to run that way. Its idea 0
political purity is that the Republical
- majority must be counted in, no mat
80 ter what the votes might disclose
= tain evidence of fraud, and Demo
70 cratic victory conclusive proof c
oa crime. The pretense that the none
re- collected is to enforce an homes
count is a sham. The purpose is
be prevent any count at ALL but to CON
ot pei acceptance of doubtful returns, be
o. cause they would secure Republica
MS control of the convention. That III
On sured, the Tribune would not care
ID. curse for the rest.