The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-13
THE ELECTION CONTESTS.
Who is Responsible for Altering
The Returnss
Salt Lake City, Jan. u, 1894.

Salt Lake City. Jan II. 1894.
10 the Editor of The Herald:
There aresstwo or three phases in the
recent election contests that seem to
have been overlooked by the press and
t1ose able attorneys wto conducted the
ease gs LOT the Democratic members of the
UIan commission.
The Republicans and their press have
laad all the DlaIpe at the door of the
Delnocratic members of the Utah COM
mission or their clerks The Republicans
scoTn the very idea that they would do
such a thing. especially to change the re-
Sult IN favor of Democrats Wouldn't
they? They say there was no reason
Why they should. Wasn't there? They
say IT is a Democratic steal They have
said for months THAT 1T would happen
-5iave they (the Republicans) mot been
laying their plans to this very end? They
now say they wouldn't do such a thing;
unlat d't is preposterous TO think of such
a 4hing when the contest was so close
and the trophy SO valuable. But when
you think of the whole proceedings from
the beginning of the campaign to- the
closing of the cases in court It cannot
put impress upon your mind the fact
that Republicans may yet be at the bor-
tom of the whole affair.
A few days after election that big
mogul who is the head and shoulders of
the Republican party and by name Crane
gave DIT out THAT the Republicans would
nave seventy odd members out of the
l0l in the Constitutional convention. This
being his full belief at that time is it
not reasonable Ito suppose that they
nefalious work in order to saddle it onto
uhe Democratic party for pure political
capital? Follow This up tie the
time the returns came in, after
Republican politicians had made
clandestine trips TO Sanpete county, the
conference of Mr.. Commissioners Sherman
and his experts for two days in the COM
mission rooms, the bringing of the suits
~ fI,<af .t,1. A fol
loved the case in court and through the
press know the fight there by the Demo-
cratic members of the Utah commission
to get all the papers and books that real
~ constituted the returns. admitted as
evidence; you know the Republicans in
sisted on having nothing allowed as evil
dence except the tally sheet. It is not
very reasonable to suppose that the DEM
ocrats would have fought so hard to
have the very books and papers admitted
as evidence that were forged, If they
were the guilty parties. The Republicans
did not want the books and papers with
the forgelies on admitted as evidence.
Why? Let silence give its answer. So
far, which seems to- be dnfiuentially guilty
of the crime?
The books and papers once admitted.
contrary ITO the will of the Republicans,
they became desperate. Why? Let 81
lence once again give answer. But they
were determined to saddle the crime upon
come one or more other than themselves
| We now come to a. very interesting stage
Of the proceedings. Up to this time no
living soul, so far as the evidences shows,
knew that there had been amy forgeries
or cross marks that should not be there
mot even Mr.. Sherman or Mr.. TatloclG
| knew anything about those cross marks
or the word voted" written opposite GER
tain names until their attention was cal
! led to it while witnesses were on the
stand by the attorney for the Republi-
cans. Strange indeed is it not? Those
books, lists, ballots end all things pertain
| ing to the canvass and return had never
been seen or handled by any one living.
except the Utah commission when in SEES
| sion, and by Mr.. Commissioner Sherman
and his expert, and yet no knowledge OF
| the forgeries till brought out in court
know that there was at least one much
| brighter than the rest of the attorneys