The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-01

leSeQ stages OF the SO-Cdlleu conspiracy l
and showed them to be figments of the |
or fragments of an in
vention of the paper which champions
all Republican fallacies and falsehoods |
but says it is mot Republican or
gan" Now comes that paper and |
hedges in this way:
1.-THE Herald says we have insisted
that the provision of the Enabling Act
making necessary a double election in
November was another page of the con-
spiracy, and was framed with that de-
sign by some Democrats in this terri
tory. That Is altogether false. "-Tri-
bune, Jan 20.
We dislike to use the epithets in
which the Tribune delights so much,
but the little, sharp, emphatic word of
three letters is the only one that would
characterize that quotation. However,
we prefer to cite the Tribune against
itself and let a discriminating public
supply the appropriate epithets. Here
is what that paper said at different
times on that matter:
The Enabling Act which was prob
ably drafted up in this city provided
there should be a double registration;
that for men to vote for delegates to
the Constitutional Convention they
must first take an oath that they had
been residents of this Territory year
prior to their registration. Count No
2.-Tribune, December Il, 1894.
Count No. 2 referred to the different
stages Of the alleged conspiracy" But
here are some of its remarks on the
same matter, which are but samples
of others that might be cited:
"The Enabling Act provided for
double registration for the purpose of
deceiving unsuspecting voters.-Jan. 8.
Long ago the Tribune charged that
there was d conspiracy on the part
of certain leaders of the Democratic
party in this city to land this Territory
in Democratic 1ands-Jan. II.
The Herald had no word or protest
when a. double registration was made
necessary by the Enabling Act
Jan. II.
Thus it will be seen that the Tri.
Dunes denial of it's own accusations on
this point is of the same character as
It's denial of ever having accused the
Utah Commission or Chairman Letcher
of anything bad.
The Enabling act does not provide
for a double registration" or a double
election" in the sense conveyed by the
self-contradictory Republican wou.d-b be
bulldozer. The original bill, it is well
known, was framed with the view of
having the election soon after the close
Of the first session of the present Con-
gress, so as to get the state admitted at
the next session. The qualifications for
voting were inserted with a view to
include all citizens Of Utah who should
of right take part in forming the new
state. They had therefore to tbe franz
ed distinct from those in the Edmunds
act. The changes in the dates for the
holding of the convention and the pre-
liminary election were made in the Sen
ate, and they formed no impediment in
the way of a full and free expression
of the will Of the people of Utah of
every shade of political opinion.
The Tribune has stated in this con-
nection that the design was to prevent
Republican voters from registering for
the election of delegates to the conven-
ton, and has charged this as fraud
committed by the registration officers.
That is just as false, malicious and
shameful as its other untruths, which
we have exposed by simply quoting it
self against itself.
The registration officers did inform
the voters that two registrations were
necessary. The fact was published for
weeks in al the papers in the terri
tory. The party organizations drilled
! it into the minds of the voters. The
Utah Commission issued printed in
| structons about it. Every opportunity
was given to every voter to register
! for both purposes. If, as the Tribune
claims, some Republicans failed Of reg.
istration for the constitutional election
| it was either through their own negIi.
gence or their dense stupidity. In any
event there was no fraud" about it
nor anything on the part Of the regis
trars to deny the right of a legal voter
to register for either purpose
AS an element in a Conspiracy
then, the registration and election pro
visions Of the Enabling Act are les.
than an unknown quantity; they do
not figure in the smallest degree. They
merely form an excuse for minds tina
are so gnarled and sour and corrup
that they suspect iniquity without ;
cause, to fabricate charges that canno
be proven and SANDER people who hat
no design to wrong a living being. Ant
the Tribune's denial OF its own falls
charges shows once more the kind Of
thing it is. No confidence can be place.
in anything it utters.
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