The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-28
A SMOOTH GAME FonED.
Scheme to Prevent Third Precinct
Democrats From Being on the
List of Registrars.

The Democrats Of what has hereto
fore been known as the Third voting
precinct of this city are beginning to
have a suspicion that the board of
county commissioners, under the lead
ership of Chairman Geddes. has been
trying to work a nice little scheme
to prevent the Democrats from orga-
nizing in time to get representation in
the appointment of registrars for the
various districts into which the pre-
cinct is divided under the new election
law.
The act directs that the board shall
take a census of the county and divide
it up into voting precincts, no one of
which shall contain more than 300
voters; that for the purposes of reg
istering the voters, these precincts
shall be designated as districts. for
each one of which a registrar shall be
appointed by the board, whose duty
it shall be to make a house-to-house
canvass and register the voters in the
district.
The act further provides that the
board shall furnish to the chairman of
each political organization in the var
ious political divisions of the county,
a plat showing the number of districts
enabling the various parties to orga-
nize and choose three citizens from
each district whose names are to be
submitted to the board. From among
the names thus submitted the board
must appoint one registrar for each
district.
The board did not furnish this plat
to the Democrats of the Taird until
Friday night, although the piats had
been distributed in all the other pre-
cincts prior to that time. AS the names
must be submitted Monday, the Demo-
Gratis had no time to organize and Sc
lect their candidates in time to hand
in their name, in by that time, or if
they do succeed in doing it they will
have to get the biggest kind of a
hustle on themselves.
In view of the fact that the Third is
the only precinct in the city il which
there is no question as to the Demo-
Gratis being the dominant party, and
the further fact that the plats were
furnished the other precincts in plenty
of time for orga niZation, the Demo-
Gratis Of the Third are of the opinion
that Chairman Of the Board Geddes.
who is a resident of the Thru, so ma
nipulated affairs that the plats were
delayed in being furnished to the
Democrats until it was supposed that
they would not be able to get together
and choose their candidates. His mo-
tive, it is supposed, was the fact that
a majority of the registrars must be
appointed from the dominant party.
If such was the intention of Mr..
Geddes, or the intention of whoever
was responsible for the fact that the
plats were delayed, the scheme is des-
tined to meet with very poor success,
however, for the Democrats are get
ting a move on and will be ready to
submit their names on Monday
The leaders Of the Democracy got
together yesterday and effected a tenn
porary organization by electing J. 7.
Raleigh temporary chairman, and J.
Bull. jr., temporary secretary and a
meeting Of the whole precinct was
called, which will be held Monday
morning at 5 o'clock at E. E. Richie S
store on Main street, just below the
Y. G. M. l., at which the names of
three representative Democrats from
each of the ten districts into which the
Third is divided by the new law will
be chosen, and the names Will then
be submitted to the board.
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