The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05
PREPARED TO PREVENT
FRAUDS At ELECTION
Democratic Committee Will ThWart Republican
Schemes TO Violate the Law
HannateS Attempt to Purchase Votes-Severa Hundred
Arrests Likely to be Made on Tuesday.

Several hundred arrests are likely on
Tuesday as a result of the wholesale
preparations that have been made by
the Republicans to carry the election
by fair means or foul. No step that is
calculated to prevent these frauds will
be left untaken by the Democratic
committee. Evidence is on hand in
plenty TO send would-be Illegal voters
TO the penitentiary, and the committee
is determined TO prosecute such cases
TO a finish.
There are numerous instances of IL
legal registration ON the part of the
Republicans. All of such cases are
known To the Democratic committee
and as fast as these people come up to
vote they viii be challenged Should
they persist in attempting to cast bal
lots, warrants will be sworn out at once
and they will be securely locked up in
the county Jail.
A Reporters Boasts.
In prominent saloon net many days
ago a Republican was heard to boast
about the number of times he had re
peated" at the election of 1891. He also
spoke of doing the same kind of work
in ogden and strongly intimated that
he DfpDOSGu 10 carry Oul lDE pIdNAlIS
here on Tuesday. This man Will be
closely watched. and the moment he
attempts to carry his plan into execu
ton he viii be locked up.
Another instance is related in this
wise. While gathering evidence of
proposed fraud a detective. who was
employed by the city committee, Wis
tied the home of family that he knew
had not been in Salt Lake long enough
for the husband and wife to vote. The
man of the house was not at home, but
his wife frankly told her story.
Why, yes" she said, its perfectly
true that we have been here only six
months. but we are registered. We
told the Republican worker this when
he came around after us. but he as
sured US both that the law only re-
quired a residence of six months. OF
course neither my husband nor my
self wants to- do anything that is
against the law, and we certainly will
not go to the nolls."
Others who have been fraudulently
registered will not be so scruDulous,
and it is this class that VIII be care
fully watched. Long challenge lists
have been nrei1gEeh and checked over
at Democratic headquarters. On the
day of the election challengers will be
on hand in every district to see that the
laws are enforced. 1t will go hard with
if they put in their appearance.
There is yet another class which the
committee considers the most danger
Gus of all. 1t is the class that will try
TO vote in the names Of men and wo-
men who have died or moved away
from Salt Lave since the last general
registration. 1t is estimated that there
are nearly 5000 such cases. Under the
registration law there is no provision
for erasing from the books the names
of persons who are dead or who may
have become non-residents.
Money For Bribery.
There is no denying the fact that the
Republican committee is well supplied
with money to pay the men who they
wish 10 buy. One of the most fragrant
instances occurred in the Third pre-
cinct not more than two or three days
ago. There a Republican worker ap-
preached a Democrat with this propo-
sition:
He offered to give him $50 if he would
furnish a list of thirty Democrats who
could be induced to vote for Thomp-
son. The inference was plain that the
"inducement' would be in the shape of
coin. 1t is hardly necessary to say
that the offer was Indignantly spurned.
AS a matter of fact. it would be hard
10 find that number of Democrats in
Salt Lake whose votes could be pur