The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-31

IL AKIN Ed or what 10 eNpecL. OF inc
w machine election day by the
frauds at the primaries and cor
Tuption before and during the Repub-
Iican convention. the Democratic city
committee aided by respectable Re
publicans. has begun a crusade TO pre-
serve the purity OF the ballot. The
first arrest among Bruce Johnson
men was mada yesterday. r, NJ john
son. a CO!OTed waiter, was arrested for
illegal registration. the TECHNICAL
charge against him being perjury The
evidence was worked up by the Demo
cratic city committee.
County Attorney Westervelt at first
refused to issue any complaint. More
evidence was worked up and a second
attempt was made t0-get him to draw
a complaint He was finally per-
suaded. Before the case is brought 10
trial the papers viii be submitted to
competent lawyer to make sure there
are no flaws that viii allow escape on
a technicality.
Several more cases Of illegal regis
tration have been discovered, but al
though the evidence is considered
strong. great hesitanCy is felt about
presenting il i'm "A court presided over
by Judge Chris Diehl where the first
prosecutor is County Attorney West
ervelt and where the prosecutor in the
higher court would be District Attor-
ney Dennis Eichnor. chairman of the
machine campaign committee i'm
" hose interest this kind of work is be-
/ ing done. There is talk of making ap-
pliCatiOn for a special prosecutor tor
all election fraud cases. bringing the
actions in courts not too closely asso-
ciated with the Bruce Johnson ma
chine
Organize to Prevent Fraud
The friends Of good government are
being stirred To activity to protect the
purity of the ballot. The movement is
not confined To one party While the
Democratic organization is taking the
initiative, Republicans Of standing who
are opposed to the machine and it's
methods and TO corruption Of elections
are giving their moral support. There
is some prospect of a mass meeting of
good citizens TO arrange for the closer
guarding of the polls TO prevent fraud
and to raise a fund for the prosecution
/ Of men who might try to vote illegally.
/ There is accommodating evidence that
! the machine managers, despairing of
winning the election by honest means,
/ have determined TO make a violent at
/ tempt TO get away with the prize by
other methods. Colonization and IL
legal registration have already been
carried out The next step is cOrTup-
ton and fraud at the polls. the voting
of dead names and of -'repeaters.'
! To prevent this il has been suggested
that form Of vigilance committee
be organized. the members watching
at each polling place to prevent the
stealing of the election.
Republicans Are Watchful
The lesson of the primaries and the
. convention has not been forgotten, 10y
honest Republicans or Democrats. In
the --scy-secOnd district, for example
where Bruce Johnson. aided by his sec
rotary, A. j. Davis. hastily put through
the machine ticket at the primary and
shut out respectable voters, a watch
will be kept for fiagrant frauds. in
the Fifteth, where Dean J. b. Eddie
witnessed the sights which so disguste-
him, the respectable element win Watci
10 prevent repetition of colonization
and voting by nOn-residents. The Re
publicans Of the Tenth. who had TO figh'
a gang Of ''hOaters,' or of the Twenty
eighth. the Thirty-first, the Thir-y-sec
Ond. and other districts where the resi-
dents of standing were Overrun by
hOrdes of non resident tUughs. in som,
instances hired at 81 head. have ha,
it impressed on their minds what 20 ex
pect of the machine on election day
Respectable Republicans in the Tween
tieth. TwenJv-fiTst. Twenty second anC
Twenty third. who saw hired gangs 90
ing from one primary TO another, vOtin:
for the machine. have had their lesson
The same is true i'm many other dis
tricts where the purchased h0rdes go
in their work
Must Have Honest Vote.
4 Disguised at this debauchery within
the party such Republicans % stand
ing as Orange J. Salisbury. Dean j. r
Eddie W. II. James f.. NJ Allison, jr
Benner Y. Smith. former Chief Justic
Charles 5. Zane. Matthew H. Walker
George y. Lawrence. Grant II. Smiu
and others have issued appeals 10 tn
respectable element of their OWE part
I to take a stand against corruption an
dishonesty. To cOuEteract such
strong Influence against the machln
and in favor of the Democratic ticket
the machine IS figuring on the use @
money The friends of honest poll
tics ard government are confident the
have won the fight provided they car
be sure of an honest vote. Toward Thu
end energies are now being concen
trated The arrest Of Johnson is onl
the beginning.
Johnson svore he had been a resi-
dent of the state for more than
year. His wife and others assert tina
The man has lived I'm Utah less than si