Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-07
THE EVIDENCE IS PlLlNG UP.
Party Workers Have Secured
Facts They Believe
win lndiCt.
CITY Employc is Discharged Because
Tic Upheld Election law and
Prevented Fraud.

Election frauds viii probably occupy
The attention OF the grand jury now In
fcf ION In this city This Information
comes from am authentic source and
from the same source comes the infor-
nation that there are many actions on
tho part Of the American" party which
VIII come in for share 81 the attention
OF that body. Following the report of
the grand jury to Judge Armstrong IN
the criminal court OF the Third district.
it BE- expected chat a sensation win BE-
created. the like of which has never
before been known In the state.
The methods by which the heavy
American" vote was rolled an az the
election last Tuesday is easily explained
bS some samples of tho work OF Amer
lean" party workers In various voting
districts of the city.
WOULD REGISTER BY PRONY"
IN the Fourteenth district Deputy RE-
cordcr McLaChlgn. who was the Amer
lean" chairman of thc district, came
into the office of the registry agent Of
the district James CoWan, bringing
with him "a youth and "a transfer bear
ing the name of J. w letter. letter
was known 90 CoNau ana when the
transfer was presented he informed
McLachlan that he could not make the
transfer for the reason that the man
McLoChlau had brought with him was
not letter McLachian then told COwan
that they had only come TO see II the
man could not be- registered boy proxy.
This 1owan decidedly told them was
impossible.
Tho day before election. not q day
set apart by law as registration day.
Ia HHHH Dad
transfer and asked that he be regis
tcrod. 10 was ~ p. mY and Cowan
refused Go accommodate the man.
CHALLENGED. YET VOTES.
letter. however. appeared at the
polling place IN the Fourteenth dis
tiirt and asked TO De allowed 70 vote.
Ills namc could not be found on the
registration lists and the man was
challenged BY Brigham Ciegg. sup
ported ly "A staff OF American" party
workers. LETTERS vote was sworn IN.
This example shows one way ia which
lhc american" vote was rolled Up.
cowAN LOSES JOB.
The sequel 70 this incident came
lest night when CoWan. who was a
city employe, WAS notified that his
services would no longer be required.
Because he Upheld the election law,
administration, and that doubtless by
the aictatlon of The Inner circle.
ANOTHER INSTANCE.
Another instance OF Illegal voting
came 20 light whom two persons who
had lived ia Lehi up 10 within three
weeks of election day, appeared at
the registry Office and registered.
swearing TO an the qualifications re-
Quircd OF voters Their votes were
cast on election day. although they
had not lived IN The city the required
length of time. on the way TO the
polls. the two voters told the parry
worker who had taken charge ~
them with n carriage. that they in
tended % vote the American" tick
e, straight. This shows another way
IN which the american" vote was
rolled up.
THIRTY OF THEM.
II is believed by party workers for
the Republicans and Democrats that
many persons were registered who
were not entitled either TO register or
10 vote, and that they were transferred
% districts other than the ones Ina
which they had lived just before cleo
ton day Ia tins way when they pre-
scented thefhselvcs 10 vote I'm districts
where they We're NOS known, their votes
went into the result unChallcuged be-
cause OF the fact that the workers In
tie Republican and Democratic parties
were unacquainted with them. An IN
stance OF this KIND ls cited In which
30 negroes were voted from the same
residence most OF them having been
recently transferred 10 the district
from other districts.
WORK FOP GRAND JURY.
% Be- declared that information suml-
ciont TO result in Indictment is In the
hanas OF persons who Will present IL
Co The grand jury when ID resumes its
sessions II is said that American"
party workers were instrumental in SCI
curing the votes Of a great many po0-
pie who wore imported" for voting
purposes ana registered and transfer
red about the city in reckless manuar
Do order that Hn overwhelming plurality
might Doe found for their party when
the count should be made. Instances
of this undetermined work were care
fully watched by the workers for the
opposing parties and they predict that
the grand jury wlll have good ground
Ola which t0 work and they are pre-
dieting the indictment of those who
were responsible for the illegal regis
trations and voting off persons who had
no right under tho lnW to vote at the
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