The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-23
THE FRAUDULENT CRY OF FRAUD


A frantic effort is being made by the
ringsters TO offset the force Of the
proof made that the registration lists
have been tampered with in the county
clerks office and large numbers OF
well known Taxpayers and American
voters scratched off the lists. This
tampering with the registration lists,
this leaving off men and women OF well
known residence and voting qualifica.
! tions in Utah, men and women who
known throughout the city, merely be-
cause they are American voters, is one
of the scandals OF this campaign.
| In order to break the force OF the
| public indignation at this fraudulent
tamperiug with the registration lists in
| tho county clerk IS office, the claim is
! dishonesty and tlashily presented that
certain persons are applying for regis
tration who arc not entitled to register;
and the claim is made that those per
sons are seeking to vote the American
ticket crimiually, either under false
names or otherwise. But that is no
answer to the proved charge of tamper.
ing, as stated, with the registration
lists in the office of the county clerk.
lnasmnch, further, as the election
from first TO last is in the hands of the
Smootitc officials; inasmuch as those
officials have illegally aud fraudulently
tampered with the registration lists by
cutting off rLerefrom large number
OF we'll known American voters; and in
asmuch as the Smootite officials have
all the courts and all the facilities DOS.
slble for Furnishing any one who under.
takes TO register or vote illegally, and
while at the same time they are us
ing their control OF all these offices
to protect their own rascals who have
violated the sanctity of the registrs
ton lists by removing therefrom the
names Of large numbers Of legal voters
simply because they would vote against
the ring, il is hardly worth while 10
designate with the vigor that the oc-
caslou cnlls for, the trumpcry character
OF any such claim as that which the
ring is now making If any one
registers illegally the ring has full con-
troll of the case. All of its Officers
are az its beck and call. not only TO
punish any who undertake frauds for
any other party, but 20 protect the
Illegal and corrupt acts OF their own of
ficials, repeaters, and election swindlers.
While this whole matter is in The
hands Of the ring, what kind Of silly
stupidity is it that will lead the organ
of that ring to cry out that somebody
is preparing to do something illegal at
the election The same silly pretense
was loudly made at the boud election
last July, and was found TO be abso-
lutely baselesS in fact. Not one prose.
cution resulted. although there was a
perfect whirlwind of charges that the
Americans were perpetrating frauds at
that election. Ii is true that in one
ease man voted from misapprchension,
but 1t was absolutely clear, from his
explanation and from his candid an.
nouncement, as soon as he found his
mistake, TO the judges of the election.
that hc was not legal voter. that his
vote IN favor Of the bonds should be
Cancelled that he had not the least
fraudulent intent in the world in cast
ing that vote. And that was absolutely
all the fraud - that was found in the
mountain of charges and the uproar
about the villainy that the Americans
were about 10 perpctrate.
AT that time the American Officials
We're in charge OF the election. and
there was not even one instance of
willful fraud that could be shown. At
this coming election the whole matter
is in charge of the ring officials. and
even If the Americans were disposed |
towards fraud (Which they are not. as
was fully established at the bond elec
ton, which was under their own super.
vision.) there would be no chance
now for any successful fraud on the
part Of the Americans, Whatever fraud
there is must necessarily be committed