The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-27
KEARNS PARTY
GRABS Migrants
HOboS and Worse Characters
Registered in Fifty
fourth District.
COPS WITH CARRIAGES
WATCH FoR VICTIMS THEY CAN
GEORGE.

Registration was quiet and orderly in
every district yesterday excepting the
Fifty-fourth district In which the Ameri-
cans are showing the true color Of their
campaign to win the election by Illegal
means through the use OF the immense
slush fund and the police department.
In this district, which includes the blocks
bounded by First South, Main, State and
Third South streets, the American party
organization is cOlonizing scores of vag-
rants and worse individuals who are
being kept under close surveillance Of
the police to see that they cast the votes
for which they have been forced TO regis
ter illegally.
Yesterday Policemen CIough and
Rhodes and another new member of the
force were stationed in the FifJy-fOurth
district all day, with three carriages at
their disposal to bring in the Migrants
rounded UP by other members of the force
and a gang of associates Of the fallen
women was kept busy all day assisting
the policemen.
Just before O'Clock last night Police
man ClOugh rounded up two hacklOads
of prostitutes and their male companions
and rushed them to the registration agent
in the front Of The HeTald-Republican
office. They were lined up before the
registration agent. two men and three
women, two of them being cOlOred, both
naturally and artiticially.
All five were sworn at once and by the
time two OF the women had signed their
certificates of registration the clock had
struck 9 and the legal time for registra-
ton was over. Mrs, Moore, registration
agent, insisted on allowing the others to
register after the hour for closing the
books and some protests were made.
Siums Are Secured.
The American party policemen had an
other catch from their dTagnet Of the
slumS and sought 10 register these also.
then necessary
and prevent others from entering the Of
flee while the last American party voters
were registered. BY this time it was ten
minutes after 9 o'clock and the registra-
ton agent left despite the protests of the
American party workers, who insisted
that few more should be registered.
When the books were closed more than
DO had registered In the F1fty-fOurth dis
trict, as compared with go for the first
registration day.
The work of the policemen yesterday
was much similar to that Of the first
registration day. Policeman ClOugh ap-
peaTed with a man who was sentenced
10 a term in the city Jail October 16 I'M
DER the name Of Earl Clark. This man
registered under the name of John +.
Lawson, giving his address as the Ameri-
can house in Commercial street, and
while out as a tTusty, spent the remainder
rounding up the few Commercial street
flOaters who had not been forced to regis
ter on the first day of registration
Alarmed at the exposures Of the meth
DDS used two weeks ago, the negroes Of
Commercial street became wary Of the
police and only three or four registered in
the Fifty-fOurth district yesterday most
of them being taken to the place of regis
Gration in Second South street. between
State and Second East street, where they
were compelled to give their addresses in
the rOOming houses in State street and
the adjacent alleys