The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-24
TRICKERY FOUND
BY REPUBLICANS
American Party Has Nefarious
Scheme 1t Is Trying
to Work.
ORDERS ARE SENT OUT
ATTEMPT MADE TO INFLUENCE
THE CITY RECORDER

Political trickery on the part OF ]. E..
Darmer, city chairman for the Amer1-
can party, was discovered yesterday
afternoon. which reveals plot to keep
the names Of the fusion candidates for
the city council off the Republican tick
ct in the Third and Fourth precincts,
and OF the Democratic ticket in every
precinct in Salt Lake.
H. J. Dininny, city attorney, and ].
3. Moreton, city recorder, are the tools
through whom the Kearns party organ
fzatiOn hopes to steal the election
through raising technical points, and
every point is being brought TO bear on
the two city officials TO compel them to
prostitute their offices for the purpose
of stealing from the people of the city
the right to express their Will on cleo
ton day.
1t was discovered" yesterday that
the certificates Of nomination for John
HoIley, fusion candidate on the Repub-
lican ticket for councilman from the
Third precinct. showed some technical
irregularity in the substitution of Mr..
HoIey for Charles NJ. Lees, who was
originally nominated for the council for
the long term by the Republicans. A
like excuse was found for declaring the
filing of the Republican councilmanic
ticket for the Fourth precinct. For like
reasons, the filing OF the councilmanic
tickets by the Democrats was declared
'1llegaI" through technicalities.
If the city chairman Is successful in
compelling the city attorney and the
city recorder TO carry out his plans,
there Will be a series Of delays in
Strengthening the difficulties which will
probably result in keeping the names
OF these candidates off the tickets alto
gether, unless, on the very day before
4 oy1I ruf1
a mandamus appeal to compel the re-
corder to place the names on the ticket.
Heretofore, City Recorder ]. B. More
ton has acted hOnorably in receiving the
names of candidates, calling attention
TO any irregularities and assisting the
committees of each political party in
making corrections, but yesterday he
received his orders from the inner circle
to the effect that he and the city at
to-ney were depended upon to serve
their party by keeping the names Of the
other candidates off the ticket
Law Is Plain.
AS the matter now stands, City At
torney Dininny has informed the city
recorder that the filings of the council
manic tickets by the Democrats in ev-
cry precinct and the Republican ticket
for two precincts are illegal" The law
regarding the filing of tickets is plain,
in that it shall be literally construed
II provides that the city recorder shall
be the final Judge as to whether he can
place the names on the tickets. The
city recorder at 8 o'clock yesterday
afternoon sent the filings to the city at
torney for an opinion as to their legal
ity," with the understanding through
the orders OF J. =. Darmer that they
were to be pronounced illegal. The city
recorder has forty-eight working hours
in which TO send TO the city attorney
for an opinion.
This would take until Wednesday for
the recorder TO get his answer. Then
the law will allow until Friday for the
recorder to mail notices to the candi-
dates. These notices could not possibly
reach the candidates until Saturday
and on that day the district court viii
be closed. This scheme leaves Monday,
Nov. /. as the last day on which the
mandamus proceedings can be brought
and the success of Darmer's scheme lies
solely on his ability to bring about a
hitch in the proceedings on the day be-
fore election.
1t was learned last night that there
was a stormy interview between the
city chairman and the city recorder, and
Recorder Moreton fatty refused to be
used as a tool in the class Of politics
whereby DarmeT hopes TO change GER
tain defeat into victory. MOreton is q
candidate for the city council from The
First precinct, and inasmuch as Oar
mer is car in the political organiza-
ton, he holds the club over MoretoT
which he believes viii be effective IL
compelling his aid in the plot.
City Attorney Dininny is not cred
fled with sense enough to know or care
about the order from the city chairman
ana he can be trusted to do his share o.
the work without asking any questions
TIE WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS of thu
c. A r entertained the members O.