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Show represent, perpetrated a fraud. Fnther: that the chairman of the 1 meeting acquiesced in this, knowing-j knowing-j ly, so it would infer, and let the iplot be consummated. We can hardly agree with the fcentleman in this, if such is the meaning, as the "citizen" above mentioned, could have been informed alter the meet-hp, meet-hp, or circums'an es could have hap pened so as to change his opinion aiid make him believe that seven were rieccessary, and being in the minority min-ority he to ik advantage of this circumstance. cir-cumstance. We do not say that this j is so, but it will bear this construct-; construct-; ion as easily as the other. Admitting j that the gentleman was fully cog-j cog-j nizant of the fact that seven vert I necessary, when he made the motion, , and that he acted entirely from self-I self-I ish motives to get one of his own party into office, even then we could not accuse him of "fraud" and j "chicanery" but of "diplomacy" and "adroitness" as in politics poli-tics the same as war, a man or party will use every effort short of crime to gain their ends, and the world d.issnotsay they are frauds. Further if one man was able to"pu!l the wool over the eyes" of an entire meeting, we think the laugh comes in on the meeting who premitted themselves to be so completely duped. 7be situation, however.is not ser. ious as it stands; one of the two extra Councilmen, Mr. Green, having hav-ing been elected to the same position posi-tion on the People's ticket in the outgoing council; and the other, while a pronounced "Liberal," as a man has the respect of the majority df the people of Ephraim, though they certainly did not want him in. Since the Register has been asked for an opinion as well as to answer the above questions, we wish to say that the most distjustinii feature of WE RESPOND: Our correspondent, "Enquirer" writ ing on the recent City Election in Ephraim, whichappeared in our last issue, after asking us to answer the quiries there propounded, at the last article says: Now Mr. Editor bin familiar with your rHarac-erikln: rHarac-erikln: courtesy, fraiiknc&s and "fair play V taiur ance it Hivn that you will aritwn the a), ire quet tiuul to tli b?st of your kn jwlcde and ability, We will answer the gentleman to the best of our ability," and with j I frankness. j ! First Why was not a Caucus tor the nomination of ( -ity u?Mi-tr called by the Committee of the I'cipt' J"art' of Euhiaim? j 1 The only person who can answer this question satisfactorily are the committee themselves, but we presume they have a reason, or reasons, rea-sons, for not doing so; however, we will give the gentle:nan the names of I the committee, and he can then ascertain as-certain from them,himself,why they I did not do it. The local committee commit-tee of the People's Party of Eph-!raim Eph-!raim are: Henry Ileal, Chairman, Canute Peterson, George Taylor, C. IV. Pe erson, August, Anderson and J. P. Hanson, tr. MtcoMii-rty wnat authority and a-lvue waa the 1 a !j"u!'ed caucus called? The adjourned, or second caucus, was called by the same authority as the first one; i. e., the Mayor of Ephraim and other citizens. Perhaps Per-haps the identical citzen (the lion. .Iayor excepted, )did nut sign both calls, and in the opinion of the Register this was not necessary, as there was no particular regularity or rules controling either call. The advise was that of Judge Johnson, the City Pros. Atty., ami Hon. W. K. Reld. Both these gen tlemen stating that seven councilors was the number to which Ephraim! was entitled, and that seven names should go on the ticket. Tltikn In s:iM rui-ii; wSv wat the a Iviie of the city's Attorney mnnred, and tile adv. i ; of a ekien taken in preference? : j the entire campaign is strictly within with-in the People's Party, and occured !at the Citizen':; .Caucus; when the I names of different prominent men were placed in nomination, and failed fail-ed in approval, there was a- vigorous vigor-ous clapping a mockery of applause. ap-plause. I The Register wishes to place the stamp of its disapproval on insulting men who have faithfully served the public, because their services can be dispensed with, for the time being. Without attempting to "whip" anybody into line, as the orgm of the Peoples Party in San Pete Co., we demand that local committes do their duty by their party, or resign. The Register called for a People's Peo-ple's Party caucus in ampre time, which was entirely ignored, but it is to be hoped that the Committee has learned a lesson and will not trust the interest of cur party in the hands of a eithen's caucus again, but boldly assume their true position , and run their own politics. The Atty. having made a mistake upon this very question once before jand inducing seven councilors to be I placed on the ticket and elected when only five were admitted, it was perhaps per-haps not difficult for'Citizen" to con vince the assembled gentlemen that such mistake had been made again; and not impossible that "Citizen" was laboring under the same impression. impres-sion. Fourth Ho i it thit the unanimous votr for five cnuncilmeii in said caucus prevailed, and afterward even counctlmen were voted fur on scratched tickets. tick-ets. This cannot be answered definitely aswehave a secret ballot. In the first place the unanimous vote in the caucus did nt control the actions ac-tions of the people at the poles; and those who were not at the caucus, held no allegience to the caucus, especially as it was not a"a 'cau cus, but a "citizens" caucus, where all classes and parties t ad an equal right. Secondly, some of those who were'at the caucus might afterwards have changed their mind ) and decided to vote seven instead of five Councillors; or riey might even have found that it was necess ary to do so. So far as scratched t'ekets are concerned, that is a custom eve.i on strictly "party" tickets and we deem it right and proper. . Fifth And if five is sufrrient fcow j, ;t tnfc( gevcn has been acknowledged by the commisson? We suppose the Commission acted act-ed on the interpretation of the law, as given by the courts, which gives to cities the size of Ephraim seven councillors, when they sent the certificates of election to the seven duly elected councillors. The Commission does not stop to consider who placed these men in nomination, what party or ring put them on their tickets.or whether they were put there regularly are irre-gularlyjbut irre-gularlyjbut the fac1: is that the votes were cast for those men and in con-J con-J sequence were counted for them. No blame can be attached to the Commission. STH Does it not appear that the work n( of the po mcnl machine m Ephraim, durinn Ihe late mimri. pal campaign, u;u characiei iied with amazement aitnnuhmri.i, ahuurditiej, inconsistences, conplica-ion conplica-ion and 1 raishl aay disgust, fraud and chicanerv. In answer to this question we would say that the Register 7vas "astonished", and we might say "amazed" at the "absurdities" and "inconsistencies" practiced by some during the late campaign. "Complications" "Complica-tions" could have been written combinations, com-binations, and then we could say we were "disgusted" at some of the 'combinations", but so far as "fraud" n&"chicanery" are concerned, con-cerned, we can hardly agree with the writer, unless he terms "political "politi-cal diplomacy", and "seizing an open opportunity" "frawin& chican ery" then we will say, yes, for certainly certain-ly that was done. . The . questions are answered and to those who understand the situation situa-tion are clear! As humiliating as it is to the Register tri admit the fact, the People's Party have simply been out generated in the recent city election. We are afraid that those who have undertaken to guide the political car here in Ephraim, have mistaken a quagmire for a macadaraiz ed road; that is, that they did not understand their duties very well or neglected them. ' The local committee, entrusted with the interests of thePeople'sParty of Ephraim, did not call a caucus, at all; and if Mayor McFarlane had not called a "citizens" caucus,-which caucus,-which is the only kind he coul'd call the chances are that either the Liberals would have elected an ne-tire ne-tire ticket, or pandimonium would have reigned supreme at the polls. I I here seems to be a covert insinuation insinua-tion in the thir i question, and like the Yankee we will guess at it. It Mnplies that an attempt was made by some person, the "citizen" nam-ed.to'-hoodwink.'Vir "pull the wool over the fv-ts" of thy people wh.le lie, and ascertain chqu he might! ... , ,. 4! ' ' . .. ... |