| Show TIE DEPUTY REGISTRARS It I t llorr Tlicr Hare flecri Shutting Oat I rcoplcs Party Voters CHARGES FILED WITH THE UTAH I COMMISSION Tber II o an InuUlaUon lUto Hi Cuan of t omplnlnU Today tie Peopled Atuulclial Central Committee filed with the Dtali CommiiffJou the UI following CJIAKOES AOAISST TiE JIKOIS TRARS SWT Uvir CIT U T December 111SS9 To tic UonoraJUc Utah Commission Sdi tabs City Utah Tcmtury Gentlemen The Central Committee Com-mittee of tho Peoples Party of Salt T1 11 c lfa l Lake City on behalf of a largo number of the qualified voters of saId city ami party hereby make the following complaint against the deputy registration officers appointed appoint-ed by your honorable body for maid city lo i Against S McCALLUrt that ho has discriminated against certain cer-tain voters by refusing t register them except at their homes but rug istering others not at their hot That he has refused t Crt the name of a registered rotcr which had been changed on the list or to roreglstcf him ot correct this wrong In any way I That ho has assumed t exercise Judicial functions and ms Jutllcl tunclom pass upon the qualifications of citizens ready 1 t take the oath prescribed that he has declared his intention not to register fucli jpervrn nt any time threatened them IO thopenl u Tliat he h refused to register voters at whose residences he had called when they were not at home but who appeared at his office and asked t 0 registered ho declining t register them until after Dee lr2Srd18S > Again E R CLurE that he h ILrmlnatc against voters as above described That he Ins neglected 1 his duty bj pending time at stations hotels business houses et when he should have been visiting thedw ell Ings of citizens thus leaving hou cs iu lib precinct l unvisited many Tliat he has rocltered monte voters at lib own house and refused this prIce to others on the same day AgaInst J R MOIIRIS that he has discriminated aforesaid and calling at certain hoim and lot ss ing by others on the same block rometimis skipping I a house but visiting those on either side of it That he ha refused to register except at their home voters who called upoahlm and informed him that tliej could not remain at their homes and desired to know where they could be registered he replying that he would have an ofllce but could not tel when I woul be open That he has refused t state when ho would visit certain families or at what time E that voters might remain main at home t meet him That he has refused to register voters who called on him after he had visited their homes when they were notat home until after December Decem-ber 231SS9 Tint he also has assumed judicial functions declaring persons not legal residents who have resided In the city for many years Again R U WlTTKHS that he has also discriminated against voters as heretofore decribed That hu has neglected his duty as to hoe to houu visiting That he has declared his regMra ton closed on November 27th and cO ant on November 25th for tho Fourth Precinct refusing to register lt arty more Utl l in that I precinct until after iKcember 23rd leaving many of them unregistered Against J < onsHA3is that he has discriminated against voters as aforesaid That hu hiss neglected his duly as to houc lo house visitation and yet Into fctatul Uiit he unit not possibly attend to I in Uio time Tint after arranging and agreeing t register voters who came to him iu the manner agreed upon he utterly utter-ly refused to fulfil his promise ant ould not register them That ho las refused 1 t register n number of the members of the Peoples 23rd Peo-ples Partj until after December 23rdTlut That he his not only refused to register voters at his ofllce or house but to inform them when he would be on his beat or when he would call at their houses From nil general cure pursued by the registration odlcers Iurc city we have good and ample reasons sons to believe that thej arc mealy and willing to register memliers of the Liberal party but unwilling to register members of the Peoples Partj Also that by the exclusion of a large rumber of legal voters from registration until the week commencing December tIled many of them will he prevented from registering i and thus a fair election wi ie prevented respectfully ask jour honorable honor-able body to Inform tho registration officers that the law in regard to visiting tho houses of citizens is not so much for the convenience of Ute officers a that of the voters and 1 intenilctllto facilitate not prevent a full and fair registration And I is their duty to register qualified sisters at any convenient place within their precincts and at reasonable business hours Tint they hiveno judicial powers and cannot legally refuse to register > ersons ready to answer proper J questions and take the oath prescribed pre-scribed bj law That they must not discriminate between members different political politi-cal parties And that on failure or neglect to their l duties theybe perform Iheybeprompl 1 i removed and oilier officers appointed ap-pointed in their stead We also ask further that your hon onbc body appoint a sufficient number of deputy registration officers cers to be at designated places during dur-ing the week commencing on December De-cember 2nd to register all qualified tel who have not then been reg istered And that additional registration regis-tration officers t at least the number num-ber of one for each precinct ba appointed ap-pointed from among members of ap itcets 1 I Ih otiates lion officers now appointed are known t be members of the Liberal Party strong and avowed partisans ready to serve their political associates asso-ciates to the utmost of their ltwlr We therefore urge that the fart which we ire attached 0 accorded this representation in order that justice may 0 done and that the approaching municipal election may be conducted fairly le express tie choice of the majority of the voters of thIs city cr respectfully On behalf Ihe Cent Committee Commit-tee of the Peoples Par of Salt Lake City HEBLR M WELIS ViceChairman KlClIAIU W YoU > G Secretary Todays session Ihe Commission w as pent In considering the charges and determining upon the course of procedure in an Investigation Colonel Godfrey chairman of the Commission stated that an order was being formulated and the Jo registrars regis-trars would have an opportunity to answer Until this was done he said the order of the Common would not be made public There will h nothing done slur ing remainder of this w eek alt Is the last of the house to house lt hou t bOI canvass sass and the Peoples Central Com millcean desirous of placing no obstacle whatever in the way of the registrar oIn their rlll doing work Further steps will be taken and evidence b Introduced t sustain the charge after the Commission designates a time which will not interfere ton with or impede registra |
