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Show J; LET OMEniI(; be HO.NE. F ! ' f ?j . A lrGE number of People's "fPi Tarty voters have had their names f 'tnckcu oIT the registration iits. &j ji At leat this is what they claim. Mfti "' iIea w'io liave voted, right along, f-$ i J ,or "viral years and who have not t- I removed from the citj or from the Jy -I ' precinct in which they have ted, JK 1 rtatetiut they have been simmariiy XJ"! J deprived of their right to vote. A borne complain that they went to fSi i . J Ule regitrar's offlce during the k i wk provided by law for that pur- , !. aud were informed tbt their g i names were on the list. But on J1 I j S,nS to vote they were told at the I i f l"3'1 tnat ""-ir names had been - !4 stricken ou", and they were not al- i m lowed to cast their ballots. J , We "eve this, because it is but tlf a rcj-ctition of Uie infamous work w S done at the municipal elecUon. It ' -Lioerai" poliUcs. It i for this $ . Uad of work that certain men have lHn rewarded, and others are told 1L that "Ule ill be rewardeJ if they k xwlUteirturn." Xo.wliyisitlhattJiedelrauded voter" da not take some definite i "'P3 to gain their n'htsor vindi- ft' ca,e Ult'r wrongs" Thri should e'jlicr something or quit gram-W gram-W f """' Their uam ought to be ie-j ie-j ? f "tatiil, or the ollicir who deprived r I t thera of tae,r r,Sht of franchise !. JL should besued and prosecuted. He , - T can le Isir-ued at both civil and i , criminal law. Anj man who will lj j r commit sum a crime should be " heavily uuisbcd. fc J There is a doubt, we know, as to i i i tueIikcIihoodofucci",cousIdering k t the prejudice ciistiiig and the bias J of court and juries. But m a case f of this kind Uie truth can be made i , apparent and the rime can 1 ex- I IwI, and If the criminal is not - f lnished the reason for his escape can bemide (Utcnt to all. t-ome- J - thiug sIid j Id l e done to protect the j, i " voter, to expose franchise robbers, ' ! " anJ to make jiosMble in this city a fair and free expression of the will of the people at the poll. ,, .; i If any voter has been defrauaed i'i a'"1 heeani rove hiscase, he should jj j "ne forward like a man and stand ft.4 "Pfor his rights, for hb own sake ! ' and for the good of the public. Iet f :- us lac justice, and falling that, let , J& Us at least liave light ujKin injustice I v5 and fraud. |