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Show j BOARD OF EDUCATION. There Are Eight "Liberals" and Three People's, ii ftrttct.' imMOUS'-LIBEIUL" FlUUIte. I Fallin; Off of l'cr Cert Tftm brfrf- Vtatiraaj'suhool election la past, and while the result ia as treuenlly exjiected, exptrit ill on lit&nce, the record wi!J ji down as one in which tfcc nioat uublushiu frauds van perpetrated to brins about a de-Jred result on the part of the o-sanuitlon which has the election machinery in its hanil-.&ci which i-tlaiiorinir anrf Corkln; for minority mi-nority i-retrol in this Territory. HI.3T MUNICIPAL WK1 This ward was carried l.y le 'I.iherali" ii February and Oie same result was jie!ciiiateil for je-terdai je-terdai . I'rt It would not rure licen J bo hr-i Uie Teople bben ullowcj to cut their full Bacuth. asshoAn in the conijaraih e Uj!- of election re-Urnn re-Urnn pullWiol todiy. Jisipm uf Peopk's vojters wei ttneken otl from the regir list u Hum. t dint, Mime vf Ihc intn thus treated beiu old tad well known citizen-, for the erasure of who'e names the registrar cannot find the Fhadow cf an excuse, but ids reward Li in the fact that it nrves his tarty well Tui result in the flrt muiuiiiol wird. w a.s the election, bj a vote of 533 to t!4, of Hlraui Johiion and George V. no, Liberals," as trustees for that di-tricU ! VI Mfll'AL W AKIh Here thn samt tatlcs w Xe resorted to. though p-obably rrat ti tht same extent, is the I"eopiL's Voters are in the minority then. .Except tevenl debates, there was little vi i livtlj nature. Anion,; the People'd 1'irtj voters who were "tncken trora the li'U. were men w ho havelived there i to j ear, at the same place of residence They have voted for year jast, md wre on the old regL4r II- "Ihey were willing to takt tt-c oath, or furnish atij jiroof that ws neces.-ary to establish their right to ote. Hut they w le sum manly shut oU" l the -'Mbtial" jude-. The trutees elected in tils erond Ward aru Vm. Nel"onand r. t". rmtrong, Jr, "I.ibtnls"' In the afternoon here the horde of ' I.iU rais" whieh w ere brought up from the It G. V dtpot for anj Iiurpose, weie vhipjied to the Twentieth Twen-tieth Ward choolhoii-c, as their ottj were nut iieejcl in the arJ where they were TltlKU MLMCII'IL AHIl. In thk di-tnet. ill Tibruiry the People ha 1 a uiaiorit of "in. Tile "I.loeral manager- made n bjld atteiu t to "teal the w ird li cutting OIF, by wholesale from the regi-tra i tlou 1l-(n the names ol People's ' Party oter-. Vmong U t-u were men Inm. rai-ed and now living In the warn They hv.e been regi-1 tcred ind hive Toted for jear. riu' are well know n to the -cnut j regi-trar, Cieorgc I.amluurue. "and i hao been --Ince boihood, yet that I o'licial erised their nimr, and tint I without ju-t cau-. Othirs who I were similarly trealitl we-e nuin-tiered nuin-tiered among old ettlcrs here, who liaxe aidei! In developing the countrj from tne time it was in an J wilderness It wa-no won derthen that there wi a feeling of auger at th- outrJge parjietrated ujion tliem They we nt to the reg-l-trar, C. 1.. Allen, for relinks, and he 1 ve them a note, w ith i pi ten-e of bing fair, tait it did no good Hi show of faineys was hut hyiriy, and the Vmericau citizens citi-zens tlius grossly wronged liaJ to submit, because they were memUtrs of the People's I"artJ. Tile -I.il)-eral" p!ot, howeir did not work from the fact that thoe of the Pro pie's Partj who-e umies klill n-ai n-ai lined turned out in force, and rolled up a majorit of on-hundred on-hundred and lourtee-i for their candidates can-didates a good sliowing in iew of the dilhcuitli- tin had to en-couHter en-couHter It was di-coverci lier that the registrar had stneksnoff the name uf one of the People's candidates for trustee Joseph b. Hyde so the name of Mr. John X Pifee. which was gnciou) per unUeil to remain on the )i-t, was substituted, and he receive-I the full vole. Messr. John X Pim- and Vm. J. Xewman, People-, candidates, candi-dates, vere elected trustees from the tbirdmunlcipcl ward Forirrii mcmciial wAitn. The mo-t Imniacetl anil impudent attmpL at fraud in election- oc curreU in the TourUi 2ilunieipal Ward. When the People's Parly committees obtained a copj of the regl'traUon list for tliat Ward it was foun I that consider aid over one hundred names chief! Irish were thereon an J could not lie accounted for b re-i-dence. occupation, or an thing eL-e. At the polls it wis soon disclosed vhere ihoe oter- came from. A motley crowd of dirty, drunken Iri-hmeu came at intervals to the Twentieth Ward tchoolhou-e to vole, and gae such names a- were then unvoted at the poles The scenes that took place uhlle somitimes amusing, ought to hac iirought a l'luli of sham" to an political part that cjlM condescend to such miserable tames in onler to produce the results re-sults they desired Hut there is no room for hame imom; the Liberal" Liber-al" leadtrstljere. EKjme of the in idents are eited man gningtlie name of J.rnes-t I"atepp-eseuted hllimlf at hj1 Xo. I. und on King challenged and que-tion"d as to hi-i residence he couldn t tell where he lied. Another, An-other, giving the name of Thomas CIlm, was in the same predica-mnt.Ontielnga3ed predica-mnt.Ontielnga3ed uheruheli-ed he teemed confuvsl, and muttered oniethlng about iiaing no fixed pkceof abode. He could not inform the judge-ju-t where he did live. Vuotlier giving the inmeof Patrick Dougall, -aid he worked at the Itio Crande depot, and on being que-l-unwl a to where he lived, he levied -l,, ( .y Creek" no hou-e. no nunibw, no htrcet, no pUc- in nrtteuhr. Imt jw-t up in 'ity Creek He did not loini with an body, he ili I not live with an -body, lit merel lived "up by the uP.r wati rwork ' r-ucji a n.an wasron-idtred lit to exercise the nht of fnnchi-e and vote the l.il-e-al" Utket. uother man attempting to vote In the nameol James C. Gibson wv thalienes as to his residence. He claimed 1 1 hat lued one week in fie WarJ, but could not tell when orwhere. Onlieiiigreiiuested to take the oath he refused to do to, and rather than lie bothered and hamjreiwith further fjuetion, lie snatched his ballot and made for the dour Hierewere ieven other to whom it was too much of an ordeal to Uke the oath, and rather than do mi they walked 0T The -ironter with whizh these batches were brought up and put In line to vote there exceeded anything that has ever Liken place in the district before be-fore "some of those who presented tlitm-elvee, w'itu questioned as to where the lived, said --In City ' IJa you live in City Creek?" was then asked. ' ' ""-, in City Creek?" w,-0 you ,lv-" '" 0le creek?" i.e 1I'.ro5 cot 1B t,,e ireek. hut "ythenJeof it" I ers would fraukh aeknow ledge ii! ,U.ei "'J "-,ther oue nor i 'UsnolcuyUud-not even a tent to cover their beadsiand ou be- ?5 In'erroga'ed concerning this I "?. ''". "I as bard up and iiiJtosellmyu;nt,nnd now I am living under Bcmebru-h. I have a right to vote here." 'JiT.?.1"- t-rctt-nted himwlf the i ,ia,e to "-ote.and nnlielngre- 'nlasj ail MueUoned taid that wcudvviUidrav " He (on! hi, bal-i" bal-i" hd departed. Several, on being questioned as to their rlace of residence, apricareU to be (aralyzed for tho comcnt, cad bad not tLe 'aletpsl idea ft hal reply lo g'vr. Vi.o (pointing) said: ! live, three blocks dewn that way and tTo over there," but be could neither give the name of the part, nor dc-enbe the houvj ami ftn-. Anotiier said. ' I ).& a Mur-pli',' Mur-pli',' "Well," rejoined the juJce, "where Is Murph '-?" "Over there (pDintlng), but I don't know the street nor the num-btrof num-btrof thehoiMc," "Well, Un wbele 'a iuirjili '?" (Afttraiause "rfjre, I cannot tell'" was the nnswer. Another, on being asktxl where J hero ho Iheil, replied. 'Oh, IJIvcl atKcll't. J "Well, where Is Kelb,''' "Oh, I c-e' you where Kelly's 1, only I know I Iie there" One man admitted that he was registered at tile Clift House, and another that he was regiktensl "In a saloon down town.' "Whit saloon" - ucuiatidcd. 'WJ Cant know where it Is," reflux! tho would-be oter; "onl its a uloon down town ' OUk! would answer tliat they tveru working at the lilo GrauJe depot and !I ed awa tip Cit Creek, 'at tho ufper wnterw orks" wh re coIkxI reside One in,,Svit"ji5 presented hlm-tslf hlm-tslf aud gave the name of "Israel Vi. Fletcher" The- ehallengtr for the People's Part oeiug a personal friend of Fletchtr, and associated with him in bu-ineswasastonlshtii on hearing the name given b this individual, and exclaimed. "What! What Is your name?" The man then answered, "Isaac riitchcr," and attempted to vote In tint name, but nut having been Hilllcienth posted tie wilted and went out. i Another presented himseiftiudtr ' Ihe name of "James T. Oallachtr ' i Oallicher was known to iiie ef those present, and to say tlut the I v ere amazed at the boldness of men i coming up to lersouate oSher icoi!e i bat feebl cspres-es the -ituatl m ' Tlie "Libenl" ju Jges st-en.cil dii-l-ed to allow ever man to vote who said he wis in the prtiimt. provided liis apjiesirauce ipdit-al-U that he was a "Libc-al ' It. Y. Hamjitou and William Calder wire challenged on the grouu I of b-Ing polyga nIMs. lkith had subscribed to the oath an I w i re registereil; although the were will ing and anxious to -is-ain sutiscrnw to tlieintli tht wtrt dcl-arred from doing no, anil from catting tin ir billot, (uitca nuiiilierof the IVo-pie's IVo-pie's party were stricken oir the li-tsb the "I iberil" regi-trar fi.r reasons best know n to himself One man rcsrnte-J himself and gavu the n.imc of Iilchard II. Cabell. On being thalleng"U It wis discovered, tlut he lia I not resided six racnths in the ttrntor when he registered. A dicu"iion aroe ovtr this point- the L.teral" judges holding that It was ui-I uee-es.-.ir, while tiie minority judge readiln; I the oath w lib h -ays that he Iiatl I residetl six mouth- "in the territory ' laiid hirt dss in the x-eitul. ' miiutii led i' w is absolutt lv nect-sury nect-sury th it It -uould Ic-o Mr. Calx II was frank enough to admit that lie j had not resided the required time i and that the oath hid linn changed , to suit his particular i lrtii-ii-tantt-. Will dt put regi-trar Kt kr tx-. plain thi fraud ' Another rran Mood in a -unilir w'lt'ou as Mr. Cabell, his resident in the Ttrntor hid not exceeded I three month-, "-till, his name was ' placed on th- registry list b depnt j regi-trar Kes-Ier. A hackmau was asked to c-ouvc i four itrsonators from the IJ. j. V . dejiot Lithe Fourth Precinct polling jila-in the afternoon Hercfu-eti, as be did not want to have ani-thmg ani-thmg to do w Hit the t!irepulab e 1usiUess. He drove to the ill s tniptj ind renorted ihtai! that the Iaibral" t mghs nuht l ap,iri.-pnatel ap,iri.-pnatel received. Tl,i were Krought uji iu an express waoii.1 Tne l'e-oi le's challengers w orkeu on I them the colli 1 give no lntelli-i gible account uf residmcu or oilier fjualitlcatlou. Their votes were not refused, nut, s-n(iug the snuali.ni, ! tile withdrew, jum'ied uii 3; strettcar ind disappeared. A fan minute- iie'ore th- tiiti i for closing the lls tro 1 oils of I , ''ijioenl" ier-oniton were dtim I jH-d on to the Tn cnletii ar i i II niuare. The were also fro n the It. W. depoL r-everal tier-ons wearing ' Liberal ' badges ncut among iheu, whi;t ring ;Mitly in j j their ear, giving them, it u pre-uire-J, Hie names ot persons tnev verc to lersouate ilr. i'atrick warned tlie tansicnt- that if tht. voted tin wouhl be irrt-stt-d, "i-thty "i-thty had no right L vuu-. Onetif) thefellu vs,who was limit rUieinlhl -ent-e of liquor, remarked tu oce of! the ' Liberal" whippers I'll U d d if I'll vote for that amount. It j isn't enough ' Finailv the croadl left w itliout vot'ug. At about tin same m-taut Judge IItge ippeartst it the door of the Imihlitig ird sal J ' "Gentlemen, the polls are iIomsI " t oll No. -2 the ' Lilieral' judges acted much mop- gei.tb-manly, gei.tb-manly, though tht cauteil a soul oeal of unnecessar ainioy-uice Messrs, Heny Pure- and Charles) -an-o-n were among tho-e challenged chal-lenged for having been polgami-t They offered to take the oath tint tlie were not, lt were njictc-d. Afterwards t!n decision wis re cons'dcred, and they wire allowed to vote, other similar cc-oa win acted on in the same way. Mr Sansom, Jr 't, name wis sjielld with a fiml u n-tead til m, and thoagh he was I uown to be the proper ier-m, he had toj.o down to the Leah 'onimissioii oftice, to the dejiuty registrar, aud do contiderable- more nniuingaboul Is. fore lie was llnally permitted to ta-t his Isillet. Th" rrnceediiigs it-ti at 'mil Xo 1, show the method by whieh Mr. William received two votes more than Mr. Young, thus .virtunil!ig the will of the majority of the legal voters in tlie fourth municipal ward with respect to him As tlie face of the returns now shows, there ire r turned for trustees trus-tees George D. Pptr, People, and P. L. Williams, "Lilieral MiTir sii'Nicii cr. w vr:. At this district matters were quiet, I though a good vote was pollt-d. There was no -how of frauds there, probably for the ruaton tliat the district dis-trict Is three-fourths "Lilcral" and the u-ual adjuncts of tliat Jtartv vem unnecessary Tho result was the election of " L. U Colbath -lid ( L. Mitchencr Liberals 'as tru-tii- Those elected e'ttnlo. w.th Ma or Scott, camiose the Hoard cf Kducation. The (Kihtical complexion complex-ion it Tlie miorand tevtu trus. tecs, "Lilierals," three trustees, People. Following are the returns of the election yc-terda. 1 I - t'hriiirj-"5" MCMCIliL WAKI'S. " - Vole s ' ti rim 1 n I 1BST i rallr. 1 1-te 3U inter. I'ropfc. p I Jabnuin. LUraI-....Has , Snotr. lateral ...431 Sullcno; I I I secoxi. (.- ias MrKenue. People.... 4 ' Hull, feole M I. Nelson, Uberal WJ I Annsuxts? Lrt-rrat .H3 T "-"'"xM;;,; ,- NetnDsn. lVople. ...ili ' l1ke.PMl.Ie , sl I I I eoioD.Iabrl.....-.;J i " ubcrJ fL1 s,s w I us :r.t IOC till j l l-jper. People .......311 j It; lA onnp. People MB I LipPmaa.L)raL....fcLl 1IITI1 j TneketL People.. 1 I I Col-jalli. Llberml .... " i i jfltehener. Uuerat...-a I 7 3sS I SsSJaa Total 'itVTO'e.l.T. Toi-tl People' rote. 1.-J. Tout Ii tral vote. I 56. Libermi nutontr. i,nr; 1 out vote la FeSrotJT. - . , , ! Tol,Penlvo""ir"'r:1r"'; " i Totxt Lltiertl vote la I eurttirr, 1A Liberal mJoritT. Til. .. ,, People & decrriae trjm rebraaryw. Ubcnl derreisf fro-n Febrnrj;.r lieereue rroqt Fcbnurv vole. l,w |
