| Show AN unpleasant FACT giai Is 19 it a tact fact that tamea james T liamin cind helped to chiso chise a number of 0 legal voters in bogan about eliout ano two pears ago I 1 have pome recollection ol of the matter but any myni mind indis is riot or fir ns as to ghether NAli ether it was wag ir fr If Tl ammond or mr maughan alease n awer in ill your valuable paper and oblige yours respectfully kukral this is an unpleasant topic to discuss clie cuss for although it is a matter of public importance and appears of record it was not our intention to refer to it in this campaign 0 wo e hall had no desire to open up a page be of political history which must revive so many bitter memories in connection with the lorg struggle C of odthe the people for their rights we had no thought V of mentioning inen dolling the conduct of wen men who sought to deprive 1 c their fellow citizens of the right to vote vole in effect just as the infamous tet teft oath of idalio idaho robbed thern them of their franchise therefore we trust that will be content with a very brief allusion to this most bistas distasteful reful topic it is true that james T hammond hamid id was instrumental in preventing some come forty forta of his follow fellow citizens from being 0 rist registered ered in february 1892 lie ile was aided in th the e despicable dispi cable work by 0 C goodwill I 1 n at that thai time chief re registrar 0 i arar of this county goodwin had promised voters that lie ho would register them at hit his office in the day tittle time and at his home in ill the hie evening durino during the whole week lie ile published a notice to that effect in both local papers but when a number of men applied on satur day evening he ha refused to register theland the teem mand and there was no further day for them to attend to the matter A num berof leading 0 citizens protested and men of both parties condemned the course of the registrar 7 goodwin then went to his office and sent for hammond ammond II who as chairman of tile the republican central committee upheld the registrar in his decision mr hammond ammond II insisted that the day closed at six and that the registration 7 lists should close then only it a few days before sir mr hammond had bad held in another matter that ithe the day did not close cloae till mid nigil that no one had authority to consider it closed before that time but the counsel of mr hammond ammond II prevailed and the books were closed depriving some forty american citizens of their right 0 to vote vot e th then e n C 11 II hart F turner and ephraim jensen were appointed as a committee to go to the legislature then in session cession in order to secure anew a new registration A bill to that effect was passed and governor thomas expressed his willingness to sign 0 it but asked for Ir Hammonds nion regarding 0 it mr hammond ammond II telegraphed the governor and we vre have a copy of the telegram saying 0 that he be was not in favor of a new registration re where upon governor thomas vetoed the bill aud and the second arid and list last chance of those forty citizens was gone and they the were shorn of their right of franch franchise iEe that is a 2 brief statement of the unfortunate affair and add it is unfortunate for mr hammond ammond II will never outlive it to prevent a qualified voter from casting his ballot is bad enough C but to oppose a law which would reinvest him with his rights is despicable indeed d CC d ve tru trust r t this thi s anaw answer er IV will ill be satisfactory to neutral and hope it will not be necessary to refer to the matter aga aaen 0 i 1 n |
