Show A DEPUTY REGIST ranis DOINGS AX AN ELECTION OFFICER takes TAKEN TO TAX TASK BY A contemporary eor for forso some somo e time past the territorial Terri tokal enquirer our provo exchange has been calling attention to alleged high hand ed proceedings on the part of a de deputy u 1 registrar named thomas beesley beesley who presides by the grace of the utah comm Commissio assion nover over the destinies of voters in that vicinity mr beesley has been charged changed with striking from tile the registry lists names of certain ce r tain citizens possessing every qualification to deposit their ballots at the polls and when up braided f for or his illegal and unwarranted act get claimed to be carrying out the instructions of the commission that officially ally aily created hlib hiiri lie ile recently assailed mr john C graham editor ot of the enque enquirer which exposed his autocratic operations through the columns of the dally daily slanderer wanderer ut of this city with epithets which while very familiar to readers of that sheet we do not propose to repeat on our own responsibility we give below the en ers retort which pretty well ex plains the situation and sets forth the evil complained of since our last in which we gave the names of four persons that had been illegally and unwarrantably stricken off ois the registry list by thomas beesley the deputy registration of officer fleer we have been furnished urnis hed with three more they are miss lizzle lizzie W A halladay and win wm haws these persons also went to the polling place to td vote for delegate and were informed by the judges of election that they could not be permitted to vote inasmuch as their names had not been furnished to them officer the man beesley now we are assured that each of the applicants named had registered pursuant to law and the rulings of the commission and ud thag hag hat they all so notified the judges of election who however were unauthorized and powerless to do justice to the I 1 injured parties what has mr beesley to say about tuis does docs he still call us a liar and a raud fraud f will he still persist in saying sa iny that he tries to carry out the anstr instructions c of the commissioners tp the best of his ability and understanding now the facts prove that he is a wilful of the law und und end that if as he claims he has tried to do the bidding d n 0 of his is masters he has either wilfully wilu f u I 1 ord ond or ignorant ignorantly I 1 lv misunderstood the plain P 1 I aln ain an and ana printed instructions given him hi in his Is letter to the organ of lawlessness dishonesty and fraud he saida gald 1 I have lived in provo 20 years and alid am willing to be judged by all good law abidin abiding citi elti citizens zens but not hy graham and lis his kind now we will leave graham and his end out of this question and call upon beesleys Beesley Bee lq kind of good law abiding citizens zens to judge J jud c whet whether herthe the enquire has has haa told the or not we have already named seven individuals whose names thomas bee beesley ley erased er ased from the registry list without wit hout their knowledge or a hearing are those seven individuals and the editor editon liars when they say this much or is mr beesley a liar when he asserts as he did in his letter to the tribune that he has not done so except for the 06 same cause that prevents graham from botine orahim inri tita fita i answer the fuestion question ue stion let bees leys kind bind do it will will wili i mr beesley now say that when he struck those seven names from the ule registry list he tried to carry out the instructions of the commissioners ners which expressly command him not to do so without good and suf sufficient reason to show that thu they parties are arc no longer qualified now there Is a serious question involved in this seit assumed license on mr beesleys Bee part if this man is n now 1 ow permitted to do us as he pleases with the registry list strike off or add names to them of his own volition without a check being put on him by his superiors he may next time take the liberty of making a wholesale thing of it and leave only such names on the tiie lists as are likely to vote the liberal or defunct american ticket if G sutherland the county registrar Is not leagued with his subordinate in this illegal business busi bugi ness he should at once ste step up and put a quietus on lf that individuals s pranks then it if neither of these meers officers off respect the law enough to induce them to give fair play all round it is the the commissioners miss loners ners to call them to account if mr beesley sup supposes oses that we have done with him he is s mistaken we propose to keep lip this business of exposing ec ln ids irta r on mj i r sno no malter matter how hon 11 ii may write to the e id a call cali i lih ih liar fraud licoski ilet liet 11 etc for transact eions such as those of which mr beesley beesle ay le is guilty some gome men have llave in the states tate been justly comal committed eted to thea theu penitentiary it is a penal offense offence t to i a tamper ta in with the rights and privileges of american voters I 1 la a other places in this country and a not we do not see sec why the same custom should not be made to apply to utah |