Show THE opposition TICKET THE liberal ticket is now complete As a whole it could scarcely be weaker the name which heads it that of mr scott is the strongest in the arraet t there about the ticket that is worth a special note it era embodies all of the registrars except oue if there had been any possible doubt as to their having been placed anthe on the ticket asa aa a reward for party services while acting in the capacity of registrars it was dispelled by the blunt statement made in convention by mr mccallum there appeared at one point of the proceedings to bea be a probability of another candidate receiving cei ving the nomination for assessor and collector when the gentleman named put in a plea for E R clute on the ground that he ought to get it because of the manner in which he had conducted the registration of the second precinct this then is a reward for mr clutes notoriously unfair manipulation of an official duty that should be performed without part izan spirit and as in his case so in that of all the other registrars who have been favored with nominations Is this the reward of official corruption that remains to be further proved as it doubtless will be before a great while under the instructions instruct iona of the utah commission the registrars are made the judges of eases cases of challenge of voters for cause it will be h seen from this how cunningly and unscrupulously this business has been managed these four men are made the judges of matters of direct personal interest to themselves they can pass upon the merits of a case of challenge of parties who are to be accorded or denied the privilege of voting for or against them this is not only unfair it is outrageous are men who do unjust work in behalf of a political party such persons as should be trusted with the management of the public business of this city this is a question in which respectable liberals ought to be as much interested as the members of the peoples peopled party take for instance the office of assessor and collector the person holding it has directly to do with the property interests of all the citi citizens zelus in his jurisdiction is the tax manipulation alon of the homes of the foe poor as well as the property of the rich Is mr clute such a man as can trusted with such an important duty if f n he nag has been guilty of doing unscrupulous part izan zan work he is not he gave after his norai nomination nation excellent ground for the tion oon that he is an unfit candidate for the office for which he in ia named this evidence consisted of a declaration cl from himself to the tap ef feet that if he had to assess a a piece of property of a friend and a piece of the alie same marne value belonging to an enemy he would not discriminate unjustly A square man never boods to make such an assertion he does not presume that anybody would suspect that he would do otherwise than honestly judges of huran nature know well that a man with a weak spot is always on the alert to defend it sometimes before it is attacked with a fair field and a clear registration list the people would gain an easy victory but by the manipulations undercurrent work and what we claim to be illegal and u unjust n discriminations of men who are being rewarded for that kind of labor the struggle will be necessarily more formidable thau than it would otherwise have been but if the liberals imagine they are going to make an easy steal of the government of this city they have reckoned without their host |