Show MORE obstruction TACTICS As the day of election approaches the opposition become more brazen and sha shameless melem in their methods they make it more moie and more manifest daily that failing in the dequis i ito ite voting strength to assure them of victory they propose to resort to every species of unfair means to gain their point by defrauding the majority As was noted lu in the NEWS a few days ago over notices have been issued to voters of the peoples party to appear and show cause why their names should not bo be stricken from the registration list these citations have been served at the instance of mr webb of the liberal committee one of the allegations against the parties to is non citizenship yet mandof many of those on whom service has been made are native born another is yet numbers of those against whom this objection has been raised have never lived outside of this city many persons who are am unmarried are alleged to be mists that this is but a put part of an obstructive tive policy adopted by the other side from the beginning of the campaign is too manifest to need assertion there is a feature of this phase of liberal tactics that is particularly glaring after the liberal ticket w wao completed the N NEWS aws directed attention to the fact that all of the names of the precinct registrars had been placed upon it as a reward for party work done in an official capacity except one as follows louis hyams for recorder E B R clute for assessor and collector T J E morris for alderman of the third precinct B R D winters for alderman of the fourth precinct according to the instructions of the utah commission the registrar a were madea made a board of reference to decide all questions relating to the eligibility to vote of persons whose names were on the lists the inconsistency and wrong of having men sit as judges on questions arising upon a matter in which they are interested parties were pointed out col page the city registrar announced subsequently that he and the solitary registrar who was not nominated and placed on the liberal ticket would act as referees in relation to disputes arising in relation to the question of the right to vote even the chief liberal organ refers to the the registrars who are nominees as ex registrars in the face of all this the and over members of the peoples party legally entitled to vote are cited by those precinct registrars to appear before them and show cause why their names should not net be stricken from the registration lists the notifications are issued over the signatures of the registrars reg istran according to the precinct in which the person resides one before us for instance summons a voter of the fourth pre precinct 0 ti to appear before B R D winters Ube liberal iberal ral candidate and registrar of that municipal ward the summons might just as well read that the individual against whom the vexatious allegation is planted shall appear before me that I 1 may judge whether you shall be permitted to vote against me at the municipal election to be held on the of february next then what about the announcement of colonel page the city registrar well perhaps as the chief 11 Yb liberal eral organ said concerning his arbitrary and outrageous changes of the polling places he way may have reasons for this right about face business itcan it can now be added as a matter of fact that the ibe liberal regis arar candidate referees have been sitting in judgment upon persons who have been cited to show cause why their names should not be stricken from the lists they haye have begun the work of purging the lists of persons whom they fled would not vote tote for them if their names remal remained ned thus the liberal manipulation of election affairs reduces their pretense of desiring a just juat election to the status of a howling burlesque we learn leam that on january 29 the utah commission made a ruling in relation to the citations by alib liberal committeemen of peoples peopled party voters to show cause why their nana names i es should not be stricken from the registration lists the ruling is to the effect that the burden of proof lies upon the person issuing the citation and not upon the person summoned this is good as far as it goes but comes a little late after a number of names have been eliminated without t the au summonsing sum ng party showing any proof whatever the burden of proof today has been placed entirely upon the people cited the liberal representatives asked for an opportunity to be heard in opposition to the ruling and their request was granted for january 30 |