Show PLOT TO ROB THE PEOPLE jau jan 28 legan began the hearing of the challenges made by one david webb to several hundred persons whose names a are re on the registration list the registrars made a combination which is no doubt very satisfactory to themselves for the hearing H 8 mccaluum McCal Jum m debern detern ines cases cam in his precinct J B R morris attends to his own and louis hyams precinct while B R D winters operates for both himself and E it IL clute who earned his nomination on the liberal ticket by the way he performed the work of registration for the second product the challenger challener 1 I D webb was not on hand those who were summoned to lo show cause why their names should not be stricken off the registration list had bad no opportunity to even get a glance at their accuser though they had taken the oath required they were compelled to make a further affirmative showing sh to the satisfaction tion of the reglo tran who ehg took most of the cases under advisement vi I 1 so far ts is can be ascertained there ai aie e about challenges in the first precinct while the others fall a little below that figure there were set for hearing bearing fifty cases at each session or a day for each registrar and this morning the proceedings ce began in the grand jury rooms in iii the wasatch block A good many persons failed to appear p r and a default was entered U unless they do present themselves their names will be stricken from the list and it would be well for each voter to taku the trouble to ascertain that he is not a victim even though he has not been summoned it was learned that many of those who were marked down as not appearing had gone to the wrong regi registrar I 1 s arar while their names were being passed on in the other room some wandered about the wasatch hallway unable to find the place because of the poor numbering until the attention of some was called to the fat fant that they were credited with not appearing when they rushed about to get a fair hearing he arini during the proceedings one name was stricken off because he was a polygamist over twenty years ago his wife ran away with another man some years later tie he married again but did not get a divorce from the woman who deserted him so 80 became disqualified two or three were stricken off because the registrars were not satisfied as to their place of residence A sample of the proceedings is as follows edward taylor of the tenth ward was called he was challenged on the ground of polygamy a in 91 registrar are you a mist mr taylor I 1 am not registrar have you ever been mr taylar I 1 have not registrar never had more than one wife mr taylor no sir air registrar the objection ia 11 overruled J john oh n walsh of the tenth ward was called registrar tru are challenged challan ged on the ground of not being a bona fide resident remittent how long have you lived at your pre present serit home in the first precinct mr walsh since 1856 registrar I 1 guess that is long enough to prove residence registrar to J C woods the objection to you is that you are not naturalized where are your pa papers cr ra mr woods here they are registrar examining them you are all right registrar to a young you ng man named tucker you are challenged for not being it bona fide citizen how long have you lived in the first precinct mr tucker I 1 was boru born iu in the same house where I 1 now live and have lived there ever since registrar that will do mr wright was called Registrar You are objected to because you are not a bona aids resident how long have you lived here mr wright since bince last june registrar where did you live before then mr wright I 1 was four months iu in ogden before then I 1 was was in idaho registrar where do you work mr wright on the sewer registrar do you intend to live here permanently mr wright yes sir air just so long as I 1 can get work registrar did you come here with the intention of leaving in the spring mr wright I 1 did not I 1 came here to live registrar that is all your case will be taken under advisement for the present and so it was waa with many others who had lived in the precinct all the way from three months to two years their cases were taken under advisement until the registrar should make up his mind how to dispose of them no doubt exists in the minds of the public pubic as am to the fact that there is a stupendous scheme on the part of the liberals Liberal sl to gain the election on february 10 by tiny any means at their command and as there Is no prospect of doing it fairly there is no hesitancy in adopting foul play this is ie plainly apparent from the fraudulent names on the registration lists the wholesale challenging of those known to be peopled people is party voters aaers of the registrars and a dozen other act actions tons of the party which manipulates the election machinery but the trickery has been so closely watched by the peoples peopled party who are contending for their rights that in order to accomplish their heir base purposes the most shameless and barefaced of right has to be exhibited and this seems to be done without the least compunction while at the same time the perpetu perpetrators keep declaring we want to do what is right we want to be fair 19 etc but whatever they may profess to want their actions are sufficient to show what they are really after aftel 11 weve sent out more than challenges already and more are sing 11 was as the statement made 8 sf f this number are in the first precinct the fifth precinct has the least while the other three are about equal the new notices that are going out seem to be chiefly in the second precinct and are madle returnable before registrar mccallum McCaU um in the proceedings before registrars mccallum morris and winters jan 29 when the persons challenged were called and required to be sworn without V even the opportunity of being confronted by the challenger the peopled People lg attorneys objected to that order and cited the ruling of the utah commission that the burden of proof should be on the objectors 1 but that did not purpose of jf the registrars so the opinion of the utah commission was taken u under advisement the challenged parties were compelled I 1 ailed to proceed under the old order 1 thus the utah commission was overruled then powers and dickson appeared for the liberal party and argued the case or ratler stated what they wanted and they got it the proceedings proceed nga golue on in the same order before registrars mccallum and morris the order of questions was about the samo sam as january 28 th the e great bulk being taken under advisement vi 22 those who were called before registrar winters were somewhat annoyed by the insolent tone in which the registrar a eked asked his q questions u some concluded that he h e did d ead I 1 not know any better hut aut he does and can be very mild and gentle at times in a general way his line of ques tinning was on the matter of the challenge and thosa whose residence in the city dated back less than a year were given a rigid examination and their cases taken under advisement in regard to citizenship the fo following are samples A mr peterson said he was four years old when he came to the country and had never himself been naturalized registrar your name will be stricken from the list the attorney for the peopled people Is party inquired whether mr petersons father had been naturalized before the son was of age 4 oh yes replied mr peterson registrar well that will F lie taken under advisement richard smyth was horn born in dublin his father was an american citizen and his bis parents had gone to ireland to see about some property which his mother was heir to in the third district court mr smyth had been informed that he be was wag a citizen under these circumstances he had bad also seen his bis ather fathers 19 naturalization n papers when he was a small boy and remembered that they were leaded issued in lowell massachusetts his father had served in the american navy these facts he could prove by witnesses now in the territory the registrar said that the naturalization of mr smyths father was a matter of record and coull only be proved that way he told mr smyth to get a copy of the record and took the case under advisement the next case that came up however takes the premium it was that of henry of the twentieth ward I 1 mr testified in effect I 1 am not a polygamist the ground of challenge have never been a practical polygamist though I 1 have had two wives M my y first left me and afterward in 1868 without getting a divorce I 1 married again in a few years the first wife died and learn learning hig my status under the law I 1 made the second wife my legal wife by marrying again I 1 have never been convicted of polygamy and never dever lived with two wives have never been anines amnestied tied registrar winters 4 I 1 may as well decide this and al other like cases right now mr is objected to on the ground that he is a polygamist the law of 1862 says that evera person having a husband or wife living who abal any other person whether married or single in a territory of 0 the united states or other place over which the united states have exclusive jurisdiction shall 0 be adlue adjudged led ed guilty of poky polygamy gamy 0 0 pr provided v nevertheless that this section shall not extend to any person by reason of an any former marriage whose husband yd ba n or wife by such marriage bave been absent for five successive years without being known to such person within that time to be living nor to any person b by reason of any former marriage which shall have been dissolved by the decree of a c court nor to any person bk by reason or of any former marriage which a shall all have been annulled or pronounced void by the sentence or decree of a co competent m detent court on the ground of the nullity ii ty of et the marriage contract mr you do not need to be convicted of polygamy the law has adjudged you guilty you are a polygamist not having been pardoned or amnestied section 6 of the law of 1882 says that the president to is hereby authorized to grant amnesty to such classes of offenders I 1 guilty alty ot of bigamy polygamy or unlawful cohabitation u before the passage of this act on such een conditions editions and under such limitations as he shall think proper but no such amnesty shall have effect unless the conditions thereof shall be complied with mr you will not be allowed to vote your name will be stricken from the list on the ground that you are a polygamist the challenge is sustained this ruling will govern all cases like this B W driggs jr who appeared for the people before mr registrar you have overruled judge zanel zane the registrar only smiled mr driggs and the supreme court of the united states tool another smile that was all the opinion of judge zane cited by mr driggs was given I 1 av en in the bennett case when fudge judge powers endeavored to establish the position taken by the registrar judge zane ruled that a man must actually have a plurality of wives to be a polygamist the fact of cohabitation is not a feature in determining the meaning of the term A man ceases to be a polygamist when be fully and finally terminates the relationship pardon anti and amnesty are 1 not in intended as a means of terminating a polygamous relation pardon is the remission of the consequences of an offense after the parties have been convicted amnesty is the remission of the consequences of a crime and may be after or before a conviction though pardoned the defendant might be guilty of maintaining and recognizing the polygamous relation pa the decision of the supreme court of the united states which the registrar overrides says saye inthe in the case of the utah commission it is not therefore because the person has committed the offense of big bigamy or polygamy at some previous time in aion violation of some existing statute and as an additional punishment for its commission that he is dis franchised by the act of congress of march nor because he to is guilty of the offense as defined and punished by the terms of thab tha tact act but bat because at some time having entered into a bigamous or po DO relation by a marriage with a second or third wife while the first was living he still maintains it and has not dissolved it although altho for the time being he restricts actual cohabitation to but one he might in fact abstain from actual cohabitation with all and 1 be mist till still as dueh as ever a bigamist or polygamist he can only cease to be such when he has finally dissolved in leom ome effect effective ivo manner which we are not called here to point out chevery the very relation of husband to several wives which constitutes the forbidden status he has previously assumed the disfranchisement operates upon the existing state and condition of the person and not upon a past offense fenee ot it is therefore not retrospective he llone Is deprive of his vote who who when he offers to register is then in the he state or condition of a bigamist or I 1 polygamist or is then actu actually a ily cohabiting with more than one woman thus the matter goes A smile ot of derision meets the law in the caw case A long list of new challenges are now being served among the number cited to appear Is recorder H M wells whose treatment by registrar winters on a former occasion will be remembered another one that would seem very like a joke were it not tor for the fact that the infamy of the ellb liberal proceedings to is so well known is the summoning of spencer clawson the peoples candidate for mayor to appear before registrar winters and shw show cause why his bis na name me should not be stricken from the registry list on the ground that he is a polygamist iff 11 1 1 many of those challenged have failed to appear andle and default fault has been entered against them investigation shows that the return is a substitute service the law requires a personal service and in this substitute business it is likely that the persons challenged and who failed to appear have never received notice at all there Is one noticeable occurrence which challenged parties should take cognizance of and that is that the registrars have no right to ask questions that do not relate to the matter of the challenge that is if a man is challenged on the ground ef cf non residence he cannot be required to answer inquiries about some one else who lives in certain houses or anything except as to his residence and intention relating thereto the plan an ad adopted net ed by challenger D letb webb of the e liberal 1 1 committee makes its purpose plain awu objecting to such men as S B clawson Claw Boo W WF R matthews W C mcdonald johnwelsh John b n walsh a and na hundreds of others on the ground of not being bona fide residents when some of them were born an and have lived in salt lake city their whole lives and others have resided here twenty to forty years and have been before the public indicates a purpose entirely foreign to that which the law contemplates in allowing challenges the plot thickens as new features develop and everything cointa to the fact that no means will be left unused to obstruct the peoples party voters bott arso oh n the day of election as well as subject them to annoyance and indignity prior thereto the liberal party y whose name n this region has long been the by synonym nym of all that to is corrupt in PO politico arv laso Is ia still pressing pres shig on in the plot lo 10 tv iff rob the people at the elect election loyY iff ft honest work will not give them the victory so they make no effort tn that line but proceed to of the basest kind As shown january 28 they have no hesitancy tn in setting aside the law aud rulings of courts to accomplish their T seand jan 80 we have to record r further proceedings with the same nd end in view they raise a great howl about detectives but on reading between the libes it can be easily |