| Show MORE LIBERAL TACTICS THE proceeding at the ogden school election july 8 afford another example of liberal unscrupulousness in the conduct of political affairs similar tactics were employed there as in the twentieth district of this city with some extras thrown in the tumult and din which prevailed were according to the Standard ft 8 account of the election uproarious deafening not to say disgraceful we here quote from the standards standard Is editorial comments upon the scene pursuant to the gramme pro outlined in mcdaniels McDani ePs confidential cli circular cular to the liberal cohorts captain ransford bansford smith was last evening chosen a member of the board of trustees of ogden school district it was very likely in accordance with the same pro bogra gramme that kentucky en tucky smith in t took the chairmanship chairman eb ip of the meet ang if 96 so mac gab as a iha manager vager and smith as 1 deserve neither praise nor endorsement from sensible civilized people who enjoy in politics other methods than those which obtain among ward heelers and brawling partisans our readers reactors are referred to the report in our local columns for particulars of the meeting mr Scow crofts decision as to the vote of the assemblage was roughly set aside in favor of captain cantal n smiths decision the former with the true courtesy which should animate every man who puts a question before an audience was willing that his decision should be appealed from and decided by the house captain smith showed no such delicacy he be declared his partner elected and that retiring partner protected front and rear by vallant valiant friends and officers of the law fairly clove the stream of voters in his haste to mount the stand mr stanford who was declared chairman by mr in vain attempted to contest the riotous procedure he was forbidden to speak and was threatened with arrest or ejection if he persisted sted in renewing his claim to be heard if others were not dot subjected to the same indignities it was because they subsided more readily even one of the liberals who seemed to advocate harmony was summarily called to order it was an exhibition exhibition better suited to the prize ring in mississippi than the peaceful choice of a trustee to labor in the cause of education among the young A statement madeko us by a reliable eyewitness eye witness fully bears out the report of and comments upon the proceedings made by our one incident of the affray was specially marked for its effrontery so soon as the balloting was over and the box unlocked A R heywood a liberal and one of the secretaries thrust his hand band in and took up a quantity of ballots his arm was seized and he was forced to desist but whether he dropped the whole of the papers from his grasp is not quite clear to attribute this act to want of information would be to set mr heywood down as a first amus to ascribe it to an intent to perpetrate an election fraud would be to write him down a knave the reader is at liberty to take his choice unscrupulous I 1 active politicians are at every turn taking advantage of the meekness of those whose rights they are seeking to trample underfoot under foot the presumption that advantage can with impunity be takes taken of the people who constitute the more stable and honest portion of the community can be carried beyond the limit of endurance |
