Show THE CLIMAX OF emboldened by the backing they have received from the court and from the U 8 registration officers in silt lake hive pitk en another hitch in the political icil rope are pulling with euca desperation in their persons they banfy they behold the combination of all the judicial ministerial and dictatorial powers to be exercised noder the election law of utah and in the language popularly attributed to one of them they are going to win the february election no matter what party may have the legitimate majority here is a bit ot correspondence which will be d without much explanation BUT LAKE CITY dec SIR owing to certain information coming to roe regarding your disqualification ti remain longer on the registry of the fourth precinct I 1 hereby notify you that dunles you appear before me donna the week commencing the inet and requa lily by taking the oath and to it your name will be stricken from the list very respectfully it D WINTERS registrar fourth precinct Ire mr wells is the present recorder of bait lake city a position be has held with honor and ability for several terms he was born and reared in utah and all his interests are hero uia name has been on the registry list ever since there was a and no one ever questioned his right to register vote or hold office under even the strictest interpretation of the special acts designed to parity elections in this territory we reproduce liere with his prompt response to he insolent demaid of registrar SALT CITY utah dec 21 1889 jt D winters esq fourth DEAB sini beg to acknowledge receipt of yours without date notifying roe that to certain informs ton to you regarding my disqualification to remain longer on the registry of the fourth precinct you would strike my name from the list I 1 appear during the week commencing the instant and by taking and subscribing the oa hanew I 1 am not advised as to the character of the information yon refer to but I 1 now naify you that any and all information alleging or intimating anything other than that I 1 am anatie born citizen of the united baates over the age of twenty one and qualified in every respect to register and vote is utterly and totally false and I 1 hereby warn you that if you strike my name from the list upon any pretext whatever TOO do so at your peril as I 1 shall immediately begin proceedings against you to test in the courts your feht to exercise what I 1 consider a highhanded high handed and impertinent assumption of authority HEBER M it about time that the farce being enacted by creatures such as winters came to an end 7 if ever the infamies amies of political robbery could show their hideousness in a way to w in the acorn of a tree people it ia in such a travesty as this if the time has come when upstart regi sustained by court and commissions can exercise their own sweet discretion ia making up the voting list the time has also come w hen the value ot the ballot box a an expression of popular will is a mockery and a aham THE bobbt christmas cheer a generous hand and a heart void of offense offence toward all men |