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DISFRANCHISING THE MGRM0NS.
Tho covoruor Of T1oh p~"''s a 'eF.
i.: Wv ~ Se Cannon, and
unea'e minority Gentle Can.

Gives
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SALT LAKE CITY, January S.-Whcn the re-
turns of the late election for delegate TO Con-
gross were canrasScd by secretary iionlaS,
thcNGcntilc candidate, Allen &. Campbell filed
4 paper with Governor Murray, protesting
against the issuing OF a certificate OF election
to Apostle Cannon, although it appeared that
he had a large majority of the votes cast. II
IS claimed that the Apostle IS not Il citi%cn OF
the United States, and being n poly gainlSt IS
not capable OF becoming Il citizen. These
facts had long beer notorious, and. therefore
the votes cast for Cannot ut said cicctiol! H. Is
claimed must be hcl | void. lie i~ta'npbclD,
being the only eligible candidate running AT
said election must have been elected, ana the
Governors certificate should be isS;lci accord
ingly. Cannon's reply, in which he claims
that he Was naturaliZcd in due and legal form
twenty-SiX Years ago, aud that II he Wa'a po-
lygamist, as CHARGED by Campbell, ~ WouIu
not diSQua!iiy him for the ONCE OF oelcSate'
WAS filed with Governor Murray yesterday.
The case WAS argued at length before the Gov
ernor by counsel for the respective parties. II
was shown by q "opy OF the actua' rccoru OF
the court i'm which Cannon Gains TO nave
been naturaliZcd. tina. on the Gay Wneh '"n-
non claims TO have been nnturnllZcd no sucl
naturalization proceedings took place.
The clerk ainO certified under his seal that
from the organization OF ING court uhto nv
present time he was unable to find amy record
in any OF said records of the naturalization O!
George Q. Cannon. The pretended ccrllncatc
relied on by Cannon docs not pnrport 70 pe
an cXcinpltication of any record OF INC Nourt
Of Record, and is therefore void on lis race.
No record OF the naturalization OF cannon III
open court, signed by n Judge. cNiSlS, ana ihc
naturalization act III force n that time makes
such record the only proof o! the TACT without
which the statute says the party shall not be
deemed Il citizen. 1t was u Sucd by Cannon 5
counsel that If all this were true the Govern
or was not authorized TO take coshlZ'nce oi
it. 1t should be left 10 the House of Repro
ScntativeS. The Cox CrnOr d.d not take that
view Of it. The act Of Congress orSaniZihS
the Territory of Utah says the Governor Siiali
declare the person who received the greatest
umb of rOtes duly elected and Shall ccrtl-
~ accordingly. An act OF Congress approved
June s, 1872. provides that no person Slall nc
capab!c of voting or OF holding office IN any
Territory who is not a citizen Of the United
States.
The Governor Ecld that this act of Congress
and of the Territorybound him TO take cogni-
zance of the fact which he considered c>lao-
lished, that Cannon Is an alien, and IS. there
fore, ineligible to hold the office OF delegate.
Under other circumstances, SAYS the Govern.
or In his ruling, Cannon might be natNrailHed
before his term OF office begins. but II is
charged by Campbell, and not denied by Can
| non. that the latter is living In violation CT
the law of 1862. making. poly Gamy q felony,
and cannot, therefore, be well disposed tG'
wards the Government OF the United states,
not being Il citizen, and being incapable from
his profession and manner of life OF taking
| the oaths Of naturalization in good faith. and
these facts having been notorious Tor years, II
follows that the votes cast for him rs n dele
gate are lost, and Allen e.. Campbell being q
citizen of the United States and possessing all
the other necessary qualifications, the Gov.
! ernor IS bound by the law to declare the said
Campbell duly elected and to certify accord
ingly. The Governor awarded the certificate
of election to Allen q Campbell this morn
ing and Immediately left salt Lake, bound To
has been postponed several days that he
might hear the argument Il decide tnlS
question.
Public Opinion in Salt Lake.
SALT LAKE CITY. January Q. - Tie friends
of Mr.. Cannon last evening applied to Secrcl;,-
ry Thomas for Il certified statement OF tie
count, and Mr.. Cannon will contest Mr.. Camp.
bells seat. The MormonSars very indignant:
The Ereming N,us says that Governor Murray
can no longer the respect OF honor
able men, and that his conduct Is da>tardly
and contemplate, and unworthy OF any oili,
cial with the least claim to the title OF gentle
man.
The Gcntiles feel rs though they had at last
got the Mormon bull by t,'e horns instead c1
the tail, and they expect the Administration
keep their hold. Tho Sat Lake Tribune OF TO-
day says: Governor Murray has refused bis
certificate cf election TO George G. Cannon and
given it to \. q. Campbell. lie has not uu,es-
toned the legality OF the votes cast for tam.
non or the ia!Incss Of the election. lie has
simply taken c"gn!zance of two facts which
t!le contest hroNSnI our, ala Wtlcil arc. fllSl,
that Geo. q. Cannon being foreign bora and
never naturaliZcG, is not u citizen, ami sec
onG, that il is not possible for Cannon TO cure
his disabilities and become a citizen before
the 18th day Of March neat. This being true
The votes east for him were thrown away, and
A.. g. Campbell being The citizen who received
the highest number of votes. the governor
gives him the ccrtifcaie. In q time OF grra'
order: Put none but Americans on guard 10
night!' The "rdercaine toGor. Murray from
Il higher power than ever Washington was
tissue certificates TO zone nut .kmericaiS il
Utah - lie could not diSobcy.
Letter From One Of the Enumerators
DUE WEST. January 10, ISL.
EDITORS PRESS AND BANSrR:
was appointed last summer by the govern
mrnt to act as enuIlcratOr III taking the cen
SuS Of Due West township. ! performed liza
work, to the best Of my ability, faithfully ant
honestly.
For reasons unknown to me the Snpcrin
tcndc:.t Of Census ordered a ~re-cnulnc' ati"i
of this township with seven others i'll differ
ent portions Of the State. The alleged chuSt
was that the increase during the last dccad'
was too great TO arise from natural causes
The returns Of eighteen hundred and seventy
showed only q very small fraction over on,
Thousand. Consequently an error cXistet
somewhere.
About I &c first of December last Col. Tim
otlly Quin from the Census department ar
rived in our village and at once began tl'
work of remuneration. / determined i!'
see that he made a thorough ca.lvasS OF t'ii'
township. ! was with him from first to las
and am glad to he able to report that he per
formed mis- duty faithfully. In my report
returned 2!57 inhabitants, he returned 21'o
showing an increase of ll9. From the above
facts it will not be hard TO determine where
the error lies. | publish this in my oWn de
fence. l.. II. i;DN Al'l'7.
A woman complains to the Cfnc'andh m
or;ror .hn. hon. COY il rnfnnplleu by fashion, Il
suffer drnadfully from cold. Even when clat
for the street." She says. "a woman Is nowlei'
near so thicklv covered as Il man, unless II u
about her chest and arms 10y q fur garment
Her head Is usually not protected at oil, ana
in the other direction, her warm clo!hlht
siors at her hips. for below that her SklrtSart
only Il shield against the wind, without Keep
ing out much cold. There is n general fcnii
nine aversion to flannel next to the skin, arts
ing from the pricklincss OF the one and tho
dclicacy Of the other. Below the knee thcoh,
" covering Is n stocking. SO IL Is t!.at tiic&iif
Is q Scalskm sac4uc, looking 80 comfortable
really suffers greatly