The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-13
-DIsFRAXCnTsING THE MORM0Ns.
The Governor Of Utah Rciuscr II Certificate
To Delegate Cannon, and Gives It To II
Minority GENTLE Candidate.


Inc brNcThOr ot ttafl NtIuBcr 10 certificate
To Delegate Cannon, and Gives IT To n
Minority GENTLE Candidate.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 8.
When the returns Of the late election
for delegate to Congress were anvns.cd
by Secretary Thomns the Gentle candi.
date, Allen q. Campbell, filed a paper
with Governor Murray. protesting against
the issuing of Il certificate OF election to
Apostle Cannon, although it appeared
that he had q large majority Of the votes
cast. II is claimed that the Apostle is
being a poiyganist is not capable of be.
coming citizen. These f,cts had long
',cen notorious, aud, therefore, the votes
east ior Cannon at said election j, il
claimed must be held void. He Camp.
bell) being the only eligible candidate
running nj said election must have been
elected, and the Governors certificate
should bc issued accordingly. Cannon's
reply, in which he claims that he was
naturalized in due and legal form twenty
six years ago, and that if he WAS II DO.
lyganlist, ~ charged by Campbell, it
would not di>qualiIy him for the Office of
delegate, was fled with Gov. Murray
yesterday. The case was argued nj
length before the Governor by counsel
Tor the respective parties. 1t was shown
by copy Of the actual record of the
court in which Cannon claims to have
been naturalizcd, that on the day when
Cannon claims to have been naturalizcd
no such naturalization proceedings took
place. The clerk as' certified under his
seal that from the organization of the
court unto the present lime lie was una.
bic to find any record in any Of said re-
cords of the naturalization Of Geo. O.
Cannon. The pretended certificate relied
on by Cannon does not pnrport to bc an
exempliiicatiOn Of any record of the
Court of Record, and is therefore void on
its face. No record of the naturalization
OF Cannon in open court signed by
Judge, exists, and the naturalization act
in force Mt that time makes such record
the only proof of tic fact, without which
the statute says the party shall not be
deemed to be n citizen. It was argued
by Cannon's counsel that if all this were
true the Gov ernor was not authorized to
take c0gnizance of it. 1t should be left
to the House Of REPRESENTATIVES. The
Governor did no. take tina. view of it.
line act OF Congress organizing the Ter
ritory Of Utah says the Governor shall
declare the person who received the
greatest number of votes duly elected,
and shall certify accordingly. An act
of Congress, approved June s, 1872, pro-
vides that no person shall be capable OF
voting or of holding Office in any Terri
tory who IL not 4 citizen OF The United
Suites.
The Governor held that this act of
Congress and of the Territory bound him
to take cognizance of the fact which he
considered established, that Cannon is an
alien. and is, therefore, ineligible to hold
lne office of delegate. Under other cir
cumstances, says the Governor in his
ruling, Cannon might be natrralizcd be-
fore his term of Office begins, but it is
charged by Campbell, and not denied by
Cannon, that the latter is living in VIC.
lation of the law of 1862, making polyg-
amy felony, and cannot, therefore, he
we'll disposed towards the Government of
the United States, not being q 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 for years, it
follows that the votes cast for him as a
delegate are lost, and Allen G. Campbell
being Il citizen of the United States and
iications, the Governor is bound by law
to declare the said Campbell duly elected
and to certify accordingly. The Cover.
nor awarded the certificate of election To
Allen G.. Campbell this morning and
Immediately left Salt Lake, bound to
Louisville, NY, on important business,
which has been postponed several days
that he might hear the argument and de-
eide this question.
SALT LAKE CITY, January 9.-Tho
friends of Mr.. Cannon last evening an.
piled to Secretary Thomas for Il certified
statement of the count, and Mr.. Cannon
will contest Mr.. Campbcll's seat. The
Mormons are very indignant. The Eren.
ing News says that Governor Murray can
no longer command the respect of hon.
orabIe men, and that his conduct is das.
tardly and contemplate, and unworthy
of any official with the least claim to the
title OF gentleman.
The Gcntics feel rs though they had
at last got the Mormon bull by the horns
instead of the tail. aud they expect the
Administration, the new House and the
country to help them keep their hold.
The Salt Lake Tribune of to. day says
Governor Murray has refused his cer!ifi-
S"'0 VI SicCtiOu W NteDTRO u. cannon
and given it to a. G. Campbell He has
not questioned the legality of the votes
cast for Cannon or the fairness of the
election: He has simply taken cogniz.
ancc Of two facts which the contest
brought out, and which arc: First, that
Geo. @. Cannon being foreign born and
never natnralized, is not citizen, and
second, that it is not possible for Cannon
to cure his disabilities and become n cit
izen before the 4,h day of March next.
This being true, the votes cast for him
were thrown away, and A. G., Campbell
being the citizen who received the high
est number Of votes. the Governor gives
hiIi the Certificate. lii II time 0f great
peril it is said Gen. Washington issued
this order: Put none but Americans on
guard tonight" Tho order calno to
Gov. Murray from II higher power than
ever Washington was, Issue certificates
to none but Americans in Utah!' He
could not disobey.
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