The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-10
THE LATE ELECTIONS
Views Of Both Sides on the Twen-
tieth Ward Hurrah.
ONE sAYSFRAUD, THE OTHER BOSH
The Defeated Candidates are Taking Legal
Advice, and the Fight is Not Yet
Over-0ther Matters.

There was no little favorable comment
over the feat accomplished by THE HERALI
yesterday morning-that of giving the re
suits Of the elections held in the twenty
one school districts of this city the evening
previous, and the accounts were eagerly
read by members of both political parties.
The extra edition of THE HERALD was soon
exhausted
The defeat of the People in the Twenti-
eth and Fourth wards was, however, the
foremost topic, as it was not thought that
the Liberals could make such showing at
either place. The result, however, in both
cases, was set down to the carelessness and
inattention on the part of the Peoples vot
ers, who lay back screnely in the
belief that their fortress was in
vulnerable A number of the members
of the Peoples party who participated IN
the 'shurrah', at the Twentieth ward-it
could scarcely be called a meeting-Were
seen yesterday by HERALD representatives,
and they complained bitterly of what they
claimed was most unfair treatment on the
part of the chairman, tellers and others.
why" said one, did the chair so far
forget ordinary courtesy as TO appoint
Liberals only to act in the capacity OF tel
lGfS. Even IllS liltlC lLlCluClb VI AboC44
tends to show which way the wind blows
Another thing, the tellers went around tie
room, to collect the votes, with their hats
in one hand and a bundle of ballots
in the other; what was there to
hinder anyone, if the teller felt so
disposed, from dropping in a handful of
ballots instead of one! Why, nothing at
all Observation-Disclosures me. do not say
it was done. but there were chances for
I II HyTnG N plnp
ton. Another thing fail to understand is
this: On the first ballot, the Liberals
polled sixty-two, and on the second ballot
only forty-nipe It can't be possible, can
it, that on the first ballot some of the pa
pers accidentally slipped from the teller's
hands into their hats"
A Liberal voter of the ward who was
;seen, frankly admitted that he and others
had been working for several weeks past
to capture at least one of the trustees. I'VE
had, " he said, every Liberal in the ward
pledged to attend' and l don't
believe there were more than half
dozen absent, and they were out OF
town 1t is all folly for the People to say
that they were beaten unfairly. 1 am
satisfied they are in a majority in the ward
we had our voters out; they didn't; that
is the cause of our success; that IS the
reason for their defeat"
Mr. P L. Williams, who was one of the
most active in the matter, was seen later
in the day. Asked what, in his opinion,
would be the outcome of the election held
at the close of the other meeting, he
said there was no possible chance
for any legal steps to re taken whereby
the People would be enabled to
remain in possession of the offices.
''The only resort, - he said, sis for them to
hold the schoolhouse by force, and this they
will not attempt to do, because it would
be folly OF the worst kind" He did not
conceal the fact that he was quite iubilant
over the result, and when asked if ne con
sidered any unfair methods had been used,
he answered decidedly not"
In the meantime the defeated candidates
for the office of trustee, are seeking legal
advice 1t is safe to say that the fight is
8sSSet over.