Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-27
THE BOARDS ANSWER.
What the CanNa>ser> Have 10 Say
IN Court.


Sell-. J. W. Judd, Hugh Anderson,
". ~. Ritter and Elias \. smith,
defendants. Answer % said Je-
Pendants, constituting board 0f can
vas-er-.
Now come the said defendants,
the bolri Of canvas-er- az the county
election held August {, Issl. an
answer the alternative HrIt Of man.
iamus served in this cas-: aud the
said toari aIlegc,:
That each OF tile members Of
the said Board was luly appointed
and qualified rs member Il said
Bua1d u tauvas>sr- Uf salt Lake
County. and all the other COUNTIES
II said Territory: aHi, a. such. they
proceeded % canvass the vote. %
the several precincts u salt Lake
County, containing % polls. That
among other polls vas found los the
said BIari th. return from Poll
No. J ui Precinct No. J., salt Lake.
County, Utah. Tor sail election Ia
certified copy 81 which j. annexed
30 the answer la this case. aud o.
which this E1ari in this return and
answer refer. AMI make il "a
part 20! their answer That
upon examining said return the,
Bpard iuuul il o. contain Ii-rrcp-
aney between that Return and tile
other returns from tie various IRE
cinct> Ia salt lake County. From
the other returns u Appeared that
the vote for County Recorder wa-
Tor Henry Page ami Tor john H.
kumel, Jr.. and not Tor n. Page.
nor for john II. Rumel. nor Cor J
III. RumeL That, iu tine opinion ui
this buIri. the variance between
these different polls and pIe-iuet~
stated constituted DISCREPANCY or
irreglIlaTIty oil,rtiug the re-uit uf
the election iaT iEy ~at3 Office. aill
81 each 81 the said candidate. THAI,
the number ~ votes east iI the said
poll u Precinct No. was
such - % Affect the result
II the election 81 ~,ll cauiiiair;
ami Therefore. iu the judgment al
saul iaslr! uf sugl--tIe. Do ..st- vut,-.i
30 exam iue the ballot iuxp~ u said
poll AMI said Precinct. ana such
other ballot iaNpS - tar. ft.f.rr-
show contain similar ,ii-Jns;1
That JGv returns ~ the B;hur pr
cinri- referred 10 10 tt- salt alter
native writ u mHuEsmu- are an
neNyi q and made a Iarl 90 thi~
answer. GsI the same Discretionary
exists in last Mil Cree. ami E4;lcr
precincts.
That ;lr Buarl hal u.t yet de-
termiHei whether they WaIiI uE
would uH- open ,lc H.llHt boxes 20.
the -lii ether two precincts.
This iHluI ur.Lrr return that
one ul iGvis ugmtrr J. ". IGIE.
incorporated hI~ views iu an OPINION
filed w!,h the -tiI Iss4rE. which. 10
way Hl s'a--rur Boo Dis i--tl''. ami iu
hehlliuf a maj Eiiy uf tlu @ a~E. D,
added AMI alp.EIg,. o. this return.
and male q Iar. hereof. That ihe
said m4iuTity % tar Board based
their action uluu the opinion ed.
filed.
AMI the huaTI igE.4rr answering.
return: That they bad urt rum-
f..'itfl tifs canvas H! sand -t.. Lake
tuHu'y 20 90. Llm. Hf ihu -s.yf..
~ said alternative wit uf usa-
imgs. i.Bi they E1i uHt Lr.t.--
mined iHu election uf either john
II. l.ImHl, IT., or 20: Henry Pa-,..
Hr ui any other paI-Hu . and tssat
what rfuriu-i "a Ihi- I,sIrI u~.4u-
EI->er- WHull.nEwiiIaIslvrat &. wa
imi.a ~>iHie iDsstsrmiucs that ..Hf...
That they were ir.. lT.us .L tuBr
late o. examine tBr said returns.
AMI tGr -lii halo; box, Iu 9 grgll
have done go lad Q, not Iyyu f-.
the >aTvi". ~ the sail H--.. That
.hc said alternative writ HH- rvt.I T
Is au iujIu riiIu upon tl.--- rl-f-rl.f- .
axis, au4 lsl- prevented tle nlE
llrut uf their .g.-i.-~ 80 u.li a.r- az .
Election. and the comp le.i8nu. .s-ir
aiDr a. q cIuvaS,iuE blari.
That rs tD the specific ALLEGATIONS 7
ia the alternative writ % suauIa- F.
mus contained. ;hr majority OF the F.
-1arl return that they havr 800 /
knowledge Information ur belief .
sufficient i1 snahle them o. answer .
Is O. the far' whether J. ~. Ruuyi /
% John H. EImyl and John u. .
.iumel, Jr., were iu fact different +
.rr-"u-, each residing iu said r1uu- I
s, and Therefore deny the same. for I
he Iuria-=- 81 this action. that tl,. .
whole knowledge on the -g.d -ui- I
-ri i- derived from she returns. F.
which have been Heretofore -lrafrs- .
ally Se. luTih. BrI tLc .u-sl. l.rr- .
aImliiuu> arising ,a'refr.u.
That tEe opinion u tfr mpir-ffy .
4 the Board is iuiiy st forth ia 90. .
opinion ui J. ". judd. hereto are .
leNei, hg- a- is the f..I 20 Q. .
whether ia tulyE ;hry az. di.T,-...
1er-pus. the EYaui ha- %. kr4wl-
.iE-. iufu-us'iHna and i-liur.
ihai The only IyE- Hu- rlaimiu. o. F.
pc candidate, aus Goo have f.,.-.
'3isi fHr. fHr ~gIl office az County
;ec1rluE. arc tlr SAIL Henry
'a-e aui John u. Rgml. Jr:
Nl the tao u-m'er- az the
.olri, ". ". Ritter aud Et.az :.
smith. au-a eTlug fHr Themselves.
lce.aiiy drny ,5tf ta-~tid FrrrIF.
,umel and John n. EumuI. Dr.. ara.
Wa different persons. lHEt alice
hl' they ar. one ami tlsr -lu.r. ami
hat ihr @lil votes el~' 80. slr sail.
Oh NJ u precinct No. !. aarl al
u other rolls iu said u8gufy. were
~ John II. Ruined. Jr.. which wrr.
at for any iiumel Whatsoever.
And the last named defendants
lirgc, uu informal. u a.I belief
hat the said ballot, p8ut.iup.! ig
be- ballot IuZ uf f.5l No. lime
met n. ], auI i--. Mill Gees
nj EI-irr fTc-iart-. wiIl Ia f.luE )
h.n nis,ng ], a. a.i have been y.t~f
" JOAN a. liGmsl. Jr.. aud AIT r.r.
. III. EIu"l 80 lil. l..
That the majority AZ tiir SllI 4,
.1anI dcEy thar the returns from !
be- polling precincts iu -aii ,
unity, which ar- ulW I.f-.. :
al Egir' are duly ,rrtfrt-! /.
iAr precinct u.li-rr who g..
'n''ur;r-i -lii -!,c.i1H. ami
my tH1i'Ir return fr,mF1li Vol. ID
'HhLli NO q. ~ Hsrs-IIf. D. cert .fi.#. ID
require! fy las. That rIU r.- D
ru from s.iI precinct ms never d.
.en furnished o. ts.- fsa1ri a- D.. I,
iirri iy law.
Ilsi ,l- stature rr.gir-- general
elton 30, special -.u.isuEE. E.-..-
% Law, Compiled Laws. vsII..
81 THAT after tly canvass -H,ls#
~" To- "a C1mPle,rI. '.u ilLr--.
election shall add uI rr! 2.
.iermine tile Humigr Co.. vat,-- rr,r d
each person frr the --s.-si Of i
-, which rs-l,, shall &c. rst-,-I :
the li-, ma:- i,y ,l.e fH.-a- a.,- p
< Sc cicrSs q election. af.l f1... q
iges shall tlrrup % certify tatil. q,
me, aui 30 % forward all rit, Ii-f-. =.
'Irely s-Iiri, together win tb. n
Hot hlNes, tU tHn truu-v Cirrg. "a
qualified voter .; Iitr- County,. :.
That the -li. judges ur election D.
We never rtlrua. -s.eh % Ii-tu or =.