Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-21
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through, Arthur Brown r,ssl,nSs-i
uIs a,s'inient- lie urged bat il was
nor The abstract Of vote.sbut the
tally sheets that the law dsignate,I
as lists. This was show, Nv lire
provision that two lists oo,itd l..
hep', anu be cOmpana before
being certified &c. The ssres OF
election should certify the'.nii Iis.s.
with record pfthe votes tIefeoti,iiot
ananstEact OF yOte.L Then sI The fis.s.
The poll list, the clerks' II or taily
sheets and all otheuzuus. be- FOX
wardel 10 the Coinn,isjop. Thus
me Whole became the authenticated
.e1urns. The abstract should he ON
the poll book according 10 the law.
These returns had noeomplied with
the law, but the vote should mot -
cast out becstise II ietelsciioh on
the psst Of some one The statute
had net provided foran abstract ~
lne votes, yet the attorneys Tor Ine
opposition here hac urged that
Il be accepted in place Of the
legal return. Who Is resp0n-
sible for the returns being
male in this unlawful " ay Is not
the question? The blanks We're
sent out by the Commission, AID
returned by the judges. The poll
lists were in the ballot b3xes, and
had nct yet been presented 10 the
board, 80 that all the returns were
not in. The bUari, however, had
the tally sheets, or clerks lists. rs
authorized bv law, ami The abstract
Of votes, unauthorized, before them.
He asked them 10 take the list pro-
viiUd by law; the other side ak ell
that the unauthorized abstract be
taken. What should the board do:
II they can he made 20 90 together
il shUuld be done. II one must be
rejected, Il must he the abstract.
There was another instance,
in Bluff Dale precinct,
where II URs shown that
one t'alicl was counted for no one.
II was apparent that II Il was
counted, il would give Mr.. T0unto
one majority on the count as il now
-icOd.
As to No. 2 polE Bingham PIE.
cinct Mr.. Brown asked that the
return there Je thrown cut, because
the proceedings there were 50 tarn-
ishei hy fmud n b make the elec-
ton returns from that poll utterly
unreliable. He submitted the fol
lowing written objection.
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 4, Ise'.
To De Hca. Ugah COusHlsss.JH. aud
% De Bo,Td II CaHUasssrs fer
he county cioc,iDa 81 1899.
Gcntlemen-In behalf Of John II.
Rumel and other candidates upon
the Peoples ticket and upon the
independent WOTkingmyn' ticket,
I challenge the vote OF the thlui
Foil Of Bingham VTUCirct, 5alt
lake County, and ask that the
same may he excluded entirely
from the count. for the r,.as1u that
the Judges % election who presided
Their. frluiuieutiy aud Intention
ally stuffed the i'lliJt with votes
which tines fuev hsl n1 ricli % ht
l-st 81 mat precinct. That in a
total vote 0f foriy-One there were
thirteen votes and over Of persons
" aAA " TIC AaNa AHmaaAAaNar va ANaNAa--
ham precinct. AMI who were
not there. That the said thiTt-
teen vrters were known to
the said judges 81 election. and that,
hy their cJuuivance and fraud, votes
we're put in Tor the SAIL peTsous who .
were absent from tine precinct, and /.
the entire poll was furnished ly
fraud, neglect and improper conduct I
on the part Uf the judges and officers I
Of election. That tisre was no JUDGE I
them rrrF',-rutiug tLo minority
party n all, and NJ opportunity 10 .
make any challenge % objection 10 .
those irluIll-u; votes being added. .
which was done by the judges them /
selves Or hy their conuiyaucr; anu .
ask leave to pro q. sworn witnesses .
o. the truth u THESE allegations.
ARTHUR BGJWN, I
Attorney Tor John IT. EuuIei, and .
yihur-.
As % the Sgulh Cottonwood pre- .
riuyt, where the NAMES Of siNietn 4
ru,-rs had hter rrbvf,liy cricket, .
from .hy registration list, and when, .
the voters had offered, and heca t.
fused the right, % cast their ballots,
Mr.. Brown urged tlat those votes
should lee counted. Tine voters had
performed all that they cDuli ], anu
were uul1wfuily excluded rnrir
vulSs should he included in some
way, tut whether 10y this hlari or
.4y a court Le WUulu not express
any opinion.
iicvtrtirg 60 she Ruuri case, he
'Iii tlal II such a r.Ils was 10 De
followed a. that claimed by Col.
Pages attorneys, u would open the
door 90 unlimited fEaui on The part
VI tine JUICES Of election.
The arguments being CLOSED, the
l1lri IL cauysssgTs went into secret I
session, which continued till aI-
burning time. The b1ari then AL
Uurued uIl Saturday next, at 10 7
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