Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-17
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Trustee Contest Decided in
Favor Of Young.
H. S. NeCALLuM CESSURED,
Judge Zane Charges the Grand Jury
Regarding Him and Allen.
THEy ERE TO INVESTIGATE
Their Alleged Fraudulent Cer.iuet
nj the sehsel Erection.
H. S. McCALLuM CESsURED,
rssy sRE TO INVESTIGATE
Their Alleged Fraudulent Conduct
nj the sehseI Erection.

As soon as Judge Anderson has
: announced thst he would take an
der advisement the motion In arres
; ofJudgment in the westeEse, judg,
= Zane ASSUMED the bench, and bear
2 10 render his decision in the case q
: Young 70. Williams.
This is a suit brought by the pIain.
tiff to corsest the election OF the
: defendant 70 the Office OF school
: trustee Of the fourth nluuIciraI pre-.
; cinct Of salt Lake CITY. IlaDpean.
ffOm the evidence that on tue lth
day o. July last 4 school election
was held in the various wards OF
Salt Lake City 10 elect rdstess 10
constitute the school t-oard Q! the
city. Messrs. Richard W. Young
and Farley Williams, End Messrs.
Pyper and LipFmaa were candi-
date In that wand. The for
msr two we're for the long term, two
years each, and the latter two for the
short term,ons yvRr each. Ii appears
that In ;his menicipa' precinct
there were eS1 woes cast for the
yarions Candidates, the same num-
f.! Der being cast for the candidates for
the long term as for the short term.
or these Williams received 81 anl
Young 339. There were two rolling
places. At the second. where il l.
charged the fraud occurred, acco I'd
ing TO the returns, Williams received
l54 votes ami Young Us. TIE con-
testant alleges that = number Of
votes, about tcenty, as lac estim-
ates Z. in his complaint, were
sast for him were not put in the box
/ by the Judge who received the
, sutes, but that votes with his op-
pOnent's name upOn them were sat.
stituted, anu put ia,
Ii appeaFs that Williams major
ity was Two, and II three or more
votes that were actually delivered
by the vOtres 10 the judge for Young
were not dropped in the box, aud
three Others for Williams were
dropped In the Tx, Of course that
would elect Mr.. Young. At this
second poll there are ll2 persons
who testified ior that IL wa admit
ted would testify that they voted
for Young, but only lbs votes for
Young were found in the box, as
shown by the returns. II those
men did vote for Young, or any
three OF them, three votes, that
would elect Young.
Nh Blair, who was a checker for
the Peoples p .rty, testified that
during the day he saw 4 man by the
- HhawwaH- sr-rr.N H.. 4.
stood 10 belong TO the Peoples party,
hand Peoples party envelope 10
Allen, the judge, who received the
votes; that after he handed the lal-
lot - Mr.. Allen, Mr.. GrisWOld,
challenger for the Liberal party. in
terpossJ e challenge; that Allen, the
Judge, laid the vote down on the
table: that afterwards the ohal- /
ienge was Withdrawn; that Allen 1
took up another ballot from a 4
little package las the evidence shogs,
some twenty five or fifty. The precise |
number MOI Being show8l and gGi I
Il In the box instead q the one 4
that be had received; that the one /
that the judge received from Puz-y |
was light col0red ballot, ami the .
ticket diI not al the envelope, a
could be seen by holding il % The
light: that the onc that vas put ia I
was Of 4 darker cOlcr. and that tina
ticket dit not fili the envelope. He
states positively that he saw
this, ami that at the time Ia,
saw il he called the g.
: ntion Of the challenger for the
Peoples party, Mr.. JacOns, 70 il, and
Jac0ts stated TO him that he cid
not want a fuss there 1t the polls:
that the Peoples party would nave
a majority anyhow at the p-e-
cinCt. and a'terwari stated
that if there was cUnirO-
versy 10 arise there, the poll migh'
b. thrown out, and advised him "a
make 10 further contest at that
time about il. He states that ie
also told Mr.. Pyper about it, and
iuIing the day, and subsequently,, =
OF Other persons He stated
that the reason he did not appear be-
fore Mr.. Greenman on an iuvssiiga
ion was that after the elec ION he
lid rot know That his services
would be required, and he went of
10 the National Park and was there
during the investigation before Mr..
Mr.. Blair also testifies
hat hesaw two other men with Eco
Pies PARTY ticke tscCme 20 the poll and
hand their tickets, which are the
light ones, such as the People, |
Jarty were using, TO the judge 81
he election, Mr. Allen; that there
we're challenges interposesi; and that
Allen in the same way laid the
sckei down, that was del weed 10
him, and took up sngthe one. on.
4 the dark ones, from the table-a
'Liberal'' ticket, as he undenstooC-
md put il in the ballot box. THEFT
dents in each case were substan-
tally the same, he stated, except that
he parties were different.
Mr.. l.. +. ThornherE testified
hat he was 4 voter, and handed a
'eople's Party ticket 10 Mr.. Allen,
md that Allen took II; that he had
mother ticket in the other hau,i /
when he received Il from him. aud ,
hat he did not put the one in which
Re gave him, but the other one;
luL L AEAAthE AAA--4 lA-G AAGnIA WHICH I
vas put in was different in its ap-
,earance from the one that be
landed him; at least, he did not pat
he same one IN.
The evidence further shows be-
-Ond any controversy that there
vas a package Of tickets near the
allot box, aud that they were with
n reach Of Mr.. Allen, tie Judge; !
nd il shows quite conclusively thai :
here were tickets folded ami IN ,
ONE Of them, at least. a number I
{ persons testify that during /;
be day, It different times,
| lien was seen with one OF these
ickets in his hanI, or tickets thai
.e had not received from voters. ,
{ also appears that he was seated
a q high sat near the window; ,
hat the voters came 10 the window
nj delivered TO him thei. ballots,
nd that he took them, ami il WAS
Is duty to put them in the tOX.
me Of the other judges, Mr..
tall, states that he was
hecker, and that he held
81 of voters, and checked Off as
hey voted, and Mr.. WooIiey wrote
he name down on q sheet Their
tteution Of course was occupied !
Ir. Blair testifies that some Of
nose ballots on the table that were
ear the box got on the floor. He
pened one, and found it was a
liberal ticket, and Mr.. Williams
anne was on il.
Mr.. Allen testifies that he did not
hange any Ct these tickets; that he
ut in the tickets that were handed