Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-17
THE OFFICIAL COUNT.
Two New Contests for the L3gIsla-
laliV3 Assembly,
IMPORTANT QUESTION INVOLVED
The Leg slaliyc Canvass Nearing COM
plcuon. -Couuty aud city Vote
will lake some time.

the Utah Commission IN counting me
vote fot the Legislature.
one was that Of Hugh N. Dougall,
particulars Of which are more given
Tie other was by tho Republican
Territorial committee, directed
against John s,amap, VINO, while a
candidate for the Legislative Council,
held the office and performed the duties
of registrar Of Weber county. The
claim is that Mir. seaman h Ineligible
because no 10 Federal officer. The
details regarding this protest are given
In another column.
There was also talk Of q Contoht from
the town Of Sandy, Salt Lake county
but as no irresularity appeared 90 the
hco Of the returns, the candidate who
claim they were wronEfully counted
out decided to tako tho matter to the
ccurla Tor adjudication.
There are now two Couucila ami three
Representative uistriclstD be completed
In the canvass. The Ninth Council
district II held open peudiug thoinvUH'
tgation so the Grvcuw OOd-Scelry CON
test The Commission tuuEy Cuusii-
cred the sruding OF a telegram 20
President Cleveland TO learn whether
Judge Sreley'- resignation had bcrn
received, but decided 20 defer tucu
action Tor the present the other
Couucil district 10 be esnvussed u the
tenth. This II uwaitiug returns nom
several prtcincta In the southern part
ofthu Tofrloty. The House dlttucIs
held back are In these & uncil districts.
DoUoALL VS. ROBERTSON.
The protest Of a. NJ. Dousall reads
Asfollowt
To the Honorable U.ah Commlssioa o {
Utah:
In tho matter Of the conlc1t Of the
election Of members VI the li0uHe ia
the Eleventh Legislative district; 1,
Hugh NJ. Dougall, one 81 the rsuui.
dates and contestants Tor the Office 0f
member Of tue Legislature from said
district, do hereby otlu 10 the count
ing Of any votes from the prcciuct N
Napoleon, IN said district, lot the iUl-
lowing rcasIu3
When tue Eleventh Legislative dis.
tIict was iOrmtd, the MapIet0n pre-
cinot utd not exist. About two years
ago, tO.wi,: on March %, 1899, anu
since the ulstriciiuG VI tue Territory
by your honorable CginmissiOuefH, the
county court OF Utah county created
the Napoleon district out OF what was
formerly pait Of SpHngvillo aud "a
part OF Spanish Fork pTecluo.s the two
parts Of said precincts being Blended
In tho one new precinct, Napoleon.
Spanish Fork was priOr 10 that anu
~ now part OF the Twelfth Legisla.
tive district, ami the vote thereof be.
longed 10 tnnt district. The vote
within that precinct had no rishl
20 vote within tue Eleventh dis RIO,
until your honorable commissioners
should change the boundaries thereof
by the act Of tue county court new
precinct was formed. All the votes
east therein have been included anu
counted with anu gs q part of the
Eleventh district nj the election held
on November, 1893. Many Ol them,
probably more than Onehalf, had ~
night 10 vote for a member VI the
Legislature for the Eleventh district
Tor the above reason: that thoy were
not residents Of ssid district, Ruu are
not residents VI 10. There IL no way
70 AAAaA AAANAAN INV AAAAAN WIN " INV
they voted, Of those VINO lived Ia the
other district,
Therefore, 40 u candidate for cleo,
ton to tue Legislative Assembly from
said district, ami believing myself law.
fully entitled thereto, object 10 ami
protest against tho counting Of any
votes from MapletOn precinct.
add hereto the original rOsolu ton
adopted by tile county court OF Utah
county, showing the formation Of said
Mapleton precinct.
HUdH NJ. DoUaALL.
The county court resolution referred
20 accompanies the protest, IA does glrp
plat OF the precincts. These show
that about two-thirda Of the present
area Of MapletOn was turnefly Ia
Spanish Fork, and the remaining one
third In springville.
When the precinct returns came in,
Mapletou was not listed "a either ths
Eleventh or Twelfth representative
districts. Inquiry was made a. T.
what precinct Mapleton formerly was
part Of, and on the assurance
OF j. Is. Miner, Of Provo,
Democrat, that II had btea
taken out af Spnngvllle precinct,
II was listed In the same legislative
distrcl as the latter place. II the
statement had been made that Maple.
ton had been made out OF Spanish
Fork precinct It would have bsen
counted la the Twelfth district, where
the result would not have been AZ
fected. The commission state that NJ
the time they hal no idea that a
portion had been takon irOm Spanish
Fork precinct, iu areparnte legislative
district.
with MRplelou In the Eleventh die.
trlCi, Robertson has majority OF
votes; with II In the Twelfth district,
Dougall would have a majority OF 70
votes, The precinct siUou, Robertson,
d., a.; Dlugall, r., 10
MI Robertson wasu0t present at the
time tho protest was died, 40 lac was
notified, ami the hearing was set Tor
p. m. on Saturday, Nov. Is.
IIE GREENWOOD sEgLEY CONTEST.
The Greenwood.seeley contest In
the Ninth Council district has her n
postponed Till ~ a, 10. on Saturday,
the 18TH lust, bO that Judge Speley
may be represented, Mr.. Greenwood
anu his at orney were on hand TO-DAY,
but tue UOrlpunrment was had boz cau5r
OF Judge Bpelcy's absence. A uua-
srnger has been sent o. him 10 inform
him VI tue COutett. nam iuyit made
by him, anu now IN the hands OF Gov.
Robertson, Of the commission, reads as
iOllOws!
County Of Salt Lake -