The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-19
CANVASS GOBS ON.
Action on the Different Contest
Gases Postponed.
B. W. ASHTON is ELECTED.
But a Contest May Send Him TO
Grass.
Utah County Elects Democratic superin
tendent of schools and sheriff-Park
City, Provo, Spanish Fork, Amer
can Fork ana Other Cities.

The Utah commission, having fin
ished the legislative count, has now
nothing more to do than to settle the
three contest cases. while the canvass
ing board is still going through the re-
turns that are left without the end be-
ing Immediately in sight.
In the contest cases which came up
for hearing before the commission
there was a lack of readiness to pro-
coed, and consequently the cases were
set for hearing for Tuesday, those of
Seely and Seaman in the forenoon and
that Of Robertson in the afternoon.
| The question as to whether the COM
mission will take charge of the school
! election was considered, but no decision
was arrived at.
! The board of canvassers spent the
day on municipal and county returns,
but accomplished very little on ac-
| count of the contests that came up. To
this board three communications had
| been sent The first was from Jacob
johnson, attorney for Gunnison town,
asking that the returns in the NUM-
| cipal election in that place be can
vassed. No action was taken, as the
returns have not been sent ill.,
Two protests were filed. The first
| sets forth that according to the re-
A. Jensen 159 votes. Mr.. Jensen, the
professor, says that two of the votes
cast for Mr.. Andersen were by non
residents, whom he names, and that
one vote not cast for P. G. Andersen
was counted for him. On this state
ment he claims to have received ma
| jOrity of the legal votes cast, and asks
! to be heard at such time as may be
convenient to the board AS the re-
| Oh arit
could not interfere. and Mr.. Jensen
will have his redress in contest be-
! fore the courts.
| The other protest case is from Eure.
ka, Juab county, where r. G. Wilson
John Duggan, Pat Shea and sixteen
others objected to certificates of cleo
ton being issued to G. w. Clark and
r. P. Dayton as city councillors. The
basis of the protest is as follows:
That the two persons named are not
freeholders in the city of Eureka, ano
therefore are ineligible to election. Sec
1745, incorporation of cities, article 3
Compiled laws, is cited as the law in
the case
That the two persons named are not
only not freeholders, but are absolutely
execution proof
| That the petitioners believe that the
two persons named design borrowing
lOl OtllC1 nioC OOIdilllH6 dly pOo
session of property for the purpose OF
Qualifying as councillors.
That the two persons named were
elected by the influence of great cor.
poration, which is inimical to the city's
| Interest, and they in no way represent
the taxpayers.
The parties making the protests were
informed that the courts are the prop
er places to take such matters
SALT LAKE COUNTY.
The canvass of Salt Lake county's
returns on the election for superin.
tendent Of schools brought forth the
Surprising information that B. w Ash.
ton, the Republican candidate, is elect
ed by two votes. But ON account Of
the very queer proceedings in Sandy
a contest will probably be inaugurateG
and will result in the throwing out Of
| the man who is victorious on the
face. The returns show the following
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