Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-17
SEAMAN IS OHE, 100.
That is low Republicans C,nj
Back al Democrats.
CLAIM SEAMAN IS INELIGIBLE.
Assertion That lic was Fedora, On-
clal on Election Day aud lie
ccIy,d Pay q, such.

AAt N'lkNFA AHAiIth aANEN bIAuNn
Secley, made by tno Democratic can.
dida,o ~ the same district, Hue.
JU.huA Greenwood, has aroused tho
Republicans q dccisivo acliJn, AID
tagy bavc GieJ, by Chas. Crane,
chairman Of their Territorial commit.
tee, protest against i4suilg q clftih.
cato Of election to John seaman,
Dum 5cra,ic candidate 10 the Council
lson tlv Third Council district. The
g,JiCHt is o. followH
10 the Hon. Board OF Utah Commits.
tiOncu;
Tho ur4efslgucI hereby Tofvoct0ulI.
tcptcfoat aud show 30 your honorable
board!
Firs,-rhat they nro bona Ode rcsi.
dent citizens and irgIl volers Of Utah
| Territory, nud WIRE such al nud ufIur
20 tau umD VI the November, 1908,
election Tor members ~ tho LcgIslat!y,
| & uucil Of said Territory.
sucDnd- That pfsf 90 the NOvem.
Der election, 1873, uEr John Seaman. a
| flsiduat UlaEfu ut Weber county, Utah
| ivTrtufy, was 10y your honorable board
! appointed 20 tht uniCe Of registrar for
.uu laii county, ami was daily quail.
/ He'd Ne such registrar, prior 10 entering
/ upon tho duties OF tue shld Office.
Ihiri-i That after the snid appoint
mont of the Faid seaman 90 ,hr sald
tnicu Ut registrar, VI the baid county,
lac took Chaigv ui the said office ami
performed all tuu duties Aud uuoti0n.
0i the said office, which by law ne was
required g. perform uei1fo the said
election hello on the 7th day Of Novem.
Ter, 1903, and still continues In aud
holdu suid Office u registrar Of said
county.
Fourlh-ThRt said Seaman was by
action Of your honorable boari ap-
pointed 10 saii position on tue third
day Of July, 1893, AMI still continues
In said position, anu has neither 10.
signed nor been removed.
Fiith-rhs. the said John Seaman
was a candidate 90 tue election held on
The 7lh day oi November, 1898, Ia the
Territory o. Uiah, Tor the rosiuon VI
member OF tho Legislative Council
| from the rhirl Council district OF said
| Territory, Ia which said Council dis
trict Is the county Of Weber, In s,id
| Territory, ana As such said candidate
| Legislative Council tho said John
Sraman received large number o.
| votes nt said election, ~ vOters resiIiug
| In tue said Council district, and such
said number was Ia cECesi o. tho mum.
Der Of votes uHst Tor the Opplaing
candidate, Peter Lowe, ~ the returns
OF said election, now ON iile Ia tho
office OF this hon. board, show:
By reason Of the foregoing premises,
sud acting Tor tho defeated candidate,
Peter Lowe, aud Tor the Republican
party of the Territory, AZ we'll aa Tor
themselves ~ individuals, the under
signed, respectfully bring the above
facts u your notice, aud ask that notice
Of this protest be given 10 the raid Sea
man OF tue time aud place OF the heat
lug hereof, and they now protest
against the eligibility " the said John
Seaman 10 have or 60 hold the said
position, and show to your honorable
board that a. the time 0i the apparent
election " tue said seaman 10 the said
Office he was not eligible thereto, ami
that he could not a. the time Of the said
election be legally vOtei Tor aB such
candidate fnT SAID OiiiO0 or place,
by reason al The foregoing facts, the
Undersigned respectfully ask that no
certificate OF election be- given 70 tao
said Seaman, and that after hearing
be- had, aud tho facts shown, that hls
election be declared invalid ana that 4
new election DO hcld Aud on ordered
by your honorable board.
Respectfully submitted.
CHARLES CRANE,
Chairman Republican Territorial
Committee, UtHh.
PErER LOWE, by l.. w. Tntlock
attorney,
The time Tor hearing the contest has
not been fixed yot. The question was
raised as % whether the commission
had not completed tho canvass by All
ding up the vote, but they ruled that
the canvass Is not completed until the
certificate Of election "a Issued.