The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

The efforts of certain newspapers
and individuals to create a feeling to
The effect that there has been manip-
ulation of ballot boxes in the Third
precinct of this city proves to be a
Veritable tempest in a teapot As a
matter of fact, The Herald's position
in the case to the effect that the Utah
commission should open the boxes and
count the votes in instances where
there were grave discrepancies upon
the face of the returns has been dem
| onstrated to be correct.
Difference in the making up of tally
sheets, which have been previously
mentioned in these columns, are lucid
~ accounted for. as viii be seen from
a Perusal Of the. subjoined matter
Formal Protest.
The question was first brought to
the attention of the commission by tbo
following. communication:
Salt Lake City. Utah. November 4, 1894.
To the Utah Commission:
Gentlemen-Having become fully con-
WINGED that the candidates for the con-
stitutional convention in the Third pre-
cinct OF Salt Lake city, have not re-
ceiVed credit for the proper number
of votes cast for them by the voters
of the Third precinct in the election
held November 6, 1924, 1 hereby most
respectfully ask and demand that the
ballot boxes of said precinct be opened
and the vote for the nominees to the
constitutional convention be re-
counted. l refer to the affidavits of j.
T. Raleigh and J. e Pike, which are
hereto attached. The fact has become
notorious that the ballots were not
correctly counted and that if re-
count be had sufficient errors will be
Gound to probably change the result.
Very respectfully,
II. a. SMITH.
NEr. Ra!eigh's Affidavit.
The affidayits mentioned in the
statement are as follows:
J. I. Raleigh, being first duly sworn.
deposcs and says that on the 9Th day
OF November, 1894. he was present at
poll No. 3, of the Third precinct of
salt Lake city when the votes cast
were being counted by the judges Of
said election. That in making The
count, on at least three different occa-
sions when the votes for the Repub-
Hcan nominees were being credited
with votes received, the Republican
Judges had counted from three to nine
more votes than the count ,of the
Democratic judge and the difference
was yielded to the Republican count.
That when the Democratic nominees
were being credited with the number
or votes received, the Democratic count
WIS in excess Of the Republican count
and the difference was yielded 10 the
count made by the Republican judge
That in other cases when differences
would occur. in one such case the Re
publican judge took from his count
five votes and the Democratic Judge
added 10 his count four votes without
stny recount of such ballots.
J. r. RALEIGH.
Subscribed and sworn to before
lSeall me this Path day OF November,
1894.
HIRAM A. SMITH,
Notary Public,
~ hNEC tht -bASthUHl as ttflue
The second affidavit is from j. L.
Pike, and reads:
]. Z. Pike, being duly sworn deposes
and says: That on the 9Th day of No
venlbe-. 1924. he was present at poll
] of the Third precinct of Salt Lake
city when the votes 5or the nominees
Ior delegates to the constitutional con-
vengion were being counted by the
Judges of election. That on two or more
occasions when the votes for the Dem
ssciratic nominees were being counted
he saw the Republican judge mark the
Ao-ed1t to the Republican nominee.
J. E. PIKE.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before
rSeal1 me this oath day Of November.
1894
HIRAM A. SMITH
Notary Public
Here are affidavits from two of the
uolIs, neither of which have been
counted The difficulty. or rath
er the discrepancy occurred at
poll 2. To successfully explain this
Incident is the pleasing duty of this
paper.
Prefacing this it may not be out of |
order to state that Published inter- |
views with the judges of election at
poll 2, in The other morning daily are
absolutely incorrect as far as. the Demo- |
Gratis are concerned. O. II. Hardy says
that he never told a Tribune reporter |
that he informed him VIXEN questioned, |