The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-19

1t will be rendered that the election
returns from the Third Salt Lake city
precinct were a great surprise to both
parties. Just how a Democratic ma
jority of $50 to $50 could be overcome
was a puzzler, and the morning after
the report from the judges was pub
lished the Democratic Campaign COM
mittee sent the following letter to the
Utah commission, under date of Mo-
vember 8, 1894:
I'VE are informed there ara certain
irregularities connected with the
counting of the ballots in several OF
the polling places In this city, which
are likely to result in a contest, and we
| therefore request your body to call in
all the ballot boxes, that every pre-
caution be maintained to prevent the
charge Of unfairness or improperly.
In addition to this a petition OF II.
q Smith, one of the candidates for the
I constitutional convention in the Third
precinct, was filed Nov. "a, asking
recount Of the ballots, which was sup
ported by affidavits from ]. T. Raleigh
and John Z. Pike relating to the man.
ner of making the canvass by the
| judges of election and alleging gross
irregularities therein.
AT the meeting of the board on Nov.
the Utah commission ordered all the
Salt Lake City boxes to be delivered
| to them, which order was complied
with and all put under a, Yale lock.
The boxes from poll No. 2, of the
Third-over which Henry Barnes, o.
H. Hardy and Moroni J. Thomas pre-
sided as judges, was delivered by
Henry Barnes, in company with E. E.
Rich on the afternoon of Nov. 9, 1894
the mark on the box reading as fol-
lows: Delivered by Henry Barnes
p. m" The box was unsealed mo seal
on the keyhole, although the box was
locked.)
! When the canYassing board reached
this precinct, it asked for the books
and the commission was compelled to
unseal and unlock this box in order
to get them, which was done in open
session on Dec 6, but Immediately
thereafter the boxes were resealed and
returned to the place Of deposit.
The Boxes Opened.
At 4:25 p. N. the boxes from the
three polls Of the Third precinct were
brought out from under lock and key
in their sealed quarters and when thai
of poll No. l was examined it was
found that the key had been broker
off in the lock and so it was set aside
until proper tools for opening same
No. was then placed on the table
1t was found to be sealed
with the following Inscription
written across the wrapper which
covered the keyhole. tResealed Dec
6. 1894. Hoyt Sherman, ]. r. Letcher'
The box was then unlocked and it:
contents exposed to view. In it wer,
found red. white and blue ballots, an(
also four envelopes, one blue, contain
ling a county Democratic ticket for thu
Second precinct; one blue envelop
containing a Democratic county tickle
for the Third precinct with Stanton
and Spencer pastors; one half blue en-
velope containing a Republican count.
ticket with Gibbs paster thereon AM
one buff envelope containing a Demo
cratic county ticket for the Third pre-
cinct with Chrlstofferson paster.
The Recount.
The recount Of the ballots showed
Straight Republican (blue) tickets, 152
straight Democratic (red) tickets, 266
straight Populist Cwfite) tickets, y
scratched Republicans. 81: scratched
Democratic, 20; scratched Populist,
Tae table of votes unoer the recoun
, whereby John Henry Smith meets
political Waterloo is as given: