The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-20

hl6 GIdn COMMISSION mas dOlOuIHeu
until January ,, 1896, at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon.
Boman Cannon, armed with a writ
of prohibition on behalf of Robert Nc
Farland and James Kimball, of Weber,
did it The commission being enjoined
from opening ballot boxes in order to
get a straight canvass decided to ac-
cept the judicial determination of the
courts.
There were several incidents con-
nected with the proceedings of the
day, among the more important being
The appearance of John Henry Smith
gapon the scene, and the adoption of a
RESOLUTION by the board, the passage Of
which caused the precipitate retire
rnent of the reporters of the daily press
from the room.
4 The purport of the resolution, which
IS given below, was the establishment
Of a precedent by which in future no
Outsiders Will be allowed ito mar the
serenity Of the counting Of ballots.
All the members of the commission
were on hand at 10 O'Clock yesterday,
except Chairman Letcher who was d
few moments tardy. Pending his ar
Wal JOAill I1tiii Eollllllls lllt tdL Ut
1Pated, dropped in, accompanied by
sweet, sad smile and engaged in dis
cussion with Commissioner Thatcher on
the future possibilities of electricity and
the best means Of reducing flesh that
last topic embodying a recipe to the
effect that in order to take off flesh one
should eat nothing solid whatever, but
simply drink a quart and a. half Of
SKINNED milk each day This plan, he
said, had taken off twelve pounds from
his adipose frame in the short space of
eight days. Having finished his anti
fat dissertation. Mr.. Smith turned his
. attention TO matters political and, ad-
dressing his audience in an informal
way. remarked that in affairs of this
kind he disliked to see anything OF ma
ture which might be construed as
approaching gerrymandering or fraud
Ulent proceeding. All of which was
delivered i'll so serious a tone that a
casual listener would have readily be-
iieved the speaker IN earnest Mr.
Smith had just concluded an assertion
10 the effect that his heartfelt belief
was that every action of life has its
compensation, when Mr.. Letcher's
bright and sunny face passed the lin
tel.
The Commission Opens.
After opening the mail the chair at
1880, called the meeting to order.
whereat Judge Norrell remarked that
the wits 'r N the Trir district court
would prevent any further opening of
ballot boxes from the Third precinct.
I whereat John Henry inquired of the
chairman If anything further would
be done in his case TO which
a negative reply was returned
his bland smiles upon the board
and softly wendell his ruminat-
ing way down town. The board then
went into the matter of finishing the
canvass of the county of San Juan.
Lists and Sheets Minus.
Owing to the absence of the books
and tally sheets from La Sale pre-
cinct and the lists from Indian Creek
and AIcElmo, San Juan county, the
canvass was passed. The returns in
dicate the ele ii n of T. A. Hammond
Oem.l as far as the count has pro-
crossed.
Uintnh County Returns.
The canvass of the returns from
Tintah county was then resumed. The
tally sheet from Riverdale precinct
was missing. There were 40 voters
names on the books and lists from this
precinct. The vote for Bennion, Re
publican, up to date was 100; johnson,
Democrat, 290. If Bennion had receiv-
ed the entire vote from Riverdale his
total would have been 169, while John
sons majority would. still be III, too
I large TO be overcome.
Enter Judge Miner.
At II o'clock Judge Miner. attorney
for Robert Mcfarland and James n.
Kimball. Republican candidates for the
constitutional convention from Weber,
came in and served notice on the COM
mission that it must not open the bal
lot boxes from any precinct in Weber
co'.aty. or a writ Of prohibition would
applied for. The notice was in the
II form.
~. No, No, Mr.. Sherman.
Commissioner Sherman moved that
the requests be granted. The motion
was lost. Ayes-Tatlock, Sherman-2.
Noes-Norrell, Thatcher, Letcher-3.
Commissioner Norreli moved the ex-
clusion of all persons from the room
with the exception Of candidates or
their representatives in pursuance
with the provisions of the statute. This
motion met with no second.
Judge TatIocIS Moves.
Judge Tatlock then offered the fol-
lowing:
That if any ballot boxes from any
part Of Weber county are tc be opened
and a recount of the ballots in said
boxes is to be taken that said re-
Count be taken with open doors.
This was seconded by Mr.. Sherman.
Substitute BY NorreII.
Judge Norrell offered as a substitute
Enat in canvaSSing the ballots contain