Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-05
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iui0os counted the ballots and he
tkej On. lie himself kept no tally.
huufg J usen, a judge Of election
10 AlayhsiI, testified that the poll hI0N
t1d poll l.t oorresp Iudud-seveuty
our on each. There were lots ~
scratched utl1tf. Alter the cl,ciiD
tho prrsiiiug judge took tho ballot
Dukes 10 witnesses house. One of them
the c0ustituti1uul-was NOT then
other locked or sealed, but wilngta
called 10 next m ruing.
In answer To Mt Williams, witness
7aid the reason be dii not LICK the box
WAS boC8uo the key was broken.
AsEei why the ballot boxes were
not taken 10 the house OF the ptesiliu
Judge, witness SAID hpChuse he lived
twO miles distant from May nold. lie
was couhIent that tho 1all0t boxes
were not tampOfed with In any way
while they remained In HE possession,
before brlug expressed.
Sven D. Nelson, recalled by Mr.
Zane, to4llnaI that the psll lists us
they now appeared nhoweI market
the names Of six pprHons who tid not
vote the CUn1utuuouai ticket VI the
late election.
Mr.. Williams asked the witness how
he knew that those Dix men did not
vote.
"t was thorc,n answered Nelson,
"and ! know from memory they wore
not registered.
"wole you there all the um,?"
81 was, with the exception % fifteen
mInutrF, until midnight" WltuU's
SAID % was about 1880 O'Clock that hr
"a. 30.
lunch. QIeitiOuCd uB 90 Wheihur nu
c.uld remember every man who went
up % vote That day and Oh that was
said, witness declared that hc could.
"Are you registration UilcUf2N
qurrioI Mr. Williams.
"N0,D answered the wituplf. Ubut /
have studied the list a good lot and 1
could toll Tue name Of every man on
IT,"
"WerO you Touslab1ut Tor the Re-
publican party duuug the campaign"
"lcs, sir, l was general roundabout"
lLaughtur)
James "a. Hanson, prosldlng Judge
~ Ephnim, Ia answer 20 Nj Zane,
expressed tho opinion that tho rull
book nnd poll list corrcBponicd. Ho
luiI he took charge ui tht ballot boxes
after the election. ruey were locked
but not sealed ant we're kept AZ his
house until they were d dispatched Co
salt Lake Clty. A. tAis time thyy
were scaled.
EuoUh J0rRonson, Of Ephrnim, one
Of the Judges OF eluClll 90 that place,
-aid tho poll books aud poll lists com.
pared exactly when the poll closed.
MI Laur- lhB poll book Tor
Ephfnim, ss 10 now stands, shows B7J
mon marked voted, 1gI tho poll Ito.
ai2. Have you examined thum2
eel have examined tlo poll book
now"
"DU you Eeo any mon marked voted
there who did uut vote th3 CJustitu.
tiIual ticket 90 tho UloCa0u9"
Eyer, sir" The witness gave some
| VI those names,
La thU afternoon the examination ui
Witnesses wa resumed. AUIur Crane,
who testified yesterday wa, recalled,
ana IN reply 10 Attorney Zane, bnid
| that ne was Judge 0i election at .Iouut
! Pleasant and had marked tho p0u book
~ each mhu voted. one party uatned
/ Scott WAS marked "votuIn but he
really did not vote the Constitutional
| ticket Witness thought the hHul,
whiting opposite BcOtps name was moi
HE.
Nela Thompson, fudge OF election nj
Ephniui, testified that i've men we're
marked voted who didu'l vote. The
writing 10 the poll book opposite their
names was not that Of witness or any
/ one else nt tina polls,
Lara Nielsen tall the pOll books and
the poll listH Ut Fountain Green oJfres.
! pended.
William +. Cook, presiding Judge Of
election nc Fountain Green, said that
Ofs0n a, Despair mad not voted the
constitutional uCket, but hu wac
marked MS having done no. Witness
mailed the FOIL books, poll lists aul
tally shou,0 10 tho Utah Commission
tue morning after tho election. The
ballot boxes he kept ull November 20
AZ his house, When they were called lu
by tho Commission.