The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-10
rhn nn..n Proceedings.

Attorney John NJ. Zane opened his
argument in favor of the petitioners
promptly at 10 o'clock. He referred
10 the allegations in the petitions and
the relief asked and held chat the
mandamus and prohibition proceedings
were in harmony with each other, not
withstanding. the claim of the other
side that they were at variance
Counsel then took UP the table OF
discrepancies, from which he argued
that numerous forgeries had been
committed. and drew the deduction
that the ballot boxes had been stuffed.
There was no attempt made TO change
the result IN Chester, counsel said, be-
cause the vote was small, only As, and
any stuffing could have been more
easily traced than in large precincts.
1t was, counsel held, conclusive evil
dence of stuffing, because in every in
stance where there were more ballots
( in the box on the recount than on the
original count, the Democrats gained
more than the Republicans lost and
vice versa. Thus, if there were $50
ballots in the box on the original
count and PSI on the recount, the
, Democrats gained one more than the
Republicans lost, and if there were $50
! ballots in the box on the original count
and 249 on the recount, the Democrats
gained one less than the Republicans
lost.
Counsel expressed the opinion that
two men did ali the crooked work on
1.-The lists and boxes and they had left
d trail which proved their guilt not
withstanding they stuffed according
to the lists
The speaker expressed astonishment
at the action of the honorable gentle
men who formed a majority of the
commission and of their counsel, in
objecting to the expert testimony on
handwriting offered by the petitioners.
He thought it would be to the interest
OF Mr.. Blair to have all the light pos
sible thrown on it, so as to clear him
, from the suspicion cast upon him
Counsel thought it strange circum-
stance that John T. Game and A. E.
Hyde had gone to Sanpete county
after the election and had talked
: about the election results. Counsel
, also insisted that Commissioner
Thatcher was not blameless, and that
his objecting to Commissioner Sher-
man copying the returns from
the Sanpete lists cast a
, suspicion on that gentleman, and that
l in fact the frauds clearly bore the trail
of Mr.. Thatcher
! Counsel WaXed very warm and de-
clared, IF we had d prosecuting at.
torney who cared to find out the truth
= about these matters George Z. Blail
: would soon be filling a felon's cell"
p Counsel said that as the returns CAME
into the Utah commission there were
: ~,
= the commission thirty-two distinct forg
r cries were made: that those forgerie!
: made discrepancies enough to so int,
, itha ballot boxes. and that in thos,
rooms She ballot boxes from Sanpet,
county were stuffed with enough bal
l lots to change the result The reason
' Mr.. Norrell changed his mind abou
y certifying from the tally sheets IVA
p that it was found on the recount tina
= Democratic judges of election had mad
mistakes which told in favor Of Re
publicans. Counsel characterized tn
= whole business as an attempt to stea
C the election. In conclusion counsel said
+ ''On behalf of the election judges 0
:, Sanpete county, whose honesty ha
been fnlpugned; on behalf of these can
{ didates whose right and honor is il
question: on behalf of the good peopl
n of Sanpete county who, in honesty an
: In confidence, deposited their ballots
. frally. in behalf of free government
of republincan institutions now on tria
we ask a. righteous Judgment
Judge Powers Address.
t Judge Powers, in opening the argu
Y mont said: If your honor please, i
y This case we have TO come to the dC
q f ff of the law. and i'll so doin
we win have to refer to the decision
= IF the statutes, as we think this ma
n Ter. upon our side of the case, is No
d one that calls for any suppression {
o the facts; and before nave done
shall eliminate from consideration