Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-18
BONDS YES OR NO?
That Is lhs Question Being Deter.
mined by The Voters Today.
POSSIBLE DEFEAT or THE BONDS,
Although Friends Of tho Issue Claim II
will be "Yes" by a snail
Majority.

The vote ON the question a. to whe-
Their or not Blli Lake county should
issue bonds to rho amount OF ssy5, 900,
70 fund existing indebtedness, wa,
very light today. Tho apathy exhib.
itod Is regarded BY many ns an expires.
sion Of dilapprovsl Of the proposed
bond Issue by voters who DO not care
TO take trouble 10 txprcl tboir vlowa at
The polls; those who stayed away
usually answering the inquiry ~ to
why they did 20 with tho remark thsl
thoy DID not care 81 the proposed lssaO
OF bonds was defeated.
Among those who did vote th-ts
was considerable feeling manifested,
especially on tho negative side; the
expresai3us being free condemnation
Of the procc lure anu policy by which
salt Lake county hat been plunged
Into debt, rather than any criticism ON
the present. request Tor bonus.
From tho outside precincts no
definite idea Of how the election
was going could be- Outlined Up 10 The
umc % going 20 p.Jss, iutthor than
thut Of the lignt vote being cast uel-
hups would show twO.thirds Of the
bnllttt 90 Boz "ll0udf-uC.n This was
pusiuvely stated 10 be- The case ut Biz
Cottonwood, Min Creek and south
Cottonwood, which would fairly repre-
acnt the feeling elsewhere.
In tho city precincts claims were
made Tor both Side, the showing, how
ever being slightly uuiavorAblr 10 the
bond .btuu. To tho Flmt precinct, where
$50 votes had been cast, "Boud6-ycs,n
! had lUalthan a hundred OF the number.
/ To the Second precinct this afternoon
/ the "Eluds-nC" tallynon claimed a
] Dig minority, while those on the othtr
! eide asserted that the voters In tho
/ utlrmntivo were a few ahead. Ihb
/ Third precinct was claimed by both, by
/ q low votes only the "nOn men being
/ must confident In the Fiith precinct
wa, q similar situation.
An event which occurred this morn
/ Ing created some little stir. There
were tickets pfiutsd"BOuds- Yos, !" but
none Tor the Uppuuitlou. A. tue clerks
! Office 70 was learned that Cue order
had been given for 10000 tickets Of
oach hnu, but tho "noD package
never came 10 hand. Taen Il was ~.
| serted that the order for tho negative
ballots had been couutetmaudod by one
selecimon, but which one was not
stated.
There also were teams out to bring
voters 70 the polling place. These had
siruamoru on, advising vote fof
"B0udo-Yes," Judge MoNally, while
'avoring tue bond proposition, insialed
that this partOOk OF the nature Of
coercion. lie said that as teams were
employed by tho seleotmon, Ihoy
were giving assistance 10 the
votes favorable 10 tho proposition
while others were no. given nu equal
opportunity. He insisted that the
sIfcamora be- torn Oh, aud this was
done. lie also says that whom he
learned there were no "Bondt-uo"
tickets he ordered them at once.
Regarding the engaging Of the car.
riages, Seleolmau Goddes said they
were not hired by OH Uials but by pti.
vate citizens. He also said that he gave
tho orler TO have the streamers taken
down NJ the Third aud some other pro-
olucts. Win reference 10 the counter.
manling Of the order Tor "BOnds-
no." hu said he knew Of nothing Of the
! ] hlhAs AAN NhAtAa lNA ANNN uIANlNA
1 no stated, anu negative ballots had mol
boon printed because the sulvCtmor
. aha not think any would 10 needed
, | When they were called Tor, however
( he Hayh they wcfo ordered printed al
, once, and u sufficient quantity sO0r
, was on hand Tor tho city precincts.
At the time Of going 10 press there Il
, I atlll time Tor voters 10 come IN anC
! HFNUs the FHauIF NIHnnr U9uV LA INs nIF 40
, ah0uli thoy ftUl 6J inclined. From the
general idea at present, however, d
would appear that the bond ISSUE
, would be defeated, although all IN un
certain. Tho count viii not take very
, late Into tho pigAt 10 determine, ~ ia,
, iudges have a simplo task 10 perform
, | though ,huro arc less Of them for thl
, work than nt general elections.