The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-08

Yesterday was the most interesting
day Of the Sanpete county constitu-
+ional assembly election dispute. The
sensation Of the day was when Com
missioner Ta1lock on the witness stand
said he believed that George Blair. one
of the clerks of the Utah commission.
had written the word voted on the
poll list opposite the names Of parties
who had not voted, leaving DO other
inference to be drawn than that Mr..
Hair, by an act OF forgery, had created
BE discrepancies upon which the COM
mission based its right to resort TO the
ballot boxes Mr.. Tatlock's belief was
founded on an alleged similarity in the
handwriting of George Blair and that
in which the word voted was writ
ten opposite the names Of those parties
who hadn't voted, a very slender foun-
dation on which To base SO extremely
serious a charge. Mr.. Blair, of course,
is very indignant and Will give an I'M
qualified denial to the charge. Mr..
Blair hoped to have been put on the
stand before court adjourned, so that
his denial could appear to the world in
the same issue of the newspapers as the
statement of Commissioner Tatlock
but the courts usual adjourning time
had arrived before Mr.. Blair was called
and counsel for the petitioners opposed
a protraction OF the session, 80 doubt
fer reasons adverse to those which &C
tuated Mr.. Blair in desiring to go or
the stand before court adjourned fol
the day. II won't make any difference
in the end. but it puts Mr.. Blair in q
very bad light for one day.
Base insinUations were made by coun
sci that Commissioner Thatcher was il
collision with Mr. Blair in the for
geries, and a. brow-beating attempt by
Attorney Zane in the examination o
Chairman Letcher to make that gen
tleman also a party to the fraud, les
10 a scene between Mr.. Letcher anc
Mr.. Zane. in which the latter received
a singing and well-merlted rebuke 70
his bulldozing tactics. This is expecte,
to be another interesting day in tn
proceedings.
Commissioner TatIock.
The ball was started yesterday morn
ing by the petitioners recalling Com
missioner Tatlock, who was examine,
by Attorney John NJ. Zane
ION what date was it decided to g
into the ballot boxes from Sanpet
county," asked counsel.
December 50
On December 4 had the commissio
Gay consultation over the matter?''
YVES"
AT thaa time had the different mem
Faar 80 4ha
conclusion?"
yes"
state what Commissioner Norre
said about it
Late in the evening that day afte
the poll lirts, tally sheets, etc, ha
been examined, Mr.. Norrell said tina
IN his oninion there were not suff1cien
discrepancies to change the result an
that he was ready to certify to the RI
suit from the sally sheets
Were such certificates issued ?"
mo"
which of the commissioners insiste
on certifying from the face Of iii
tally Sheets"
\ Myself and Commissioner Shel
man.
And on the evening Of the 4th Con
missioner Norrell said he was read
20 certify?'
Yes, but nothing was done and a
adjournment was taken. On the 70
lowing day the discrepancies wei
again taken up and Commissions
.Norrell said he had changed his min
* reference to the Sanpete discrepaI
cies and offered the resolution to II
effect that the discrepancies in Sal
pete. county returns, being such {
might alter the result, resolved, thu
the commission open the boxes ar
oos,,,f 417,9 1a1 1o+c
1.-THE boxes had already been sen
for?''
'.Yes; on November % that W;
done.
CrOss-Examined.
Cross examined by Judge Power
''Nho moved that the returns be SCI
for, that IS, the ones that had not bee
received ?"
Mr.. Sherman did, and Mr.. Thatch
moved as substitute that the commi
sion delay counting Sanpete coun
until all the returns were in"
You made q motion?"
Yes. l moved that the comlnissiG
canvass the returns and certify fro
the tally sheets, and Commission