The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-28

Yesterday was q rather gingery and
lively day for the canvassing board
The contest of Srringvilleites against
the admission of municipal votes cast
at Mapleton precinct came up early
in the morning and was not decided
until after a lively discussion and I'M
til after the board of canvassers re-
met in the afternoon. AS this con-
sumed the major part of the day only
small Roadway was made with the reg
uIar canvass. Carbon and Emery
counties were nevertheless completed.
Attorneys Arthur Brown and J. w
( n. Whitecotton represented the plain
+ tiffs and the latter opened up the
broadsides for the Springville contin-
gent - the election tangle. The board
wanted the complaint in written form,
and Mr. Whitecotton produced the de-
tailed objection as follows:
Territorial canvassing board. in the
matter of canvassing the municipal
vote Of SpringVille, Utah county, Utah.
Come now S. NJ. Davis, II. NJ. DOuSall,
William Simson and Don c. Fullmer,
4 residents Of SpringVille, the said S. M.
Davis having been at the last election
held at Springville a regular candidate
for the office of mayor of said Spring
vile, and the said II. NJ. Dougall, Will
liam Sinson and Don c. Fulmer being
at said election regular candidates for
city councilmen in said city, and OBJ
lect in the canvass of said vote to
the cou nting or consideration of any
votes or the returns of any votes cast
at Mapleton precinct in Utah county,
or at what is called poll No. 2, of
Springville, for said officers of Spring
vile. on the following grounds, to-
wit:
THAT none of the persons voting
at Mapleton precinct for said officers
at said Springville, were registered in
Springville.
2-That the returns made of said
election held at Mapleton show upon
their face that they are from Maple
ton and not from Springville.
3-The returns made of the election
held at Mapleton for said officers does
not show that it was an election for
municipal officers in SpringVille and
does not on its face purport to be re-
turns of the municipal election held
for Springville, but on the contrary
purports to be on it's face, and is, the
returns of municipal election held at
Mapleton.
Mr.. Whitecotton delivered a lengthy
argument on the propositions embodied
in the objections. His contention was
that Mapleton had been setE apart as
q separate precinct from SprlngVtlle
I ard Spanish Fork, and elected its own
F4constable and justice Of the peace.
Springville did not levy taxes on Ma
1leton and had assumed the entire re-
sponsibility for the school bond when
the disjoining of Mapleton occurred
I'VE contend" continued Mr.. White
cotton, chat if they had registered at
Springville instead of at their own
precinct all would have been we'll. The
commission had no right TO establish
another polling place after the regis
traticn had been taken. If the people
of Mapleton wanted simply to vote Tor
state officers then they could nave reg
istered at their own precinct; but IL
they wanted to vote for SpringVille
municipal officers, their names should
have appeared on the SpringVille reg
iStration lists.
The above was the chief point upon
yllich he based his argument The
commission. he claimed, had no right
- make law and it would be an un-
heard-of thing for people living out
side the limits of Sprinsville, to be al
Moved to vote for its officers.
The letters Of instructions upon the
subject was called for by the board.
1t was as follows:
Aaron Johnson, Registrar Mapleton
Precinct. Utah:
Dear Oh 1eSl'is A,A9 "
the 9th, will say that the commission
took this matter under adviSement and
unanimously concluded that the voters
of Mapleton precinct residing within,
the corporate limits of Springville a-3
justly and legally entitled to vote for
city officers il Springville City. You
will therefore see that preparations are
made for receiving and counting their
votes for such city officers. We have
instructed the Springville registrar to
Mapleton precinct viii be required to
receive and count the votes of such
persons as live within the corporate
limits of Springville and make return
of the same. They should have a sep
arate box for depositing the ballots in,
Fiery truly yours,
A. G. NORRELL,
Chairman.