Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-05

a. Af II INU uNlul luU election alter %
wis over They talked about the ng.
urcs aud the election generally. That
was shortly after tine election.
Reuben Chrlstiausen, Que Of tho
luugcs OF uIuu.lUn Ut Guuuiauu, said
hri.ks3E, the presiding judge, took
change " the ballot boNcs after tue
votes wtfo counted. Witness kupt
iho POLL liB5 2j9 votes were
cast for the constitutional dele.
gaiusaud 90 were marked on the poll
book o. having v0lsi. Two more
voted the county aud territorial ticket
than the constitutional. The pllI uat
aud the book were compared after tun
election, anu found 10 CORRESPOND.
HauB &, Hansen, the witness snlI,
was marked us having voted for the
constitutional dclegntpB, but no mat.
ter u fact be- diuu'l vote aud was
away at ihu time.
Ia CrJIs-HAamlulllOn the Witness,
upon Tho list OF those who voted luing
shown him aud the name OF Hans G..
huniun being On 10, said that be- bad
written u, although 700 chief CNfmlIa-
ton hu said Hans q, Hansen wnB
away and liua't vote. Hu explained
thiH by saying that 10 was Hans q.
Huusuu d., who had voted, tut wit.
ntta hni omitted 10 write Junior after
the uumr.
Cluutuou adjourned an this morn.
Ing.
The nrst wI,noGs callud this morning
by MI Zane was Eric Erickson Jr., OF
HuuuiaIu, whuHlil ho was presiding
judge there a. the late election. A man
named Hans O.. Hansen uidfuut vote
fIUuN al I...HfH d. |..
name was marked us having voted. lie
dll not lhluk % was there when tue
rull closed. AZ tIu counting OF tue
votes there were IO scratched uall1ts
iu iuc DuuulaUu b.Eial Gar H8 he could
remember.
10 Judg Powers, The witness said he
did not know fHr certain whether or
not tho word "voiu4n was written
against HHu.UU'a name uu tho day rf
election, or u"llluuully. lie mad no
reason fHr uu-pvciiug anyone as having
tampufod with the p0!i book.
"lOu have mo- reason 90 believe that
anyone has changed tho lists slne,
election duyg"
Witness -aId be- had not.
JulFo Powers asked tho witness
whether ho really had any clear rrcll-
ioatiun Of what took plHC5 nt the Gun
uison poll ON election day aud Eurk.
son uuswuted In tho affirmative. d1f-
onson Kept the registration list and
ChriHiiurtou the pJli llat.
"Whrfo did you put the ballot box
after tue election was ovef2" asked Mt.
Zane.
witness said he took 10 down 90 hi.
house and put 10 Ia an upstairs room
thtrc. IL was then 8talet. he kspl
the box nt his house until 10 was sent
Tor by the Titan Commissiln, when he
took II 10 Guunl.0u station Aui turned
II over 10 thu express agent 10 forward
on,
Chrlsiiauson was recalled by Mr..
LAuu, who asked him whether one
Richard Cruthor voted. Witness sail
hu did not; ho believed CrAghur wac In
tue pouilun,igTy ut tho time. Laugh.
tgL) Crnthet was marked "votedD "a
tho POLL book now exhibited by Mr.
Zane.
Mr., L1woFy, ono Of the ludgob at
Mautii was recalled by Mt Zane AMI
asked whether he INSIDE tuo cross
which uIpsUrgi against ErRstus Lar.
sens nauu GA the plll Iial. lie au.
sWvggd that be did NOT.
In REORGANIZATION by Judge
Powers tue witness BliI no was comb
dent that ho received 900 lnsliuutl0us
,rDm Charles Craze, relative 10 bis
uutlea, PRIOR % the election; neither
uii he talk with MIN. lie sought ss
isr ~ possible 60 act up 10 the iustruc.
tiDuy Of the Utah Commission.
Christisnsen, again called By Mr..
Liuv, inii James iiuudriUss0n uld not
vote al Guuuis9u nj the election,
though ho had been 10 marked.
"Whufe was no on that day." en-
quired Mr., Ht.t,
Nitnrss-hu was up az Maull, ia
tho county jail, la the custody OF the
sheriff. lLsughtoE)
Sven Nelson, Of Fairyiow, said he
was ut that place Watching the pf0g.
fcsH Of The election all day. lie saw
the poll Lat aud poll book compared that
night ami thry taillol exactly. Each
c0ntnlUrI -0l, NOT 2jA on the pUll book |
and 2l5 on the poll list 90 10 afterwards !
appeared. Witnuss did NOT know what |
became " tho ballot box after the |
election. Onu voter named johnson
voted only the cOuuiy ticket, but he |
was marked as having voted both.
CtUsi'r&amlurd by Judge Power, |
witness lsaid le himself was canu. |
date NJ the election tor the Office OF |
HeluCtmuu Tor san Pete county, and !
was present during the counting Of the
ballots,
"D.d you asslst in tho eoun. that
niAhl2"
Witness huHwured no, but said be
'kept count for himself"
"lsn't II q fact that the tally |
sheets were mado up after tho election
was OvuI2"
Witness said he did not know. Judge
Powers knew ~ much about It rs lac
himself did.
MIR. Zaue-Waa not one ballot miss.
ing out VI the constitutional blz2
Witncaz-Ihat Is what the judges
stated.
"Aud there was one empty on.
vslJpt2"
$50 the judges said.n
frederick J. G.. Dauielson, presiding
'udgo Ut election At FaifyiBW, said hu
aaw the poll list and poll book com-
pared alter the election ana there was
the same aumUer on eaoh-95l.
"Were there any ballots mIss!np?U
"heB Onu-f0r the CJnBlilutional,U
witness further testified In auaWur 90
MI Zane that ho took the ballot box
10 bis house alter the election anu kent
i there some seventeen or eighteen
lays, until 10 waH delivered 10 the OK.
press ngentnt the railway station. The
iey was also sent by exprgas, In a sen.
irute package. Neither The express
agent nor tho messenger was sworn.
lhe ballot box was locked, but not
sealed.
In oss.examina,ion by Judge Pow.
mi NH... I