The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-17

That the city council canvassing
board yesterday afternoon resolved to
accept the dfscrepant and irregular
election returns from the 42nd district
was evidently for the purpose of in
Viting a review of the action in court
70 determine, by a recount of the bal
lots, whether Edgar Howe is elected
councilman over Henry NJ Dinwoodey
by plurality of one or whether both
candidates have an equal number of
votes The proceedings developed little
Of anything new or interesting pertain
ing TO the sensational allegations made
Monday evening of some one having
tempered with the tally sheet in the
canVassing boards session-room by adj
ding an extra tally for Howe. The in
QUESTION that Election Judge HoUghton
was subjected to failed to reveal any
new evidence.
RESULTS FOUND.
The returns from districts 25 and So
were rejected, the first because of an
excess of votes marked on the tally
sheets over d possible aggregate, and
in the second instance for the reason
that the tally sheet was wrongfully
sealed up with the ballots. and cannot
be opened without an order of court
of the 42nd and 18th were canvassed.
and as canvassed the vote credited to
each candidate from the so districts
canvassed was confirmed. and the totals
We're cast UP, as shown by the table
published elsewhere in this paper,
However, the result will not be formally
declared until the concluding session of
the board Thursday evening.
CANVASS OF THE FORTY SECOND.
Stewart declared that when he count
ed the tallies for Edgar Howe last
week, he found the number footed up
to the extended total of 125, and he
moved to reject the "doctored" tally
sheet President Newell ruled the mo-
ton out of order, and on an appeal be-
ing taken, the chair was sustained by
a vote of 9 to 4.
Election Judge Houghton was ques-
toned with respect to the manner of
keeping the tally sheet. He declared
that the taIlies were marked by a Mr.
Owens and a Mr.. Higham, under the
supervision of his companion judges,
j. " Greenman and Peter Van Hou-
ton, while he called off from the ballots.
He attempted to justify that method of
making up returns so discrepant and
irregular. but he could not tell how the
extra tally got in on the two Sheets.
Not to his knowledge had any one had
access TO the duplicate tally sheet in
his possession. and which also contain
ed an additional tally for Howe over
the extended total of 125.
The Forty-second's poll book was not
certified to. It contained 324 names,
While only S1S were marked voted on
the official register. The highest ag-
gregate vote was 800. on mayor.
The count by the board showed two
other discrepancies, an increase of four
votes for Doremus and an excess of one
for Backman.
On LIE Prohon's motion to accept the
count as checked I'D, giving Howe 126
votes, a majority of ] over Dinwoodey's
aggregate, Allen, Callister. Morris,
Romney and Stewart waited in the neg
alive. and the balance of the board.
10 members, voted IN the affirmative.
THE FORTY SIXTH'S RETURNS.
The unsigned tally sheet from the
Forty-sixth district was then checked
up without finding any discrepancies.
However, the poll book was not certi-
fed to.
After the totals Were cast up and
called off for checking purposes, the
city attorney was directed to prepare
the form of a resolution for declaring
elected the persons who, by the can
vass, have been shown to have received
the highest number of votes.
The board adjourned till Thursday
evening, to attend to the formal declar-
alton Of results of the late city election.
and to retire from the canVassing bust
ness.
TIE PLURALTTIES.
The table herewith published shows
the result in detail, with the pluralities
Of each candidate elected.