The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-16

the F'orty-Second district were broken
and the tally sheet spread out on Re
corder Emery's desk, with Lloyd and
Wiscomb sitting on either side of the
clerk. However, before the motion was
put Dale and Romney had spirited
exchange of warm remarks. Dale ex-
planned that he did not remember from
the brief inspection of the tally sheet
last Thursday, when the canvass Of the
district was passed on account of the
lack of the judges certi1cation.
whether the number of votes credited
to the various candidates would be suf-
ficient to change the result of the cleo
ton if the entire tally sheet was now
rejected as some of the members pro-
posed.
Romney insinuatingly asked if the
purpose was to receive the returns if
they suited and to reject if they did
not suit. but Dales response in kind
and further explanation satisfied the
questioner.
A REMARKABLE TALLY SHEET.
Stewart moved that the board pro-
coed to canvass the vote from the
Forty second district as shown by the
tally sheet.
An inspection of the tally sheet,
which was unsigned by the judges, re-
vealed that it was marked by a lead
pencil instead of pen and ink. Some
of the sets of straight ballots had been
marked in figures, some in horizontal
lines running through several squares,
and others were vertical lines. The
plain tallieS were not enough in num-
Der to make up the extended totals
without reckoning that the perpendicu-
lar lines as the balance where not in
Dictated by figures.
CalliSter read from the law and de-
clared that the irregularities were in
sufficient to warrant the rejection of
the returns. One of the sections of law
quoted is: mo returns must be re-
jected if it can be ascertained there
from the number of votes cast for each
person" Nearly all the members
took hand in explaining how the pc
culiar marks should be counted, and
the majority declared that it was ap
parent that the marks were counted in
the extended totals.
CANDIDATE MEMBERS SHOULD
NOT VOTE.
At this point the question came up
as to the intended meaning OF the city
attorneys opinion with reference to
certain members voting and, after va
rious constructions were put upon the
attorneys injunction as applied to sup
positions cases, Judge Mckay was
called upon to address the board.
City Attorney Mckay said that his
opinion was that no sitting member had
a right to vote on the question whether
he was elected to Office on Nov. Ind.
Continuing, he said: IF any candidate
member OF the board is incompetent to
vote he is incompetent to vote on q
declaration of the result. Whether the
returns are close enough to affect the
election of any member, I don't know.
I had in mind a quorum, and this would
obviate the necessity of any member
compromising himself. A contest
might be made on the ground of a
member certifying to his own election.
You members who are interested should
refrain from voting on this question,
and also from declaring the result
However the city attorneys advice
was disregarded, and Stewards motion
to proceed with the canvass of the re-
markable tally sheet was carried. Allen,
Buckle, Callister, Romney and Morris
of the candidate members voted in the
affirmative Wiscomb, Newell, LIE Pro-
hon and Lloyd voted in the negative.
Dale refrained from voting, and Diehl
was excused.
A NIGER IN THE WOODPILE."
Recorder Emery and Councilmen
Wiscomb and Lloyd proceeded to
check the extended totals as best they
could when Deputy Recorder Reiser
who, seated just below, had just heard
a soto voce remark that another tally
had been marked I'D to Edgar Howe
and that the corrupt act would be
charged to the recorders Office, which
has been the custodian of the And dis
trict's resealed envelope since it was
Tll aside last week. AS Mr.. Reiser
afterward related, he had observed,
several suspicious circumstances tend
ing 10 show that a conspiracy was
working to tamper with the returns to
Dinwoodey's injury and though he was
keeping close watch of the proceedings
superior. Accordingly he told Re-
corder Emery that one of the council
men had, during the evening, added a
tally to Howe's vote. Reiser's warn
ing to his superior was in a loud
whisper and was overheard by two or
three councilmen. In an instant the
word was passed around, the canvass
was stopped and Reiser was asked to
repeat what he said to Recorder
Emery. He did SO, and then hot
time ensued and lasted over an hour.
The alleged additional tally was
pointed out by Deputy Reiser. 1t did
not figure in the total, which was 125,
by the count as accepted from the
election judges, whereas the extra
mark would give Howe 126 and elect
him by a majority of one over Henry
NJ. Dinwoodey.
THE DEPUTY EXPLAINS.
DeDuty Recorder Reiser exnIained