The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03

In accordance with the provisions of
both national and state law. the three
electors chosen by the voters of Utah
at the late election: r. c. Lund of
st. George. ]. ]. Daily and Henry w.
Lawrence of Salt Lake, will meet in
this city on Saturday next, Jan. 8, at
II o'clock, noon, and must report them
selves to the governor of the state as
in attendance. There being no con-
tests, and the persons above named
having received their certificates of
election-(copies of which have
also been sent to the secretary of state
at Washington, and there duly pub
lished and also laid before the two
branches of congress) the electors
named will reasSemble at the office of
The states secretary in Salt Lake at
noon on Monday, Jan. IL, and proceed
to the performance of their duties in
conformity with the constitution and
the laws of the United States.
The electors must make and sign
three certificates of all the votes given
by them, each of which certificates
shall contain two distinct lists. one of
the votes for president, and the other
of the votes for vice-president, and
shall annex to each of the certificates
one of the lists of the electors which
shall be furnished to them by direction
of the executive of the state.
They must then seal up the certifi
Gates so made by them, and certify
upon each that the lists of all the votes
of the state given for president and
vice. president are contained therein.
The first of these lists they shall
give to such person as they may APP
point to take charge of and deliver TO
the president of the senate, at the seat
of government.
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postoffice to the president of the SEN
ate. and
The third they shall file with the
judge of the district in which the elect
ors shall assemble.
The person appointed by the electors
to deliver the certificates of votes to
the president of the senate shall be
allowed, on the delivery of the lists
intrustd to him, % cents per mile for
the distance travelled by most usual
road from the place of meeting of the
electors to the seat of government;
and in case he neglect to perform the
service shall forfeit the sum of 81, 900.
At the Provo convention which nom
mated the electors, a resolution was
passed requesting, that in the event
they were chosen by the people, they
would appoint as the messenger to
take charge of and deliver the certifi-
Gates to the president of the Senate
the pioneer Democrat of the west,
Hadley Johnson, and it is assumed this
will be done.
1t is eminently right in the opinion
of all Democrats that the compliment
be bestowed on this octogenarian, who
while he yet fingers among us, hale
and hearty, cannot expect to partici-
pate in many more presidential cleo
tions.
He is the pioneer of pioneers in the
Democratic field of the west he was
the father of the Kansas-Nebraska bill,
was a legislator in Iowa a half century
ago and westward led the course of
empire into this intermountain region.
Here in Utah, the modern Democracy
rise and bow to him as did the Greeks
when honored old age entered the am
phitheatre.
1t is believed by his party that he
should be sent as the first messenger
to convey the first presidential vote of
the new state to the capital.