Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-08
OFEICIAL CANVASS ON
WORK WILL COVER TWO OR THREE DAYS


The City Council met at high noon
today to make official canvass of the
returns of the recent election for mu-
nicipal officers. All of the members
We're present except Allen and
O'Meara. The first sitting was brief
being of Just one hours duration.
From present indications the work
Will cover period of from two to
three days. So far us it had pro-
crossed at press time there were no
developments which would seem to
give any promise OF a change in the
general result, although Dale made II
gain Of two votes in precinct No. /
over the figures credited to him by tho
press on the day after election.
The Council was called to order
promptly at 10 o'clock by President
Newell Proceedings were opened by
senli-desultory discussion as to the
method 10 be pursued in canvasslng
ana checking the returns. Lloyd
moved that the recorder as the clerk
OF the board, go over the returns by
election districts; that he be assisted
by two members of the board to be
appointed by the char, and that he
announce the result to the board.
Wlscomh moved as an amendment
that the board resolve itself into five
committees of three each and canvass
the returns. Seconded by lie Prohon
and lost, after which Lloyd's motion
prevailed, and Lloyd and Wiscomb
were appointed to assist the recorder.
Dale offered the following resolution,
which was adopted without dissent.
That the several voting precincts be
taken up in their numerical order. be-
ginning with election district No. /;
that the method of canvassing be first
to count the names marked Voted"
on the registration list and the names
written as having voted on the poll
book or list of voters, and u COMPARE
son OF the totals be made and any diff
ferences noted; that then the tally
sheets be taken up and the tallies for
each candidate counted and the totals
as extended by the Judges of election
verified; that all the votes cast for
any one office be totalled to see that
they do not exceed the total of those
marked voted on the registration list
and poll book and II any discrepancy
- noted Is evident that II be noted In
the record. So soon as each election
district Is completely canvassed, the
result must DC publlsty announced.
Mulvey moved that the city attorney
be in attendance during the sitting of
the board, to offer such legal advice
as might be deemed necessary.
Diehl moved to amend by striking
out the word requested and inserting
INSTRUCTED" in lieu thereof. Carried
and on motion of Callistcr. the chief
of police was instructed to have a pc
lice officer in attendance at the meet
ings of the board hereafter
The work of checking the figures
was then proceeded with and only one
district canvassed at o'clock at which
time recess was taken until p. m.
The official check upon the returns
made by the Judges showed POI votes
cast In district No 1, while the regis
tration list showed that but 214 persons
had voted. The highest aggregate vote
was 2l9 for the office of Mayor The
discrepancy noted 81 not material as IL
is plainly evident that seven persona
voted whom the Judges failed to thus
mark.
Precincts second. third and fourth
had also been canvassed at the time
of the closing of the News report.
In precinct No. 4. It appears that the
judges had omitted TO mark "voted''
after the name OF each Individual voter
on the registry list as was done In the
other precincts. This discovery caused
lie Prohon to move that the clerk OF
the board make n record OF the omis-
sion. The omission was noted without
further comment and the canvass
again proceeded with.