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

Reiser was not officially beheaded last
evening. Mulvey was not present at
the session of the canvassing board
Monday evening when Reiser made
an accusation that a councilman had
tempered with the Forty-second cleo
tion districts tally sheet, and ne was,
therefore, not under the ban of sus-
piciOn. The Whole-souled councilman
essayed TO pour oil Ger the troubled
waters and to eXtricate the council
manic body from the quagmire into
which it was Wading. His efforts were
a complete triumph, and white-winged
peace hOvers over the scene of the
stormy conflict for the preservation of
an honest election canvass and the re-
moval of grave suspicious of some
councilman having committed a felon-
ious act.
THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The latter half of last evenings
council session was given over TO a
consideration of Deputy Recorder Rel
ser's case, which involved questions OF
official honor and the regulations of
citizens supposed to be above counter
feiting election returns.
in respect TO the matter OF the ac-
cusalOn of Deputy City Recorder Rel
ser, made at Monday evenings session
OF the canVassing board, that a certain
1IelIlp oA Inc BOARD hau cOItuDIy
made an extra tally mark on the For
Ny-second districts tally sheet, the
special committee. consisting Of Coun-
cilmen Dale, Diehl ana Wiscomb. re-
ported as follows:
Your committee called upon the dep
uty recorder this day and submitted
the Following question 10 him: WHAT
reasons have you GA which to base
your statement that some member of
the council made q tally on the tally
sheet of district Nc. ~ which is said
10 have Increased Edgar Howe's vote
from 125 TO 1852
The deputy recorder requested the
opportunity 10 make his reply in writ
ing, which was granted, and is at
Tdched hereto and made a part of this
report. In the judgment of your COM
nittee mis- reply is a bubble, an
evasion and a mlsstatement of fact
in some portions of it. The statement
of the deputy recorder was made open
ly and notorioUslv, and his amended
statement. as shown in the record, is
direct charge that he has reasons to
believe that some member Of this
council has committed felony. He has
refused to give your committee the
reasons or evidence he has for making
such a statement. and this grave
charge is left to lie at the door of each
member Of this body Who was present
at the canvass. We, therefore, recon-
mend that unless the deputy recorder
immediately after the reading of this
report clearly and explicitly Withdraws
the whole of his statement and renders
dne apologies to this body. that steps
oe taken to at once remove him from
Office.
DEPUTY REISER'S REPLY.
I have before me the following ques-
ton, submitted by your committee to
me on this date
question: What reasons have you on
which TO base your statement that some
member of the council made the tally
upon the tally sheet which increased
Edgar HoWe's vote from 125 to 1922
In reply to the above, desire 10 say:
l. The only voluntary remark made
by me in relation to an additional tally
mark in the vote for Edgar Howe in
election district No. 2. was made con-
fidestiaiiy to my employer, David S.
Emery. city recorder, during the can
Vass of the tally sheet OF SAID district
on Nov. Is. 1897.
, Ny object in making the remark to
the city recorder was to enable him to
be prepared to meet any charges or in
situations that might be made reflect
ing upon him as clerk of the board;
also that he might announce to the
board, if he 50 desired. at the proper
time, that an additional mark had been
made by some one during the session
of the board.
3. The remark made by me to the
city recorder was overheard by certain
members Of the board. who were crowd
ed around the recorders desk, and all
further statements made by me during
said session were made either in reply
to questions asked privately by the
aforesaid members al the time l made
the remark to the city recorder. or in
answer To questions and questions
by the board in open session.
The fact Of the matter becoming pub
lie is no fault of mine and [ cannot see
that it is within the province of the
board 10 require me to make public
the reasons for my confidential state
lnent TO my superior officer, the city re-
corder.
GAG RULE APPLIED.
In response to the question if he had
anything TO say by way OF denial, proof
CT eXtenuaton, or if he We're ready to
accept the committees ultimatun, Dep
uty Reiser proceeded to question the
propriety OF the committees report be-
ing then considered, and 10 refute Ger
tain statements embodied in the report,
but Dale and O'Meara led in the effort
tc cut him off. Several moments were
taken by various members to eXpound
the ethics Of courtesy. such as is de-
nanded by an honorable body of city
councilmen.
CaIlister resented the attacks on
Reiser. and rib-roasted those Of his col
leagues who resorted to the use of gag
rule to club the deputy recorder into
submission.
REISER TALKS
Then Reiser was permitted to pro-
coed. He declared he had no intention
to cast reflection on the council. but he
challenged a successful contradiction OF
mis- written statement. He intended to
show no disrespect 10 the official body
but he questioned their right to compel
him TO divulge his confidential relations
with his superior officer. Nothing in
his final statement would he retract
and the council could take off his Of
fetal head If, it wanted 10 bear the re-
sponsibility and consequences.
To Councilman Mulvey.-''I made the
statement about the changed tally