Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-21
CERTIFICATES UPHELD.
Citizens Reform Petitions Were Signed and
Acknowledged in Due Form,
MOTTO WAS NOT TO GO ON THE EMBLEM



Citizens Ticket All Right.
At 10 o'clock today, City Recorder
Emery gave his decision In the protest
against the Citizens Reform certih-
Gates filed to have the Partisan
/ municipal ticket placed ON the official
| ballot. The decision upholds the GER
tticates as being in proper form, duly
signed and acknowledged. 1t is
complete vindication Of the Non Parti-
san move in the assault made upon it
! by the sensational protest filed, which
/ It's maker had not u word of evidence
In support Of
When tho case opened yesterday
afternoon, tile director TO the certiA-
Gates, l.. Roy Mansfield, by his at
torncy, S. T.. Armstrong, asked to have
! the recorder subpoena certain wit
| ncsses and require their attendance.
George Sutherland, on behalf of the
| defendants, objected. saying that the
recorder had no power to compel the
| attendance Of witnesses. Mr. Suther-
! land also urged that the recorder had
| no power to proceed In the case be-
/ cause any inquiry into the allegations
made in the protest would be judicial
| action.
Recorder Emery denied the request
! Of the objector. holding that it was not
his, the recorders, province to compel
| the attendance of witnesses or to
| punish them for contempt that being
| the business Of the courts. He also
| overruled Mr.. Sutherland's objection
| to proceeding further, the recorder
holding that it was not judicial pro-
! Ceeding for him to ascertain, by evil
| dence, the number of signatures to the
| certificates that the residences of the
| sisners as designated were within the
| political division for which the NOM
| nations were made; that the signers
! claimed to be lawful voters: that their
| signatures were not on other certifi-
| Gates OF nomination for the same of
| fees; and that the signatures to the
petitions were duly acknowledged.
| The director to the certificates was
| then given opportunity to produce evil
| dence in support of his allegations.
| but failed to present any. Thus the
| defense had nothing to combat, but the
| three notarles public named on the
| Citizens certincates-W. u. Ritter, II.
| w. Partridge and c. A. Caine-testi-
| fed that they had duly acknowledged
| each of the signatures certified to by
them, and that the other statements
In their certificates to the petitions
We're true.
This closed the hearing. and the re-
| cordcr took the matter under advise
ment, stating that he would render his
| decision at 10 am. today, which he did
| as follows;
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LEA, lolo>'
In the matter of the protest and OBJ
| lection of l.. Roy Mansfield against
| me certiilcates OF nomination of the
| Cltizens' reform party for mayor, re-
! corder, treasurer, auditor, and police
| Justice of Salt Lake City, Utah, and
| for members of the City Council from
| the various municipal wards of said
CITY.
me objector alleges failure to COM
! ply with the state election law of
| March 18th, 1897, in the following par
| uculnrs:
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| alleges tbat soid TSady,, and To,,
| sever signed sail signStires il, the
| nrgsanca NJ a notsrl nIbiir a,d ~,
mai eaia sispoti,TSs I,,ie Dat d,,i, a.,
iinoui@5pe5 '''' uO''
ma tho acknowledgement 10 nm
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/ tJonod in the nrotsst wers sirnad nv
| tba samp nersnn ana that nsarIH al
! ~ snf5 sir,at,,,5,, tra,.s 20, dnI,1S -
l,nnwiedpcd
| Tbst tbe ACKNOWLEDGMENT 60 nm
tr1is In maj tbs .ignntI1rns Of Jessa
| west and thirteen others mentioned in
sne pr%'e th "eag ara ssngd ny Une re per-
/ All, s,i,rn,,,i Ia
That The scsnoyvIadanent Is I'M
true in tbat tho eIgnatiIres Of Axe1
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/ o,,a tbot ssi1 signat,,res yya,,, nnt ,lnir
| aritrnv5Ie5crd
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true I'm tbat the sirnnturHs Of f,vdio A
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