Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-22
.L|PPNAN' S plan
FINALLY N IS DOWN
His Tickets Of Many Inventions
Will Not Attract Taft Vote to
American" Candidates.
The ELECTORS MAY RESIGN
Having Done SO from Tart.. Liberal
Ticket Supreme Court upholds
Them In Decision So TO DO.

1he fear of the American party
managers and !nanipuaturs that in a
tiesioentlal year, the tendency of the
people to vote straight party tickets
Would work against them on the vot-
ing machines, is now coupled with
l tile certainty that they are powerleSs
to prevent this situation.
he secretary of states decision con-
ce'iillE the right of Republican electors
~ Ml..iurhW from the Taft-Libcral in
Senlion OF Joseph Lippman, and to
feflist to be party to it. was yester-
daS afternoon upheld in the supreme
court.
Inc electors in withdrawing did not
WASH thelr names to be used IN a pre-
leliacd support Of their party's leader,
Win q knife thrust at the organization
uEGl which his support rests. They
eouiu hardly see the loyalty or value
OF support aimed as this was and
therefore made use of the manner in
Whicl. the law allows them to choose
ttair own friends and supporters in
policy.
And coming into the supreme court
UPON a writ of nandamus secured by
the Llppman henchmen ordering the
SECRETARY of state to show cause why he
slotild fail To mention the Taft electors
on the Taft-Libcral ticket, the case was
argued on demurrer entered by the
attorneys for the states secretary. AT
the conclusion of these arguments,
heard Monday the case went under. ad-
yisement where it remained until the
decision of yesterday afternoon was
read 1t was presented by Acting Chief
Justice Straup. Justices FrIck and
Booth concurring, and was as follows:
In considering the question involved
In, Inv l,p1
tine to enable us in arriving at a CON
clusion: we have not had sufficient time
to express our Views and to state our
reasons for the conclusions reached by
us. in writing. What we now say is a
lttore oral opinion, in order to indicate
to counsel the point or points upon
which the ruling made by us is based.
Same time in the future we shall pre-
pare and file a written opinion, where's
in will be more fully expressed our
views. and wherein our reasons for
the ruling will be more fully stated.
REASONS FOR RULING.
of one of the REALTORS that Thomas
Sevy. Lafayette Holbrooll and Henry
COIN were duly nominated by n con-
Nention of the Republican party as
presidential electors, to- be voted for at
the election to be held November 5.
1908: that the candidates OF such Re-
publican party for president and vice
president are William Fl. Taft and
James S. Sherman; that certificate
was duly filed with the secretary of
state showing such persons to be the
nominees of the Republican party For
such presidential electors; that the re-
5lators. together with more than 800
other voters residing within the state.
designating themselves as the signers
of the Taft-Liberal' ticket. signed
certificate of nomination in writing for
the nomination OF said Sevy, HolbIpok
and Cohn for presidential electors and
other persons for other public offices,
also to be voted for on said Bird day of
November. The petition contains sur
ficicnt averments showing that such
nominations were made by such voters
otherwise than by convention or COM
nittec, and as provided by section 40
of the Compiled Laws of Utah, 1877.
ana that a certificate of such nomina-
ton was filed with the secretary OF
state. as by law provided
The affidavit in substance recites that
not one but that two separate and dis
tinct nominations were made of the
said Sevy. Holbrook and Conn as pres
idential electors, one by the republican
party in convention. and one by more
than 800 voters under the name OF the
Taft Liberal ticket. and that both
nominations were duly certified to and
the certificates filed with the secretary
of state.
1t is further alleged that, after the
nomination of said electors was made
by the voters of the Taft-Liberal tick
ct and the certificate of such nominal
ton filed with the secretary of state,
the said Sevy, Holbrook and Conn at
tempted to decline such nomination on
the Taft-Liberal ticket. by notifying
The secretary Of state on the l3tl, day
OF October, 1908, in writing, signed by
them and duly acknowledged, in the
following languages:
VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL.
Having been nominated by certain
voters residing within the State OF
Utah and affiliating under the polti-
cal name of .Taft-I,iberal ticket by q
certificate OF nomination filed in your
office October 8, 1905, for the presiden-
tial clector to vote for president and
vice president Of the United States.
hereby notify you that I decline such
nomination by such voters on said
.Taft-Libera! ticket; nothing herein
contained. however, shall be construed
as q defamation of my nomination for
presidential elector to vote for president
and vice president OF the United States,
heretofore made by the Utah Rcpubli-
.