Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-30
committee Meeting This After
noon to Decide Plan
OF Action.
MCKENZIE IS DISMISSED.
County Attorney Decides Prose-
cution Could Not Show In
tent to Vote Illegally.
Frank Swcnson is Arraigncd in Court
For Fraud--Warrants Out for Gam
Bile and the Pcmbrol,cs.

81 That salt Lake citizens will be
- Furnished in the near future. a fun
4 PSI of all people who voted at yester-
346ay's bond election whose names do
&fNot appear on the tax rolls of Salt
III lake county, is the promise made this
rs morning by Harry S. Joseph, chair
5H1nan of the anti-bond executive COM
53Smittee.
# After long informal session with
IA heckers and challengers, Mr. Joseph
slequested each worker to prepare a
s Dist of all the voters challenged
Hthrough the fact that their names We're
blot ON the copies OF the tax rolls fur
;snished for use at the polls.
~ After this list is sent in. 1t win be
S. Checked with the original tax rolls
and the list viii then be published.
III This afternoon at o'clock a meet
:#ing of the Anti Bond executive COM
nittee was called at the office of H. S.
JOseph. Its purpose is TO discuss the
M sdysalibity of contesting the bonds.
"a An informal canvass of its members
# this morning developed the fact that
|# most of them favor contesting the
Isl election. both on account of the feel
&ing that it was unfairly conducted and
&because they think the matter of
#Nho may vote at such an election
Il Should be tested in the courts.
II STOCKHOLDERS VOTES.
II AT this mornings meeEing Henry
FCohen, challenger in the Thirty
aeighth and Thirty ninth districts,
4 brought in a checking book showing
/ that 125 voters had been chal-
lenged out of a total hardly twice
|this large. Among those challenged
was Fred Strouse, president of the
IGreenwald Furniture company. He is
declared to have admitted that he paid
no taxes on personal OF real property,
and based his right to vote on the
grounds that he was shareholder in
ia corporation paying tax. Whether
owing stock in corporation that is
ftaxeu Is justification for voting in a
bond election, is one of the things
which the anti bond committee would
like to see settled, and II forms one of
the reasons for planning the contest.
MoRETON'S ADVICE.
MIR. Cohen, when bringing in the list of
those challenged, declared that County
Recorder j. b. Moreton had appeared
at the polls and instructed the Am
ei an" pary judges of election to al
low anybody to vote who declared
himself tax payer, and TO let the
voters take the chance" of any pun
lshments for irregularity.
The central committee which meets
this afternoon is composed of II. S. JOS
eph, w. II. Farnsworth, Albert Reiser,
j. d. Murdoch. Oliver Hodson, j. M
Sjodahl, Geo. c. Smith, +. c. Ashton,
+ S. Fernstrom, VIM. Mcmillan, w. y.
Williams, L. H. Callister. Walter Tut
tie, Henry Cohen, Chas. Crane and
Frank Plat.
1t was decided by those present this
morning to prosecute the cases of lille
gal voting in which warrants had been
sworn out yesterday.
MCKENZIE DISCHARGED.
The complaint filed yesterday against
Roderick Mckenzie, former chief of po-
lice, charging him with illegal voting
on the bond issue, was this morning
dismissed in Judge Diehl's court fol-
lowing u conference between County
Attorney Hanson and Mr.. Mckenzie. 1t
was clearly shown, or at least to the
satisfaction of Mr. Hanson, that MI.
Mckenzie had no intent to violate the
law
In spite Of the fact that he is not yet
citizen of the United States, he be-
lteved he had a right to vote for OF
against the bonds Tor the reason that
he is tax payer and property owner
The county attorney recognized the
tact that there was no possible chance
OF conviction in the case against Mr.
mckenzie and therefore the complaint
was dismissed upon motion of Asst.
County Atty. Carlson.
sWENsoN ARRAIGNED.
Frank swenson, former city treasur-
o , was arFalgned this morning Tor HE
sal voting and pleaded not guilty. The
Sase was SET Tor hearing Aug. 25, and
nizance.
Deputy Sheriff Axel Steele has three
warrants for service ana will serve
mem today, They are for w, u. Cam
PIE Adrian and Herbert Pembroke.
lney VIII probably be arraigned to-
MORROW morning before Judge Dlehl.
MCMILLAN OFFENDED.
Hugh A, Mcmillan. who swore 70 tho
complaint against Roderlck McI5enzie
for Illegal voting. takes much offense
az the action of County Atty. Willard
Hanson IN dlsmssng the warrant He
declared this morning that the "Amor-
can election judges, with Justice OF
me Peace Dana a, Smith sitting with
lhcn, all of them knowing Moi[enzle
70 he not citizen, allowed him to
solt without protest and turned him,
NcMillan, down hard when he attempt
ed 20 voice an objection. More than
That, they laughed his objection To-
scorn and demanded that he show them
what he could do about It, Assuring
them that they were not the court OF
highest resort I'm the matter, he had The
warrant sworn out, and he believes thar
IN trial II would be shown thar the
Judges themselves were liable for LEI e.
ING an unregistered voter cast a ballot
Without even asking him single
question concerning his citizenship or