Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1915-01-07
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access to the ballot box and the bal
lots therein contained about o'clock
the following morning and allowed
him TO sort ballots and otherwise
tamper and interfere with them; that
after the closing OF the polls the said
judges Of election caused the voting
booths 60 be placed against the win
dows Of the room wherein the election
was held 10 as 20 effectually exclude
all observation through such windows.
that said william T. Hamilton at diff
ferent times during the night Of Mo-
vember I'd and In the early morning
hours of November 9TH assumed TO
act and actually did act as a Judge OF
said election and actually took posses
sion OF and made entries upon one Of
the official tally sheets and particle
pated in the count Of the official ball
lots and was allowed 20 relieve and
take the place Of said Enoch Bryner.
who al different times went to dis
tant part OF the room and slept while
said Hamilton acted In his stead; that
said ballot box was not kept locked
20 that the ballots would te free from
being tampertd with.
Grounds OF Contest In Price.
In the Price precinct facts alleged
~ grounds OF contest are a. follows.
That at a meeting Of the board Of
county commissioners on April 9Th.
1919. three election precincts were
created IN said district. that on Octo-
her 10. 1914. the following election
Judges were named by the commits
sioncrH. John Mathis. John Potter
and John ~. Pace. judges Of District
No I. which should include all names
from A. 20 q. John Prince Seren oil
sen and John A. Forsyth. judges OF
District No. 3 which should include
all names from n 20 n. George Fau-
sctt. Ed Olson and George y. Ockey.
Judges of District No. p. which should
include all names from o 10 y. that
Judges Of election within said Price
precinct and that the voters had no
means Of knowing the location OF any
81 the voting precincts therein and
that no territorial boundaries or geo.
graphical divisions or designations
were made or attempted and that by
reason Of such failure on the part
Of the county commissioners no valid
registration OF the voters OF either Of
said pretended three election pre-
cincta was made or kept and no valid
legal election was had within either
of said pretended election districts
and no valid or legal votes were cast
therein for the reason that such pre-
tended districts have NO real exist
cncc: that one Matt ullmour. n mem
her OF the progressive party. was cho-
sen 90 act as the registration agent
for each and all Of said three pretend
ed election districts. Ho that as 10 nc
least two Of such pretended election
districts no qualified registration agent
was appointed 90 act or acted
The contestants further aver that
neither John Mathis nor John Pace
nor John Potter were qualified cleo
tors OF District No. and that neither
~ them had the right 10 vote In the
district which they pretended 10 rep
resent A similar allegation IN made
In reference 90 John Prince. Screen oil
sen and John A. Forsyth. pretended
judges OF District No. 2. In District
No. IL II ayerred that George F'au-
Hett was not qualified elector 81 pre-
tended District No. , By rcaron OF
these alleged Irregularities the con-
teatants aver that all OF the votes cast
In the three districts were fraudulent
and void and that the said Judges h. 4
~ authority 10 count them or Include
theta in the election returns.