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Show Will G. L, Warnick Lose His Seal His llcccnt Jtesldence In Idaho May JIake Illm Ineligible Fight Is Mn.le For Political lleasqns. Tho Utah Legislature convened this week amid tho stormiest sessions In tho history of tho state. There are exactly 4C members in tho lower house, 23 of whom are Republicans, ono Is a Socialist and tho balanco are Democrats and Progressives. Dy uniting, unit-ing, tho Progressives and Democrats, with tho lone Socialist, tho allies num. her exactly equal tho Republicans in numbors. So In order to gain control It Is ovldciit that 0110 member must bo removed. re-moved. Tho allien decided that this ono number should bo Chnrles L. Warnick of Utah county. Ac a preliminary pre-liminary to tho fight that is to bo waged, Gcorgo P. Goodwin, a Progressive, Progres-sive, has filed tho following protest: "Now cornea Gcorgo P. Goodwin, a membor from tho houso of represen tatives from tho Eighth district to the Elovcnlh session, and protests and objects to tho right of C. L. Warnick of Utah county, to bo sworn or take part In any of tho proceedings of this house, upon tho grounds that said C. L. Warnick at tho date of tho November Novem-ber election In the statu of Utah, was a member of tho legislature of the state of Idaho for tho term ending December 31, A. D. 1914, and that he has not boon a legal resident or tho state cf Utah for threo years Immediately Immed-iately preceding his pretended election, elec-tion, but for four years prior to said November, 1014, olcctlon, was and had bcon a legal reaident of tho stato of Idaho. Thla proUBt and objection Is made and based upon tho statements and admission of said C. L. Warnick mado In tho presence and hearing of nlno membora of tho houso of representatives representa-tives cf tho stato of Utah, In, tho city and county building In Salt Lake City, on thu 11th dny of January, 1915. I iiinku this protest and objection solely to maintain and protect tho elective franchise and the purity of elections In tho stato of Utah, on behalf be-half of all tho electors of tha stale, and especially for tho legal voters of Utah county. GEORGE P. GOODWIN, Member of tho Houso. Dated January 11, 1915." Section flvo of article six of the stato constitution reads: "No porson shnll bo eligible to tho olTlco of Sena, tor or Roprcnontntlvo, who la not a citizen of tho United Stntcs, twenty-five twenty-five years of age, a qualified votor of tho dlotrlct from which ho Is chosen. A rcsldont for threo yenrs of the atato, and ono year of tho district, from which ho is olectcd." Ropresontntlvo Warnick admits that ho sorved two terms In tho Iduho legislature, but says that ho was born and raised in Utah county, and hat upent most of his life here. Tho question will aoparoutly turn on whether tho constitution means that tho threo years rosldouco meanB tho tlmo Immediately prior to the time of his election. o |