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Show TIIE "LIBER L" THICK To txclnde Legal Vot-r From the Polls on aloaaar. A lUtlc arter 3 o'clock yestcrd .y nfteruooii, E. K. Kahler. win was appointed by the Utah ComuiU-ion to hear and determine objections to regUtered voter In this city, commenced com-menced operations in room II, In the Karrick building. Out of the list challenged only a few apt eared, as the brief noUce given did not give Uie parties objected ti a fair chance. The oldections were signed byU.P.IjytUe.anooscurelndividual who does thrt cIzki of work for tl s "Liberal' party. Mr. K-thltr said he did not know him and oould net be sure that he hai ever seen him. Die objecUons hud been sent to him, ami that was about all he kne-v of it, except that before he received tlu-eljecUous tlu-eljecUous ho was designated by Uie Utah Comnli-Jtoa to hear them. Ileforu openiui: the mill yesterdaj afternoon, Mr. Kahlor anno'inced timt he was not called upon to render any decisions at once and would take each case under advisement advise-ment and notify the person challenged, chal-lenged, before election day, whether or not the objection was sustained. Hobert Spilth, of the Nineteenth Ward,'.as.aor!r-t cnl.'tJ and Mr. Kahle-r iufomusl him that he was objected to on the ground that he w-s a poiygamist. Mr. Sniitli "tiled th.r. he wa iKta pjlygsmtst. He- liad Ise-u twice married, btitliis first wife died aui he was divorced from hu. second. John Flower testified that he hrd known air. Smith f.r ttilrty-flve j ears and to his knowledge he had never violated any law. J. ('. Saudlterg, who was ol jcct.d to u the same ground, was next called, aui testified that he- was not a polygaiiust. He whs Uivureetl from his first wife in 1S78 and married mar-ried his ".resent -wife shortly afterwards. after-wards. George Anderson was informed Uiat lie t' w .s ctt-irgtd with being a polygamist. Jtrl Andeisait I never was a polygaml-t. Mr. Kalifer Have you a wife living? Mr. Andersou No; I was divorced di-vorced from my wife ten years ago ami never had another one. Mr. Kahler Did v ou ever cliabit with more thsn one woman at the same timet Mr. Aiidciwin No. sir. Mr Kahler That's all. Mr. Anderson Well. I wish to 'ay that 1 waschnllctiged llorethe last eh-ctlon on the ground Uiat I was not a iwna fide voter, ami although al-though I uas qualified ill every larticular, my name .a slrkkcn from the list. Now I am challenged chal-lenged on the ground that I am a lolygauust and 1 i-h to say that it M getting a htUe monotonous. (JrlftiUi 1'. l'..tvrts was objected to on tiie same ground. He totitUd that he ha-l never Iiai lait one- v. Ife, and site di. d in September last. Mr. Kcnuersaid Uiat this was a very plain case and sugtrested that a decision is- n-nd. ml at elite-, Uit Mr. Kahler declined, auJ. took the J matter under ad viseinent. J V. M. I 'rait, ol.ji.ted to on tiie. ground Uiat he- was a uuu-resident, I testified thut previous to May he-residtsi he-residtsi in tin F. urth pr.-einct; nils c I then he had resided with his nn.ti.er j III Uie Sev. utcith Watd. 1 Johu 11. De-wcy, uljected to on the ground that he hnu been a poly-gamist. poly-gamist. U-stilied that lie was married tu IbCi. wxs s'lll living wiUi his wife aud bad i.iver bad anctii.r one. T. Iv. Stevens testified Uiat he luvl known Mr. IK.vi.-y many years aud he never knew of his having more-than more-than one wife. Mr. Appler.y t -lined tint he liad knowu Mr. Dewey over foity years aud bad ncv.-r he-rj of his being in iwlygaiuy. William Hay", olj-t Ud to on the same ground, testified that lie was marri.-J in litis city in IS73 and Invl never bad more than one wife. sHincn Noal, Mjecitst to ol: Uie s.inie ground, testified that be liad never ha J but one wife and she- wis dead. Jostpli W. TuckC.hi. (rfiected to on the same- ground, trstitied Uiat he liad been ta ice married, lait liad never lasra in lygamy. His tir-l wife died in lMs, a-fci lit- re-ma rrled in isvt. (eorgc ( '. Hcbcr. ol jeered (o on the same ground, test I rid that he had no wife living, but .bail ixen nuirrijd twice. He married his rir-t wife i. ISil, and hi- second wife in ISO's. Hb. first wife died ill tS.71 and his second wife left him in Ion!). Then an a ijourumtut was tikrn till ; a.m. tuliy. (if the number objected to a large- proportkm failed to respoiii. . In some nutances there was information that thu challenged chal-lenged parties had never received notice. Today JLIias P. Morris was called. He was challenged for polygamy; he ne-vcr had Us?u married. Tne rhdlengc w.ts di-uied. Henry Pusey; oljectcd to for polygamy; he had leii a !Iiga mist, but his second wife liattl left him and married again. He had Uit one wife now. Taken under advi-eaient Franklin S. Richard-; objected to for jKilyamj; was married in ISoS, and never had but one wife. Obj c-tion c-tion overrub.l. Ed. Partridge: otecteil to for piligamy; ho w not married st Ui; chalk-i.ge oveiniteil. Wahlei.ur II. iVIcr-on: objected to for polygani v . He had never liad more Uian one ife: ot jeclion overruled. over-ruled. Thomas F. Tnomas; objected to for tt'ygamy. He liad lift I two wives,but only had one nonr. Taken under advi-emer.t. Ueorge ()ieshaw: objected to for polygamy. He inarrie-t his first wife in 1S4 and slie died iu lST-l; mirried Ins second in lb.;-.'; they obtained a Church divorte in lbeVi, and she afterward., married another nnn. Alter the death of his first wife, in IhTO, Mr. penhaw mar-ritsi mar-ritsi again. Taken under advisement. advise-ment. Charles Sinsoni, otjecteJ to fur polygamy. In Isodhe nurried his second wife, and she died three or foil r years liter. Mj,ICTJ tleu iiei,a3 had but ono wifr. Taken under ad-visinient. ad-visinient. Tiieodore Curtis; oljected to f-r lolygamy, was first married in ISr-l; they sesirate.i in H-li; iu 1SW he married again, aud his wife died ten je-irs liter; In 1mI he ti-jk another wife, and in a short time she kit him and married another man; in li .1 be took his fourth, and she died iu 1S-W; in 1K?D he mirried Ills iTeseut wife. He wag i.evu-divorcel i.evu-divorcel from either of the t thers bv the courts. Taken under advisement. advise-ment. - .Daniel Hunter, objected lojon Ihe ground that lie was uot u.ttumlUed; he liad lived iu the country sixteen sears. He was admitted to lilizeu-shlp lilizeu-shlp by Judge Zine iu Is;. OLJec-tiuiiovenuled. OLJec-tiuiiovenuled. James iu Harlow; o bjecicd to for polygamy. His second wife dleu rilleeu yearn ago, and his first wife live years au, so that he liad no wile living. Taken under advloe-n-ent, 15. Y. Hampton challenged on the ground of polygamy. He luu Uu a palyghuust. Iwt hai nat lived wiUi his wife fer overtwentv ysais. She. was cow the wife of IVof. Clayton, and Uiey were in Puilbind, Oregou. Sir. Hampton hkd registered, and would take the oath again. Taken under luivbo ment. John McCullougli, clialieuged for polygamy; was married over thirty yeans ag.; never bed but one wife; never had been convicted of any offense. Objection overruled. Johu N. Pike was one of Uioe challenged for nobgamy; he wanted to know who Ii. P. Lyttle was Mr. Kahler said he did not know, and bad no auUtority to subrsena him. Mr. Pike was then sworn. C. S. Kiiuiuy Iiegan to answer q ii -lions, an I 'Ir. 1'jK- t.eclmed to r ply to Iiit, U.t sal-l he would answer a-ij tueb .in by Mr Kahler. ToM!r. Kahler t IV only ont wife; never had any more. Mr. Pike What is tlie result? Mr. Kahler The objection Is overruled. Marvin E. Pack; challenged for non-restdeuce; was birn in Salt Lake; had bten at Coalville a short timet for the past few years liad resided re-sided in Salt IneJ voted in Febru ary. Oljection overruled. Dr. J. M. Benedict was objected to for polygamy; he was married It New- Jersey in 1S67; never had another wife; never was In a temple or the Endowment House. Never believed enough iu It hi get that far along. Challenge denied. Henry Cumlierlaud; oljected to for po'i gamy. This Is the instance where Registrar Morris refused to register, and Judge Zaue ordered him ta do so. Mr. Cumberland's tint wife died, and he married hi-second hi-second wife In 1S5J; she was divorced di-vorced in 1STS, tiy the district court; gu had a plural w Ife then, and it Deccnitier, lb73, made her his legal wife. Taken under advisement. Ex-Mayor Francis Armstrong was challenged on the ground ol pjlygimy. He requested that II. I. i.JttlebM ubpo'iiaed; this thing was getting monotonous) he was up list year, and lie wanted the thing ....Itl.! Mr. Kahler I dou't know w here to find him; I have no power to sul-is-vaa him. Iu reply to questions, Mr. Arm strong said he had had to wives; the second died ll. lSV.; the first na-still na-still living; she was ills only wife now. Tlie objection was overruled. John II. Almoud wa oljected to on Uie ground of pciygamy. He testified I am a married man; took my first wife in ISo.'; she still lives with me; I married a second wife in IS 1; she was divorced the fall of the same year; she died miuy years ago; my name was scratched off iu February; I re-registered in June, and void at thu school election. Mr. K-ihler You have never been c iu ittcd? Mr. Aln-ond No, sir. Am I entitled en-titled to vote? Mr. K.ddcr I am inclined to think so; Isjt Jim will receive notice. no-tice. No others presented themselves, and a rviXss was taken till this after- I10J11. In tlie county precincts similtr proceedings w iro In 1 rogrc-s yesterday yester-day and today. I tl some plates the challenge is on tiiegroui.d that the jorty objecusl to "aids, abo".", counsels coun-sels nnd advices in the commission ol crimes in violation of thea-t of Cougrcs-s ot March -t, 1SS7." Uu this lInt sntll questions as these wen-1 ut: -to you jay tithing'" '-Have ou contributed to the ilc-feii-ofuud? And othr "f a similar nsture. Tiie chalteligea ftr "nhtitnr aud aliening"' were numerous. |
