Show POLITICS IN LOGAN the logan journal feb 19 has an account of political proceedings in the fair capital of northern utah durie dur p e past I 1 few days A former issue stated how the registrar had madea made a proposition to leading members of the peoples party to have the names of certain peoples peopled voters stricken from the registry list and say my nothing about it which infamous proposition position lYro was by the way very properly rejected on feb 18 a number of members of the peoples peopled party were summoned before registrar nelson in the same manner as peoples peopled voters were brought before the registrars on the D webb challenges and in about the same obstructive munner the first one called was mr wm win hyde jayde there was one variation for the worse from the proceedings in this city an attorney conducted the examination exam I 1 nation 1 I in n chief ch cef instead of the registrar and ques eions mater material tail and immaterial were asked at random mr hyde was challenged on the ground of polygamy he testified that he became a polygamist after 1862 had bad obtained no ito amnesty his big plural lural wife died in 1882 since then E be e had but one the legal wife his case like that of most of the others was taken under advisement Mr Ostlund had bad had a plural wife but had been divorced from her taken under advisement mr JL lundberg had not been in polygamy since 1862 under advisement mr burton had bad not been in polygamy the ground of objection to him at all under advisement sven carlson had been in polygamy subsequent to 1862 his first wife died and he made the second his legal wife he had no DO other wife but ills him name dame was stricken from the rull roll in this connect tei an instance at the election in this is city shows the liberal proceedings A man who had been a mormon and a polygamist was living with his hia second wife his first being dead without having remarried her this was found out on the morning of the election anti and as am he was a liberal and had been registered he was ushered into the presence of commissioner greenman his second wife was in ide the legal wife and he went and voted the liberal aly ticket Retura returning ing to the farce at logan lyman martineau testified that be had never been a polygamist ani and his name was wag graciously allowed to remain on the list mr barrett had entered into polygamy before 1862 his second wi polygamy wire e was his bis wife now under advisement vi the names of quayle smith and others were stricken from the list because they failed to be on hand band at the time appointed for the hearing there were others whose names were stricken off for various reasons or their cases taken under advise nent the decision of the supreme court of the united states on the status of a polygamist was called to tha ali attention of the registrar but Goodwin Mr the great and mighty liberal of logan insisted that no man who bad lived in polygamy since 1872 should be a towed allowed to vote in the arguments one mark pletcher fletcher charged that such persons were not dot good citizens and should not have the franchise franche that if judge zane or any other court ruled otherwise it was wrong there was more of this sort of but the acme of absurdity and impudence was reached when the county registrar appeared before his big luty deputy to object on behalf 0 of th the liberals 1 according to the report mr goodwin stated that he had Instruct i el the deputy registrar to names name on the registry lists when they acted in good faith he then went on in a very loud and almost boisterous matter no man has a right to the franchise that acts as defendants have done the mormon church came in for its ito share of his bis vituperations and he dilated on his love and patriotism toe tor our government etc among other things he said that an apostate finding himself in the position of the challenged feels it keenly and at once applies the proper remedy after further pro proceedings edings in this line the court adjourned jo arned one of those challenged for polygamy was tames james quayle quay ie tho the present mayor of logan who had not been in polygamy since 1882 his case was taken under advisement the conventions Conven tlona on monday evening was held the regular PEOPLES PEOPLED convention after organization 0 W thatcher nomina Ml I 1 haines for mayor A G bar barber r nominated W W maughan antorin A storm of debate followed and when the vote was taken it stood haines 14 maughan 9 mr haines was deel ired DO nominated m anat and a motion to make the nomination unanimous A as greeted with cries of noll no the convention continued its labors the entire regular ticket nomination being as follows for mayor 1 I D haines for councilmen first ward S A Lang langton tonT second ward wm H thane third bird ward W E partington parti agton fourth ward A peter pen fifth ward ard hyrum hayball hay ball sixth ward john bench seventh ward N M hansen for justices of the peace E W smith Q G W lufkin for recorder E R nielsen for marshal lurjan lucian C parr farr assessor and collector christian larsen treasurer H E hutch eli bell E W smith and G W lufkin candidates for aldermen were also made candidates for coun ci cifors lors at large in case of any d dispute about the application of the law jaw THE BOLT at a late hour tuesday night a journal reporter was informed that a quiet meeting was being held in the airmans Fir mans hall and that speeches were being made against the regular ticket nominated monday night dight when the scribe reached the place he found present mayor james quayle who was presiding 8 L Bal bailiff liff who acted as secretary seare tary J Z stewart who was wab the chaplain A G barber J M blair blaar P eliason W H thane A Peter peterson tereon ie sOD WE partington jos joa cow coat ley and ana thomas morgan all delegates to the convention on monday night nigh I 1 which nominated the ticket to which the objection is made beside these there were present D crookston and W D cranney the two policemen T B cardon Cardo ic PW maughan bishop thomas X smith thomas I 1 rv r vine present besent city councilor F merrill J M wilson E harrison J W quayle F benson andt and T M Tair bett also a city councilor besides a number of young you ng men in all about forty or fifty N W kimball had left the meeting speeches were made by mayor quayle N W kimball P W maughan J W quayle J M wilson F merrill Mer jos cowley T morgan bishop thos X smith E harrison nud and others some moderate some not one of the speakers averred the ticket was the weakest ever gotten up and said it was the work of a clique the great beat object of attack was 1 I D haines allies nominated for mayor though the whole ticket came in for a scoring F merrill wanted it all set aside the talk was that a reconciliation based upon a change in the ticket should be striven for those who spoke said they represented the wishes of the people and it was contended by some that mr haines would not accept the position if it was made known to him how hew the people felt mayor quayle said sald the people would only have to tell him they did not want him the danger of a split and a victory for the ILl liberal berall party was also discussed and the general sentiment was thata that a possible liberal victory must be avoided though some of tho the speakers said they would not vote for the ticket as it stood finally a committee consisting of mayor quayle J Z stewart T irvine jos and jas adams who was not present was appointed to wait on the delag ites who nominated the ticket and see if objection a ie names could not be stricken off and other names be substituted the committee to is to report its success to a aeeti meeting ng to be h held eld I 1 in n t the h e courthouse at next friday evening the liberals the liberals of logan met in convention on monday night but butan an adjournment was taken till tuesday evening and the members attended the peoples peopled convention on tuesday night they met in commissioner goodwins Goo dwina office th they had received a telegram from the utah commission stating that no aldermen should be voted for C C goodwin was in the chair and W B R stover was secretary A nominating committee of four was appointed as follows W T owen mark fletcher aaron de witt watt and william goodwin while the was out goodwin made what he will undoubtedly hold to t be the greatest effort of his life he appealed to the young men to seize the chance now presented to thom them he said that though the liberals P might not get there now they would JD in two years or before he also stated that the peoples peopled party were persecuted they were persecuted with fat offices and fought to hold them forever I 1 am hunting bunting for such perse cautions as some of the young you OR men are now dow suffering the committee reported the following ticket which was adopted mayor wm win goodwin Counci Councilor lors 8 E M hanks john toombs W W woodside G W A adams daic W T owens Owen sW WJ J good win C C goodwin marshal 0 0 D beach recorder T 0 griffin assessor and collector wm brangham Brang bam treasurer W B R stover justices of the peace john N rowland ed W nelson |