Show SAN PETE mm FRAUDS the be commission Comm sion discovers in ia the AND altercations lil IN TUE THE LISTS lef ambera of the utah commission con com exonerated Izon orated and add an in Crile red the salt lale lake herald has persistently called fur an explanation of the discrepancies existing in ia tle san pete county election returns turns ant and an investigation ilves ti at oil 0 of f til the e frauds alleged to luve have been committed in that section rectum on the of january Ji nuary the herald 1 ra t said ai d editorially tori ally the heram herald desires thit no one akiau occupy A seat in ili tile constitutional convention abo lie has not A clear right and 1 ml legal title billu to take it that this be placed pl iccil belond resi onal le dia c tavor savor antl ani coin complete pleto lives to ly g thon on january rth it said the Thel lerald desire and d lias has desired tile lie fa fullest licese i it veti got on of all tile the pro ee edings connected connect ml with tile the election Is any anybody body tins has tampered ft A ltd itil the returns c hope tile cuilty person or pon mill 1111 ile be exposed expose tl and punished to attempt to prevent ilie i it ill of the sov ere balbot agn people af pf opte as ag espre il through the ballut is 19 treaon against them amit 8 a crime for cieli tile law property properly libay and TUK tue jot joi has never believed aiom the first that anything could coq ably be gained for the people by keeping beeping the ballot boxes clo cloyed ed and hill hid aftab as republicans insisted upon icing doing the position taker by tim jOV JOURNAL RAI in this matter is set forth in the following editorial lis paragraph earod uce ill rl aror a rec tit L I 1 ilir jr r his there is fraud in tile the ballot boxes of uta blet let those hoses boes be opened jbv do re loist lo un on keeping that alleged frand locked ill upa democrats bisant a republicans eek by tile alie aid of tile courts to postpone or pi event it av ill all means uncover tile braud if one tins lina been perpetrated and told on all ail who lt to Irn Ira strate I 1 the lie ill ui vesti gation ii tion during buring the investigation certain errors mere di discovered covered and strong indications of fraud were it unco n covered erel it ia afore im possible po sible fo fbi the to decide from the ballots just juit vibo nho has been elected holn san pete county v v hereupon they have hao decided to take the tally fully sheets furnished by the judges of election and issue ce certificates to those shown thereon to have been elected at the close of the he investigation beffie judge bartel it giai as at an patent that fiand hall had been gerpe berj in ia sm san pete lete county and judge powers Io ivers on behalf of coni com 11 iio ners Le letcher teber and thatcher read a statement abich is published in full THE may it the court notwithstanding any evidence that has been introduced in this thia case any insinuations or charges mado mad by counsel in the heat beat of argument colored by partisan bias biag it is a fac r supported by the testimony that our clients the members of the utah commission have acted honestly and in perfect good fail they have bave desired in this investigation vesti gation not only that the truth be developed but also tint that the statute under which they iliev act be constructed by the court and nil their powers defined from the very i inception D c e eption 0 of fth alie e C canvass ail vas a for delegates to the constitutional convention ven tion they have acted with can caution tiofil and and with a keen keea appreciation of their oaths of office and tile the trust chich they hie have been called upon to execute they called before them lawyers both bolli republicans and democrat and took their advice before they took any steps to refer to the utes in the alie ballot boxes for ibe of determining the re on ath 5 ranjit continued front from I 1 st ia lagi qc stilts 0 f tile election in sin 1 an r put t C county or elser eiser here it was as tile the unanimous opinion of th their s le legal advisers without regard to I 1 bt that chat un knoer der our stal sti 1 tut ut tile the election returns consist of the registry lirt itt with tile the word voted marked opposite the voters name the poll list kepton kept OD the day of election and the tally sheets in duplicate as made up then ihen the votes are counted they were also a alvise leisel 1 that when bell there were discrepancies between tuese these books and lists chich IN lich might affect the I 1 equla of the tha election that it became the duty libity of the commission to resort to the holot boxes and determine the true result ficini that authority tho rity they had confidence in the men who advised them and NN athen hen the pete county acre arc readied reached wele found discrepancies which to tender render it imperative that they hey open the lial hat lot boxe chev did not let hastily iv alliev aliey took no DO snap judgment had they desired tk do so they could hue issued the election certificates bertote any action accio n could have been taken in court but tile thy proceeded nith a deliberation that befits its so grave a duty it is in evidence here bete and it i tin life fact anil and I 1 am authorized by my clients to so state that they hd had no evidence and no r suspicion mea en that there was a probability or even A that the returns k from san pete county were nere tainted in ill any degree they have bave listened atten icly tily to tile the testimony heie giyen given and they state upon honor that if such te testimony had been before them or ti they I 1 ev ha had any ny suspicion that tile the taut returns it s had bad been been nith th PT would never have gone bea be ond the tally sheet but would lave have cat cast ca t up and certified tile lie result as appeals the commission had bad agreed with judge ja jb b JO Johi neon aftan of san pete county the chairman of the republican committee for that county that hat the loard board would visit that county ind and hear hea y testimony prior to declaring the dellit of the lection in that county th these ese proceedings in cou cobit 1 prevented reit such a course ihry are confident that no member I 1 of the commission Com or clerk or employee of that body is ill in any way responsible for any changes made upon the returns whatever w was as made in wa at done before the returns leached beached the utah commits commie sion as the board has e every ery rea reason son to believe they tile me unable to furnish to your bour honor the name or names of any person or ceroi nho he may have bave tampered is auth I 1 th the beluin re luin else they would willingly do dobat so at this ibis time tim e in view of the fact that it appears PI in evidence that the registry lists arid and pell lists from babi pete county lave have been tainted by evidence I 1 ence 0 of f of the further fact that hat the ballot boxes wele closely and carefully kept after the election sufficient to cast suspicion on the result therein contained iban taken in connection with t he e testimony regarding tile the returns return they authorize authorise their counsel to say that 1 the they have to find and will I 1 issue certificates to the candidates for the constitutional convention from pan an itte county nho have th the e majority of note otes is as appear upon I 1 the tally sheets in this determination mi nation t their heir counsel concur in doing this the they y do 10 not waive any legal position abich fil liell they live hive taken takei here find and of necessity Dec esbit as the ca cases sea from weber county it aal lox box elder L ider county are to be governed by the law as laid down hy by tho the court in this thia case now before the cent court t I 1 there will leromain the duty of thel the court to construe the statute in in controversy and grant or refuse th the e re relief h to f as asked led for in regard to the above statement of nf letcher Let Le teber caer norrell and thatcher the despret depret newt calls attention to tile the fact that tile the democratic cambeis s of the utah bonim assion voluntarily made tile the in the interest of justice and right just its as soon as tile they Y discovered cov red something arong the news says bays further fur tier in that fiat statement the commis i mon on admits that it is ia enci vinced tile the Sari pete returns have been tampered iab niah and that alic ie is evidence indicating that lint the ballot boxes u vere ere not gi given veri the crotee tion should bate bae deceived be fore they forwarded to t tie e commission but it disclaims all kno knowledge sledge or suspicion that such had bad been tile the rrie case e until later developments brought the in formation we ve believe that avry tt ry fici minded person in file UP community ili il give this statement full cre credence deice it was the faank and manly course to gutsue un under ler the circumstance and should astren strengthen then trie couii coati dence odthe of the public in the pet and official integrity of the hie members of the cammi commission ion and in their jhc thc ir besiie to be fair fair ind and just not with banding tile the machinations of to them it il i inot net allba ai en eny eay y for man to proceed contrary to those methods may give their political party an advantage en e en of a teul tein poran character charad cr anil and it is only v ihen hea they are high minded anti anil honorable that they will do so that the members of the commission are in this ilass class is shown in their proceeding there have been many harsh expressions called forth regarding the tha and its emp employed loyes it is to be hoped that as these are not shown to be justifiable they will cease and that inferences arid and a ai c I 1 iati atol ii a will not be accor accorded dedan an lance of which they are un tle tie herald contains pont eonta ains ins the following comy co mirent reut the conclusions arrived of at by the th 3 utah I 1 commission Com as pre presented presente in court on wednesday aarold convincing vir icing ei evidence dence that in ill defending their legai rights aud ano ma III gainin theia authority under the he lat law they hid frid no desire des ire or int intention en tion tr tn exercise e power to the injury of any person or baity the testimony of the judges of election bec in sanpete San pete and thai concerning ahe lie differences of the hand isri hariting fing in tile woid voted in ill several places pl ices with information it ihil it has come com to them in ill other ways has co conin minced ced the corn if i on lt that there has bas been an all attempt by some person or pe persons rEOn to them annl not if to chanze the ie result suit it in that county count sit 60 tar there lias has been no e c idenie ahat the ballot boxes have been ampf red with but the fact that the in tile the returns most mol of IN inch seem beem to have been intentionally made nafle and that by other hands than those of the judges or of election appear to civje cone pond bith ane differences difference found in iii tile the recount as comp compared arcil with the oti inal count astl suggests the ill inference that the ballots may liae hae bien been changed a aa anell e is tile the returns and therefore tile the recount cannot bo be depended it upon oil to determine the rights of tile the respects ti e candidates they hae therefore determined that wha teler the lie court may decide as to t their bigl lights its un under let tile the law they vill ill not lot so go behind the tally sheets in hi tile ca case C of the sa pete canvass but illic il lic to those per persona it ho faoul rota tile the figures fi therein certified to appear to ha e bern been lan lain fully elected in ibis abi they do not recede from their original po position as to their authority to io 90 to the lie ballot ballet boxes in iii case of discrepancies in we re rc tat euins ns it flinch lich are sufficient in their J I 1 to affect the result to any C candidate andi date the discrepancies inches in if t the h e sanpete Sin pete case cafe being now believed to be ba chiefly there is not brough in there them to a lecount of the lis vote in that county there has been no evjene evidence whatever to oc occasion calion tile ali belief that the returns or the ballot fiction sin pete hav havu been ching chmid d it fijn any way in fit this city cit whatever wu TI dona one to them must hate haie been done before they reat hed the sion the atef attempt that balt been in act e to in implicate r I 1 thatcher rii atcher and clerk blair bair with the supposed alse frauds is litterly litt eily bascle s i air and d unjustifiable and there is not the least taint upon them of the sui suspicion cion by counsel for thea the corionel COt ionel S tile arrived at by the he commission is as soon oon i as they became ed tbt there was intentional wrong in the sau san pe bete matter is creditable to their sene of honor and justice we question the wilom of dea declaring aing it in cobit before tin the was given we commend tile tho commission fur for their manly course lul but think it would have been better ue ter for elern to postpone cheh announcement until it had been ruled that they had po r t to m malie lk e fl he ie lecourt lecou e co u ot t the lahe io pl it v 0 of r ti alic c C 0 ati haie base pimply cimpl y blood by bit the law in relation to this antt tr from vad tb beginning tile tho intent and purpose e of those who hae condu conducted eted tile the proceedings against them was to blacken their chat acler the gentlemen a sailed have oine out of the ordeal without vit hout A spot or bl blemish ernish upon then them and the fact that oil the first definite conviction in ill their minds that intentional wrong arons had been done they determined to have riol liing to do with inith the doubtful documents or ballots will bo be sufficient to convince an unprejudiced public that they are worthy of the full confidence of the people of utah the now haw boy IR 1 ir ZA I 1 h I 1 Wh atit the good of anat anything nothing |