Show contest case rumor has it that the recent election will be contested on the ground of its unconstitutionality the state constitution provides for a secret ballot and the election lair placed numbers on the ballots by which means it is claimed not a ballot cast this thia fall in utah was secret if the ballots were not secret then the election was void the 0 ogden den standard confes confesses sei that there is no doubt but that the law is is defective but it says saya that it registered truly the will vill of the through the election provided so therefore it is plain to be seen that the ends of justice would not be aided by declaring the election invalid let us consider that proposition briefly we do not believe any partisan advantage could be gained by contesting the election if invalid it would be the republican party that would have to bear the odium of a bad law and of the extra expense of I 1 a new dew election and the result we take it would not be materially different ferenc dif it was quite generally conceded before the election that major mckiniry would be elected and 0 NV powers would be a candidate for united states senator when his party received eda a majority of the legislature and a knowledge now of these thing sought not to change many votes the people will undoubtedly standby stand by their former decision even though now convinced they were a little wrong rather than reverse themselves vei so we do sot not believe anything can be gained to td the party by a new election of course the old officers ficera of might hold over a little longer but that is only a small I 1 matter compared with the expense and trouble of a new election but the tha vital point is to cor correct reet as early as possible any illegality that way may exist if the election is void then thea all laws that may bypassed be passed by the next session of the legislature will be of no force and should some case cas arise earise in the courts later on questioning this election be decided against the state see what endless t trouble rouble it would create it must be plain therefore that when the admission is made that the law is defective and the election probably illegal no delay should he be had in correcting the mistake the longer such a mistake is allowed to run on the greater complications will arise |