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Show THE LIBERALS OF SC0FIELD. A Democrat is Counted Out hy a Liberal Judge. Indignation runs high in Scolield, and justly so. The following letter explains ex-plains the cause: The citizens voted on the 13th instant in-stant for a school trustee. The candidates candi-dates were A. Hood, Democrat, and J. M. Beatie, Liberal. The result of the ballot was: A. Hood, 37; J. M. Beatie, 35. The Democratic ticket read as follows: fol-lows: A. Hood, S. trustee. The ticket was protested against by Judge Ilark-ness, Ilark-ness, who votes the Liberal ticket, as being unlawful. The majority of the judge:) of election, being Liberals, Lib-erals, soon saw the trick, and fell in line w ith the judge and took it upon themselves them-selves to decide the election in favor of J. M. Beattie. We will here state that when D. D. Green, one of the trustees, was elected by the people of Scotield. the ticket read simply '"D. D. Green," and nothing else, ami the ballots bal-lots were collected in a hat; yet this man dares to open his smut mill and spout about the ticket of July 14 being be-ing unlawful, and this is only one of the Liberal practices. We think J. M. Beattie is a man of too much honor to nceept a stolen otlice. But we, as Democrats of Scofield, will not stop at this point, but. we will carry it to the highest tribunal. Yours very respectfully, IIkkrkkt Sa vaok. An attorney arrived in Salt Lake yesterday yes-terday to look after the matter "and! avert this new outrage upon the ballot box. We agree with our correspondent correspond-ent that Mr. Beattie is an honorable gentleman, aud he will probably decline de-cline to serve on such an election. Herald. |