Show TROUBLE TI IN I 1 wo we made brief men mention lion a few days ago of the canvass of the tooele thoele I 1 ote by ilia county cool I 1 under the is nt fit issued from the third district court from the minutes of tile the proceedings of the county coult signed by tire the probate judge selectman chase and the alie county clerk selectman yel ectman being silk bilk at the time and unable to attend we make the following lowine fol extracts ballot box from oliber precinct iledan were ere found inside the box tile boxa box killed caled with wilb ax x on Jollit alkIne sho allotting 51 votes inar marked ked voted on tile alio registry list lisl anti and 27 votes voles cost cast by parties panics hose named lid did not appear on the lue registry making a oad ole a cast iu ILI mid precinct including n omens votes volet delp creek preci uit no returns found irilli this box by bv m idich to arrive at result rush lake box im unsealed caled except by piece of paper fastened over ke hole bole nil kill mucilage returns found inside IS voice cast including votes tot s lewiston p precinct pie no fic altion bit box x returns found inside showing 8 A etca baft cast including as votes area Ba lesille precinct box unsealed returns show chov 43 votes east cast one volu veto not dot on re registry g ibery hl votes include included d in returns Grants grantsville ville preci precinct oct box fastened fas lined jthn mucilage returns show vote voles ca cast cam M including I 1 omens voles voice luke lithe view V cw precinct box sealed nil wax returns show 30 voles cast including vor necks votes voles and soon so on through all t tho he pro pie cincis of the county tile the following reports the action of the county court after carefully carr funy canvas canvassing ing all aiu fure forego ing lOK returns ot of the ibo election held alp 5 lbs sell and finding nom numerous erous irregularities and discrepancies allta of all the candidates vote voled 5 tor lor tit lit said demon wo acre compelled lo ill eject all the returns except those from on ophir and I 1 lake ke V view c W the returns from said precincts appear ing in our judgment to bo be ili iho most regular and iu in accordance v n ith law this rives gives the election to the liberal cand candidates dates see sec 17 of the election law provides pi ovidea that ant anar the irmanie hadl be batal J d 9 adl da lp nod Z deter 19 me alae ibo be A mba or f etc otc to cani lear fur kab tir I 1 1 1 fur tile die meil me vernl il offices which result remit a dball all tm be placid 11 ili 1 do by br ili abo jed ud a in ark nd ad tho ill bodle ardc za 1 to 1 lh 1 1 biame 1 dd it forward I 1 aid all 11 iho h 1 lr 1 k aam k 21 wlad 1 13 1 I 1 hel fab ellb the bat bal lot III box to IJ the I 1 clerk c elk or f the L IF court until the passage of the alio present law the I 1 mormons cormons have had tit clr machinery of elections all in their ov om n hands bands and they have mado the result just to suit themselves the the present law was i as passed by the last legislature confess Co holding bR bayonets bryoney at their backs and it t was professedly profess edl designed to give the people of utah a free fieo ballot and an honest canvass of tho the vo votes tes cast casl Und under erthe lie former law tho the whole n hole business of polling find and cam assine the votes was done in a slovenly a lo venly ir IF and unfair manner distiller attila at tho polls judges of election would cai ry tile the ballot loies boxes M wherever they pleased receive 4 hat votes they pleased and when the polls were ae re closed I 1 they would send th tho 0 ballots b 1103 tot to the be county bleik in the mob most t careless and dilatory manner any amount of ballot hot box at uffing could be done dona boffie beirod a the canvass and tho the complaints coin plaines plaints of the liberals at this insolence and fraud were loud and unceasing 9 the law of 1878 I 1 v as designed to remedy this evil hence benc ethe alie p io aaion we have given above prescribed prescribe a art an immediate cari canvass vass of the votes at the precinct where they v w ere polled an and I 1 the secure and speedy dispatch of tile the ballot box with its contents to tho the county cleak all the lists birti be securely ely sealed scaled this is to prevent any fraud fraudulent eilent unripe rin g with them bythe by the way and tho messenger mesa a is required to uie ue his utmost ability to prevent any interference therewith by any person w hata over th this is a IF U i rement was disregarded by tho the election clec tiou clerks of the yet vai ious ions preCi with one or two exceptions and n when hen t the he con county rity court came to male make a final canvass cally ISS of tile the fetui ns its they found the irregularities and alTce ting the I 1 lights of all the tha pera persons its I 1 doted for so eo general that thoy Coi tied their judgment in ejecting all except the returns ft fi oin ophir and lake view Ine precincts cincUs acro not en free from error and ity an lot but they were a tile least erring and occur tied moat deaf neaily ly with the law I 1 his law la nr was approved by gavel nor emery because lie ho believed as he makes profession that it would scenic I 1 16 the people of utah a fair clec election tiOn how was tire this last election conducted in toselo one 0 of f the few counties cheit i 1 1 contest RS as made at file polling places tile teachers and I 1 ocal local hierarchy selected the balluta I 1 is for the sisters folded tile the sarno samo and placed them in the enve envelopes lopea these devout durst exercise no choice but received tho the PrOff ellid paper and deposited it without murmur or enquiry NN here te flick lady koter waa not to be tru t implicitly 7 licitly lice her spiritual master would pass in the ballot for her I 1 ihil hill is a flea ballota la lull in registering blanks were sent cent around aich abich were duly filled out and arld returned without any catli being administered or where the deputy assessor ws called at tho the houses bouses ho be would administer tho the mattli ti 0 per tons who declared themselves citizens according to their knowledge anc and ability A passing bet can the pair at this pleasantry la in johnon john Jo linson on settlement and probably other places cartiea is were ere registered ii ho were not C citizens iti zens on link the promise that they w would tako take out their naturalization naturalisation papers F raud fraud pervaded tho the antu 0 proceeding edin g I 1 find and tho the vote vota as cast and canvassed was not in conformity with law and was not the free and ami honest expression cipressi ork of tho the popular will the Liec tion law see sec 2 25 says any or iriri of any ally andea eft or or other onier u aiex to IQ rest te larm shall ball oot not level f daelman da ellan on or I lb boeti of F ircia f V ial boti it cial 1 anti I 1 tn ili ihfe extent abat h ucal ai amral or a gamil shot be bcd is clr 11 auli al As hamlet says mys al ac a ill theres cres the th T any legal votes castl cast how is the county court to determine w who ito are arel legal cral voters tile alio supreme boua t of the Terri tod y has adjudged the thet votes illegal because they are made a privileged class dut but in canvassing the returns that tody body cannot tell a womans comans vote from a man mail s vote as aa initials are generally borno on oil the lints the whole vote volo was deeply tinctured with fraud and irregularity and tile alio county canvassing lioard hoard did aid a cori cari act thing in ing it put out now let tho the injured apply for an injunction to resti test ain iain these men ruca from frona performing tho the duties 0 of f their respective offices and thus bi ing the election law on all fours beffi a the court to bo be tested upon ils ments submitted to such an ordeal this prec precious ions piece of inspired legislation will ile be knocked higher than G glide ilde roys kite |