Show 1 y TALK OVER QUESTION IN OF I II I IT VOTING MACHINES I I Two wo Members of Commission Urge Use se o of Influence With I County Fathers i in n Matter otter t Whether It should use its Influence o have the thc county commissioners pro- pro Ide Ide for tor the Australian ballot In Salt ake City voting districts was die die- used by tho city commission yester- yester lay aYe ay No decision was as reached Two commissioners thought the USef use usef f f machines would not give all an op- op to voto as they desired urea others of or the commission did not hink It matter In which the W was IV X 4 a a. h Ity artisan commission I ol t P presumably u s l lI 9 a r If f n. n non non- n TI artISan ui t b L L'- L' vu g. g tion The commissioner of ot streets i md d the commissioner of ot finance de- de lared Jared their belief that tho the machines too Intricate for tor the tho aye average rage voter vho ho ma may want to vote a mixed ticket ticket- hey Chev argued that use of ot tho the machines such to vote a straight ticket r none at all A report that Democratic party paY of- of dials had gathered evidence e of ot al- al eged manipulation of or the tho machines In Inho Inho ho he past was wa referred to b by some of at he commissioners None knew lenew any- any hing about this but the rumor that ad lad spread about the city The com- com of ot waterworks said that ift If It Ift Itt t could be proven to him that the the thc maInes maInes ma- ma he would shines Ines could be manipulated avor action acHon looking toward cUmIn ellmina- 30 ion on of tho the machines In tho city j lIt It was reported to the commission luring tho the da day that a petition Is being calling upon the tho city com- com to use itS itS' Its Influence influence with the commission to have the voting machines not used In Salt Lake City The commission will blY take tako no further action until the I is IB presented In relation to the report now going he ho rounds that It Is possible to tamper with the tho voting machines so as to tomake tomke make hake them register votes otes for or one party when hen another party parl lever leyer Is l-i pulled officials declare It absolutely j I When the machines were ere purchased ho he manufacturing company gave the written ritten guarantee that thc the machines annot be manipulated In any am wa way he guarantee promises to refund tho purchase price if any one can prove uch manipulation C t 1 Th The deputy clerk of elections and those hose who ha have e had charge of setting he the machines In the past explain that the ho m mechanism Is covered co with metal and nd glass so that It Is impossible to to tomake make It tamper with It In tin an any way a register reister incorrectly i 4 1 The Thc report that machines were fixed in the past Is as the merest rot b by all those who have a a. knowledge e of the mechanism and workIng workIng work- work In Ing of the machines and the thc officials who have had charge chare o of them F t Xo No o action was taken yesterday by br bythe bythe the thc county count commissioners rs on the thc protest protest protest pro pro- test of or the tho Woodrow Wilson Utah Collegians Collegians' league learue asal against the use of or voting machines at the coming election Owing to the absence of or Chairman John C. C Mackay 0 O O. W. W Y Carlson Is avowedly avowed opposed to using the he machines and W. W J J. J Burton Is In favor faor of their use An Any vote on the thc matter would b. b be a tie without Mr Mackay present |