Show It i4 Itl illttqlr > THE REPORT of the House committee dl s + t ai com-mittee on elections in the Cannon r I i j i Campbell case which was presented i on Pebrurry 28th and ordered I r fl fa i1 g printed is a modest document li i i f d z c1 i b covering sixtysix pages of closely tl printed matter The majority report t1 I J I ti j II re-port is written by Mr Calkins di PI i a chairman of the committee jl 4 i though Messrs Thompson Ranney iil J 1 II Miller Jacobs and Beltzhoover 1 LI J 111 I all present their views in writing fi B against the admission of Mr Can tI t non At the outset of the I rd r1 4 i 1 r lt j i i committees report Mr Calkins f i ac i 1 squats upon Governor Murray 3 H j i assertingWe hold that certificates H of election made by county eanvass x i 1 I t ing boards to the secretary of the 1 frprrifnrv under th fi territorial law E rt relative to the election of other territorial 3t f I ritorial officers of the territory constitute y con-stitute the proper mode to be pursued ° t pur-sued in the territoriesjin reference I to the election of delegates ands and-s s that that mode gives effect to the 1 J IJ law which makes it the duty of the l Governor to canvass the votes and Tfr i give a certificate to the person receiving l a A j re-ceiving the highest number of y 1 I t veto The committee found that I Mr Cannon having reeeiyed a majority e r I ma-jority of all the votes cast at the 1 l t election in 1880 was duJy elected a delegate etc Unless he is dist dis-t qualified from holding the seat In a n regard to Mr Cannons citizenship i the committee state the facts as toMs e to-Ms certificate the court record and i so on and decide that his was a t t r sufficient naturalization under the 1 laws of the United States The I r t ° certificate is valid and binding and t 1 Mr Cannon fer the purpose of this contest is a naturalized citizen l The committee discussed the ques y r l t t tion of polygamy at some length t and Mr Cannons admission that r1 he is a polygamist and on that t f ground solely recommend his exclusion t exclu-sion from the seat The committee t t say i 1 f 7 qw 4 m S In the ftce of thy admistion ef Mr Cannon we feel compelled to say that a reprwtnlitiiTe from that Territory should be free f o the tin and obi quy of plural wcf Harirc dmti that he practices terete and bdviie other to the frramuEion of tbAt ofieusi we feel it our duty to fay to the people of tb + t Tr ritory that we will exclude such persons from presenting them is this HOUFP In saying this we desire to cast no im puUti4Q on the contestant peno alit because in bis deportment and conduc in all other respect hN Is certainly the eqal or any other person on this fl or Very litte attention is given to Campbell Mr Calkins saying a minority of legal votes does not elect and that Campbell therefore is not entitled to the seat The committee com-mittee report as telegraphed at the time that neither Cannon nor Campbell is entitled to the seat and that the seat be declared vacant The minority report which is sign d by Messra Moulton Ather ton Davis and Jones concludes that Cannon had a clear majority of the legal votes for delegate that he possesses the necessary qualifica lijns under the Constitution and laws and that he is entitled to the seat Mr B nney presented his views exhaustively and presented are a-re olution that Mr Cannon was duly elected and qualified but recommended re-commended that the attention of the House be called to the charges against his private and moral character char-acter |