Show i MAY iA KEEP HEP KEE OUT VOTES Confusion As to Who TJ o May Cast Ballots t I I QUESTION FORE FOB LAWYERS j I IJ J OPINION OF ATTORNEY GEN GENERAL ERAL EBAL IS WANTED J 0 t 1 l I Unless the Chairmen of the County 1 Consent to Allow AlloTT All Alli jj i Who Are Registered to Vote at 1 Their Thair Last Polling Place Many Will wm Be Barred I The question que of registration and the right of those to vote have bave moved I since nce the last Jast general election con continues continues contInue to be a subject of serious dis discussion The election law Jaw says sy YB specifically that no perron peron shall vote at t any election who is j not properly registered as a resident in the district In which he heires desires ires to vote As to special elections the law says For all special and elections there shall be no special registration of voters but the official register re tr last made or 01 revised shall constitute the official register for such special or school election Section of the tM election law says Before DeCore the day on which any special election letlon is appointed to be held the registry agent must furnish one of the judges in his election district at a time not later than one day n next pre preceding preceding preceding ceding the day the election is to be he beheld beheld held a copy of the official register ter for his district but no copies coplea need be post posted posted posted ed edIn In all aU municipalities in Utah there therefore fore lure the registration made for the I city election of last lut fall must stand as 8 the registration for the fit special con congressional gressional election of April 2 3 In Tn all country districts or places where no municipal election was held last fall the registration for the general state election of 1898 1895 must stand The point nt it t issue is s this Some claim that the law has b s no power to I disfranchise a citizen that he has a aright aright right to vote somewhere that if he h has haCI removed from hi hm his district since the thelast thelast thelast last election he can go beck back and aDd vote in that district that as 88 Ute the law has huno no power to put his name nane on On the registration tion list for the special election it has lIu no power to strike his name oft off m Ia his old district Many are in favor of permitting this thisby thisby thisby by the common consent of oC both elec election election election tion committees and not ll Ing this legal point Others favor getting an opinion from the attorney general and settling the point in that way To judge jude from opinions heard hurd this last lut will willbe willbe be bedone done OP or PLATFORM Democratic Committee on Resolutions in ill Session For eight solid hours yesterday the tho resolutions committee of Utah Demo Democrats Democrats Democrats wrestled with the political issues before the people in the preparation of or ofa orn ofa a n platform There were preset James Jamee H Moyle E W Wilson Le LeGrand LeGrand LeGrand Grand Young Charles S Varian Varlan Moses Mo es Thatcher Tha teher H P Henderson Waldemar Valdemar Aan Yan an Cott and Byron Groo of Salt Lake City J 1 C of Cache county Thomas D Dee of Ogden F J of Park City David Stoker or 0 Davis county and andS andl S l R n Thurman of ot Provo Prove The only absentees ab were M F Mur lur Murray Murray ray of ot Ephraim and T D Johnson of Ogden The committee met in the offices of ofLe ofLe Le Lt rand d Young at in the morning ana ano worked hard until lunch time timeA After A fter noon it resumed its 11 labors and did not conclude until 8 In ia the even evening e lug ing Suggestions suggest ions were submitted from all aU parts of the state tate covering g every sub subject SUBject subject that has to do with public affairs At a previous meeting of the commit committee committee committee tee E W IV Wilson Waldemar Van Cott and Le Grand Young Yoong were designated designated to prepare three rough drafts of ofa ofa ofa a platform to be he presented at yester yesterdays yesterdays yesterdays days meeting This they did and good progress was wa made on the platform to tobe tobe tobe be suggested su ted to If the Democratic Je state convention In fact the resolutions re were pre virtually completed and agreed upon pon as 8 far as this committee Is 18 con concerned concerned but hu t nothing would be given out concerning it for publication The committee adjourned last lut even evening eVening evenIng ing to meet at 2 Thursday Th March 1 the day of ot the state conven convention tion This meeting will be held in Judge Youngs office also j BAND WILL PLAY Chairman Lloyd Engages Music for Saturday Chairman B II B T Lloyd announces that J i the Salt Lake theatre will be appropriately appropriately appropriately decorated for the Democratic county convention to be held next Sat Saturday Saturday Saturday He also announces that Heids I band has be been n secured to give an open air concert cOlIC rt before each session Ion of the convention as well weh as B to play at the convention proper The first t session of or the convention will be called to order at 11 Sat St Saturday Saturday urda morning As tile the convention will be made up of over ov O delegates and as there promises to be a lively contest between the King and Dunbar DuRbar forces torce for far the Ule control of or the 14 dele dole delegates delegates gates to be chosen to the Ute state con oun convention this county convention will b bone be one of deep d interest Int rest to ute tide Democrats Dem of the entire state EUREKA FOR JUDGE KING XING of Democratic Primaries Held Beld Yesterday By Telephone to The Herald Eureka Feb Fob 22 The Democratic primaries for Eureka precinct which hat had been called calle for Saturday night were held this evening of or the proclamation by the tae mayor prohibiting public gatherings on of the smallpox epidemic John T Harring Harrington Harrt I ton was wan made chairman and diaries Charles CharlesF i F Spilman secretary The following delegates were elected I to attend the state convention Frank I IH H Holzheimer James Jame Clark C F l Spilman D D I Bowen Howen J T P Harring Harrington Ha ton Dr G O J 1 Field T M Holland The resolution f was adopted with enthusiasm That this conven convention tb tion heartily endorses t the candidacy of the Hon William Viliam H King and that the delegation be requested U SD vote ote for Cor fo him for congressman The is unanimous for Judge King En ng Political Notes Hotes Peter and F E J 1 Arthur two of lC the men who carry the Republican politics of f Tooele county in their vest vent t pockets pO wert Pf err in town yesterday to find out wt w the Republicans of ot Tooele county favor faor for congress The D primary of the thc Fifty first fin t rid t was wasi Va held at if the th old cid city hall hail last lur evening everIng venla M i E B Mulvey wa wea Wa Hated fJ elat t of the meeting and andE K E chuler buler The following delegates rl to t the county c convention were wn M K E F Mulvey r ulvey E Schuler Schuler chu ler let W F Salisbury Mrs Mis M I Ji l Ii Mul v vy EY y and aDd Thomas Thoma The tr tn n ir l sat ar s to the Democratic Dem county fl from Bingham Ir in including l n districts Eighty one 1 I 1 Ei held a caucus in ud d i ra a to support Frank J 3 Cannon for the congressional nom inee l ace The following are the delegates cites chos chosen en bj b the Democratic voters of Farm era em ward to attend the county conven ion tion t District SC C T Nelson Nel on J C Jen Jon Jensen Jenen Jonen sen L en William Bradford Lorenao Lorenso H Kimball R F Mrs Jen Jon Whipple Alternates H C Bleas Bless daLT datT dal T Angell and J A A King District W Oscar Van Vian Cott J S A A Miller w H Smith R Ray y Van Cott Coti J R It Mathews Alternates Mrs rs A AA AA AA A Miller Mrs A AD D Dunford John Gabbott The delegation is for D C Dunbar for congressman conGre The Democrats of the Brighton district held heir primary primary primary mary yesterday afternoon at 3 at the residence of John Jolts Mooney Twelve voters were present Everett Peck was chairman of the meeting John Mooney Herbert Gedge and Sam Samuel Samuel uel were elected ejected delegates to the county count convention John Mooney and Everett Peck were ere elected as a 2 campaign committee The delegates del tes go The following delegates del tes were elected to the county convention mUon at the Demo Democratic Democratic cratic cratte primary ry for the North Jordan district No 79 75 Mahonri Spencer George M 11 Spencer John B Bring Brin hurSt hurt John Cook Thomas Cook jr Heber Bennion Alternates June Lindsay and William Barker Harker There Thre will be a meeting of the vice vien presidents and executive committee of the Womans Democratic club at the residence of Mrs Irs George H Wood 24 4 State street st at 3 this afternoon A large attendance is desired Details of the card rd party to be given ven on Mon Monday Monday day night at the residence of Mrs A A W McCune are to be perfected John C c Graham postmaster of Provo was wa in the city this week in close consultation with Republican leaders He may have consulted Charles Chanes Mostyn Mo Owen on the best bent methods of swinging the state for McKinley but It Jt is not likely George A Smith knows Hon Ezra Thompson now much better than t when he placed him in nomination for or mayor last fall but it it doubtful if he would make as fervid a nominating speech now if he had it to do over again It I comes from the best authority that the mayor has heartlessly y turned down I every even eve suggestion thus far made by the receiver of oC the United States land of fice lice as an to who he should appoint and ae en to how he should run the city lies are ungrateful te tM |