Show GOT aiice I 1 interesting session of the utah G commission om mission 4 DEMOCRATS ON THE RACK I 1 were placed in sundry and various holes by their republican publican Ke colleagues I 1 letcher Iotch er and norrell beat a retreat refused to issue certificates or to permit a stenographer to report the proceedings 0 I 1 the member m ot the rutih ill commission camo came together again yesterday letchet Leto liev and terrell norrell and tallock and sherman with george blair in ili the anteroom ante room it was their first firs meeting since the volcanic mandamus mana amus proceed proceedings I 1 began to startle the country but none ot of the commissioners teemed seemed inclined to discuss the disclosures ot of fraud and the proceedings were or of a peaceable characters character excepting that the republican members added to the discomfort of their colleagues by presenting a series of resolutions and motions and the two democrats fin finally unceremoniously bolted boiled from the room leaving in sherman and in possession of the held field another feature of the afternoon ses slon sion was the refusal of the majority to permit a record of the proceedings to be made this was evidenced by objection to having a stenographer allowed to bo be present as requested by colonel mr norrell said it never had been done and ana lie ha wall would id F strongly oppose the presence of 0 any one in such a capacity 11 was barf shortly after 9 a in when and sherman appeared having in his possession the records of the commission chic li he irad had secured from the clerk of 11 the third district court the two republican Commissi loners with chairman lotcher latcher had to wait until before cimms loner norrell appeared but mr thatcher did nut not show up at all certificates DEMANDED sherman and being determined to get down sc to work started to pour tot hot shot into the enemy by the following resolutions which were offered by T tatlo inasmuch as art an election was held in the vario various u s and several counties and precincts I 1 of the territory on the ath day of 0 november by virtue of the provisions ot of what is in known a as a the enabling act tor for the purpose of electing decline delegates from such counties s nod precincts to form what is known as a constitutional convention and legal and proper returns have been made to this commission showing the result of such elections in the counties and precincts and the persons chosen in ili the su sub joined counties avid and precincts and such returns have ben been canvassed by bv this commission as by law provided arid and the I 1 result thereof ascertained and the time i tor for contesting such elections having expired and no questions having arlson arisen placing tn in doubt the right ot of the following persons to hold bold certificates certin cates of election as legal delegates to lo such constitutional convention accredited to the respective counties one ana precincts shown in the following list it is now moved that Ws commission forthwith certify is hsuch uch returns to the secretary of this board oard as provided by I 1 law a w and direct him to issue a t of cl election ecton to tho the following persons as as delegates to huch buch constitutional convention from the respective county and precinct I 1 shown herein to wit then followed the fhe list vt of delegates Dele guIes I 1 to whom certificates are arc due omitting the names of candidates in n san pete county the third precinct of salt lake city box bos elder county and weber county where contests are ara in progress Shern Sher Tan moved the adoption n of the but norrell 11 came back with his handy little objection end and a MO motion tion to postpone port pone which was defeated by a vote of 2 1 to 2 commissioners norrell and L etcher then asked to be excused until p m but the md matlon lon to excuse the former was wag defeated by the tie vote the republicans republic a announcing g that it if tie be left them they would go ahead and transact business norrell correll then moved that a recess be until 1 10 0 O p m but the vote a stood food 2 to 2 and the deadlock continued letcher and norrell then walked outs out norrell leaving at and i i letcher at 1 at akle isas sherman and reap red sred at the commissions commission colonel being accompanied by aless mcmaster the well known stenographer ogra pher who was to report the proceedings ce for him in ili shorthand tho the republicans waited until before the majority arrived and the afternoon a session cession was opened all the in members embers being present NO REPORT arose and asked the privilege e e of having a 1 stenographer reporter admitted to take the report artof ot the proceedings ce at hla his own ex expense and moved miss mcmaster be ba allowed to do so at this meeting as well as all meetings in the future to make a report verbatim of tha deliberations of the them commission commission sherman seconded condl sc 1 the h 0 motion but norrell No Trell got at in his object objection i again in a strong and emphatic oba c i tion this time in which he be stated that I 1 it had never been the custom to have such a report made thit the ining minutes teai wore were correctly kept and no one was i wanted in tact fact ho he would move to exclude everyone ee thatcher Tha s all me to and the chair rc cordel doi itself on the side bide of the opposition so this the reporter was s no not t admitted iv norrell rity rose to explain for the ma I 1 J however that they had bad no personal bonal objection to any one person alii and wanted it to so goon the records but it was the idea which they objected to no not t the reporter I 1 colonel asked to see a report I 1 of the Commis commission slon tor for the fiscal year ending june 30 0 1894 he ha hid had seen a dispatch by the A associated press to the effect that it had been received by the secretary of the interior but not having seen it yet himself and teng being slightly int interested interests eresto lie he he h e a biear pleated d to glance over it chairman letcher Letchi ir gave up a typewritten copy of the report which was prepared p by the old commission certificates POSTPONED colonel brou brought bt out again ills his resolutions which lie he bad offered in ili the morning sherman seconded their adoption but norrell again stepped stepped in and offered as ai it a the follow follow in that the matter of the certification of the clec election tion of as provided in ili commissioner Tat locke resolution in any county or precinct be deferred until such time a the third district court shall decide tho the questions of 0 law involved in the hc case row pending therein 1 I I 1 i on oil a straight party vote the tuta tulo vae accepted and Tat locks reso rego i lations were 1 14 over tin discrepancy RECORDS coonel colonel matlack had another set ot of resolutions which affect those parts of tho tha records dealing with the at accy tables in the lats late san pete county canvass which lie ha v 1 11 l hed to have I 1 i f from the records the reso lui I 1 lions cro are as follows fellows noved that all of the fa Mio lowring iring pori peri I 1 tlona ot of the book called the record of the I 1 utah C commission om mission lie be stricken out and 1 I 1 C pounced pun ced and that the clerk of the corni comi mission be directed to enter in red ink i i on the of each cach pare paire affected oy byj thin motion opposite the part of 0 such I 1 page so stricken n out the words sti stricken ickens out oui which shall bo be followed hy by figures agures in red ink tho page of 0 the record here I 1 this motion Is recorded and aid soi s atra to wit 11 llera frilot s a tat of the olt word end Is phrases brasca which v r or cr acted strIck ea out for the tha reason th ihra t the saraz forms no io pax port t of at the rc orl cl art an is redundant mitter wl and in n nade ihde up from no record nor front croni adv 0 of ails con mission ml aslon neither wan v ii any aceal proc cod ing in of the commission lia ilaa to justify such writ intz on friction of norr ee by thatcher That chr the matter v vms cs laid over until un ta the next meting metung ns BALLOT BO IMS INSPECTED norrell korrell then arld t tn roe eoe the ballot ballet boxes of the third precinct of this city as ho to know exactly which had been opened and which had n not a and in what condition they sicre in tho rho boxes were T ere brotia lit in and tn in the presence of c aai at the noti tiong wore v ro rz rad 1 d and the locks and icari were wera eboni ed cd but none were opened melchir and sherman were appointed a committee to report upon the condition of the respective funds over which the th has charse charge tha ca card adjourned subject to call |