Show UTAH COUNTI CASES CLOSED twenty three of the republican allegations proved THE MAPLETON illegality rt it consisted in the ch change ango of polling place pines without legal notice probability that nil the republican members will be seated democrats amazed stud chagrined nt at the developed the remit ot of the election contest cases of off hearing here before special commis loner dudley 1 Is that the republicans public ans have pi oven every one of tile tw tanty city three illegal democratic and uncounted republican ballots excepting pel pei naps haps a couple that could no not be substantiated in ili consequence or of the absence ot of certain witnesses then the of the democratic manipulation ot of the mapleton lla election hia has been proven beyond ft FL doubt demo cr its hanc failed to give one lota iota of vl dence to disprove the allocations anti anil proof of 0 file contestants that due anti and lesal legal notice of the mapleton elerth if was not net given ond and that the elec elce tin was hel heli held I in a private house houpe in the coiner or if mapleton Mili and not in ili the mapleton meeting house bouse as in the notice it would be held aia Ala resumed twenty fix denlo or cr lie to majority that illegal vote it flirt wr wn out by the house committee on elections Kiec llone will alone seat scat it at least two of the lle republican publican contestants hurst art and Slin simons orar for the demo c to ilc returns return under which the contesti t i i are now it jis fix 0 1 h give them majorities as follows I 1 over bringhurst 5 larsen n simons 16 moots majority over ria graham Is 40 VI 11 h ili ahe illegal mapleton Mar deton vote vole thrown out and the twenty one republican r h lints hois that have lien hen li h en absolutely proved to have been illegally left out of thi count to way sly tir thing of the dem 0 bratle roles Ille illegally galls casi casc still anil illegally unto anted l added to each of cf the contest nw ni Grah grahams arnt majority over smoot III 11 le be found to lo be I 1 7 simons over lars larf 31 1 over Lem leanion nion 12 A brums lIES or tilt the trial has culminated in 1 series of 0 surprises to the public and espe pe calill to lo the iho democrats D of ven even tl nal tiong Loa dinar dome demo of cr its iti not connected ath walh the cass aas s but anit rooted listeners eners to tile the testimony auvo matle made no secret of their amazement and that such outrageous irr should have lave bri been herple liftik d than clas are loud aoud in their denunciation nur nuncia clation tion particularly of that thal unwise of their party parly contreres confreres con freres that tell led tappi to manipulate the ih mapleton election t I 1 in RO pin as to carry tile spring alte city ek election alon for the democrats arid and lose the four represent Re stepi presen fill ives in the lower of tile the first state slate gefri LecIl tho filets above set act forth have been proven or of coarse the house commit tot tir on oil elections E atlon have yet to be convinced of this flits which they will easily b by reading a transcript of all the evidence that will lie pilo before thern them biow in a ory few davs jt li more than reasonably certain that be bc for this week closes tile hie political com coin xion tit of the th louse of 11 aln ot of the state of attala will be changed by the removal of three democrats ind and the flip so seat nt ink 1119 in their stead of three ne republicans publics na whom nham the rood gowl people ot of utah lion hon eui and justly ejected to thora seats the trend or of tile the evidence introduced by the democrats was not tu dw ticul arly to contradict the evidence r p deuced by tile the republicans but to shi rh i that several republican ticket which had been ban placed in wrong boxe bodei had boon been counted and that some re public Ann h bal id voted ho were not on en hulid to vote rote evidence was war also in til ti deuced to show that nil all the mapleton As A s catt cast their baletis lal ball luts in spite of the fart that the polling place was chang id d anti and the evidence evl lence on tile part of th ill contestants to the effect that the poll were opened after being declared closed waa tims contradicted testimony ansti lony TAKEN thi the firt vitt nesa called was orson orron crear of spanish folk lie he testified that ill 1 formerly referred to as robinson was a roide resident L t of spanish fork in 1895 he has hag a b blacksmith shop there and a house and lot ZT IT had berm temporarily away at work and had had bad hit family nith him a of the flit time after the election he hall had moved more of his futral ture away than before the election W B I 1 dark clark of pleasant Pl grove one of the ludke judges of election IL Nov embi r test nd that there were two po republican ballots tor for state officers in th lh lily efty box they ibey were in the proper envelopes for the city and were counted presiding judge of Thic election tion wadley of pleasant Ilca sant grove gave eave similar mona 0 r of sa 11 that 1 t lie jio w IV was a as 9 one of 0 the judged of clec lection 1 0 ra in last november the last man john A ahlin voted at five minutes to 5 about two minutes before the pie presiding sidIng judge imd ludd ked thit that it waa about time to close witness had said raid lie he lid did not think it was waa quite time anti and atel alter after mr ahcin came in and voted no one objected to lilt his voting witness knew anc w C A mace ilace anti and had seen been him in San santaquin several times during the life year before the election no one had challenged mr mace although some come were made about hla his right to note on cross examination wiil he thought mr air mace came there to seo see ft a girl he h afterwards after warda married a santa kanta quan girl earl did not know where mr macca irm had lived after election 1 U J tes lined I 1 regard to the closing of the polls at and about the sojourn of 0 nace lace in lie he had bad stop nt at the house of sir mr olson bli present father ln in law and bought coal and groe pirlea which were taken to the 01 son plan residence had aiso bern been mr mace chop wood tit at the olson domicile nepal nelson nelbon presiding judge at the San santaquin clec clention tion corroborated the previous witness in regard to closing tile hie polls und find the voting rc ef mr ahlan f r if flank and J 11 fled in a similar manner TUB LIHI POLLS I prince evans of lohl iehl testified len tined that a man named lewis oakley voted in ili lahl he had lan been a telegraph teler raph operator at lebl before the election but was not living there at the time did not think he had any property there believed lie was aj a republican mr oakley was challenged challenge d by witness but permitted to vote there four stats stata cates in tile the county box two derno demo ciatto and two republican ballots at poll 1011 loll NO ko 1 on one of tile the republican ballots ho be thought all the names were rerat scratched ched except tile acad of 0 tile ticket james ac cordin P to mr IT evans s tet mony was wa a rest resident dealt of nt lehl lehi he had ball EL a home still and household goods there but was waa fit mer our cur find and ills family was wan him on cross croba witness stated that he be had ewt seen been the furniture turo at liri sir mr homo last ever evening drig partially for the to purpose ipa of testifying in I 1 chis c wv lie HP did not know whether the furniture belonged to mr fr or abe not ra I 1 nor whether it had been placed in ili tin house yesterday lie thought not however david J thorman presiding judge of election at poll no 2 lehl at anc t c past election testified that dc state tickets wore were found in tile county box two republican alican nail and two democratic and one scratched republican ticket tile the names loft left on oil tills this ticket lie ho thought were those of wells bartell and chipman m and mr warr warners ie s nune was wag pasted on george meyer me Y er of 11 highland wa WAS presiding slides judge 0 of f elec election on lust las t ember one straight republican ticket was in a 11 buff bluff envelope and an put in tile the county box it was wag count counted ed jed of folk teti ned fled that lie knew charal charles coates but did noi net know whether he v voted 0 led or not and dill not know ills p politics of flies but knew lie ile bet on cm the republic arg ticket lie vas IM a young man 22 or 23 13 years ca of f ago age suld ills ilia parents lived in american folk foik NV 1 I 1 of lad been beef a judge of election last november in ili Spring springville ville on one ticket I 1 a L william willam I 1 at noyla paster was pasted over the narges names of bringhurst grahame rind and tho chorni Th orni Q the ali names of ri and graham Ira barn wore were cour counted on oil agle republican republic an ticket t tile name william i it I 1 lam bringhurst Pring hurst was pasted this ticket will was counted tor for J 11 there wan wait a william bringhurst in spring ile WILLIAM WILI M 1 I rOYLA NCr democratic cond blate tor for t ar five ladt liat Nover nbc tera tilled to lo seeing the pasted testified to by mr still and also the ticket mith william Bringht irot written janies jamos I 1 hall iona of Spring springville ville had reel the william ticket which was counted for J F 1 bringhurst lie he testified tin on ecob cx am that the name A also was written I 1 the to william wililam printed before the name of roylance 1 ince THE mapleton jimmi K E williams of faal mapleton ton fin flod ald that the lection election was alvi held in aaron johnsons Johnsn ns house about KID feet farina th the e meetinghouse meeting house heiy man entitled to w vote in mapleton lila voted except ono one man who was wa yick sick on cros examination he plated late that tha about thirty voters had been clial chat ton linel tit at hapli ton nine had been pi to vote vole lie he had tier not seen a notice potted posted announcing that hat uw illo election would be ha hald 1 in the meet ins ing hoac but had himself posted the notice to hold the election in mr II 11 r john johnon bouse A teller lilier from the onice of tho the attah was posted poi tl on the johnson red residence dence this letter related that the residents resident of mapston who lived in the corporate limits limit of would be en entitled tilled to vote vole for spring vule municipal iol officers but lie he did not know that this was v the reason for changing the place f from r m lite meetinghouse meeting house to lo tile the johnson I 1 ical eal dence the meetinghouse meeting house was not within iho lie cor corporate rate llmott or of Spring springville ville but tho lite johnson residence was it ir F I 1 tow tew ano alto of madic lla ton testified that a notice saying polling place or voting place was posted on mr johnsons John home on the tin day of election ile he could read it from rom the meeting hou yard the rhe owners of hie lip house hauae had decided at it a public meeting pi previous evious to tile the deetion lee tion that the house bouse not be used for any services lees samuel D fullmer of Ia ned fled to the position of the I 1 mapleton house and the johnson re idenie nce all the alers in mapleton except one ft ratio ho was sick fack ind and one who 11 he vas us challenged toted at the election on oil closs examination lie stated that JAhn johnsons sons house ivaa irna in Spring springville vIlle city and aliat liat tile the meetinghouse meeting house was not james L I 1 hall its aoa s recalled lie ire knew william who lad ial been living part of the time sri in siona mona and part of the time near spanish for about two years prior to the cl cllon lie ile had voted bof d the state ticket in Spring springville ville and was waa a republican on cross examination he testified that N was waa regist registered cred in Spring springville ville orson creer was wa recalled lie ile knew william and ho he lived ived across the spanish fork river near spanish pork the greater part of the time witness also testified that M mr r wal tW orllis Ills name was not on ti the to spanish fork registration list JOSEPH WINGS votia clr fr hall was again called to gay any that he knew joseph wing who nho lived in ill mapleton tills this voter was a republican and voted for state officers in Sprit arville mr bullmer testified that joseph wai ot th e adilon polls all day for the republican party the witness wll ness however horev er corrected tills by spying that thai 1 clr wing r remained Tri at the polla POIN till in the afternoon this would wool give him a chance to vote etc in Spring springville ville as ter testified t fled to by sir hall 11 1 11 I 1 TITE THE CASE CLOSED by stipulation n it was here agreed that the registration lists and poll boohm of american polk provo prove rift fifth if ward spanish fork lehl lehi anti and mapleton fw for and still and tile the returns of sections tor for 1893 1895 of the above places should be considered in evidence and would 16 b presented to in the committee with the record of the hearing I 1 M mr r tor for the contestants contestant entering an all jobje objection often to the mapleton registration ailt and poll book for 1895 on the gru arund ad of immateriality reality ria lity this closed hie ill 0 ci caldr lyonce nce and ill the next step fatell lit in the case will lie be the condill ration of the testimony and IV a decision upon it Us a merits by the house corn committee Trait tee or on elections thi the democrats Demo crata foci feel that an injustice lifts lias been done them by not having a bilu re rt of UK the case in the afe herald anil and clint 0 that a wrong impression Is conveyed to the th bubile by y ehli silence if on the part of the giant of the r the heralds correspondent was frequently called upon to rise and ax explain it the cause of the apparent neglect of duty duty lie however excused himself by baying raying that the herald did not want front much of it tills was war not considered a buffi clent and I 1 hon ton S it thurman principal counsel for tile wa ani detailed yesterday afternoon to help lip the coi respond t ant rit to prepare a report of the pr proceedings 0 ce |