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Show THE ELECTIONRETUKNS How tho Verdiot of the Voter Shall b Bendered to tho Very Anxious Poople. THE COMMISSION BEAD A LESSON. Complaint Upon Beaver and BiehGold Beceivt Prompt Official - Attention. The Utah ComtnUnlon received a communication yesterday from Hon. F. 8. Riohnrds, chairman of the Peoples Peo-ples Territorial Congressional committee, commit-tee, iu which alteuliou is Invited to Suction 2M of tho compiled laws of thu territory, which provides that "tho Judge of election shall forward all the list securely sealed, together with the ballot box to the clerk of the county, who shall, before taking the san.a, take and subscribe an oath to the effect that he will tlclivcr tho same to tho clerk without any unnwcc.osary delay, and that ho w ill uso hi utmost ability to prevent any Interference-' therewith by any person whatsoever." The insti'iicliotiB of the commission provide that thu election returns mny bo forwarded to tho commission by mail or other sufo conveyance, instead of by a quulillod voter a provided by the foregoing section of the law. W think the statuto thmild be compiled with in this particular. Tho same section sec-tion of tho statute niakot tho election returns consist of the election list and require that they should be forwarded securely sealed. Iu addition to these, the commission has required an abstract ab-stract to be made, and In many Instances In-stances the lists have been put In the ballot bo instead of being tout in th envelope.,. A many of the Judges of election have hurutoforo misunderstood what constitute a legal return and have sealed the list up iu the ballot bog, it seem desirable that their alteuliou he called to the mutter in order that they may strictly comply with the law. The following, if issued by the commission, would seem to cover the ground: Thi regltry list, the poll Jtut and the two tally list and the abstract should each and all be duly certilled by the judge of election, and these lints, with the abstract, should be forwarded to the commission at Salt Luke city In tin envelop securely sealed. No list should be put in the ballot box. We respectfully request thitt tho fore- Soing, or something of similar Import, o issued by the commission and suut to the judge as soon as practicable Complaint i lodged against the judges at Reaver, at which place, it I siilii, all of tho judge are Liberal. The communication ask that the People' party have representation. A similar coin plaint is made with reference refer-ence to Rlchlield. The precluct of Stead was created after the September revision of the registry reg-istry lits, and a there is no pulling place the voter have been advised to vote at old polling place. To this a reply was solicited, aud the following point were submitted through tho commission by Klija bells, secreiury. It Is the opinion of the commlion that it U neither advisable or practicable to hare the election return of lb teveral precinct returned by a special mewen-ner, mewen-ner, and it therefore decline to make a change In the manner of returning the same. . Upon the question of instructing instruct-ing the judge of election to certify all the list required by law and the Instruction, In-struction, and forwarding them to the commission duly sealed, the commission commis-sion deem uch request a proper one and will Instruct the judge of election accordingly. In regard to the complaint com-plaint from Beaver precinct and Richfield Rich-field preciuct, the . commission ha caused inquiry to be mado of it registration regis-tration ollicer, aud if found that the tale of affair exist complained of, will take (tep to have both parllc represented on the election boards of inch precinct, in the case of Thorn Wilson, of Randolph precinct, pre-cinct, and Joseph Neville, of Woodruff precinct, the commission deem the charges too indefinite for the bai of any action. In regard lo the new precinct pre-cinct of Stead, in Davit county, the com-iniMlou com-iniMlou bit appointed a deputy regi-tralion regi-tralion ollicer for that precinct and instructed in-structed him to at once transfer from ins iornior iri"ciijit irgiairjr ii.i., m. name of all registered voter of the territory embraced In the new precinct of Stead, and to make the neceary lilts, designate a convenient polling place and give due notice of tha ame. |