Show SOME TOUGH FACTS connected with the provo bench HOW NEWEL MANAGED TO BE DEPUTY REGISTRAR facts Rivet ted on county registrar 11 M domgall Don gall editor of the the confirmation of newall knight ap registrar in the of a remonstrance ignec by nineteen twentieths of the re of this precinct and alu course taken by eliat official make it necessary that there be borne ion in order to prove good peo pie of this bae not been engaged in a damned underhanded underhand eo ame as mr knight openly expressed it I 1 assume the duty and responsibility of uh to an impartial public through the of your paper copies of the remonstrance mr through mr dougall Do usall and such other facts as are in my pos aesa sion connected with alie controversy and let them decide as to the justice ol 01 aur till remonstrance provo BENCH barcli 1018 SS to the lion commissioner of utah territory wo your petitioners petition ers resident citizens of provo benali utah county of butali respectfully demou remou trite against the appointment of new ell knight aa for thic precinct fur tue following reasons tu sit first that he has not been a resi ilent ol 01 thia precinct during the last five ln nor 13 he expected to resume nis here alna year as lie hdm hia larm and gone into business u prevo aty second janat we protest against the of any nuu resident to nil MC registrar in our so long as e leave available residents ill the required by houi honorable dono rable body third that w e feel that your honors have beu imposed upon in havia gj s aion recommended as our said when in fact we were at ne thuie the appointment au in the papers circulating a pe iton asking you 0 o appoint vm K rienzy as registration ol ticer for thia precinct as he was and is a resident cit zen and we believe possessed of all he necessary again present nib name lor your consideration and pray elliut you give him the appointment anu save ua alie mortification of going on asa precinct beholding to nou ai dents to till our precinct offices and ia in duty bound your petitioners petition ers will river pray SIGNED BY petitioners PETITION ERS aliis remonstrance w as endorsed ab ollowa and bent to mr bougill at spring ille OF THE UTAH commission march 14 respectfully referred to H M dou jall ol 01 utah county esho ull furnish alie commission vil hsuch lUt regarding alie within state nent aa he may be able to learn it ia to appoint resident deputies in all cabes very r C HALL secretary return these papers with report and recommendation the of ohp remonstrance have no apologies to make for tho part they I 1 ook and baill adhere to the facts as set alorth mr dougall complying with the re auest of the 1 to luye learned all he to know in brovo chiy and mr knight biere is hat they dished up as the facto in the case butali co march lion utah GENTLEMEN referring to petition bould say I 1 called on mr before sending his name to you or appointment as deputy registrar for brovo kench understanding he was living in provo city he me he biad coed in for alie winter on account ot better facilities intending to re burn to his farm in alie spring about lie time lie was going hack E out in hia family icv biral of his children including a grown jp sou becoming prostrated at the same line this made it necessary for him 0 o rent part of his farm including giouse do has kept however eighty accica ct which lie and alie boys expect to nork alao that lie retains u jf all alie farm his place on alie provo deneh is all alie productive property by him he mr knight a tho largest taxpayer tax payer on the bench and one of the oldest anil liim self u if leiai and FO HK aued to ler in provo city fo lie lale elt artion he has an allt er Hux ever alie loii lons alt r libin under tie ii non idear natii wm K henr coill an teni of fifer ven H M utah county were this it is tin st 1 a man ot r tor liis in ollice against th opre ed wi aies larye a iu jori ii the pt oolf but alik is not true it I 1 expect t prove he out b aidini ai tini a n alt on ajr salol sc lol t aaili ifer if true is to liis nt ifft of thuat and duty tl er in the district he ih i liar nian af aliu school hut or taken any part ill chool or abar neit lier will lie reign re ign lait the acance may be it i to note that his alicc on tin board will be on alie ath dinst in to liis to ln ai in in the barine lie told hie in before leaving for fiovo that in bould procure u tenant ht ie in provo to airs latar m or i bit alie of fehre irv bait lie property in provo ur date ol 01 leel of february of february lass and expected to build 1 glod and move on it he also it lie banie time indirectly to ideiil me a part of liis faaui now these circumstances gu tn chow that instead of coming back to the bench as indicated in the report lie was busy making arrangements to remain in provo it appears from alic evidence of mem beef ot liis own family eliat was but one child of his family had the and slie was prostrated with it lie lirot daiy of june the grown hon spoken of is a oung man of family keeping house for himself and wig bick at lauine consequently lie could not be a member of mr newel knights family he says through the report that lie biad rented pait of hiis larm the exception of eighty acrea of land which lie and his bov s expert to work his place on the prove bench fifty lve acres as per as tessorh sesso rH report for 1888 is all the productive property owned by libin I 1 ayrod with him for it is a known fact that the other land forty ices ic es as per assessors report for wn d bv him in tho it not billal ie lindin auy anse of alie word it liep in the river and is mostly an old bed covered with brush and cobble atone then m e name of truth and where ia aliu eighty acres of land which he and the bovy expect to work he admired to m 0 that he had sixty acres of his provo bench farm div e acres more than assessed i or fear anat some of your numerous readers might underrate die largest tax payer on me bench I 1 looked up the and and it to be the enor fuoua bum of thirteen hundred and tuen y dollars owned in the precinct and vert aid properly reassess aed today to day it loulu lall lar bhart ot a number of our citizens in the winding up the report becomes generous and endorses me arc tried mr K is etc the commission com not being exactly satisfied came down to provo to settle fro vo bench affairs found air knight at home and allowed him to make his defense without being harassed by tin presence of his accusers and he w ith ahe aid of mr dougall made out a dean case ot residence in brovo bench and also a transient poverty case agassi die peoples choice 1 here ue mr oft n w said he 1 I tolu hiie atiat ou came on the ibsh taught school one winter moved to B moores place liere one year moved to lake view anu the bench d little over a y ear ago ahe plain truth is and mr knight knew it that I 1 moved on the bench in i february ibm and that 1 hae hieu in tue precinct ever since artith the exception 01 the libath da ul laoo until the ath day ji Jt larch and atiat I 1 have never re nor voted any chere ehe in ilie territory than here mr knight tells me that the remonstrance vaa illegal aa it as feigned by a number of parties that vv ere not registered gist ered thib I 1 must confess a little queer aa I 1 recollect beau u spectator at a loval league meeting in barcli of laba year when mr K a put m nomination for the 01 by one ot lna boys and beyond ed b his other boy pi ebent neither ol 01 had ever voted U ley being a majoria majo rit voted him a recommendation air knight took special pains to m torm the commission as to my nn ancial status telling them that I 1 wad poor ana monreal estate ov was noi th t kind of the to the commission me and have not 1 been very duil noi co have found out that poverty is a crime in this country ot ours well 1 cuilty to the charyce charf ce but with the hau py consolation thai I 1 have never been accused or convicted ot converting tnt ot another to my benefit or aae to cap alie climax the gentled n gebb and ib ot the neb papers remorse haa hokl ol 01 nun and lie leela mat lie has treated a pool transient a little rough and wishes to neal up the wound to lie goes to a mend of mine whose anine 1 can yive on application and tella him it henr will nt make any more fuss about the matter he will have him appointed presiding jude of election for the precinct etc after waiting a bev days tor me to get the bait he informs me that lie lad sent in my 1 name for presiding asked it I would accept I 1 told him 1 not on his recommend aaion as I 1 had heard it w as to be tendered as i bribe etc I 1 wrote to the commission to the same addea that if my ices of last y ear w ere of recommendation that I 1 would accept the necessary papers w ere tur and have been complied with by way of clearing ins own skirts and throw ing the responsibility ot his unpopularity on some one else lie makes ube of alie same old hobby atiat all alie foreheads soreheads sore heads ube in tins country priesthood interference I 1 dout believe the priesthood has ever taken more than a citizens interest they have a perfect right to do in this maite raud 1 lurther believe that mr K has been tho architect of ins own misfortune having partially performed the duty toward the people who so unanimously endorsed indorsed indor sed me as their choice in alie registration contest and pledging them nev er to abuse their confidence 1 beg leav e to subscribe my own name and anait consequences WK HEMI july 2 1838 |