| Show 1 I W ta ww W w V regular nominee for Je delegate legatt to 0 o bolig congress ices I 1 W wm I 1 ill MG y 0 the election ito today day forthe first time iu in the history of utah there will be nil ail election tit nt which aitoro tharo is ia a candidate date in opposition to the church no nominee milice the special clec election tion for delegate to congress Con giess i will ill le be held today to day t throughout tho the territory from buo ouo hour after sunrise until sunset heretofore elections c been little than the mere aaice of the people peo PIC coming coining up ill to tile polls and the edicts 1 of I r the chuich they him chosen to do this and ic e jont don t know that ii e have any anny objections to it or that if we ue bad it would amount to a great deal captain hooper the present delegate ih ib announced as the church candidate for reelection and i e c lim e very cry little doubt that a good many notes lotes will nill be recorded record rd or at least lea st returned for him E cry good mormon is expected to do his ili 11 duty on this occasion oce aion just how 10 hooper was nominated by whom and for ni what hat is neither hei e nor there itis it is nono none of our bt business any more than it is of I 1 the other eight or ton thousand male per ions ow cowsill sill m the territory it is sufficient that ho ia the oi thodos belec selected ted leader of the otin doting cohorts cohorn of all true latter day dayan saints ants the other liand land sir win is J presented is as the nominee of the mass contention I 1 itrich met tit lit independence hall on C tho the alt alia beirs bears proudly aloft 11 A 1 ban nor with nith his inge device for utah act pct eb irce press pres political bious tolerance the constitution of the united r state the hc organic act acl of jhc thc and the lanh of congre Con greg tho The forces to be today mar calvd under that banner wo we confess do not constitute a very cry aai large c majority of the I 1 fotiu voting population of the territory as 4 1 it is a platform not ct much recognized out hide of great wt salt lake city cai yet tho the candi I 1 date who is an ail esteemed merchant of the city I 1 bim 1 a perfect right light to run inn his platform 18 is MI fill aly sound and proper one find and 0 hociy mr citizen luiu to la juice hwe a perfect right to I 1 f lute pain if iche 10 choo choose cs we ve say ought to 2 lime wc the li right m ht be causa L we N c dont think the 1100 people jile of this territory hai hac a the right to oe ai a they please the hallot ballot system sa stem commended itself to alie founders of our free institutions by bv girtue of the secrecy protected it feoni tale inspection of thoo thoe who might other 4 disc delbe or despotism ocr the 11 I 1 oter ot this F is the beauty and 11 0 of thu the system N steni and the guara guarantee of independence I 1 penda pen dence c of thought and action for this I 1 reason it lia lim s taken the place of the vim wee voce plan antl is re protect edby the strongest P 0 of f the lawa jnue hile v e have in utah nominally the ballot system ns is indeed e c lioe ilke the other borins of biec institutions alie t le s brew I 1 leaders cefic eni 1 hae i a taken very good care I 1 I 1 that they are not a edat om knowing how every cran avat otes notes ith aeu moro certainty I 1 than tiler they would mould if om our i elections ni were ere chyi k wee doubts this thi blet let him read and ponder on the f following w sec tion u of the I 1 Gell geneine cial election law approved tan jan 3 1863 1 section 5 1 each elector shall provide himself I 1 with a tote containing tho lie names of of the s he vis fies elected and the offices he I 1 would hax hac e them to fill ind and in pic bent it neatly folded to the judge of election iio i io sall lamber abo mid awl dep dt it it in m the hie ballot box bh ilic he clerk shall thin anile the ie name of athe the elector dector and opposite I 1 ali the imaxine r of his ia nde iti c 11 I 1 tins list li together with the ballots ballota is transmitted to the county clerk who with the i I 1 county audgo tit lit the proper time counts count and I 1 si eol kompare lipare om pare tho the votes with the names on oil tile I 1 liba and an detract ds tract to the secretary J of the territory f 1 jin p to co cony 11 i 1 met I 1 anybody of baingo hamiag doted ted again t 1 oll i wl 1 either the judge ol of election ele c tion the count county I 1 didik cicik nor county count judge jude is on enjoined joined much aeto aitto arii i to keep secret how any per re iri on may inay lim h c e i N doted it II is not a bilangi though aai N I 1 t lei iea fo izuel huep the faithful m in the traces N I 1 and L A ila eav on tho ballot t estem bya teni hence tt 11 ji ftc A c suspect that to boil long g at least as thus law lav I 1 ii I 1 relli i s ill in foice fince no good will vote 1 11 or sir mi Ilo or siny rany other man except al f tile regular chinch I 1 41 b by the A act qt of 1810 18 9 the of vos 1 lorb ert ure aru defined to be A free five white mille male 1 ht catill citi AU lit of the united state over dver li caily oue ono li carh ornge iho luis has been bc n a constant f in during tho six hix months next I 1 preceding the election find is u 1 taxpayer ta payer in J this thi beniton Tc Te niton with legard to the latter I 1 11 k claim it is if F tl that at having the other 1 I t 1 I 1 iia ti I 1 thol tho oter hah hab paid taxes fed tl p cial territorial county or municipal i i 0 I 1 but cheru is another point to which v e w N uld r fl I 1 1 ly direct the lc attention of judges of election aai and 1 G f ij r r which 1 i it a singular siu gular onus slon in the law tho the judges airi made the mere recipients and 1 I I 1 of aults anc 1 they no right eriov vr r norn it either to challenge or permit 1 the challenge of n oscr tho act of 1853 I 1 ig points out the method of contesting in an elce lt tion by enilio baning E nn otice on the county bleik P alio fetn nud and the list and after ai ih hearie caring 0 th Object tiomi ioui to t t the challenged off K 4 I 1 0 ft 41 wr L k M im the county judge decider decide the lie vergy acrey there sue ale some agn agno no questions ulily to arise in the lection election today to day ind find it behooves everybody to bo be calin find not get excited for instance conglis lins lifts pit used tin nu act knocking ih ovoid AIu wb out M P r hut but whet herdie I 1 1 Z ewd itar whlor it I has w esq become a law lie aeu aid not info railed fac C the half dozen colored 0 O r e c pe in this r arri f ter tory ft a ngel to i I 1 cou con tested erection vill mill the judges dare risk a to ic of the ballot of a i colored N oter we vc nud and anxiously for it cieply again there them li is L i another odd provision of the election law aich abich n notice justat juat at this exigency of public affairs it li is AS s rollo follows 4 section 12 tieni when ies fies occur if for a tel rit orial the secretary y ab shall ill determine the election by lot bif arf the 12 of tin go emor cmor and aliis atis als n mu tit number of I 1 exhilarating aad and PC pertin tiit nedies nei ies q la L a delegate to congress a territorial of ficci cei or only a federal functionary 15 the tag lot that f 1 is the chance to t bo be confined tu tb the jhc candidate doted fabby the people the law dont say so or me aie nil all tobaie the including the editor of the and the d 1 of the VEDETTE to draw straws from the hand of alic n orth orthy 3 secretary wonderingly a and d dubiously bi r NN 0 propound to sir mr the question jn in the ho event of a tic between mr dr agi oi ty and mr hooper fiill ill 1 ou oil con flue the drawing to those two if so ho how bow is ii hooper nho ho Is s away off air at washington ashington to admy his araw can it be hin drawn by pi pio OX N though wat is not so far off as to pi pie e vent axe pu pulling fling by our present delete delegate a it sir mr Setre secretary tary a little too fir far t to 0 pull sty straps s verily this most peculiar law suggests an infinitude of queries and much must be left to the discretion discie tiou tion and judgment of the secretary in case a tic occurs in the election toil today day ik england and alid utah expects I 1 every daiy man to do his duty autyo today to day |
