Show fraudulent AND aud groundless lit liz the course of debate the other day in the U S house rouse of beare e tentative senta tive u upon pon the payment of contested elections mr speer ol 01 pennsylvania in referring to the contestation of the for utah to the forty third congress was impelled to say that of all the contests before the house rouse and there were thirty fouron four of them this on one I 1 e was the most fraudulent and ground groundless less aith as alib b recognized member ilo lio hon n george Q cannon had received votes out of a total bf of f every intelligent and candid person in this Terril territory dry or anywhere else if aon pon conversant versant with t lie the facts in our pinion opinion could not help but come to the same conclusion as did mr speer how could the ebil contest test be considered any ady anything thing less thail than fraudulent and groundless frivolous frivolous and impudent when the votes legal and illegal for the contestant were but a tenth of the total vote and there were only two 1 3 candidates all vie the contested con cen tested elections for foy delegate for utah have been of e same unworthy ridiculous farcical character hon W H E hoopers seat was vas don con contested tested by one une mcgrorty with something over a paltry bu hundred ildred votes for the latter the from utah to the for ty fourth congress is contested similar grounds to those of these other contestations conte stations and abd may as truly be considered fraudulent and groundless one thing about this contesting business s so a far as it relates to utah I 1 ought to be everywhere known it lit Is all ali 11 fraudulent and groundless and but for the bitter unjustifiable prejudice against the mor mons and the endless misrepresentations lies iles and 1 slanders anders I e circulated arcil 1 d against them theria the pretences pretenses of t tebesa eser unblushing contestants wo toil would d never be entertained and the effrontery of tho he contestants would be a losing game jame it simply pa pay Y |