Show THE UTAH CONTESTED ELECTION ELECT T 10 N THE washington correspondence march 30 of the chicago times has the following the atthe house committee on elections had before them this morning the contested election case of cannon of or Utah vs maxwell mr cannon at the last election received votes and maxwell but 1942 tho the scab seat is contested 1 because cannon the a sitting delegate is a practical polygamist and has four wives 2 because the people who voted for said cannon knew him to be a polygamist and hence their votes are null and void 3 that the election was unfairly conducted ard persons allowed to vote who had bad no right to do so 4 that the oath oah taken by cannon in the endowment house where plural marriages are secretly performed is shown by the oel eti evidence dence denee to be irreconcilable with good citizenship and loyalty to the government of the united states 5 that the contestant is the only person who was legally voted for at the election the times of march 31 makes the following sensible editorial comments upon tile the above the utah contested election eare cae has again come to the front although cannon the mormon delegate in congress i received a thousand votes for every eveary hundred cast for maxwell his opponent the latter claims the thereat seat on a series serles of technical grounds that are detailed in our washington special it would bean be an insult to thwart the wishes of so large a majority of the people of utah as voted for gor cannon to turn him out and give the seat to sueh such an adventurer adventure ras as maxwell no matter how many technical objections can be found to cannons occupancy C of the place |