Show MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING THE spring city tempest in a teapot has not yet subsided the agitation will probably pro baby bly continue until the newly elected municipal officers receive their certificates which we have no doubt will be duly forwarded when the commission have looked into the matter matters or anve have decided that there are no grounds for withholding the certificates and no babis basis for a formal inquiry we hav ajust received the accompanying communication which show that the officials of spring city have taken somo some action in the mauer mater and that the hec Sec secretory secretary of the commission has been officially notified thereof SPRING CITY sept 1883 editor deseret news the copy of the enclosed statements de dated sted sept 1883 3 and signed by twenty three legal voters of spring city was sent bent by mail on the bald baid date dato to secretary thoma together wath with the affidavit of geo W brough of which you yon also will please find a copy but as neither of the said documents have appeared in public print we forward anese copies to you for publication we also send you a copy of ortho the document written and forwarded to the hon secretary on the olst slat dinst and signed officially by the old as aa well va aa the new city officers which is at your disposal it now remains to be been saen how the hon commission will dispose of these statements as they are simple and true facts and how the commission can possibly bet bat aside the city election and legalize the county and precinct which they have done by issuing leaning certificates to the precinct onn off officers leers is more than we can comprehend as aa the election took place the same day ays un under er the a bame same judges the sa bame same 0 rules and re gi glat giat ration list vas was used and the same voters had their votes deposited in the tho two different ballot boxes county and city at the same time and both tickets county and city were interfered with and scratched by jy the same J johnson at the same bame time it is not very likely any complaint would have been made about tho the municipal election of spring city at least not by the tho noted presiding judge if he only had been nominated for city Treasurer which he so BO much deB desired ired irod and for which he himself so faithfully electioneer ed but notwithstanding ho he spared no time in telling tailing the people that clio emco he ibo coveted no one took enough notice of it to ova eva evan evaa nominate the oid gold old shell sheli at the cau cus meeting and in the failure of which might perhaps be traced the of some of his tirade and abuse we understand that thai jamea commander has written a letter to secretary thomas wherein he is laying the blame of the disturbance on the tha election day to ii lareen larson present mayor mayon of tho tuo city which is natural enough for him to do as I 1 larsen lursen is one of a committee of three appointed by the county central commit to a to look after the tho inter esth ests of the peopled Peo piea plea Part party yand and in har bar capac capacity itys ta gathen gather with other citizens made object objections objection lon ion to lo we ne course persisted in by J johnson and allowed by the judges the tho of the tiel tickets seto keto launitz LAuni rz larsen J P F ALLRED al aled the resolutions signed by twenty three legal vaters voters of spring city ana ania the affidavit ot of mr brough one of the judges of election referred to above hava boen boan published jn in this piper paper following is the official como corn muni cation sent by the municipal officers to the secretary of the commission CITY sept sly siy arthur L chomas thomas secretary of 0 the commission DEA DEAR R sim birwe bir ste we aleh to call your attention to the letter of jacob Joh johnson neon in relation to the late municipal election ol 01 of r august the jtb dated spring city aug jtb 1883 1833 and alao also to the of the judges of election without referring in detail to the various charges against certain parties claimed by said jacob johnson and judges to have been committed on said day of election elections we will simply imply state that after due consideration the only conclusion wo we can arrive at is that the letter of jacob johnson and also the certificate of the judges of election from beg n ning to end are clous cious falsehood falsehoods ej as we know kenow and do testify that every voter had full liberty and free access to the polls polla we cannot keep silent eilent when persons person seemingly void of principle and honor misrepresent us before the honorable corn cora mission end and the public all we ask Is ig our rights righta as american citizens citi olti zons and that the votes cast by legal voters at the late municipal election to te respected if it should appear to theaon tho the honorable orabe commission that they must take cognizance of the eald bald statement men t of jacob johnson and judges J and if wehe thebo should in any way affee affect feci t the municipal election of spring city then we shall expect that the honorable commission Commie sion slon will give this a thorough investigation we are at any time fully prepared to refute the allegations made by jacob johnson and judges of election on the inai insi a statement signed by twenty three registered voters and an affidavit it of geo W brough one of the tho judges of eleo mec tion were forwarded to you by mail mai which we trust have eve ive been received we remain remains yours respectfully 8 e tally tf ily ils lly larsen larse x 1 mayor mayo ISAAC M N B ALDER allder MAD 3 members of the city council J F ALLRED AIRBED city recorder Ke corder JOHN jonn frantzen J F ailred allreda alu aiu red BED justices of the peace ISAAC M BEHUNIN mayor masor old offic ers at home N S B ADLER adner JOSEPH down Dowa ABD r LEWIS levis ISAAC N ALLRED Alil KED HANS ii members Me Dabera of he the new now city counell council JOHN jorn R BAXTER 1 city recorder ISAAC N allred AliL ned BED ii BuRDi cir justices of the peace penca HENBY it ACORDI acord assessor collector f henry henby henry HENBY VV treasurer SIDNEY bidney ho ALLREDS AIRBED Ma marshai marshal rahal new officers at home we do not suppose that any notice would have been heen taken by the commission of the highly colored and pant part izan assertions of jacob johnson who is accused by the other side bide of being the real disturbing ele ment in the spring city election elections if it 16 had not been for the unanimous certificate of the judges of election that la is an OfIl official cial clai document which ca called exiled e d for a some orn a investigation the subsequent contrary affidavit of one oae of the judges makes the situation somewhat different it also illustrates the folly of signing any paper the contents of which the subscriber does doea not fully understand and endorse the plen plea of being weary may be sufficient for the I 1 charitable but unkind people will regard it as aa a little thin however the document itself is very attenuated and being vague and indell indefinite nite aa to persons lemons aswed aa well weli as facts it will probably be ignored and the cerulli cates issued and in view of the lablance instance of certificates q to the coun ty and precinct pie pre office of ficera Is who waro ware clemed at the same time and the same circumstances as s thu city onn off officers leers wo we do not see h how vow dway own y difference can be consistently maue jn in the case or the latter it is vely evident to those who havo have examined both sides of this dispute that an unwarranted attempt has been made by some disappointed lide nide liberals rals rais to hedge up the way ot the tho peoples peopled elected officers and tha that the motive was spite spits and chagrin because however much the obstructionists lusted for office the voters would not have them in any capacity if the disappointed foreheads soreheads sore heads want an investigation ti they can make complaint to the lity council before the newly elected officers are qualified when thu abu whole matter can be officially inquired fato futo and deter mined as ino council bas hat legal power to judge of the quai qualifications elections and returns of its own wn members until that la is done wo we think further action on the part of the people and officials of is unnecessary unless the commis commiss slon blon shall sea litto maae malo a formal investigation vesti gation gatlon when it will be needful to see that the facts are properly presented but wo we do not believe that there will bo be found sufficient clent grounds for any such inquisition it is a case of great cry and little wool |