| Show correspondence OGDEN CITY KI interesting ACCOUNT BY welder WEBER 01 tue TUB ELECTION AFFAIRS 1 OGDEN N CITY utah feb 9 M 95 editor deseret news this day has been one of the most memorable in the HISTORY OB OG OGDEN E 1 for lor several reasons its atmospheric condition at the op opening eiling was inauspicious which rendered equestrianism or other modes of locomotion through the city anything but pleas pleasant a nt during vurin the foren forenoon oon we were visited with several blinding snow storms which while they lasted rendered it impossible to see but a short distance ahead the storm continued at intervals the whole day lons ions it has been a day of 0 f much excitement being ELECTION DAY for the municipal officers who shall conduct the affairs of our city government for the ensuing two years at 8 this morning the polls were open opened aci act and soon afterwards the citizens tho the tile enfranchised citizens commenced to vote for the men of their choice to 1111 the various positions as municipal authorities ivery lvery LIVING TEAM was enga euga engaged wed ged every vehicle that was upon wheels and suitable was secured for the occasion Ele eie elegant aut ant sleighs and bob bobsleds sleds sieds the handsome chaise and the most ord ordinary inary one horse tumble were called into requisition to convey I 1 the he voters to the balloting place anu and and at artimesa atti attl times mesa a scene of wild excitement prevailed hope and fear alternated in the breasts of the candidates for onil ofil ces as the friends or opponents of each cacti party rolled up to the central school and deposited the little paper missives which were to decide their fates for at least one biennial term each party worked with a will and in spite of mud or weather they rushed around sparing neither HORSE FLESH elesh NOR sor VEHICLES and wherever a voter coald could be obtained in near proximity to the polls or at a remote distance thence a special was dispatched to bring hi him in in and utilize his franchise to swell the number nuin berof of one party and decrease or neutralize that of the other each party encased a brass band the carriages of which were decorated with mottoes appropriate to the occasion and each made the air resonant with wit music which served lna ina in a measure to dispel the dismal aspect of the day the time sped onward rapidly and aud the throng grew greater about the polls uy by live pm 2072 2073 votes were polled and as there was but I 1 ONE HOUR before closing time t the e friends of each party art I 1 bent their energies bergles and did their F stivel vei vet best to secure the triumph of their ticket and install iti stall their candidates III in the respective offices inthe in the municipal government at 6 0 p in balloting ceased the doors were closed the crowd dispersed and between the hours of 11 and midnight the results were declared and once more VICTORY PERCHED OX OUR bt banser BANNER the people triumphed and the election has resulted in acain placing the reins in the hands of men of law order economy and sound and equitable rule for all following are the figures which decided the contest THE PEOPLES LIBERAL 11 CONQUEST DEFEAT for slayer ijas ljay Iray cr D ii reer peer y 1123 1121 F FJ J kiesel klesel Al dennen A alwright AT T Wright ilig 1116 S AL it 1107 31 11 beardsley 9 23 1 DEc eccles cles clea 1144 iau NV 31 rank gis thos D dee 1123 abshaw councillors councilors Counci lors wm win driver 1141 E T lla IIa laniski john 1142 1112 JC armstron armstrong 1 13 1 E 11 klch kich 1110 1113 ad kuhn A Ay folker illg 1126 V P Thur thors thirsted sted te d john A boyle 11 C CJ J corey recorder corder Ke 9 TJ J stevens Sl evens ovens lilt 1147 J JG G tyler treasurer H nS S young Youn 1119 1149 0 OE E hill nill assessor and anil collector Z ballantyre Ballant baliant yue al 11 1127 J keck git marshal lial T IL Ballantyne 1090 wm lym brown it will be observed that each party have increased the number of their voters since the last mst city election the highest vote cast at that election was for the peoples party 1078 and for the liberals the highest number polled at this election for the people ia is 1119 11 S youn the highest tor for the liberals is william brown the total toll vote lolled was ay 2090 JO of course there was some scratching done and the liberals resorted to every stratagem they could to defeat the peoples pary park party and prevent the suc sue success c ess of their tic ticket et one of their tactics was in the after part of the day to challenge both men and nd women of the peoples party to QUESTION THEIR citizenship to return home and fetch their papers this was done in the hope that those persons dersons would not be able to tind find the required documents and reach the polls again in time to vote for their candidates in this matter however they reckoned without their host bost 11 and were foiled nevertheless it had one good effect it remind edthe mormons cormons Mor mons that the price of their liberties is constant vigilance and will teach them the philo philosophy soNy soey and and truth of tile the adage that there is a place for everything and that e everything very thing should be in its place that their papers should always be where they can be had bad when wanted luite bulte quile quite a number of the members b of the peoples party were verea nabIe unable to vote this time they have d declared their intentions but have been unable to obtain their eull rull PAPERS but they will be prepared by the time the next eite elte election tion comes around to each count one I 1 ill lil it the cont contest several arrests of disorderly persons were ma debut no very serious offenses were committed all things considered the election passed off fully as orderly and there was as much good nature exhibited on the occasion as could be expected under the circumstances oi of course too toe peoples larty party are as much elated over their success as the Liber liberals riis are chagrined at their defeat and having to pay for their whistle weber tiie THE their nii nit anti U normon mormon efforts and on oil infallibility by oil one ono e acquainted alieni B BOYNE oyei 31 mich icil tell feb esth 1885 editor deseret netos velos I 1 notice enough 0 each week in the nw news 1 8 and other ph papers liers to show me or any 0 other her man the monstrous character of th the proceedings against the mor mons of utah on the charge of polygamy ero fro erom from the last 25 5 years readings and reflections upon the doings of the tre the so called reorganized ORGANIZED RE KE I 1 am satisfied that that body has done more moe to stimulate persecution against tile the utah mormons cormons Mor mons than all the rest put together and yet you seem to cast less blame upon them than upon any other party indeed this thing isa is a matter of which they boast themselves and if one should judge by the lie JIe rahl rahi he would be inclined to regard that as evie evit evidence tence lence enough have they not sent missionaries to congress and even to lobby and to influence fluen ce Cou con congressmen gressmen and senators sena bena tors of the united states with the tile revelations of god warped and perverted into a condemnation of things that were never intended in those revelations so as to prejudice them thein against the people of utah for 25 years it has been difficult to find a sing single le number of their herald that has not had some article or communication muni cation in it against polygamy POLYGAMY POLYGAMY rOLY poly GAMY POLYGAMY has been the incessant theme till no doubt it has finally disgusted many of their own members with its constant hashing and dishing up of that principle joseph oseph smith has at last found an reined remedy or rule for deciding and atly settling 1 g all disputes and misunderstandings in rell reli religious matters it is simply t that h a t congress t hall hail hali shall make laws defining what is religion and aud what is not then theu having them submitted to the supreme court for their decision as to their constitutionality and whatever vei vel the latter decides shall be tile tiie SUPREME sur sup rEmE LAW ir OF THE lanb LAND you can see therefore that if prejudice against the BOOK of mormon only becomes strong enough to urge legislation it as an all imposition and the supreme court of the united states only agrees that the law made against it la is perfectly p constitutional we must then no iunger lunger have any conscientious scruples in regard to it but piously and reverently submit to their decision and CAST THE BOOK OF MORMON 11 ASIDE in the name of Is to binder hinder a set of rabid fanatics from pushing this matter into congress 11 to be legislated against any more than the matter of plural marriage Pesi persistent stent effort is all that is necessary in either case accompanied by the necessary feces ary prejudice and hate would it not be interesting to see joseph and his brethren brought to submit to the law he has laid down for others he and they would then have a chance to show how honest they are in claiming infallibility for the supreme court of the united states talk about the people mourn mourning ino ing when the wicked ruiel rule josephs notion of ABSOLUTE infallibility in the supreme court of the united states refuses to allow that the people can lave have any just cause for mourning in fact it allow that any wickedness can exist in either legislature or supreme court no danger of the government of this land laud not answering the end for which it was created what a loyal citizen joseph smith is I 1 no danger of the people of this land ever having a just cause for abolishing obo lishing an oppressive government for it can never do wrong wron god has set it up says joseph JO aepli and that is evidence of a very high character that it never can make a wrong decision nor err in i judgment nor stumble in vision and just here it occurs as a little strange that the governments that god did literally set up in the past should have errea erred so very gravely perhaps time has given him a little experience and ile he can can now do things that ile he could not do in the past the wicked did rule and the people eople p did mourn in those days and in in all ages and joseph smith is the first man in the united unite states that we have ever heard of claiming infallibility for the legislature and the supreme court thereof the book of mormon revelation tithe paying the priesthood and the possession of the gifts of the holy ghost are all obnoxious to the great majority of this generation and if the priests e ats and their blind followers will only lay their minds to it they can no doubt finally succeed in getting legislation against any or all of these let lot the editor eltor of the tile tribune and a few more wholesale and classic liars do the FORGING AND falsifying and a nd keep at it and if they they dont succeed suca suea after a time in bringing out legislation a against galust them some hiie ono one ivill con fes tos that he was mistaken so where Is the guarantee that a mans religion shall not be legislated away in this land where respectfully W W |
