Show THE prohibitionists when the in the mandamus cases from count akad friday afternoon judge judg bartib at once directed that the tb three prohibition 1 cases ca be taken up to tb t loners lane n and jolley a ID the mandamus manda mua proceedings the artt for or to prevent theU tn eUtah tab Comm llon from going to this ballot bolg behind the tally shoots 7 it g was wae moved by Attorn attorney ei zane that shwas ma eTi enoe in ID chief as was gives tota nian Mianda damus mui cases be applied lo in SAW attorney P L williams objected but bat the abe objection haq wa overruled and the evidence Tlde oce put in subject to an exception by the defend defendant antiL was wa the first wit iff and in reply to attorney john M zane said ald he be was the presiding judge 0 of f election at mount pless pleas a at what did you do with the ballot boxes after the election was wa over and the tha bailor counted witness said the bobea were taken to tola his residence reaid enoe after being looked locked by bj we judges witness further explain ing said aid on the night of election they were taken to witness room to in the be being post mamer and the next day were taken to his bie residence dence they were there about three weeks land and were then men forwarded to the utah on receipt of a telegram atom be requesting that ahey to mat the two wo boxes stood blood in tw 11 lefto parlor all thill time mr crane one of the helped y to move the boxes box to the depot after the commission Commie sion ordered them in crane one of the boxes was found to u be unlocked witness did not know how it bome to be open as a he be had bad locked it the look however was defective and it Is was hard bard to deter determine just juat when the box was looked and when not this constitutional dox mr crane and fastenow faste nou it up with string aud and paper and locked it before shipping it toabe to the commission apiece A piece of paper woe was fastened over the title ie in the ballot box the keys to the two boxes were sent to the he in a separate package cross uy ty judge powers witness said bald he be had bad no idea of how bow the ballot box came to be open his he was confident it was waa looked when put lut away the aperture in the box was not pasted over on too night the ballots were counted and the box put away redirect by Mr Zanea witness stated that the boxes were token from tile file house to the depot by so ao no no oath was wae adminis administered terek to the ex pree press amaD maiD the box was looked locked when it was waa shipped and it if it was waa open when received at the utah Com minida it 11 murat munt have cume undone on the be way abner crane of election ejection at mount pleasant said eaid the boxes were looked and taken charge of by mr aldrice witness did not see I 1 them 11 am again lor jor two ot of three weeks and that was when they were shipped to salt dalt lake he saw them then in al drushb parlor anti and beldau to put them on a wafiq for the purpose soot ot shipping them to salt la united Ms mr to accompany him to the depot as he be dian didn ft like to be leit alone with the ballot boxes laughter on the way to the depot it was discovered discover dis coved that vue tue box was waa no looked they were very much surprised at this and dian didn 19 know what to do some of them ithem proposed counting thu the ballots again out that basol done W D candland was present when the votes were counted he watered the count clorety on behalf of one ol of the he kept an account of the he votes vote of which were ware straight Rd republican publican trait strait Demoor democratic att 11 ll sura scratched can and 4 democratic cross examined by attorney P L 4 Williams Witness said be stood within three or four feet of the judges when they were counting the ballots he nai haj nt seen the judges make up ftp the tally sheet the tally shoots sheets were made up after the votes were all counted the judges of manti gunnison Guo nison fairview mayfield ephraem Ephr alm foun faun ain greeb moroni spring city and mittet mi aut pleasant precincts te testified stIfled in that mat the returns were all ail right by them and that there hail baa been subsequent tub sequent changes and forgeries some of the statements caused quite a sensation john A strict tet of the law firm of dey day street said ald he had bad examined the poll lists for mount pleasant we pro binet and judging from the different colors in the ink picked out the me names lihou were not on the constitutional registration list but were marked as aa voted ou on th the poll state the names were andrew J jensen neon jf 44 hazard james kimball jogansen Jo bansen ole P jenson an A n drew jogansen Jo bansen the mark opposite those these six names name were apparently made with the same me luk ink which was a dark darit blue color while the ink which the he other marks were made with was wa black judge powers moved that mr daretta dt retta testimony be stricken air loken out on the ground that thai he be had not been shown to be an expert in colors anil and iuka inks the witness said eaid he be was an expert in this the color of lukeland luke and the testimony WB was admitted to objection mr street said eaid in his hib early youth he had had grosi great experience in colors colon and dyeing having managed a business buatu busi essof of that kind for some sears jeara mr street was waa shown poll lists arom other precincts and aad picked out names marked with a cross in dlf dif lerent colored ink from the reat of the marks and the names kumf so BO marked were not found on the poll boults bouka monday commissioner E R W was called to the witness stand by attorney J no M zane and asked on what day it was decided for the commission to go into the ballot boxes from county on dec 1894 at answered the bitners wit ners nete mr zane called the witness wit nese neaVa attention to the mount pleasant poll book and pointed to the word 6 against the name of one it was sworn sword to by witnesses on the stand previously did not vote at all on election day do you know whose whole handwriting that chat le asked mr zane wish wilb cm am effle it looks ilke the handwriting of goorge george E blair a clerk of the utah replied mr tat luck lock after clowley examining it asked by mr zane what he be found distinctive la in we the writing ot of theford the word voted if as an inducing him to believe it was mr bluitte blaina handwriting the wit sea ee answered answer edThe the formation ot the letter v isad and 0 ot o and the he hea those three minge at least and the construction of the word worda mr zane then announced that his hia side aide would here rest mr Will lami having offered in evidence the poll abts anti and registration lists from the several precincts of county called coin missioner la in reply to counsel questions testified that ike he bad been present at all the meetings of the utah commission since november No lot the poll books poll lists list and tally shoots sheets from sanpete iBao pete county were received by the commission about no at ag least most of them were wit did not remember to whom the return were addressed ld nor whether he was present when they were opened quite an armful were opened on OB november asked as to the etem system adopted adapted in opening them the witness said ald the tally lists list and poll lists were opened toy by letcher norrell and Tal Tat look commissioner thatcher and hamn himself it opened the poll books was isasa there therb anything on the outside of the envelope to indicate where it came from and what it is queried mr Willi williams amiL witness said sometimes there was land and sometimes not in some oases the envelopes were not even sealed did you open sit alt the cretu returns rue before beginning the compilation witness said they assorted thelby them by count counties leall me a many asaley aa hey had received where esthe returns kept after they bad been opened was waa asked by counsel Witness replied in ia the room where the be members of the commission were at work they were sorted on a barge table in the north west corner of 01 the apartment As to lo whether any precautions were taken in regard to keeping we the frojm looked during this time commissioner sherman bherman replied there are three doors wore there anu and we were as as possible to keep them looked locked the question of the security of the papers was talked over and the commission through its chairman kept the doors looked counsel inquired whether it was a frequent precaution taken by commissioner norrell to try from the out bids bide too toe two doors which were looked locked with a snap look inside in order to make sure that mat they were quite safe Witness replied lu iu the affirmative amrai aUva noon moon commissioner afterman again when court re assembled in the abter ai tor went upon the witness waness stand in 10 further answer to mr williams he said his impression was that most of the me returns from sanpete county were delivered to so the secretary witness did not know what he be did with them hem but be presumed they were securely looked up he alai said that the she table of figures shown him gave the number of names on we the poll list for monti mantl as his bin own memo gave the number as an he thought ought that thag was the she only discrepancy mr followed commissioner sherman on OB he abe witness stand and in j reply to questions put by attorney P L williams william he stated that the returns teem fleas wore were received from 4 ecce ty richard Blo harda on november jhb borne of it them hem were in bad condition the she envelopes being toro torn alt all the members of the commission were present when they boy were received george E blair blaar and mr parks were the regular clerks of the commission but joseph M cohen was employed for some time his bis duty to make out or omm and the canvassing board the returns arri arrived veti on the ibe of novem ber and for two days were kept in we the main work room of the commission ox on we tile they were placed to la ole be nale ale of the he gover elary by mr Blo harda the clock clerk on december ard 3rd or uh they wore were again returned to the commission Com milon room obber returns were kept la in a closet securely the main room of the was waa also alao securely locke at mr williame your attention bob bah been called to td certain crosses on the poll list jit from sampath Sam pete pate indicating that certain tain persons had voted ald aid claimed to have bave been baen writer teu in ia alf terent colored ink do bo far an aa you know state whether any such marks marka have beau madeoy the word voiel pivoted written ir any of these beoka or papers einojg the commission Cummis Blon received them na changes have been made that I 1 know of mr zane the working table in the com 1 in a the center ol of the room lan 14 it yea 91 and there were other tables on the i loom room SO ye aud A nd mr blair there then when ever he wanted to 11 welli he coald go in it if he wanted to so and you would not have thought anything of it ha no but bus him bin work was in the front rdoe he wits was detailed to the arout room at we the suggestion of mr and mr boorman also alao objected to the presence of joseoh M X boben iu in the me oom commission mission room yes ne as dida 4 want anybody there but the members of the commission tola tais la Is the same cohen ohn that mat juoh a row was raised about liast last fall he was registrar for salt bait lake county 11 arzine mr atno then asked who brought the returns up to your office witness mr blair mr parks and mr richards Aich arda anu from november ta the sanpete returns were un on a table in the be room 6 yes DIU did you see them put in the safe if 1 I saw them after they had been PUL pui I 1 in D I 1 I 1 during all this time do you know of any one who had a key to so the she autom gofflot 11 well I 1 generally put the key where the janitor could got get it ip bu but 9 most a anybody abod y oo 00 bould u id have gone in ahert yes 16 who first suggested that there were discrepancies to in the sanpete returns 1 I dont ro remember member a di int AB A E hyde say something to you abcug ii he did say may that there were great greag irregularities in the she returns this was wa subsequent atre quent to his him visit Ban San pete plate rha tener objected to go Tat leok taking any figures from the returns re turne 30 and at the time sims he objected oba acted dida 99 you know that hat he be had bad sums other reason tor for not wanting them to look over the he returns except wat that he was afraid that bat she figures would be given oui 1 I did not ap dian dianis Is you know 11 asked mr zane wat bat the reason that oner not want thou thione taken was waa because he be know knew the she figures as aa they agold would not no be as aa the she figures would be when they came to look at them noll no sP replied latcher angrily III 1 I did not know wag that he be did anything of the kind you did not no I 1 did not mr letcher latcher an and wan then turning to the court may I 1 ask your honor bonor there are several other attorneys in this case casein if it to la just juit as convenient for one of them to conduct this examination I 1 would prefer to lo have a genUe mao examine me 1 I mr zane was ab ut to go reply when judge powers jumped epand protested a the manner of mr aaness cross croaa examination judge bartch rapped for order and suggested that hat it was time to ad adjourn jourD judge howera insisted that the h hearing 0 ar proceed stating that he desired tu to introduce the testimony tea of mr blair who was waa resting under serious charges but attorney ogden hiles said eaid that it would be 19 impossible to conclude with MJ letcher Le to tabor mud aud court cort adjourned chairman lotebel again took we the tand stand upon court reassembling this morning and attorney juhn juba lit zane rearmed hla his cross examination of tile the witness now on yesterday ll P mid aid coun conn so gel at as the time of adjournment I 1 was waa asking you in regard to the reason why oo no figures were permitted by mr tat look or mr sherman to be taken oft off the be list la Is it nut not a tact fact that MrS berman shot bat if they did they would keep it a secret and not divulge them witness if I 1 recollect mr sher maua mau a statement was waa to this thin effect be desired them for his bin own use and he be gave his bia personal pe assurance that he would keep them secret ulan 19 be well I 1 state just juat that as ai all I 1 remember about it counsel then proceeded to question the witness in some detail in reference to the recount of the ballots arm the various precincts to in sanpete county with a ascertaining the gains or losses of the respective candidates anu and in order to learn whether or not any ballot bailot box stuffing had taken place george E k blair a clerk in the sea ear ploy of she he utah commission Commis Bion testified that abe entire record of the commis commie sion aioo had been kept by him he had bad also alao kept the minutes a portion of the time what it if anything ll asked mr williams have you done in co connection tinee with handling or assisting la in counting or candying nying ca the she returns from any of the and precincts of the territory ot at the late election VI I 1 bi he helped pod to sort some of the she returns when they farat came in the returns return were opened by she he Com Comm lulon and I 1 assisted aBi ted in the sorting on a portion of at the first day P 91 who front at the time you did thai the entire board 22 any other clerk emr mr parka was in a part of the he time and mr coben ip also said ald he be assisted tot for a day or two in counting tas poll lists with coln cola Tat look did you ever handle any of the sanpete returns return sal 1 I have of handling any of tb them lim odid did you ever go over and person ally inspect any of the poll lista 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