Show canvassing THE RETURNS THE LIBERALS PROTEST AND ENDEAVOR TO STEAL BEAVER COUNTY the board of canvassers appointed to canvass the returns of the lg general eueral election of august aad 2nd met in the rooms of the utah commission in this city today to day there were present all ah of the members A L thomas W W riter kiter W C A bryan ina M B I 1 and F 3 hayt toe order ft the commission appointing the board was read wy by secretary A L thomas and on motion of ron hon W W riter eiter ron hon A L thomas was unanimously t fleeten fleeted chairman the canvassing of the votes was then commenced beaver county be ing ill 0 first in order when beaver city pie precinct was reached le ached the chairman presented the following PROTEST BEAVER CITY utah A august ath 1886 to the utah election commission salt sal t lake Cit city yand and arthur L thomas secretary GENTL GENTLEMEN EMEND the undersigned undersigner under signed candidates on the liberal ticket lor beaver county utah at the august election 1886 hereby protest agai against the issuing ul ot certificates of election to any of the candidates on ane peoples ticket and ask that all ol oi the votes cast at said election at ane beaver precinct in said baid county b az thrown out aud and not counted coun teci by you an and d that certificates ot ele election chiou to each ot ane undersigner undersigned under signed for the ine office for which votes were east cast lor him at said election on the following grounds tu to wit I 1 arr gui guid arity rity and fraud in the registration officer ut ot said precinct uy by which names jamea that had aven marked removed on an the list for 1384 1884 and the parties removed irom baid precinct ot beaver were again placed upon tub the list in I 1 ats after tae me liba had been returned to the county r officer without proof of re e or tile taking of the by law required and mat ilat said parties voted at saia election on oil the ad lost at taid said precinct and others not on aid lizt list were allowed to vote vole unlawfully a 2 anac the dailue box was not locked and after the closing of alit polls me aides adges of election left said box so unlocked in the rhom aud and went oft off to their mealy meals and were gone lor for mort mora tuan one hour during which tahae said ballot box was left unguarded tuat said juames did not commence to count ane votes polled until alter 9 at night 3 that the bauit a of persons qualified to vote in baid precinct pi were left ott off of the registry liba and were not allowed to vote 4 that bets were made by two of the judges of election on the results thereof the and in favor of the Peo peopled pleIs party toi for which party part y tile the majority of votes were leiu returned ried as having becu cast 5 that liquors were freely used by the judges of 01 election and in in the room where said judges were receiving votes vote during the day of election and dui duding aug the time iline thy were counting countin I 1 the votes that the accompanying affidavits are made a part ot the foregoing protest JNO jiso WARD WM M low THOS taos T WILLIS JAMES mcgarity li it S lipscomb E J W JR accompanying this protest are affidavits from joseph S mcewen and james mcgarry alleging that the name of the said laid mcewen was erased from the registration list in 1884 when he removed to colorado Coloia do and was placed 0 on a the list in 1886 on mcewens Mc Ewens return to utah without his bis being required to retake the registration oath and that henry emerson Em eison one of the judges of election knew that the deputy registrar regi of beaver precinct alio J no barraclough Band dough had so manipulated manipulate ct name T TA following additional protest was MILFORD utah august ath 1886 hon eron arthur L taomas Ti 77 omas tomas seely utah ulak commission salt lake city sir I 1 have the honor to protest a against i 1 s t the countin counting 0 of f the votes of lf beaver a r precinct be beaver a ver county and also as to all voles oies cast in the rest of the precincts of this county for one henry emerson for the office of county clerk 1st ast As to throwing g out all the votes of beaver precinct the returns will show that one henry emerson acted as one of we the judges of said election and that the name henry Finc emerson is false and assumed the true name of the said so called henry emerson being henry cox I 1 protest against the counting of all the votes of the said beaver precinct as the signature of the said aid s henry cox alias henry emerson is void and ot of no effect I 1 protest against the counting of all votes for one henry emerson for the office of county clerk as in truth and fact tio no such person as henry emerson exists in this county respectfully E mab Ti TIMONEY moxEy attorney for james mcgarry candidate for sheriff and attorney for wm M low candidate for county clerk beaver county with this protest is the affidavit of W mcbride who wao alleges that t the tie true name of henry emerson is henry cox that he is a deserter from the U US S army and aad changed his name to avoid arrest that he was once arrested for desertion and tried at ron fort cameron but was released because of insufficient evidence another pa y ini ing this protest is as follows an and I 1 accounts for the I 1 milk in the coco cocoanut anut I 1 MILFORD MILF ORD utah an aug ath 1886 arthur L thonas Thu inas jsse salt lake city dear sir 1 I send you enclosed protest on behalf of mcgarry and low we know that emersons right name is cox and we think we can prove that be is a deserter irom from the regular army if we can throw ove out beaver we will elect all ail our candidates please advise me die a as to the proper steps to take in the matter and oblige respectfully yours E mab TIMONEY the rhe protests were laid over to be disposed of at the close of the canvass awl tue the counti counting Dg ot the entire beaver vote was proceeded with resulting as follows commissioners to locate university universia sit y lands F A mitchell C W ty StA 1 I M waddell probate judge P F K R clay clayton ton john W ClI christian ristian county clerk henry emerson wm win M low selectman jos il joseph alma ima barton county recorder edward tolton wm 11 smith assessor and collector N R S lipscomb prosecuting attorney E E F cowdell thomis T willis sheriff lesse jess e baldwin james mcgarry 24 john joba G ong county treasurer C P bird 28 rourk R burk county surveyor J F tolton I 1 E W Tao jr coroden ccarles cheden su pern of district schools Sctt E R maeser ad it will lie he seen that the peoples party candidates candida teb have been successful in aach instance the closest beins being the nominee lor for sheriff jesse bladwin an independent ticket baving bavin been run in beaver B aver precinct tin the counting of the votes voles cast in fox box elder county comity was wah next taken up and was not cone concluded eded when we went to press in one precinct park valley there was no election through some misunderstanding 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