Show NOVEMBER ELECTION ali order of the commission as to the term terin of avate elect abo following was submitted to the commission SALT LAKE LARE CITY october 10 1882 to the lion board of utah commissioner Com minion Gent gentlemen leinen on of the central contral cenal conal tr al committee of tile peoli peoples party of utah I respectfully submit for your decision the following tho scat seat of delegate in the congress for the territory of utah was declared vacant and said vac vacancy ariev still exists ind by the statutes of utah there is is no provision made for tho tile ca calling in of a special election to fil fill eaid aid va cancy yand and the governor of eaid territory or declines to call asp a sp special ci I el election for piling the atio patte 3rd ard the peoples Po party have made a e a nomination ofa ofa person to bo be voted etc otc forat tho the ensuing election in N november vet to fill said vacancy ath said november election is well known to the whole people of the territory as to the time and place of holding hold iii the game premising promising so much of facts I respectfully ask of your honorable body the hollowing following questions and ask your decision thereon firstin Fir stIf votes are cast at tho tile november election for a person or persons to 11 fill ill the vacancy in the of office ace of delegate in tho the forty seventh congress from utah territory will ivill your lionora honorable ble body direct tho tile officers rl c of fo election in tho several counties and precincts of the territory to return eaid said votes so cast to tile commission m n and if so returned will your b body give e an informal declaration deci declaration or certificate at of said mid facts to tile person having the greatest number of votes for delegate to the forty seventh congress second wll will in your opinion tho the voting for or placing upon the ballots cast for delegate to congress for the forty eighth congress it tho be name name of a person to fill tho the vacancy for delegate to the forty seventh seventh congress invalidate said ballots respectfully sub submitted jons chairman of central committee peoples the commission considered the matter and adopted the foll following order to govern tho the judges of election of noy 1882 onder ORDER tile attention of lie the jud judges of clec election to bo be held hold november III ia is called to lie tile follows following g order ado adopted apted b ax tile C commissioners oct noih in tho the absence of any statutory provision sion in regard to any vecial election on to fill a vacancy in tho tile office of delegate dele ate to congress from thia this territory in pursuance of section 20 26 of the revised Ite statutes of the united St states ittes and no call or proclamation having been made by the governor and tho the act of congress commonly known us As tile Ed edmunds mundi bill being silent as to the authority of f this tits coll commission to call a special election anany in any case it is ordered that no canvass or return shall bo be mado made of any votis cast east for candidates to fill buell bacall cy but the judges of the elect election iun NT will ill not refuse to count any ballot for a candidate for delegate to the eort forty eighth Congre Congress saby by reason of the same having thereon also tile name of a candidate for the vacancy in the tile forty seventh congress very respectfully ARTHUR L titomas Ti lOMAS secy seey of the tite commission comial sjon |