Show llie election our readers remember a correspondence pon dence lately published in these columns with refie reference rence to to the november clec election tion in in Slat slaterville erville precinct charges of unfairness had been made against the judges of election by a dL degrun grun aled dis dissenter enter and the injustice of hia his complaints was P pointed anted out by the justice of the tile I peace baco of that precinct the view view taken by the latter was undoubtedly the correct onci one us as will be seen irom from the following communication ni published in in I wednesdays pilot from the pen of the registrar of that precinct rc be it anderst understood 00 d also a diberal liberal Ei beral E PILOT sir my attea attention tion has just been beed called to a letter in your weekly msue of november Lio vember written by E AV smout purport purporting inZ to inform tile Libe liberals raW of AN eber county how the election was conducted in in erville lie a there were two cormons mormons Mor mons and one gentile as j judges d of election but tails fails to tell the reason why w hy there was two Wo Amons as judges of election I w will ill explain I went to the place of election a tea few minutes before the time to open the polls when I got there the mormon judge J it 31 manning annin was there and had the house open for business iness there vere were also five or BIX six other cormons mormons Mor mons including the bishop pierce quirl the presiding siding judge came with the ballot tre box ox about one leour ii our after sun eunese rise the theother other lib cral judes had not put in an appearance but w we e concluded to wait solon ion as no one came to vote to give him a chame chance to get there wo we waited till 15 ocl ocL by this time some tho five or six voters cormons mormons Mor mons came and demanded the polls open what WAS to be done lone as it was considerable sid erable after a time and arid not a liberal present that I could appoint as judge d cofeld of cle lion tio had the in dinant mr I r smout been wide awake an alc he lie would w have ha e been therland there and then there would not have been two Mor llor moma moms as judges of election mr quia quirk suggested alvin J ll a mormon and arid I administered the oath and he he tool took ins his seat as judge of elec tion tio nand and that is is aby As mr smout hasit liberals of f feel e indignant but who are we mr would imply it was the whole liberal party ot of slaterville Slat erville how is is it that some of them ruth with whom I have conversed on the subject feel not indignant but say eay bad they been in in my position ut tion would have done as I did but the in indignant dignan it have one more subterfuge go one more pica plea that it is is one hour after sunrise until it is i two hours after that that tho law granted them ono hours erace and I did not grant L rant it and I dare to to appoint a judge of election without t consulting the indignant because I dare to carev out the instruction instructions of the commissioners rule which says if any of the tile judges decline to serve or fail to appear tho the registration officer office of the precinct shall appoint cointa judco or jud judges judes es to fill the vacancy mr smout further says that the about ti tickets bets were hung upon a sideboard about two feet apart in in plain view of everybody ery body and a citizen coming to vote v ote if lio lie b belonged to the peoples party and wanted to vote voto for jud judge e van zile he lie dare not I denounce thie this as an in unmitigated who e ever er heard of tickets being hung up ill on a sideboard at an election it is too the tickets wore were distributed in three different places in in the house and any of the peoples party wishing to vote for judge van zile could do so without detection as I was a close observer var and kno enow that there wa was no cause for any one feeling intimidated with on one e ex exception and that was the indignant a n t ar mr smout insulting the presiding judge and accusing him of not conducting lie the election ia as he lie w was a directed with tins thia exception there could not be a more pem peat cable election every one voted tor the man he intended to vote for for we did have a secret ballot and judge van zile did have a fair show mr air smout to the contrary not w withstanding CHARLES IVE WEBB 1113 registrar precinct dec |