Show MONDAYS ELECTION the election on monday in ogden passed off ott very quietly As there was no opposition ticket in the field of course the peoples party ticket was wai elected there was some scratching but not enough to amount to anything of consequence the total number of votes polled was As usual some few persons erased the name of one candidate and substituted some other person not because he lie was their choice or because they expected to elect him h im on the contrary they did it just for fun we do not endorse this kind of fun the franchise should not bo be trifled with and when a man or a woman goes to tho the polls to vote they should be in earnest and deposit them either for the nominee or for some man they conscientiously believe tobe to be better qualified to fill the position for which he is a candidate the former proceeding we consider by far tac best we do not remember to have witnessed a more peaceable election in this city for many years there were no earrings jar jair rings no disagreeable challenges no attempts to palm galmoff pal off on the electors a bogus ticket quite a number of liberals voted and made little or no alteration in the ticket A great many of the liberal party did not vote at all having no 0 ticket of their own in the field they did not this time exercise their franchise but remained at home or at their places of business the tile peoples party had a it number of vehicles vehicle a steadily stead lily going from an hour or two after the polls were ivere opened in the morning until shortly before they were closed in the evening we did not see any neither did we observe any one und under erthe the influence of intoxicants the peoples party have good reason to be satisfied with the result of the election following ia is the official count from the three precincts in ogden 1 2 3 total F 8 richards 1 DH Peery joe jos stanford I 1 2811 L W 28 3 29 N X montgomery 31 9 11 11 II Bin bindham cham C C richards 11 IL belnap F r S itic richards ards E 11 anderson T J stevens WJ W jenkins enkins 2 I 1 mark hall T addee TD 1 dee 79 29 if 31 F brown M of course we have not received full returns of the number of votes cost in all parts of the territory but from what we have learned k is morally certain that the peoples ticket lias has been elected by an overwhelming wh wb elming majority true there are one or two places where the results arc are considered doubtful but there are sufficient in other places to secure the people the victory it will be seen from the above returns that nothing like a full vote was vas polled in this city and such appears to be the case in every other place from which we have heard this ia is accounted for by the fact that in but few places wae was there any opposition ticket iu in the field it is a bad precedent to establish for those who enjoy the franchise should exercise so it by depositing their ball ballots for their nominees on the day of election whether there be but one ticket or a doen dozen in the field on the occa W isvolt still the peoples party in ogden did well as their total vote numbers not much over one thou aud and this being the case the ballo ame caine within about ten percent per cent of heir their full voting strength As soon as we obtain full returns we W e diall publish them and we wo are fatis satisfied fled they will demonstrate the peoples Peo plea tria triumph mph for if the opposition had no ticket it was because they felt eure sure they could not elect it and ther therefore etore ed to save the expenses of a campaign |