Show AN investigation A V i the utah commission and the ogden election PLEADING FOB JUSTICE A consideration of labo facts presented promised men man cases this forenoon If essra go godfrey frey william williams and thomas members of the utah commission came to ogden they came here her linves gigato matters matten in connection with the registration of loters for the forth forthcoming comi election A day pr or two since non hon L NY W Shurtliff and 0 0 richards esq called on the commissioners in halt lake city and represented to them that the amount of business busine ii before the registrar was so great that be he would need assistance in order to dl dispose impose of all it within the time required by law other datterl matters in connection with the doings of the registration officer were explained and the re was a visit from the commissioners as stated in the registrar registrars office this morning the ball was opened there were present representatives of the peoples party and of the liberal party it ft is unnecessary to recount all the charges that were made by party pirty manager managers and as readily denied by the representative representatives of the opposition the fact that blank notices of challenge to be filled in by the person serving them on members of the people peoples party paty waa was proven and every evry in in connection with the business busi nees from beginning to end was explained I 1 bained by tanner and ichards Itic harda for foe the peoples party ransford smith smi 1 th and A JR JEL heywood were in attendance as the legal representatives of the liber ale als the following will be interesting in connection with the action taken they are specimen cases and need no further comment oom ment melvin is an alleged liberal and his right to vote was challenged when he hi appeared before the registrar tb the e following took place melvin examined by mr where do you reside mr sir sirl I 1 where do you live I 1 live here and atTer sace I 1 am a railroad man in both places arc are you a married man yea yes sir air where does your family live in terrace at pre present sOnt what does your family consist of A wife and a couple of children and do they reside in terrace well IV e 11 yes have H you ya any property here yes what la Is it money but have you any real property or real estate no then the only property properly you have Is money 4 and your wife lives at terrace yes lea do you own the property you live in at terrace yes by mr heywood you used to live here last summer did you not yes te air did you ever vote in terrace no air sir do you elect to make ogden your residence yes air air this is lit the only place you have registered yep yes air your family stayed here until very recently yes air ir how much time do you spend here tho greiter greater ji part artmore more than at home how much af a home and how much b hard I 1 am ara at ht home seven or eight hours and sometimes I 1 am here urn two or 01 r three days ata at a time taken under advisement by mr tanner 1 want to uk ask him bim another ques quest tion you eaid paid you had money here what kind of money have you here objected to by mr hey heywood wood as immaterial it is none of ie Is it invested here in fn some way ways yes air what bind kind of investment no answer I 1 I 1 will aak ask you bow how long you have been a married man about ten years beira how long did your wife and you stay in ogden here well I 1 am here mont most of the time tinie I 1 dont care about you about four months where did she come objected to by mr heywood as ats immaterial she came from salt lake did they live at terrace re before tbt that they lived in salt lake before that had they lived in in Ter terrace rAco yes and here had you any pio property perty before that in terrace yes you stayed how long four months I 1 dont know exactly ex attly how long did she stay in salt lake she was away about six in months front terrace yes and then went back that Is why your left before yee yes have you never registered at ter race no you swear it yee yes sir air another case waa was that of wm 11 roy and annie joy ky whose whoso right to vote was challenged on an the ground of non residence the proceedings ce in this caba were as follows the gentleman and lady not being be present resent A summons to ap pear had eld been a served on them the m in salt gait lake city artanner mr tanner I 1 offer this in eyl evidence presenting to the registrar an affidavit of berrice eer ser rice and 1 want mr whitaker sworn I 1 wish to introduce mr whitaker S af F whitaker sworn 11 examined Eia mined by mr heywood Hey where do eo you yon live mr whitaker ogden by mr tanner where do you live in ogden city are you a qualified voter yes I 1 sir air arc are you the person named in thie return exhibiting bame to witness wit yes sir air that I 1 is your sip iture yee yes air si r I 1 you y ou served a notice 0 of which this f is aa a copy obannie on Annie roy that return return latrue yes air I 1 will ask you if yon eald anything to tn mra ra roy I 1 asked her where wil william am ja R roy ajr lived and she an the there re mr heywood I 1 object I 1 mr tanner what is your objection mr bir heywood I 1 dont think this man can come up and eay say what wha t con on verea tion he had with roy and I 1 insist upon big his alatini the facts mr tanner state what you eald said to mrs bits roy mr heywood hey wood I 1 object to that mr tanner state it in your own way mr heywood I 1 object to that he lie must t state the facts about what he kno knows w s registrar stephene stephens I 1 think t the h a witness can testify aa as to in any fact facts that he may know that will determine in ine the residence mr xi dc what do you know about their residence I 1 found their residence I 1 went want to bis his place of business and ask edthe clerk where koy roy was living and be he told me sixth south and I 1 went and found mrs roy when did you do that last fri dav day mr heywood I 1 submit that Is im immaterial registrar stephens I 1 will so rule john A boyle sworn mr boyle I 1 wish to state that mr roy some time ago sent a petition to bavo bave his license revoked as a be he was guing going to leave the town mr heywood when was that I 1 could not exactly state the time he ile stated that be he was then going to leave the was with respect to his business busness iless he does not have to have a I 1 license icente to live with his family does dois be it w was just as to merchandise yes air mr hey wood I 1 submit that he fixes notime notice no time mr i 3 are you acquainted with mr roy no sir air you said you did not know roy toy no sir air boudo not know whether he lives here or hoi bot I 1 do not know I 1 am sure 10 tho next cae cite is that of james hope the proceeding proceedings in which which were ne as follows jamer hope sworn examined by mr where do you reside terrace you reside at terrace well I 1 am in terrace and carlin registrar stephens where do you resided abat do you understand by reside I 1 told you at the time I 1 put my name down how I 1 was situated oyd and you told me thata wae was entitled to v vote te I 1 have m my y family in terrace I 1 am am here every five days capt Cap smith where is your our home la in that is where my family is I X told you at the time T to oreg registrar stephens I 1 asked you particularly and told you exactly how now I 1 was situated registrar stephens where was this at it was at bonds on tb e or of Ile cember capt smith there wae was some mia mile understanding about it mr hope I 1 was told this morning abati bad had a vote here and of course if I 1 have I 1 ex expect eatto to get it i sn in registrar sp stephens tep ens lu do you know what you signed when you signed that indicating this oath by mr hope you yi read do you no not ye yes sir air registrar stephens well read III that at exhibitive exhibit in ine oath to witness wit nees mr hope you ou claimed that on account of my being here herenio so often that I 1 was enticed en tiled to a vote here registrar stephens just read that oath mr hope well they claimed that on account of my being here every fifth day I 1 wa was just as much at home here as any other place mr tanner you took their word forit for it mr hope L I 1 took their word for it mr tanner you are registered regi alered in terrace yes air I 1 b have ave not voted there for two or three years artanner Mr Tanner but you name is there mr hope yes tir air mr ur hopes name however er was rit atrie ricken ken from the list buethe but the sho show ing 1 r the registrar is not a good ono atler after all another case ease if is as fallows A man and his wife were proven to have come hero here from blis missouri in july lust jet yet their names were retained upon the list and in addition to this it is under stood there are a great man many ca cases it was plain to be seen com could not be reached at all and the evidence in connection with which was wits in the hands of the peoples party managers on this latter account and the enormity of the work on hand and the inability for lack of time owing to the extraordinary way he bad had managed things for the registrar to attend to it that the co commission emission wae WAS appealed to the commissioners listened patiently to bolh both idea sides and one of them remarked that be hoped absolute justice would be done by both parties they promised to give full consideration to the mat ter and about one p oa in the meeting dispersed |