| Show I 1 V 1 VP 7 L I 1 I 1 OVERSIZED THE VOTE 1 wild Elc election clion in salt lale WO A aad d a 11 ild burrall Hur rall I 1 I 1 THE tub OM TO SCREECHES my 11 I 1 aaa all ia lie will frn from e SM soo to t 1100 1 k I 1 I 1 1 h to t afiz STAI r saat au cm crr Y feb 10 lo the I 1 time for opening the polls for the r municipal election this inor was 1 standard time As Is early 1 as 3 a in voters gathered at the polling I 1 places ices to be sure that tiey would 1 net not he be crowded cut uy by the opening time troT erld hundred k r had assembled at each poll 0 of f which there we in tit five pre clucas the heavy enow of 0 the k did not deter ary wb U hen on the k polls opened the voting went on r rapidly lip there was considerable hat chat benging on both bides sides that ol 01 the people I 1 being eing mostly tor for non residence I 1 that of the liberals for paly polygamy gamy I 1 non naturalization and lon residence 1 it was vi as a uniform I 1 rule that the judges v voted two thirds against the members of I 1 1 I the peoples peopled party challenged and the same vote in favor of allowing liberals to tote vote upwards of 0 two hundred ot of the Ile peoples oples votes were stricken off by the lie I 1 registrars before election and today to day r rome some two or three hundred others of the fame party found themselves similarly eimil arly treated without any pre I 1 notice few got their names I 1 reinstated re instated but the people claim to s have been defrauded of more than three hundred votes A number ot of I 1 soldiers eol diers voted also many who lie are a claiD claimed nEd to have be bean sn in town but a few days the people el claim aim not I 1 less less than COO boo of the latter clans of votes cast fraudulently for liberal liberate thus placing the people at a dis disadvantage advant aal of over eight hundred vote voter the action of the registrars and judges discriminating against the people caused indignation but no v violence i lo 10 was offered the wronged voter I 1 preferring to beek vindication by law f A competent force of police and deputy marshals marp hals were placed pl iced at each polling place accor accordini accordi dici cg to previous agreement in addition united state states Mar marchal elial patrons haj bad in the federal court room about deputies held as a resene reserve force A L williams it anem member ber of the legislature a a deputy marshal the places were fenced off 0 w with ith ropes shutting abutting off the tile traffic from that eide side of the street except to voters ald officers in the first ct all but one ch challenger of the peoples party for two 1 polls were excluded by the registrar registrars I 1 until the peoples a com got I 1 11 judge powers to direct the registrars to give the peaple a fairer slow show as agreed by both committees in the fourth precinct delegate john T caine was wait challenged for polygamy lie ile took the oath aud and was 4 as allowed ta 0 vote the liberal voters I 1 1 challenged were w ere allowed to swear in I 1 their votes the peoples voters wore were I 1 uniformly refused this right most of them reported to the peoples head quarters and made affidavit to the 0 4 facts one mormon was arrested on a charge of illegal voting oa on the charge of being a polygamist lie ile has I 1 been in the penitentiary for unlawful cohabitation lie ile never voted but it was his life eon son frederick peterson and the tile liberals made a mistake I 1 the police arrested harry murphy ay iy thomas thomm hair james mcdonough L 0 Wo rotell and eight or tea othere others of the liberals for illegal voting and they were promptly balled out W warrants ar are out for about more who have thus far managed to elude the officers 6 at 11 m the total vote out of registered voters was mostly peoples at I 1 the 4 0 vote was wits about equally divided at and still nearer even at the vote was with the liberals claiming majority ity aali at 6 p m the vote wag was the liberals 1 1 claim wa was that they ba lial bai I cast and the peoples 2855 lilt a liberal majority of the people gave no figures but claimed there waa was less lees than difference at the cloae 1 of the polls the tile liberals claimed G 10 majority the people denied this bat hat conceded that the city had apparently been carriel by illegal methods the bulletin of the tile liberal victory was a signal for a terrific dm din in the streets there had been scratching and fears that W wells ells I 1 and mclean lad run ahead of their ticket and were elected aligi slightly itly the tile dampened ardor on oa the strength of lie the general victory however there waa wag cheering howling yelling firing of bombs rockets roc kete fit reworks works and making in an uproar a indescribable aa As the count proceeded it wai was apparent that the lie liberals hid had clat claimed ed too great a majority the count of the fourth precinct I 1 is completed the k Li liberal berald claim that lie the prolee Pe olee oles ta majority J arity woula ba be only 01 91 in the it 1 the official count makes it 4 large crovi crowds do of liberals marched through the town tonight to night carry carrying ng 1 I 1 anchors the peoples emblem draped f black alo a transparency with a coffin coff labeled peoples party some liberal clubs were out in uniform in A crowd of women of the town decorated themselves and marched through main street shouting eh outing the returns from the tile fourth i precinct were in first and gave majority I 1 for people this was a gain of 87 over the first estimate the F fifth 11 precinct was next with COG coo liberal majority a gain of over the first figures and the third gave the tile people majority 1 the first precinct came in with 41 majority tor for lie the liberale the second was last to come in it t gave majority tor for the libi liberals brals the total votes gave majority I 1 for scott and clulo 46 th the e t other range orange between these figures the following Is the associated press dispatch sent t out to the country I 1 last night 0 HALT crry fob 10 the municipal election ia this city the A L ft rl I 1 I 1 W 11 ly I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 ida 1 r 7 I 1 I 1 I 1 10 result of which ie Is attracting the attention of the entire country ased awed off quietly to dav contrary to beneral gar en eral leral has bilin bet tho th city ex crowded eaf for or daya with will mi special e detectives and deputy united i e d stat 1 for the purpose of ingi illegal 1 vo botin ting tin which each party claimed giniva t the 1 other would resort lafor to for the p durpos pur r pos ae of 0 carrying the lite day it was anticipated t paled that the attempt to challenge and arrest some voters would reale create trouble which would re atilt in not riot and blace bloodshed bed this however wan kasnot not reali zid and the though agh the excitement was ass eo so intense hit that bait ball the bus business iners houses honses were closed and banda bands paraded the streeta street sand and tho the t thoroughfares horing A fates were jammed with excited citizens who reald that upon the tile result of today to days day e bit ie dei ended the future of the mormon hutch as a political organization iho tito voting passed off 1 quietly sa in boino some haidet t for or a country I 1 justice only eix sit arr arrests s to were s re county m inide I 1 a for fr attempting to vote illegally and these wire w re made without any demonstrations eions from either ie snow began begin alini e arly 11 thie and contina e d till noon when th run came out m biting the snow and turning the streets into rivers of flush thi this did dill not deter the tile voters many of 0 w hoa hom vi abed through aih the mud to the polling places 1 while hundreds hund rede of car nages ran between bl tween the precinct headquarters and every part of I 1 be he nty city conveying the voters to and from them by noon voted i ote had been cast which by the ilia 1011 10 1 bokn bo ice showed that about 75 per cent of the peoples Mor roone registered vote had bean been cast and about 60 50 per cent of the liberals brals gentile at this hour it wae was estimated that the returns at the lat tere headquarters rave gave tl them a majority of votes tip up to 11 the mormons had a ma ro rity ranging from to at 5 clock the estimated returns from every ward in the city pave give a total vote of of divided gentiles 34 U mormons cormons 2853 2855 at 6 to chairman powers claims that the gentile majo macii ill r reach e I 1 1400 00 this bo however mever ie is de aj niad d by cli lr It Uc hards Ichards who ho pars it Is I 1 impossible P sibl a to fay which 1 eide I is victorious till the com complete returns are in late tonight to night the mormons cormons claim that flim film flemmers fl ammers and fraud have been the order bf A tho the day lay with the tile gentiles and sud if they are victorious it will have been by these methods and anti in in this event the cormons mormons will cori content tet the election elect lou to the supreme court of tha the united states ilie 9 alls closed lt at 6 clock and the lt liberal eral e leaders posted bulletins in the windows of the headquarters claiming a majority of 1 the newe neiss eoon soon spread oer the city end and the gentiles took possession posses pion of the fl ty flags were cr e run up P eat ry gentile i building in the tile city wa wai i decorated decoi ared with flags and lanterns and arid fl fireworks reworks wore were mot up from hundred hundreds of house tops cannons boomed and bon bonnies flies were seen upon every torner corner hundreds of men in in line paraded lie file streets with drums and torches howling liow lin like wild men inen over their victory no ruth fuch scene was visa ner ever eseed in utah its can be peen in salt lake tonight to night tile cormons mormons remain indoors and bae have nothing to pay fay on the except that tim ali clec tion tian was as carried by b fraud and anti tha that they will mill surely contest it TI abny admit detent defeat but claf claim in that tha t ahe the alnar ma or fly will wl not exceed official returns will ill not be in lit until late tonight to night at ten tie the crowde crowds bion the ta ts became se so great that tie street cars were compelled to ft p running and all trafis was suspended the file cx is is increasing and the ce celebration le bration will w ill doubtlessly conti continue until morning notwithstanding tho tile preat great excitement a spi spirit it of 0 good nature prevails and no d ie 18 keown to qt starrel arrel or a disturb ance tito saloons are all closed and nota not a 6 inala drunken man is seen upon the streets |
