. History of Utah: comprising preliminary chapters on the previous history of her founders, accounts of early Spanish and American explorations in the Rocky Mountain region, the advent of the Mormon pioneers, the establishment and dissolution of the provisional government of the State of Deseret, and the subsequent creation and development of the territory . rder theLiberals took an appeal to the Supreme Court of the Territory, the basis of their claimbeing that the new registration and election law was invalid. A stay of proceedings wasgranted, and the matter went over till February, 1879, wh
. History of Utah: comprising preliminary chapters on the previous history of her founders, accounts of early Spanish and American explorations in the Rocky Mountain region, the advent of the Mormon pioneers, the establishment and dissolution of the provisional government of the State of Deseret, and the subsequent creation and development of the territory . rder theLiberals took an appeal to the Supreme Court of the Territory, the basis of their claimbeing that the new registration and election law was invalid. A stay of proceedings wasgranted, and the matter went over till February, 1879, when a majority of the Court—Chief Justice Schaeffer and Associate Justice Emerson—affirmed the validity of the law inquestion ; Associate Justice Boreman dissenting. The order of the higher tribunal wasthat the Clerk of the County Court of Tooele open all the returns of the said electionfrom the various precincts of said county, carefully examine the various lists constitut-ing said returns, and if no irregularity or discrepancy appear therein affecting the result ofthe election of any candidate, then to accept said returns as correct and declare elected thecandidate for any office appearing from said returns to have received the highest numberof votes for such office. On March 1st the County Court convened to obey the writ of peremptory ^a^rW ^Aa//^^^^^ HISTORY OF UTAH. 133 believe a Liberal victory at the polls possible? Or had Congress, in response to oft-repeated prayers, passed some sweeping measure disfranchising the majority of the citizens of the Territory, placing hois du comhat the Peoples party, and leaving the offices that were wont to be theirs within easy reach of their ambitiousopponents? The ballot boxes from Batesville, Grantsville, Tooele, Mill, Quincy, St. Johns, Vernon andLake View precincts were securely sealed and accompanied by envelopes containing thereturns of the judges of election, with the registry lists, poll lists, etc., each properly
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