125 years ago today - Monday, Feb 10, 1890

[Apostle John Henry Smith] There is considerable excitement but the election is proceeding very nicely, but hundreds are voting illegally. The Liberals carried the election by fraud, having 795 more votes polled than the people [People's Party].

[Source: Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990, http://bit.ly/johnhenrysmith]

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