CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-11-01
Denver, Oct. 20. 1900.

state. The county clerk estimates tha,
more than 72,00O names are ON the list
BY the federal census taken in June
the city had n population of less than
100000. If this registration list is cor.
rect it appears that considerably more
than half of the population are voters
Theusunl proportion of voters to the
population in states which have woman
suffrage is about forty in 100; IL this
were so in Denver there would be
about $4,000 voters. After making all
allowances for an unusual number of
adults in the Denver population, it is
evident that the registration list con-
tains several thousand more names
than there are voters; probably 10000,
possibly 1900 or 10000. But it is one
thing to pad registration lists and an
other thing to vote the names fraudu-
iently added. There will be vigilant
Republican watchers at all the polls on
election day. The courts will be open,
and repeaters will be made to under
stand fully that voting twice or voting
under an assumed name may mean a
sojourn in the penitentiary.
This padded registration list could
have been prevented, of course, If the
district attorney, Mr.. Booth Malone,
had been willing to do his duty. Re-
peated instances Were brought to his
attention by Mr.. Hartzell and Mr.. Nc
Murray of persons who had registered
twice, and Information was filed with
him against repeaters, but he has abso-
lutely refused to do his sworn duty.
The principal assistant In Mr.. Ma
loney's office has been Mr.. Daniel Pres
cott So far as one may judge by re-
ports of the newspapers and the court
records. Mr.. Prescott has really done
the bulk of the work in the district at
torney's Office. When he found that
Mr.. Malone had absolutely refused to
consider evidence against noted re-
peater. and when he was called upon
by Mr.. Malone to deny that the district
attorneys office was derelict In its duty
and that he was personally instructed
by Mr.. Malone not to take up any
prosecutions for election frauds, Mr..
Prescott took the only course open to
an honorable man and resigned his Of
flee. We are sure. however, that the
efforts of the fusionists to carry Arapa-
hoe county by fraud will not be sue
cessful. Elsewhere in these columns
will be found statements 10 this effect
by Senator Wolcott and by Chairman
Ford of the state central committee.
Voters outside of Arapahoe county
may rest assured that everything pos
sfble will be done to secure in this
county fair vote and an honest count.
Governor Thomas last Tuesday even
ing made public speech in which he
undertook to answer the charges that
have been made against his admins
tration. These charges have been very
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denied In his speech Tuesday even
ing the governor simply made n sweep
ing statement that all the accusations
to the effect that he had through his po-
lice board protected gamblers and per-
mltted crime and used the whole pow
er of his office for political purposes,
were lies. AS for his pardons of noted
criminals, he simply stated that in
every case but one the pardons had
been asked for by the state board of
pardons. Concerning the deficit which
stares the incoming administration in
the face. he simply alleged that his
administration would show balance
to the good of more than $1,000. In the
face of the detailed figures which have
been given in regard to these matters.
and the specific instances adduced,
these vague and sweeping denials by
the governor will have little effect
A large part of his speech was, OF
course, devoted to n personal attack
on Senator Wolcott. AS was predicted
in this letter a month ago, the fusion
lists have tried to make personal fight
on the senator and thus to call atten-
ton away from the mismanagement of
state affairs and away from Mr. Bry-
ans paramount issue of expansion. A
- agF ,l,
against the senator is the following:
"At various times he has set the
pace, telling the newspapers what to
say. He does not want the trusts dis
cussed. because he is one of them,
md imperialism because 1t cannot be
defended"
Readers of these columns know for
themselves whether the issues of impe-
rialism and trusts have been lodged
or ignored by the Republican press dur
ing this campaign. They are also able
to Judge whether any other charges
which Governor Thomas makes are
equally unfounded.
What has turned out to be rather one
of the rumors of the campaign than n
serious feature was the attempt of the
fusionists last week TO get up a fake
Republican ticket. A ticket entered
by the names of Judges Allen and But
Ter. purporting to be Republican
party ticket, was filed with County
Clerk Spencer. The most of the other
nominees on the ticket were either
dummies or fusionists. The idea was
of course, to distract the Republican
vote and decrease the Republican ma.
jority in this county by causing a mum
ber of Republicans TO throw their votes
away on this fnke ticket. At hearing
which was held to determine whether
that ticket should remain Jon the Off
cial ballot, there appeared as its nttor
ney the man who has been acting as at
torney for the fusionists In all sucl
cases. All the genuine Republicans or
the alleged ticket sent to the county
clerk letters repudlating the alleged
nominations. 1t was so plain a fraud
that Mr.. Spencer himself. n Democratic
partisan though he is. was obliged tc
reject 1t. The fusionlsts had prepared
for this by getting ready to take m
appeal from his decision to Judge Pal