Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-04-08
THE RESULT IN DENVER.

Tor years. and made the very name o
paiitics a stencil In the nostriis o
respectable people. No one eve
thought that Bryanism would be re
sponsible for such depiorable cor
uitiou or things as has existed In ArsI
ahoe county for years But the trutl
cannot be hidden. Under the sloal
OF Bfyanism. Tom Patterson has aide
IN organizing gang that would max
the Tweed ring ashamed II wa
easy To do. tor they had piinbie mate
iiai Charles y. Thomas. occnpyini
the exalted position OF governor. wa
the first to corrupt the police fore
and carry primaries, and later cIcc
lions, by fraud. This was directI,
cahrged against Thomas by such mel
ms OI)onnoii. backed by many other
OF equal prominence. AS soon n
lhomas was shorn Of his power, Ton
Patterson showed himself forward in
10 the breach. and with Specr n viii
ing tool the city OF Denver has bcci
in the hands of ns unscrupulous
gang o. thieves and dcspoilers an eve
trod upon the rights OF people Al
ter reading the following from Den
yers Post of Tuesday The Herald aakl
II u Is not time the voters OF the stat.
rcpndiated such men forever.
THE pcnitoniiary is yawning
for senator r. M. Patterson, Rob.
ert W specr md r. J. Mnloncy.
''These three men are carrying
ont today one OF the most gignn.
tic conHpiracics on record In the
history OF Denver or any other
city. 10 defeat the VIII Of the peo.
pie.
"Ali other election frauds pale
into insigniiicancc compared 10
those OF today. That they are
engineered by man who has Just
been honored by seat In the
tinted States senate. makes the
attempt To steal the election
worse than sonndnlouh.
One hundred repeaiers have
been hnuied nli over town In a
big hack aud voted at 90 or 40
different precincts on other mems
names
Not only That. but they have
voted two or three times Ia a sin.
gle precinct
Money bns been distribnted
openly to these thugs aud boboes
10 order 10 get them TO vote M
many times as the ward bosses
wanted them to-
Republican Judges have been
iutim,dated or thrown out OF the
polling places.
'iieiiot boxes have been stun
ed Ia all of the lower wards.
Citizens are shocked. and oven
somc members OF the Democrat.
ic gang have refused 10 stay nj
the polls and look on at such
u,itrages,
m has been the most disgrace
tul election day In the history OF
Denver.
Mayor johnson called on Chief
OF Police Farley TO stop the out.
rageous repeating In the lower
wards. as early as 10 80 this morn.
H. but he has not yet done so
The chief is acting under the
osdors OF Patterson and Specr.
aud of course he viii not take
any decided action In the mat
ter. An emergency exists In
order that the frauds can be
stopped for the balance OF the
day Mayor johnson at noon IL.
sued proclamation calling on all
aoio'hodicd citizens to appear at
the city hall ana be sworn In as
police,
The emergency Ia one that
effects the welfare of every res.
idont that does not belong TO the
gang of thieves ana thugs that
rom Patterson, Maloney. and
spcer have hired to trample un.
der foot the viii OF the large
majority Of the people OF ben.
Yer and to eyeriastingiy besmirch
the citys fair name.
The Post sounded the alarm
al the week that Patterson. Ma.
ioaey and Speer proposed to try
aad steal the election for Wells.
kno%ing that they could not pull
the ticket through any other
way.
1T was set forth that coioniy-
ing and repeating would be car
fici on ON large scale.
he Republican. Johnson tick.
ct ana Tax reform managers
took cogniEanoe of 1t aud pre-.
pared 10 check the frauds. ospe-
uioiiy the repeating. II possible.
But they did not go far enough.
heosuae they did not dream that
ne bosses had the audaeity to per.
petrute such glaring ou,ragcs AS
were witnessed this morning In
The hrst iiyo numbered wards of
the city.
he corruption practiced today
was carefully planned by senator
Patterson. He knew that Il. T.
Wells was defeated week ago.
lie ordered Maloney TO organize
the crooks and thugs OF the lodg,
ips-house district for repeating
purposes, and he also ordered w.
Il speer, president OF the fire and
police board, to swear In a horde
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