Gilpin observer., 1903-01-29
DEMOCRATS CLAIM SENATOR
II TELLER IS LEGALLY ELECTED

| sembly, hereby declare him elected
senator for the term In the United
States Senate beginning March 4, 1903"
The announcement was received
with loud and long continued applause.
Senator Barela moved that COM
mittee of three be appointed to escort
Senator Teller to the rostrum. Presi-
dent Adams appointed Senators Barela
and Ballinger, two of Senator Teller's
Oldest friends, and Mr.. Dinkel of the
House. The three shock hands with
Senator Teller and led him to the plat
form, where he received an ovation
from the people gathered in the cham
ber.
When the applause had subsidized Sen
aIor Teller spoke, In part. as follows:
Gentlemen of the General Assem-
bly,: l confess to you that l haven't
words to express my thanks for your
zeal. your patience. your fidelity to me
as the candidate of the Democratic
party for the high position to which
you have just elected me. l shall not
attempt to say more than to thank you
heartily for what you have done. On q
former occasion, six years ago,
pledged you that l would give to the
state that had so honored me my best
efforts. If have failed to meet the ex-
pectations of the people. it has been
because of my lack of ability and not
because of my lack of desire. "a.
'If admitted to seat, as believe
shall be, shall feel myself under re-
newed obligations to discharge the
duties of the senatorship with devotion
and with the best ability the Almighty
has endowed me with. Again thank
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frain from further remarks"
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might. with it, constitute valid and
legal General Assembly. This recog.
milton was sought for in vain. On the
23d and oath the Republican members
notified their associates, who were al
lied with the Democracy, of their
readiness and desire to recognize the
Republican Senate. This was refused
them by their fusion associates, who
insisted, instead, on voting with Dem
ocrats for adjournment. This consti-
tutes the fourth link in the absolute
proof of the terms of the deal or com-
bination. ~
There were three joint sessions Of
the General Assembly. At the last one
fifty-one Democrats voted for Mr.. Tel
Ter. No other joint sessions have been
held, and no Republican has voted in
any joint session. The election of Mr.
Teller is tinctured with fraud; first in
the trickery Of the adjournment by the
Democrats of the House; second, in the
arbitrary and fraudulent expulsion of
two legally elected senators. There is,
however, for the reasons given above,
now no other legally constituted Sem
ate, as there might have been but for
this conspiracy, and it is now too late
to undo the wrong, and by unseating
the fraudulently elected members from
Arapahoe county insure the valid cleo
ton of Republican senator.
THE welfare of the state requires
that there be no possible question or
doubt as to the legal status of the two
| legislative bodies. Important laws are
to be passed, moneys must be lawfully
paid. our public institutions must be
protected and our state credit pre-
served. Wicked and unforgivable as
is the wrong done the Republican par
ty, yet from the point of view of the
highest citizenship, there is but one
thing to be done, and that is for the
people to accept the deplorable situa-
ton, and for the governor Of the state
to issue certificate of election to Mr..
Teller. 1t is enough that we are dis
graced at home. The state needs the
help Of our senators at Washington in
countless ways for the upbuilding of
Colorado, and we should not, II it can
be helped, throw doubts upon their
title to represent us. 1t is important
also that this assembly should be able
to devote its time to proper legisla-
tive work, and not be further occupied
by quarrels over the senatorship. It
is most desirable, also. for the public
morals, that the professional Doodle
brokers, those foul birds that hover
over the Legislature looking for cor
ruption, representing men whose am
bitions or desire for revenge lead them
to expenditure of money to debauch
votes. should transfer their field of
action to some more promising spot.
'The above is fair and true state
ment OF the situation. Senator Teller
is in no sense party to the frauds,
while he is the beneficiary of them. He
has served Colorado for nearly a gen.
GRAFTON at Washington. and whatever
may be our regret that he no longer
marches in the ranks of the party that
has SO highly honored him. every citi-
zen of the state wishes him health and
strength. and believes that he is single
minded in his devotion to the material
interests of the state.
"The Republicans of Colorado have
passed through many vicissitudes, and
have faced overwhelming defeat: but
always before at the hands OF an open
enemy. We have never walked as deer
in the valley of humiliation as to-day;
but after the darkness comes the dawn.
All honor to the Republican members
Of the House who stood firm for party
and principle and whose skirts are