Gunnison news-champion., 1903-01-09
HOW REPUBLICANS ARE PLANNING
TO STEAL THE LEGISLATURE
A Sample OF Their Bold Faeed Tneksry N ths AusmFs
Oust Judge MeDoue4l the Interests OF WoI-ot

mz d. dia uaf know any thluz aissuf
-Heh matters hu- 81 thr said Iio-.riaa
seuid say tbat She paper- were aH
right that IL was fsrsiser ior tili= am
att o. sigu thc Same b. Nuuid la -u
iHaf he Said u,-eriug then anl thew
tuld aiiiant that h. va- pruIer and
riaht iar thi- aflian5 o. sizu tbs said
papers. and that 10 "a a. a Iser-susl
alHtter of the said lleerina = that
afhaut stated thHt BE- would ao-a 90
iaEor the said ltsering said boering
then and thar, t.,sk ssHiant up The
-frsei short di-ianre tIa man fheu
STANDING lu thr -treat thr said heiua
70 stranger to this afilnut and aiHaut
iid NOT know thc said man + uamc.
hui hiss sines boeu iniorHrd that fhe
said man was D. NJ ~Huitau. @ Ifa-.t
master 0i Cmpplc trurk that said
man then asked afiaut to 11 with
him over across thestrpot to the Iir-t
National Bank and aHant did 49, aaI
Then and thore m said bank haf,ra
" W. Mckee, anptary puhHr. sigusI
the said papers the said Dvsriug be-
nag Then and thrro present. that im-
mediately after said pHuars were
signed, afIisnt and said sullivan went
ont upon the street and said sullivan
paid afiiant for signing said papar-
the sum Of Sijn Jfpur dollars aud HIty
cents aud sihaut and said sullivan
then and there parted. that he has
not siHrp seen said. thai 8fiant had
been drinking intoxicating liquor
quite freely ior several days previous
To- said day and was al that time
when said papers were signed more
or less under the influence of iutoNi-
eating liquor; that afhant did not
read said contest papers nor was the
same ever read to him. nor was the
real nature and purport OF said pap
ers explained To him by anyone. bat
atiiant placed implicit confidence inI
what said Deering had said concern
ing the papers. and that when said
papers We're signed by affiant. affiant
heiieVed it was "A contest over lands
where said Deering had "A personal
interest which said Deering had led
afliant to believe; that affiant then
did not know the true contents or
nature of said papers that he had
thus signed. bur several hours after
" ard he Was shown a copy Of the
papers in said contest ia the presence
Of Henry Crooks and Charles Biebel
by said cOntostee and then and there
was the first time affiant knew what
said contest papers contained. that
bad aihant known the contents ol
said contest papers he would never
have subscribed to the same. that hs
l. satisfied beyond doubt that tine
allegations i'm said contest papers are
not true insofar as To the allegatiOn
of fraud therein contained. that he has
not heard any Democrat or RepubH.
can say or express an opinion tha
there was any fraud OF any nature
whatever perpctrated at sand election
Ia said county, that affant never in
tended nor does ne now desire to con
test the s7idN J1ugals election to
Ia the said Fourteenth General As
sembly; that he desires To have said
contest dismissed or be permitted To
withdraw said contest papers. that
tuarles l.. Dickerson whose name ap-
pears TO be subscribed to said con
test papers as attorney for the con-
testor aifiant has never met nor has
he been at any time acquainted with
him and that the said Dickerson il
not now nor has ever been authorized
by aftiaut 10 prepare or prosecute
said contest; that this aiiiant protest
against said Dickerson or any other
person taking any step whatever to
to prosecute said contest against con
testee McDougal.
II IL TAYLOR.
subscribed and sworn tobcfore me
this Bird day OF January \. u. 1903.
tSeall HENRY +. LAKE.
Notary Public.
My commission expires October a
1905.
OTHERS ATTEST TRUTH.
"State Of Colorado, County OF Gun
niSOn. -.
I'll. L. Fer gusOn, VIM putemyer,
W W Outcalt and T. J Hurley Of
lawful age. being duly sworn upon
their several oaths. deposes each one
for himself and say that they have
known II. II Taylor who signed the
foregoing affidavit for many years
last past. that the said petition was
carefully and correctly read over to
him and fully explained to him in our
presence and he then and there in our
presence without any coercion, duress