The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-23
CONTESTS IN HOUSE UNsEAT
SEVERAL DEMOCRATS.
Two SENATES IN SESSION
Large Number Of Deputy sheriffs on
Guard at Capital Of Centen.
NAL State.

Denver, Jan. 2O.-Four of the five
republican members of the house
committee on elections reported in
favor of unseating the four float rep.
.resentatives from Arapahoe county
and n other Arapahoe member, all
democrats. The five had majorities
on the face of the returns ranging
from 1900 to 1000, but the republi.
cans claim that these were fraudu.
lently obtained. One republican mem.
Der of the committee favored unseat.
ing all of the Is Arapahoe representa-
: lives. The four democratic members
of the committee presented a minor.
ity report against u%nseating any mem.
bers, claiming that 500 would be q
liberal allowance for the fraudulent
votes cast in the city. Should seven
democrats be replaced by republicans
as proposed the present democratic
majority of 10 in the legislature would
be converted into a republican major
ity of four, but in that case the SEN
ate threatens to restore the democrat.
ic majority by %unseating republicans.
Work on the Contests.
The report of one republican mem.
Der of the elections committee to
unseat the Is Arapahoe and two Los
Animas county democrats was defeat
ed by a vote of AZ to 81. 1t received
the votes of the II republican mem
bers who are supporting Wolcott for
senator, and several others.
BY a vote of 33 to 81 S. w. Bedford,
n of the Arapahoe democrats, was
declared entitled to his seat. Two
republicans voted with the democrats
and one republican refrained from
voting.
The vote of the house was taken
in rapid succession upon the other
10 contests from Arapahoe county,
the democrats being seated. Then
that of McGill VS.. Weir, float, repre-
.senting Sedgwick, Yuma, Phillips and
Arapahoe counties, was taken up and
McGill, the republican contestant, de-
clared entitled to the seat. Riley of
Archuleta and Canejo counties, Gar
cia of Canejo and Sanchez of Costilla
and Huerfano, republicans, who were
also nominated by the democrats.
voted with the democrats on the
Arapahoe contests, but changed to
the republicans on subsequent votes.
Aguilara, democrat, from Las Animas
county, was then %unseated, and Stew
ems, the republican contestant, given
his place.
Where They Get Two Majority.
The other contests considered we're
decided in favor of the republicans.
They were as follows: Hillyer dis
placed Traxler of Powers, Baca and
Las Animas, and Naugle, Lowell and
Morgan got the seats of Monsoon, Hill
and Moore, representing districts of
which Arapahoe forms a part. This
left a republican majority of two on
joint ballot. The house adjourned
until 10 o'clock tomorrow.
There are contests filed against
IA other democratic members of the
house, and it is understood that should
the senate carry out it's thdeat of
throwing out republican members an
equal number will be unseated. 1t
is also possible that today's action
in seating democrats may be recon
sidered.
Senate Takes a Hand.
Late this afternoon-th the senate took
UP tia contest cases, and the election
commltl>e reported on the cases
where denocratic seats are being
contested by republicans in favor of
the democrats. lieutenant Governor
Haggott refused to recognize the dem
ocrats, but recognized +he republicans.
A minority report from the elections
committee was submitted which un-
seated the following democrats: Buck
ley, Ballinger, Hill, Kennedy, Hallett
and all of the Arapahoe county sena-
tors. In their places the following
we're given seats by the report of the
minority: Galloway, Montgomery,
Twon4bley, Sieman, Newell and all
the AraDahoe republican contestants.
Inc minority report was declared
adopted by Lieutenant Governor Hag-
gott.
After two hours of vain effort to be
recognized by the chair the democrats
declared the lieutenant governor dis
qualified to further preside over the