Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-01-08

lature was noticed ana corrected by
the clerk.
"Afterward. leading Democrat
having been apprised by a printer
that the correction had not been made
went to the office of The Herald and
again called attention to the matter
1t was promised that the correction
would be made Immediately. but 1t
never was made, and 1t is plain that
this flimsy fraud was perpetratai
with the direct purpose of bringing
contest suit against Mr.. Pace. in case
he was elected.
However" concluded Mr.. Weaver.
Il don't think that Republicans even
will stand for such barefaced piece
of business as that"
The Herald has been aware for a
long time that there is something
queer about the political atmosphere
of Denver when 1t comes to Demo
cratic statesmen. alleged and other
wise. They seem to become daft af-
| ter a short residence and think 1t
| their privilege to commit all sorts of
ballot box crimes, and that the rest of
the state will sit idly by and applaud
But the queerest proposition of all is
that Democrats from outside of Arap-
ahoe go to Denver and become af-
fected with the same corrupt atmos.
phere and thus become strangers to
truth. This is made apparent by the
| above statements of Mr. Weaver. who.
| il quoted correctly, places himself in
a ridiculous and very ignorant light
| In the first place Mr. Weaver goes on
to say that the error in printing the
| ballots was premedtated from the
| start and that The Herald was the
tool Mr.. Weaver knows this to be
| an untruth but it is not on par with
the statement that the contemplated
error was known to Democrat who
called at The Herald office to have
it corrected and a promise made to
do so. In the first place, no Demo
crat ever called at The Herald office
in regard to the error and, further
more. no Democrat was aware of the
error prior to election, neither was
rhe Herald or the county clerk until
the afternoon of election day. The
very idea Of such an error being
known to Democrats and they permit
it to go through. Had the error been
discovered the ballots for all the
precincts would have been void
Now. Mr. Weaver, If you are quoted
correctly you are endeavoring to
secure some cheap notoriety that
should bring the blush of shame to
our cheek for such ribald misrepre-
3entation. But we must attribute the
effusion to the atmosphere which
works such havoc with the average
Democrat
Furthermore, Mr.. Weaver, or any
| other Democrat, had there been a
plot to defeat Mr.. Pace 1t could easily
| have been accomplished. The Herald
was apprised of the error about one
o'clock on the day Of election. To
have carried out the plot and made
the defeat of Mr.. Pace certain would
have required only moments work
on the part of dozen Republicans.
Even The Herald owners could have
accomplished it by simply crossing
out the 18th general assembly and
writing in the 14th. Half a dozen
correct ballots would have elected
McCabe-yes, one or two. This was
known to the writer but no such bal
lot was cast-all were the same for
both Democrat and Republican.
Hence this disposes of Mr.. Weavers
| entire tale of woe.
AS The Herald has stated on sever
al occasions, 1t does not believe in
unseating honestly elected represen-
tatives, and Mr.. Pace was honestly
| elected in La Plata county and is en-
titled to his seat without expense or
| trouble. But II Mr.. Pace Is unseat-
| ed it will not be on account of the
| error in the ballots for on such
grounds his opponent. Mr.. McCabe.
could not supplant him as the same
irregularity applies to him. but he
will be unseated along with all other
country members, because the Demo
cratic senators become revolutionary
| and unseat' honestly elected Republi-
| can senator's. Even such tactics as
this cannot be approved by the peo-
pie as whole, but politicians do not
| stop to consider the right or wrong
side of a question If misused by their
| opponents.
| The Herald does not believe that
Mr.. Pace or any OF the country men,
bers will be disturbed or given any
| trouble whatever as the Democratic
proposition to unseat Republican sen
ators is to scare the Republicans from
exposing the frauds In Arapahoe coun-
| ~. a scheme that will not work.
So much for Mr.. Weaver and his
hot air."