The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-29
BELIEVES HIS
CAUSE Is JUST
AIva Adams Asks That All Den
yer Ballot Buxes Be Opened.
PETITIONS SUPREME COURT
DOES NOT WANT SEAT TAINTED
BY FRAUD.

Denver, Dee, 2s.-Attorneys Charles
S. Thomas and Samuel w. Belford filed
petition in the supreme court today
on behalf OF Alva Adams, governor
elect, asking that either the court or
commission appointed by the court
shall open all of the 2O4 ballot boxes
! used in Denver at the late election, and
make thorough examination of their
contents. The court decided to hear ar
guments on the petition this afternoon.
Untainted by Fraud.
81 have no question about my cleo.
ton by substantially the majority re
ported on the face of the returns" said
Governor Adams. 4 believe if the
frauds in outside counties could be un-
earthed, my honest majority would
amount to 10000. But L want no faint
ed seat 1t is of far greater Importance
that extensive election frauds should
be unearthed and punished than that
1 or any other particular individual
should be sworn il as governor. 1 don't
know who committed the alleged
frauds in Denver. l know nearly thir-
ty men are in jail -ostensibly for con-
tempt of court, but really charged with
election crimes. II they are of the
character reported, 1 feel assured that
there are men at liberty far more de-
serving of Jail than those who are in
generated. 1 feel that some of those
in Jail have been unjUstIy dealt with.
But, be that as it may. ] want this in
vestigation made; | want it TO extend
from the head to the foot, and I want
the truth known"
Governor Adams petition charges
that certain evilly-disposed persons
are using the disclosures made before
the supreme court as a cloak under
which they may nuIlify the Will of the
people as cOnstitutionally expressed at
the polls. The petition recites that
prior to the recent election the supreme
court appointed watchers named by the
Republican organization, and that the
men thus designated were present at
the various polling places and super
vised the casting of ballots. Following
the election of Adams, the petition
AYERS, the Republican press charged
the Democrats with wholesale frauds
| and the matter was brought before the
supreme court That tribunal ordered
some OF the ballot boxes opened and
| experts alleged they found hundreds
of spurious ballots.
| NSbC4S LIdNc OOluc R1SuIS.
These disclosures were followed by
even more eXtravagant claims of fraud,
and the exaggerated reports were pub
lished all over the country, according
| to the petition, causing much injury
| to the state and city. AS a result. the
! petition says, there exists in the state
"a condition of disquietude and unrest,
threatening the future peace and tran
| quillity of the people and interrupting
its prosperity and bringing injury to
the best interests of the state of Colo
RADIO"
The petition insists that, however ex-
tensive the frauds perpetrated, the le-
gal voters have constitutional right
to have their ballots counted. To that
end the court is asked to open every
ballot box in the city of Denver and
scrutinize its contents. Realizing that
the justices would probably not desire
to give the work their personal atten-
ton. Governor Adams suggests the ap-
pOintment Of a bipartisan commission
10 hear evidence. examine ballots and
report its findings 10 the court
District Judge Summoned.
District Judge Samuel l.. Carpenter and
Attorneys Everett Bell and John A. Rush
we're later served with notices 10 appear
before the supreme court tomorrow morn
| ing at 10 o clock. the former 10 show
cause why the Thaudsmus he issued
| against the state canvassinE board should
not be dissolved and the latter two. TO
answer for contempt Of court in not obey
/ ing the order of the court issued at the
! beginning of election suits directing ell
| courts and members OF the bar to cease
| involving The election cases by proceed
! iugs in lower Courts.
The supreme court after hearing ar
guments on the Adams petition announced
! that It would render decision tomorrow
/ at y. m.