The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-26
REPUBLICAN PLAN
TO RESEAT PEABODY.
Will Ask Legislature to Throw
Out 1,S90 Democratic
Precincts.
WOULD ANNUL 10000 LEAD.
Adams Supporters Allege a Mon,
strous Conspiracy, and Will
Fight Fire With
Fire.

Denver. Colo Dec 25.-If the fifteenth
General Assembly Of Colorado. which is
to meet Wednesday. January, 4. shall
adopt the plans formulated by the man
ayers of the Republican post-election
campaign. Governor James H. Peabody
may serve as Chief Executive of the
State for two years more. despite the
fact that Alva Adams still has nearly
10000 plurality since the votes Of five
Denver precincts were thrown out bodily
by order of the Supreme Court. in con-
sequence of frauds exposed ia contempt
proceedings against election officials.
There will be Republican majority of
10 or more in the General Assembly
which will canvass the vote for State
officers. 1t is proposed to have the Cen
eral Assembly appoint n speciai-contest
committee of nine to twelve members. TO
which will be submitted the evidence Of
wholesale election frauds in Denver. and
possibly some other counties. which evil
dence the Republican committees have
been collecting since the election.
The Republican managers maintain
that with the fraudulent vote of Denver
eliminated. Governor Peabody will have
at least 1000 plurality in this county and Of
1000 in the State. These politicians do not
intend that the legal votes shall be sifted
from the Illegal and counted. or that the
Legislature shall reject the entire vote of
Denver County, because TO do this would
not accomplish their purpose to reseat
Governor Peabody. but they propose that
about 500 Democratic precincts shall be
thrown out on the ground of alleged
frauds. and that the vote of Republican
precincts shall be counted. They assert
that the Supreme Court has established a
precedent for a procedure.
This radical programme is opposed by
ciudinE Judge n. Walter Dixon of Pueblo
and Doctor John Grass of Trinidad, and
until the Legislature meets and takes
acton 1t cannot be known certainly
whether Peabody or Adams will be Gov
ernor for the next two years.
DEMOCRATS WILL FIGHT.
The Democratic leaders are preparing
to contes. vigorously any attempt to seat
Peabody. Bipartisan mass meetings are
10 be held in Denver Pueblo and other
cities. to protest against the line of action
mapped out for the Legislature by the
The Liberty League. a political organi-
zation Of union workingmen. is also pre-
pairing to take an active part in the efforts
that will be made to defeat the attempt
TO continue Governor Peabody in office
The Democratic managers declare there
ss nonstrous conspiracy behind the dis
closures Of fraud shown in contempt FRO
ceedings before the Supreme Court
They say that the bunches of spurious
ballots. all in one handwriting. found in
the boxes from different precincts could
not have been placed in the boxes on cleo
tion day without having been observed
by the watchers. and charge that the
boxes have been tampered with since cleo
tion. the legal votes being abstracted and
spurious ballots substituted therefor
No proof in support of these assertions
has been presented. but II Is pointed out
that the boxes were left unmatched for
two days after being delivered to the
Election Commission, and that for another
day they were In charge of only two Re-
publican watchers.