The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-07
CONSPIRACY Is
OPENLY CHARGED
Attempt Being Made 10 Steal
Colorado GovernorShip.
GRAND JURY TO INVESTIGATE
METHODS EMPLOYED TO BRING
CONTESTS.

- ENVER, Colo. Dec. e--District
III Judge John l. Mullins today de-
livered his instructions to the
grand jury summoned by him i'll the
criminal court. He charged it to make
a thorough investigation as to all vic
latiOns of the law growing out of the
recent general election"
In my opinion" he said, 1.-The lavish
expenditure of money as has been Wit
messed in this county and state is GRIM
inal: l believe it to be at the very root
OF all Of the crime and violations of The
election laws which have accompanied
our recent elections.
Ia ought TO be made criminal Of
Tense for any corporation TO contribute
to any political party.
Conspiracy Charged.
1T is common talk on the streets and
currently circulated in the newspapers
that a conspiracy exists to deprive OF
| the governOrship of this state one of
! our citizens whom all good citizens. ir-
| respective of politics. believe to have
| been honestly elected. IL is further
! openly charged To carry out this con-
! spiracy il viii involve the unseating
unjustly and illegally Of certain 1nem-
! bers of the coming legislature. 1t is
/ also charged that immense sums Of
! money have been collected from the
! various corporations of this city and
/ state TO aid in this work. It is charged
| that even after the official count was
| completed in many counties of the
state and certified to the proper off,
| Gals, agents were sent out for the pur-
| pose of procuring some one member OF
| these local canvassing boards to bring
! in alleged minority reports with the
i hope that the state canvassing board
could be induced to violate the law
! and disregard its oath of Office. This
! is a matter that will tax your patience
| and ability, but I earnestly urge it
upon you for your most careful consid-
| Grafton
Contempt Cases.
II Six more election officers were sent
/ TO Jail today by the state supreme
court for disregarding its injunctive
order at the late election. The SEN
fences were as follows: William Reid.
;. ;. Barker, John Z. Dixon and John
/ Sullivan. nine months imprisonment
and $500 fine, with costs each: Willis E.
i Spencer, four months Imprisonment;
| Charles w. Bunch, three months i'm
| prisonment. Sullivan was Democratic
! committeeman; Reid. Barker and Spen-
| Ger, judges. and Dixon and Bunch
| clerks in precinct Of the Fifth ward in
this city, the ballot box of which was
! opened in court last Friday, disclosing
many fraudulent ballots.
/ The court today tried the election
! contempt case of precinct in the Fifth
! ward. The defendants are William
! bergman, election Judge J. Kitson.
/ election judge. and James p. Mullins
and Patrick Reid, Democratic workers.
! The charges are that 10 Republican
clerk was allowed: that Republican
| Watcher c. II. Samson was violently re-
moved from behind the rail: that SUI
preme court watchers were not per-
mitted TO examine the registration lists,
| and that the Republican challenger
book was taken from her
| j. Fred Roberts, one of the watch
ers, testified that repeaters appeared at
4 the polls every few hours in buncnes
Of from five TO a dozen and were al
| lowed to vote.