The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-12-27
FOR ALLEGED
FRAUDS
COLORADO REPUBLICANS NOW
PLAN TO THROW OUT VOTES
OF 1900 PRECINCTS.
IN ORDER TO SEAT
GOV. PEABODY,
Legislature May Appoint a Special
Committee to Consider the Evil
dence-Some Republicans
Oppose the Plan.

Denver, Col, Dec. 26.-If the ff-
teenth general assembly of Colorado
which is to meet on Wednesday, Janu-
ary 4, shall effectuate the plans formu-
lated by the managers of the repub-
lican post-election campaign, Gov.
James II. Peabody may serve as chief
executive of this state for two years
more. despite the fact that Alva
Adams still has nearly 10000 plurality
since the votes of FIVE Denver pre-
cincts were thrown out by order of the
supreme court, In consequence of
frauds exposed In contempt proceed
ings against election officials.
There will be a republican majority
OF 30 or more in the general assembly
which will canvass the vote for state
officers. II is proposed to have the
general assembly appoint a special
contest committee Of from nine to IL
members, to which will be submitted
the evidence of wholesale election
frauds in Denver. and possibly some
other counties. which evidence the re-
publican committees have been COL
lecting since the election. The repub-
lican managers maintain that with the
fraudulent vote of Denver eliminated
Gov. Peabody will have at least 1000
plurality in this county and 1000 in
| the state.
The republicans say they do not in
tend that the legal votes shall be
sifted from the illegal votes and then
counted, or that the legislature shall
reject the entire vote Of Denver
county, but they purpose that about
1.S00 democratic precincts In the state
shall be thrown out on the ground Of
alleged frauds and that the votes ol
the republican precincts shall bt
counted. They assert that the supreme
court has established a precedent fol
such procedure.
| This radical program Is opposed By
some conservative republican leaders
and until the legislature meets ant
takes action II cannot be known GER
tainly whether Peabody or Adams viii
be governor for the next two years
The democratic leaders are preparing
to contest vigorously the attempt Il
reseat Peabody.
The democratic managers declar,
there Is a monstrous conspiracy be
hind the disclosures Of fraud shown Il
contempt proceedings before the su
preme court. They say that tn,
lunches of spurious ballots. all in on,
handwriting. found In the boxes from
different precincts could not hav,
been placed in the boxes on election
day without having been observed b.
the watchers. and charge that tn,
boxes have been tampered with sine
election, legal votes being abstracts
and spurious ballots substituted there
for.
Attorney Samuel Belford has draw
up a brief to be presented to the Uni
ted States supreme court in the appli
cation for a writ Of habeas corpus TO
Michael Dowd, one of the 80 election
officials who have been sentenced +
Jail by the supreme court on charge
of contempt based on their actions a
the polls.
The brief questions the authority @
the supreme court to take jurisdiction
of an election. 1t lays stress on tn
fact that the ground for action take
by the justices is still secret becaus
no opinion has been handed down b
, the court. 1t declares that the remed
. sought by the petitioners in this orig
. inal case was purely political and tina
, the state constitution expressly pre-
hibits the courts from interfering wit
st1ch cases