The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-31
COLORADO REPUBLICANS
HAVE EXTENSIVE SCHEME
Besides Seating Peabody They Will Reach Out
After Teller.
All the Denver Ballot Boxes Be Opened by Order of the
Supreme COurt-Dry Work Blocked Out For
the Legislature

tempt being made to sift and count the
legal ballots.
Ballots Thrown Out.
In Pueblo the official canvass showed
a change Of he reported vote in one
precinct by which Mccarthy, Repubh
can, obtained a majority Of four votes
over Martin. Democrat, who had been
reported elec1ed Finally contests We're
made before the state Canvassing board
against -Senat or-elect Ward CT BOul-
der and SenatOr-elect Bashoar of Las
Animas county, and the board threw
out sufficient .eturns to overcome the
majOrities Cor these candidates and
awarded the certificates of election to
the Republican contestants. The SUI
preme court cfuSed to issue a man
damus requiring the board 10 accept
the returns as received and forbade the
lower courts TO take any action in the
matter.
Will Unseat Democrats.
Now the Republican managers an
nOunCe that the senate will probably
Tnseat six more Democratic members,
including two seated by the Democrat
ic majority TWO years ago in reprisai
for the unsea ting of Democratic repre-.
sentatives Dy the Republican majority
In the house in a futile endeavor to OBJ
tain majority on join ballot and de-
feat the election of United States Sen
atOr Teller. l. is said the three Demo-
cratic senators elected in this county
two years ago will be expelled on the
ground that their election was accom-
plished by means of the same frauds
whose exposure in the congressional
contest induced Congressman John F.
ShafrOth to resign i'm favor Of Robert
". Bouynge. The last senator to be
unseated, it IS said. will be W. H. Adj
ans of Alam0ss county, a brother of
Governor elect Adams. Senator Ad-
ans plurality was about 1000. or three
times the total vote of his opponent.
Will Attack Teller.
One of the first acts of the legisla-
I ture, IL is exported. may be the adop-
tion of a memorial to the United States
senate asking for the expulsion of Sem
ator Teller Oh the ground that his cleo
ton was accomplished by means Of
gross frauds At the polls in this city
two years ago.
Senator Teller Is now en- route to
washington, carrying with him the rec
ord of the contempt cases before the
supreme court here, also the necessary
papers to sue out writ of error and
apply for a su7eTsedeas before the
I United States supreme court i'm behalf
Of the Imprisoned election officers who
We're conv ted by the state supreme
court of contempt An application for
a writ Of haDsas corpus will also be
made in behalf Of the prisoners. The
record in the cases was an exception
ally volumino Is one and required two
weeks to tra1sCIIbe and get in shape.
Contempt Cases.
Warrants have been issued from the
/ supreme court for eight more persons
in election contempt cases. 1T is un-
derstOOd that JEcse arrests, when made,
Will bring at least three more contempt
cases before the supreme court. The
adidavits filed with the court upon
/ which the new cases will be brought
contain. in general, the same charges
as made in cases hitherto prosecuted.
I A general collation. of the courts in
/ junction through ballot box stuffing,
repeating AMI intimidation on the part
/ Of the Democratic election officials is
. charged. Hearing of contempt cases
/ will be resumed next Tuesday.