The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-31
ALVA ADAMS CARRIES POINT
  Denver BaIbt Boxes to
 Be Opened SWEEPING INVESTIGATION Peabody Pr0feSscs to Be Pleased by COurl's Order.
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SWEEPING INVESTIGATION

Denver. Col. Dec. 3o.-<Stretching its hand % far as to cast . shadow over every man and woman in any way im- plicatsd in election frauds of the city and county Of Denver on or before or after November 8, the Supreme Court today ordered an investigation so sweeping in its scope that every phas4 of the election may be scrutinized and everything that bears In any way upon the election may be made known by judicial inquiry.
 Alva Adams. Democratic candidate for Governor. who appeared from the returns to have been elected, but who has declared that he does not want tho office tainted with fraud, asked the court to open every Denver ballot box. but the order of the court goes beyond the mere examination of the ballots. and provides for an investigation Of the registration lists, and. in brief. all election matters
 Attorney Samuel W. Bedford for Ad- ans. and Attorney H. ]. Hersey for the Republicans. asked the court to niakoI its order of such breadth that the court need not stop at anything in the ia-' vestigation. The court said that wal what 1t meant to do. and instructed the lawyers to agree upon the wording of the order and present 1t to the court for approval next Tuesday morning.
 Much Time Required.
 As there are 204 ballot boxes. 1t is evident that several months will be consumed in the examination of their contents by the two handwriting ex- perts to be appointed for this work.
 It is expected that the Supreme Court will be asked to make an order plac- ing special watchers at the Court House to guard the registration books until such time as the investigation is made There are probably 10000 fraudu~ lent registrations on the books of the city and county of Denver" said Ats tcrney ]. IL Brown. the principal ads wiser of the Republican City Central Cpsnnaietee, today A Williams Chairman Of the Re- publicAn Committee. has published the following statement over his sigma ture:
 "our investigation into the. conduct oe the recent election in Denver has developed the fact that approximately 10000 fraudulent votes were cast or counted for Adams in this city. There Is now no reasonable doubt that Cow ernor Peabody and the entire Repub- lican State ticket were fairly elected November 8 by the votes of a large majority of the legal voters in this State"
 What effect. if any. the courts ac- ton today will have upon the course of the Legislature in respect to can wasting the vote for Governor and de- termining whether Peabody or Adams Is entitled to the seat, has not become apparent.
 LegisIature is Untrammeled.
 Chief Justice Gabbart particularly stated the courts investigation will not be permitted In any way to in- terfere with any investigation that may be set on foot by the General Assembly.
 Republicans as well as Democrats ad- init that the opening of all the Denver boxes complicates the political situa- ton in Colorado, but believe that it means that ,hers will be no rough house" as predicted.
 Governor Peabody expressed himself as follows regarding the courts de- cision:
 'T am more than pleased that the Su- preme Court has decided to open every ballot box in Denver and my only re- gret is that not every box in the State is to be opened. A principal reason in favor of the opening of the boxes by the Supreme Court is that 1t takes the matter away from politics. I consider the decision of the court an emineutly wise and just one"
 It was announced late today that the Republican plan to unseat Democratic Senators had been modified and that possibly only Senators Born and Heaiy. who were seated by the Democratic majority on contests two years ago. would be turned out.
 It also was reported that on the ad-. vice of influential Republicans the. proposition to memorabilia the United States Senate to unseat Senator Teller would be abandoned.