The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-30
BOUND TO MAKE
A CLEAN SWEEP.
Colorado Republicans Planning
- to Gust All Democrats.
No Attention Will Be Paid to
the Election Returns.
SENATOR ADAMS TO GO.
Although He Had Three Times
the Vote Of His Opponent.
Senator Teller VIII Take Matter
Up to Washington.
SENATOR ADAMS TO GO.

Denver, Colo, Dec 30.-Announce-
ments of the managers of the Repub-
hcan posr-election campaign indicate
their confidence that the legislature, in
which at the outset on joint ballot
there will be Sc Republicans to SO
Democrats, will throw out enough
Democratic precincts to overcome
A1va Adams 10000 plurality for gov
ernor and declare Governor James H.
Peabody reelected The Repub-
lican leaders justify such action by
claiming that in all Democratic pre-
e1ncts frauds as extensive as those
shown in FIVE precincts whose ballot
boxes were opened in contempt pro-
seedlings before the supreme court
were perpetrated. This is strenuously
denied by the Democratic leaders,
and they assert that the ballot boxes
opened in court may have been stuffed
eipce the election in support of cor
poration conspiracy to steal the gov
ernorship and senate and pack the
supreme court, which is to be in
creased from three justices to seven
IN April next
On the day after election according
% the returns the incoming senate
consisted of 81 Democrats and IA Re
publicans- Soon thereafter Senator
Buckley died. reducing the number of
Democratic members to 20. Governor
Peabody has neglected to call special
@lection to fill the vacancy caused by
Senator Buckley's death, although the
constitution contains a mandatory
provision for such action Through
Subsequent decisions of the supreme
court and state board of canvasSers
the standing of the parties in the SEN
ate has been changed until it now
consists of 10 Republicans and 10
Democrats. with one vacancy. The
Republicans gained TWO senators in
this city by the rejection of the entire
vote of five precincts in which frauds
were shown under order of the SUI
preme court no attempt being made
&c sift and count the legal ballots.
In Pueblo the official canvass showed
the change of the reported vote in one
precinct by which Mccarthy, Republt-
can. obtained a majority of four votes
over Martin, Democrat. who had been
reported elected. Finally contests were
made before the state canvassing board
against SenatOr-elect Ward of Boulder
and Senatcr-elect Beshor of Los Ami
mas county and the board threw out
sufficient returns to overcome the ma
5orities for these candidates and award
ed the certificates of election to the
Republican contestants. The supreme
court refused to issue a mandamus res
curing the board to accept the returns
as received and forbade the lower
courts to take any action IN the mat
ter. Now the Republican managers an
nounce that the senate will probably
unseat six more Democratic members,
&c majority two years ago in reprisai
for the unsea ting of Democratic repre-
sentatives by tht Republican majority
in the house in a futile endeavor to OBJ
tain majority on joint ballot and de-
feat the election of United States Sena-
tor Teller. 1t 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 in favor or Robert
~. Bonynge. The last senator to be
unseated, it is said. will be w. H. Ad-
ans OF Alamosa county, a brother OF
Eovernor-eiect Adams. Senatory AG
ans plurality was about 1000 or three
times the total vote of his opponent.
One of the first acts of the legisla-
fure, it is reported, may be the adop-
ton of the memorial to the United
States senate asking for the expulsion
of Senator Teller on the ground that
his election 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
records of contempt cases before the
supreme court here. also the necessary
papers to sue out a writ of error and
apply for a supersedeas before the
United States supreme court in behalf
of the imprisoned election officers, who
were convicted by the state supreme
court of contempt.
An application for a writ of habeas
corpus will also be made in behalf of !
the prisoners. The record in the cases
was an exceptionally VoluminouS one
and required two weeks to transcribe
and get in shape.
Warrants have been issued from the
supreme court for eight more persons
IN election contempt cases.
1t is understood THAI these arrests, |
when made, will bring at least three
more contempt cases before the SUI
preme court. The affidavitS filed with
the court upon which the new cases
will be brought contain in general the
same charges as made in cases hither-
10 prosecuted A general violation of !
the courts injunction through ballot
box stuffing. repeating and intimida-
ton upon the part of the Democratic
election officials is charged.
Hearing of contempt cases will be
resumed next Tuesday
Carried on the Court House.
Aberdeen. s D., Dec 3O.-The
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