The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-20
DEMOCRATS WIN
sPgER TO BE MAYOR OF DENVER
Republicans Threaten Contest
Auditorium Bonds Voted.

Denver. May 1s.-The News this
morning says: On the face of the re-
SuIns Of yesterdays election in this city
Mr.. Speer and the public utility cor
Sorations will have full control Of ev-
ery branch of the first city government,
under the new charter.
Mr.. Speer's majority over Mr.. Spring
er for mayor will run little over 81
900, as closely as can be estimated with
the count still incompleted in many
precincts.
The entire Democratic ticket is
elected with Speer. Alexander for as
SCISSOR and Armstrong for sheriff run
ming ahead of him. MIR. Wilson, the
candidate for clerk. runs behind but
his majority will be TO less. because
the vote for Wick Roy, the Republican
candidate was reduced by the cand-
Oacy of Barton on the Anti" ticket.
Judge Lindsey. of course. has the
honor of polling the highest number
of votes. being on practically all the
tickets.
The Board of Supervisors is solidy
Democratic
The Democrats elected nine ii not ten
of the sixteen aldermen. They elected
their candidates in the first seven
wards. in the Eleventh and Sixteenth,
and possibly in the Fourteenth. though
the count is not complete at this writ
ang. There was lively three-cornered
fight in that ward with Mr. Gray as the
Republican candidate MIR. Mauff as the
Democratic candidate and Mr.. l. B.
Porter as an independent.
The election of Mr. Speer and of
ether candidates elected at large is to
be contested by the Republican candi-
dates. who claim that they would have
a majority of 5000 votes on an honest
election and fair count
The seats of some of the aldermen
elect are also likely to be contested
Fraud is especially charged in the
First, Second. Third and Fourth, wards,
and in parts of the Fifth, Sixth.
Seventh. Eleventh and Sixteenth. and
in the lower end of the Ninth ward be-
tween Broadawy and Welton streets.
One redeeming feature Of the election
is that the bond issue OF 100000 to
build an auditorium was approved. The
ether bond issues to refund the out
standing bonds and to refund the bal
ance of floating debt from the old city
end the county of Arapahoe were ap-
proved The vote on all the bonds was
exceedingly light.
William r. Davoren, chairman of the
Democratic city and county committee,
made a statement at 2 O'Clock this
morning He said:
The Democratic ticket has been
elected by from 7.000'to 10000 majority.
The latest returns add to the majority
for our ticket We have carried the
First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth Seventh. Eighth, Eleventh,
Fourteenth and Sixteenth wards. The
only one in doubt is the Eighth ward.
end believe the final returns will give
Donnen that. The scratched tickets
favored Speer, despite all statements to
the contrary. The election was quiet
and not dishonest vote was cast. The
Democrats did not depend on the two
or three wards down town. but gave
the Republicans a run for their money
in the uptown wards. Many Republi-
cans voted the Speer ticket as rebuke
to the press There will be no contest.
There is nothing to contest. Look at
the small vote cast in the precincts
that the newspapers have been talking
about so much.'