The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26
TO STEAL THE STATE.
Colorado Republican Politicians Have
Plans Completed.

| Denver, Col, Dec. 26.-If the Fifteenth
general assembly of Colorado, which is
| to meet Wednesday, January 4, shall
put in effect the plans formulated by
the managers of the Republican post
election campaign, Governor 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 precincts were thrown
out bodily by order of the supreme court
in consequence of frauds exposed in
contempt proceedings against election
officials.
There will be a Republican majority
of 80 or more in the general assembly,
which will canvass the vote for state
officers. 1t is proposed to have the gen
eral assembly appoint a special contest
committee of nine to twelve members,
to which will be submitted the evidence
of wholesale election frauds in Denver,
and possibly some other counties, which
the Republican committees have been
collecting ever since the election.
The Republican managers maintain
that with the fraudulent vote OF Denver
eliminated Governor Peabody VIII nave
at least 1000 plurality in this country
and of 1000 in the state. These polite
ians do not intend that the legal votes
shall be sifted from the illegal and then
counted, or that the legislature snalI re-
ject the entire vote of Denver country,
because to do this would not accom-
plish their purpose to reseat Governor
Peabody, but they propose that about
1 800 Democratic precincts shall be
thrown out on the ground of alleged
frauds and that the vote of the Re
publican precincts shall be counted
| They assert that the supreme court has
established precedent Tor this proce-
dure.
This radical programme is opposed by
some conservative Republican leaders,
including Judge N. Walter Dixon, OF
mr. Ta11r nf Trinidad
and until the legislature meets and
takes action it cannot be known GER
tainly whether Peabody or Adams will
be governor for the next two years
The Democratic leaders are preparing
to contest vigorously the attempt to re-
seat Peabody. Bipartisan meetings are
to be held in Denver, Pueblo ana otner
cities to protest against the line or ac-
ton mapped out for the legislature by
the Republican leaders. The Liberty
League a political organization of un-
ion workingmen, is also preparing TO
take an active part in the efforts that
will be made to defeat the attempt to
continue Governor Peabody in office.
The Democratic managers declare
there is a monStrous conspiracy behind
the disclosures of fraud shown in con-
tempt proceedings before the supreme
court, They say that the punches Of
spurious ballots, all in one handwriting,
found in the boxes from different pre-
cincts, could not have been placed in
the boxes on election day without hav-
ing been observed by the watchers, and
charge that the boxes have been tam
pered with since the election, legal
votes being distracted and spurious ball
lots substituted therefor. No proof in
support of these assertions has been
presented, but 1t is pointed out that the
boxes were left unmatched for two days
after being delivered to the election
they were in charge of only two Repub-
| lican watchers.