The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-26
C0NSPIRING TO
SEAT PEABODY
monStrOuS Crime Is Being At
tempted in Colorado.
SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT
DECENT REPUBLICANS OPPOSED
TO PLOT.

DENVER. Colo, Dec. 25.-If the fiji
teenth general assembly Of Colo
RADIO, which is to meet on
Wednesday, January 4. shall ef-
1ectuate the plans formulated by
Inc managers of the Republican
iost election campaign Governor
James Fl. Peabody MAJ serve as chief
executive of the state for two years
more despite the sact that Alva Adms
sun has nearly 10000 plurality since
the votes Of five Denver precincts were
thrown out bodily by order of the su-
IRENE court in consequence of frauds
exposed in contempt proceedings
against election officials
Contest Committee.
There viii be a Republican majority
81 thirty or more in the general as
sembly, which win canvass the vote
1or state officers. It is proposed 10
nave the general assembly appoint
special contest committee Of nine to
Twelve members TO which viii be sub
united the evidence Of wholesale cleo
ton frauds in Denver and possibly
some other counties, which the Repub-
Hcan committees have been collecting
ever since the election.
Supreme Court Precedent.
The Republican managers maintain
Jhat with the fraudulent vote of Den
Yer eliminated Governor Peabody will
have at least 1000 plurality in this
county and Z. 1000 i'm the state. These
politicians DO not intend that the legal
votes shall be sifted from the illegal
and then counted or that the legisla-
ture shall reject the entire vote oil Den
Yer county. because to do this would
rrfr TTs.I. Al.
Governor Peabody. but they propose
HAT about 100 Democratic precincts
shaii be thrown out on the ground Of
elleSed frauds and that the vote Of the
Republican precincts shall be counted.
I hey assert that the supreme court
has established a precedent for such
procedure.
Decent Republicans Oppose.
The radical programme IS opposed by
SINE conservative Republican leaders
Pueblo. and Dr.. John Grass of Trinidad
and until the legislature meets and
lakes action il cannot be known Ger
lainly VIII Their Pea body or Adams will
lie governor Cor the next two years.
The Democratic leaders are preparing
10 contest vigorously the attempt to re-
seat Peabody. Bipartisan mass meet
lngS are TO be held in Denver, Pueblo
and other cities TO protest against the
line OF action mapped out for the Iegis-
1ature by the Republican leaders. The
Liberty league. a political organization
of union Workmcn, is also preparing to
lax an active part i'm the courts that
viii be made To defeat the attempt TO
continue Governor Peabody in office.
Monstrous Conspiracy.
The Democratic leaders declare there
Is monsUous conspiracy behind the
disclosures OF fraud shown I'm contempt
l,rOD ceilings before the supreme court.
They say that the lunches Of Spurious
ballots, all in one handwriting. found I'm
Tho boxes from different precincts
could not have been placed i'm the boxes
on election day without having been
observed by the watchers and charge
that the boxes have distracted ana
spurious ballots substituted therefor
No proof in support of these asser-
tons has been presented, but it Is
pointed out that the boxes were left
unmatched for TWO days after beng
delivered to the election commission,
and that fer another day they were in
charge OF only two Republican watch
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