Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-02-23

court That had declined to take jur.
lsdiction. and then an application was
made to the supreme court. wtAch did
take Jurisdiction and had already sen
fenced number OF persons for con.
tempt. The alleged padded Nst OF
which he had charge had come over
from the spring election On cross.
examination, Mr.. Vidal tried to show
that Mr.. Dickson was not testlfying
of MS own knowledge In cases OF H.
legal regt stration, but from hearsay,
and therefore his evidence was worth
less. In some cases Mr. Dickson had
made personal inquiry. In others he
took the affidavits OF canyassers who
reported TO him.
| Mr.. Kelly, a ]. p, before whom
Webber had made his aff,davlt about
Illegal voters. said he had not read
over the nffidavit to Webber before he
| signed It,
Three judges in various precincts
| testified that no voters who needed
| assistance had been sworn In. In on,
pi''ih'i hth Ntfu ", III
3. In another. l2
Mr. Ward offered In evidence three
ballots from one precinct numbered
2; from another. ballots, both num-
bered 40; from another. 9, both
| numbered Sc. from another. 9, both
numbered ITS.
The committee took a recess until
inu At l.y
Denver, Feb. rs, 1904.
In the absence of Chairman Grlf-
fifth. the contest was presided over
by Mr.. Alexander this afternoon
The first witness introduced by the
Republicans was James Carvan, clerk
of the county court. who brought with
him the official record OF cases, and
was asked to read the long list of
informatlons filed by District Aftor.
ncy Stidger since taking oiilce six
weeks ago, and the result OF the cases
so far
At least fifty election officials and
crooks have been charged with crimes
of various sorts, most of them en-
ployes OF the city in some capacity or
other. Fourteen of them have al
ready been convicted and sentenced,
or else have plead guilty and are
awaiting sentence. among them City
Detective Isilly Green.
In connection with the cases of
Dowd and Miller. Attorney Ward in
troduced the confession oi Shopper.
son. the Judge who confessed to writ.
hng some 300 fraudulent ballots In
company with the Democratic Judges
at the last election, and stuffing them
into the box in the precinct in witch
he was Judge. Tn. confession was
certified to be correct by the Official
stenosrapher. but that was mol
enough for Attorney Vidal, who
thought 1t ought TO be signed by the
clerk Of court. and objected to 1t on
that ground. 1t was brought out that
large number OF those accused can
not be found by the police.
Five election judges were then put
on in as many minutes to testify to
the number receiving assistance In
writing their ballots. Voters were
not sworn in any case. as the law pro
yides. making II easy for the machine
to make sure that the person voting
cast his ballot as ordered. In each
case the testimony was to the effect
that much smaller number We're as
listed than the number Of ballots
reported by experts to be In the
same hand writing
c. A. Scarborough was put on the
stand to identify one OF the books
furnished by the Republican county
chairman by the election commission
as registration books. In pursuance
of the order Of the supreme court
The book in question was one about
Xxi inches In size. and was evidently
not one that was used in the election
Yet that Is what the Republicans paid
for as registration book. and that
is what they used to make their can
vass with. Under the circumstances
it is wonder that as many non-resI-
dents were found as they reported.
The last witness OF the day was Ed.
ward keating. formerly tty auditor,
and for the last six years employed
by the News Times, his present en-
ployment being that OF news editor
As such, he has nothing to do with
the editorial department. he said. but
he seemed very willing TO 30 deeply
into all questions regarding the pol.
icy and management Of the paper.
Ward handed him copy of the
Times for May "a last. and asked him
to read certain editorial aloud for
the benefit Of the committee. and TO
state whether the matter contained
therein was true. Before reading 1t,
Mr. Keating felt compelled to make
statement for the committee. say
ing that at the time of the editorial
the city was engaged in a municipal
election, and that q certain faction
OF the Republicans mad combined
with the Democratic machine and the
public utility corporations OF Denver
to steal the election from the candi.
date Of the Republican party, and
that the News. In it's desire for civic
righteousness and the defeat OF the
wicked corporations. had decided to
side with the Republicans. He then