Gunnison news-champion., 1905-11-24
Pleads TRUTH IN DEENSl
Senator Patterson Makes Senaa-
tsoaal Alks Atsons in Answes
10 S~Sseme Co<srt
Proeee dfnes

That the acts OF the state supreme
court dsring the past year Justlhed
the publication ot the ARTICLES and
Cartoons winch Senator Patterson
published or caused 10 be published
in the News ana Times, criuclsing
the dscisIons from the courts, Is the
text Ol the answer winch the senator
filed in the now famous contempt
proceedings against hIm and the
News Times Publishing company.
The senator, in effect, says that
the charges were true, that he can
prove them, and requests the per-
mission of introducing evidence 10
do SO. IL Is the first time In the
history of Colorado courts that a
publisher has, when cited for con
tempt, maintained that his charges
we're true and offered to prove them
! The senator In his answer states that
the publications were for the pur-
pose Of srousing the public to .
complete omprehension OF the
manner in which, he claims, the
court was violating the constitution
uf the state and was, through It's de
cision, seating Republicans in the
positions to which Democrats had
been elected
lie recites at length the history
of the supreme court 5 political de
cislons since last October, aud
charges that the corporations entered
into "a contract with Gov. Peabody 10
re-elect him II he would allow them
TO name the two new members Of the
supreme court, provided ior under
/ the consolidation amendment, that
as result of that agreement the
corporations named Judges Goddard
and Bailey, that judge Goddard was
| Objectionable 10 some Of the cor
porations and that his confirmation
10y the senate was prolonged IN that
| body until after the agents OF the
Colorado and Southern had spent
three hours at his home one morning
between II o'clock midnight and 3
O'Clock and that he was then CON
| firmed
The senator charges that Gov
/ Peabody when lie ascertained that
Gov. Adams was to be seated, re
fused to send in the nominations Of
Goddard and Bailey for some hours,
and that the corporation agents and
Justices Cambell and Gabbert, who
were then on the supreme bench,
visited the governor in has private
office and prevailed upon him to
send to the senate the names Of the
two men and that during the visit OF
the corporation agents, they a2ree
to stand the Peabody expense Of the
/ Peabody-Adams contest
Senator Patterson also charges
that through the decisions Of the
court, which he claims were uncon-
stitutional, Republican governor
a Republican Legislature, two Re
publican members Of the supreme
court and all of the Republican
officers OF the city and county Of
1 Denver were given positions "a
which the people had really elected
Democrats. He charges that, CON
sidering the appointive power Of the
officers involved, the supreme court
thus seated between 400 and SOC
Republicans when the people had
chosen Democrats.
He maintained that the one obiect
of all the political upheaval was to
secure supreme court that would
be friendly TO the corporations in
decisions that would probably be
rendered during the life Of the pres
ent court. And that the conspiracy
eatered into between the corporation
agents and Gov. Peabody to allow
the corporations to name the two
/ Judges solely to secure a court
friendly to the corporations.