The San Francisco call., 1905-01-08
VOTE SHOWS.
THAT ADAMS
IS ELECTED
PeabOdy'S Opponent
Is Governor Of.
Colorado.
Canvass Reveals That Dem.
OCrat Is Entitled to
the Office.
Count Gives Him a Plurality Of
9774 Over the Republican
Candidate.

DENVER, Jan. 7.-Alva Adams was
tonight declared by the Legislature to
be the duly elected Governor Of Colo
rado. The returns showed Adams 123,-
07s, Peabody 113,304; plurality for
Adams, 9774.
A cheer greeted the announcement of
the result of the election when made
by Lieutenant Governor Heggott.
The Republican candidates to all the
other State offices were declared elect
ed. Under the terms of the agreement
reached to-day by the various factions
in the Legislature no notice of contest
can be filed by Governor Peabody un-
til after the inauguration of Adams,
which is set for 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning. 1t has not yet been definitely
decided by Governor Peabody whether
he will make contest.
DOVE OF PEACE.
When the Legislature convened this
morning Representative William Grif-
fifth of Cripple Creek asked for recess
until o'clock in the afternoon, giving
as his reason for the request that the
white winged dove of peace is about to
light on the dome of the Capitol" 1t was
nine long hours before the dove came
down. and many and devious had been
her flights before it reached its perch
1t was finally agreed at 5 o'clock in the
afternoon that the vote should be can
vassed, that Alva Adams should be de-
clared Governor, and that no contest
should be made for any office until
after his inauguration at 10 o'clock
next Tuesday morning.
Throughout the entire struggle for
the Governorship the chief aim of both
Democrats and Republicans has been
to secure the appointment of the two
new Judges to the Supreme Court. The
Wolcott Republicans were insistent in
their demand that they be recognized
in the appointment of the Judges, and
it was finally agreed that the ap-
pointees should be George w. Bailey of
Fort Collins and L. NJ. Goddard of Den
yer. The Wolcott men made strong
fight for Judge M. E. Lewis of Colo
rado Springs. whom they preferred to
Goddard, but they finally gave way.
PEABODY INDIGNANT.
When the Republican leaders called
upon Governor Peabody to inform him
of the conclusions they had reached
and to tell him that his only hope of
second term lay through a contest in
the Republican Legislature they were
met by a wrathful and indignant man.
1t was only the personal pleadings of
some of his closest friends that finally
induced him to agree to the plan pro-
posed and to send the names of Bailey
and Goddard to the Senate for con-
firmation
The Peabody men refused to give
way until the Supreme Court this aft
ernoon refused to declare legal the pro-
ceedings of yesterday. 1t would not de-
clare them Illegal, simply declining to
pass on the matter at all. With the
joint session not declared legal all
things that came from 1t were in the
same position. and the Peabody men
then agreed to compromise.
The Senators filed into the House,
with Lieutenant Governor Haggott
leading The Lieutenant Governor
mounted the Speakers rostrum, where
Speaker Dickson was awaiting him.
The men eyed each other for a second
and then Haggott, with laugh. ex-
tended his hand and 1t was cordially
and the Lieutenant Governor called the
session to order. He announced the
purpose Of the joint session to be the
canvassing Of the vote, and then gave
way to the Speaker.
COURT ORDER MADE.
The Supreme Court this afternoon di-
rected the Commissioners to deliver the
ballot boxes to the committe, with the
understanding that a representative of
the commission be present when they
are opened.
When the court convened at o'clock
Chief Justice Gabbert announced that
the Election Commissioners were prop
erly officers of the court and as such il
was their duty to turn over to the
legislative committee the ballot boxes
used at the last election, and he would
therefore issue an order to that effect
Jutice Gabbert declined to make a rul-
ing concerning the legality of yester-
days proceedings in the House. This
was a disappointment to the Peabody
Republicans, who had hoped for a de-
cision upholding the legality of the pro-
ceedings.
Although the court had given Sem
ator Patterson until 2 o'clock to pre-
pare his answer to the petition. it an
nounced the decision without affording
him time to speak. He expressed him.
self as surprised at the action of the
court and asked for leave to file a de-
nnurrer 1t was refused. and the court
directed the clerk to enter the order