Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-02-18
DEFIANT ATTITUDE OF BALLOT sHARPS

( lNs iiauHh Itp.ahtI, on htns4ttf s'a4N
+ perhaps. but repeated aid covered up
/ better than they were at the late eiee-
T ion
One Of the various schemes which
( form the whole and make the Big Nit.
I conspiracy 20 successful. was to 81
acct Tor Republican judges and clerks
o. election meA shom the leaders
knew acre going TO vote against Pea
body and otaer A. pubiicans. THIS Sas
I developed IN the testimony aad Ia
Lretlhets where the Republicans
/ supposed they had rspres seHtaiiEes.
E their csallengsrs judge. etc, Sere In
( the employ Oh tie Big Mttt Thi-
I placed the election machinery who'll
III the hands oil the consplraturs IL.
I these precincts. In many others theF.
/ Nas no prcteuslon Of having the Rs
+ publican party represented.
/ The question of who ls governor f.
still answered differently by both par
I lies to the contest It is doubtful i.
any amount OF evidence would hay-
+ brought different result AZ a mat
sr Of policy Democratic politicians ar
rot going 10 admit that they are eu=
gagged In a lost cause 1t Is hardly tu
, be expected from thCm. but the ran,
and ale who have kept posted are not
so backward about admitting the weak
a r
atsd End uniruthful reports Of the md
ing oi Ihs inquiry tn las Auimas ano
huerfano counties may aseet pub"
opinion to some e1tsat. but il Is a.
believed that any counter charges ca
possibly make the people forget the Ia
{ tlrc and magnitude Of the Denver
frauds. One Of the really funny stunt
I uf the Denver Adams press is 10 Civ
I t.-e imprt sston that the state is on the
verge Of bloody revolution. Day after
day It Informs It's readers that the peo-
pie are aroused TO an extraordinary
pitch Of indignation over the bare
thought Of unssating Sir. Adams. Such
headlines az The People Rise En-
Masse to Resent. etc. AN Army OF Not.
ors to March on the Capitol, Mighty
Wave Of Popular Wrath and so on
And Yet the people gn about their at
fairs In an orderly manner. 40 hTc
arms have been imported. No armies
are drilling, nor hostile camps 'u-
lied, no nothing but utter conts4- .JE
such absurd and palpablc lies. So far
as a perusal Of the state papers can In
dlcate public sentiment e. seems to be
very orderly and tranquil state over
the Eovs vsruorEhtp question. The peo-
+ pie do not take as much interest In
who viii be governor as they do In
whether or not the rotten politics Of
Denver is 10 b. cut out and that the
legislature 40 justice no matter whore
i falls II the people OF Colorado we're
half as crazy as the yellow journals
indicate that they are there would be
good reason for the eastern press to
condemn Us. as IL is nov doing. as un.
~ for self government.
From what can be gathered from the
press, and from visitors from the coun.
try. and representatives Of the outside
counties. the people are perfectly rec
onciled TO accepting whichever candi-
date the Legislature seats without the
slightest possibility of an uproar of
any Kind. except among the
politicians, There is no doubt
that the Republicans viii feel
sore and that a great injustice has
been done them and a serious injury
TO the state II Mr.. peabody's victory
is to be taken from him after the ex-
posures that have been made. The in
Peabody. but II II is not done the Re
publieans Will take their medicine and
the odium of having a tainted Office
viii fall upon ar. Adams and his party,
II Mr. Adams Is seated in the face of
this evidence Il means that the state
is hopeiessly lost to the Democrats.
The people of Colorado outside OF Den.
yer will see To II that they never steal
the governorship again. The impor-
tant fact that is gratifying to know
and which should be made known to
every citizen of the country. is tina;
the people of Colorado are eonserva.
tive and law abiding Have no more
use for election thieves than they have
for dynamiters. or any other class OF
criminals, and that they are neither
swayed nor Influenced In any way by
the ridiculous yellow press which
claims to represent the views and
tastes OF a large portion OF the peo'
pie.
The Assembly has accomplished