The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
SEATING OF PEABODY
VOTE FIFTY-FIvE TO FoRTY-oNE
Will He Resign? Is Now the Question
lis Said to Have So Promised
But Partisans Insist on His Re-

this morning says:
Governor James H. Peabody, who
was vindicated yesterday afternoon by
his party. has determined to resign.
He so announced last night. 1t may
be that he will submit his resignation
to the secretary of state to-day or to-
morrow, but If he takes the advice of
his stanchest friends he will hold un-
til the legislative session ends. Chair
man d. B. Farley of the Republican
state central committee is opposed to
the governor resigning at all.
To-day conference will be held
by the leading Republicans of the
state and Governor Peabody will leave
the matter with them. If he consulted
his own desires he would step aside
before the week ends"
When the joint assembly had been
called to order by Lieutenant Governor
Mcdonald at 1920 a. m, yesterday.
Senator Parks was first to speak: I'm
view of the decision of the Supreme
Court" he said. Il presume that Sena-
tor Alexander would like to withdraw
the report he filed from the contest
committee. If he desires to do SO
would ask that he be given the oppor-
tunity."
Objection was made to the with
drawal of the report but the assembly
permitted it by a vote of 65 to 81.
Representative Grifith then moved
the adoption OF the report he had sub
mitted from the contest committee.
The question arose as to the time
to be allotted to debates. The leu
tenant governor ruled that each men,
ber could have ten minutes and no
more and that his whole ten minutes
must be used at one time. There was
to be no bookkeeping. When mem
ber had made his speech he was
through, whether he took one minute
or ten.
On his own motion Senator Mecca
thy was excused from voting on the
main question.
The Griffith report was voted down,
receiving fourteen votes.
The question was then upon the Ad-
ans report. many senators and repre-
sentatives taking part in the debate.
When the roll was called the Adams
report was rejected by vote of 81 to
as All the Democrats voted for the
report and the Republicans who voted
with them were Senator Ewing and
Representatives Garcia, Hurd, John-
son. Wilder, Metz and Stewart.
Representative Griffith, chairman OF
the contest committee took up his own
report and said his action in signing
1t had not been hasty, but was the re-
suit of honest conviction that James
II, Peabody was not elected. There
fore, he said. he would cast his vote
against the majority report.
Senator Lewis said he had served
| on the committee and heard the tes.
| timony. The conspiracy charged haa
| been proven beyond any question OF
| ohn
of the assembly and no one had ever
denied it. The 140 repeaters In Den.
Yer had cast about IL $40 votes. as told
tn the committee. There was enough
in that one item alone to show that
| Peabody had really carried Denver
| The evidence was sufficient TO snow
that James H. Peabody was honestly
elected on the sth day of last Novem
her. The Democratic lawyers to ap'
pear before the committee mad admit
ted that expert testimony was good.
Representative Hurd read from q
note he held in his hand asking II II
was a greater crime to steal the state
for Peabody than to steal 1t for Nc
| Donald. He compared the testimony
brought in for Mr.. Peabody to that
which convicted Dreyfus in France
with the passing of time he believed
would he established the justice oi
AIva Adams's claim to the governor
ship.
of Peabody. said:
"-rhe election machinery OF Denver
is now and has been for six years past
In the hands of the most desperate
gang of criminals that ever infested
any civilized community. the las'
six years will always be known as the
Reign of Terror
~ want to say to you. gentlemen
that the time never was. and is no.
now that the Democratic party could
in a fair election elect single candi
date to any office in this city and
county.
"They organized the most damnabie
conspiracy ever organized In any city
on the American continent 10 stea
the election in 1902, and did steal II
| nv a system of fraunds and bailot poS
stuffing SO stupendous and SO appail
ing that the exposure Thereon by tne
Congress of the United States brought
n blush of shame and disgrace to ev
cry Coloradan. ..,o .,
I'VE now come to the election D,
1aOa in which a desperate band OF
nirates and election thieves. as des
perate a band of pirates as ever
roamed the sea or scuttled ship. at
tempted to steal the election OF the
governor Of the state of Colorado. This
band of pirates was headed by Frank
Adams, the president Of the Fire and
Police Board of the City and County ol
Denver, the district attorney and the
! majority of the election commission
.'The election commissioners TOOK
office in May. 1904. They Immediately
act to work to make up registration
list Of voters for the fall election. and
placed upon the list thousands upon
thousands OF fictitious and fraudulent
names. so that when the list was com
pleted there were upon that list 30.
900 names, many. many thousands
more than any list that had ever be
fore been prepared.
THE district attorney OF this city
and county had. during the four years
which he had occupied the ofice. re-
fused to prosecute any election thief;
he was a candidate for reelection and
the thieves felt entirely secure
Many other speeches were made on
both sides. Senator Taylor was the
last speaker. He opposed Mr.. Pea
| body's claims. and said:
81 want to warn you that this state
7 is not Kentucky. and its people will