The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-09

Denver, March S.-The general as
Fembly of Colorado. meeting in joint
convention to consider the governor
ship contest between James H Pea
D Ody and Alva Adams, discussed today
She four reports submitted by the con-
lest committee One of these reports,
signed by fourteen Republican MEM
bers Of the committee, recommends the
seating of Peabody. The other four
Republican members and the nine
Democrats. presenting separate re-
gorts, favor Adams and advise that
Peabody's contest be dismissed. SEN
stOr Morton Alexander. who signed the
Peabody report, also presented an
other report, recommending the gen.
cral assembly to declare the Office of
governor vacant and to seat Lieuten-
ant Governor Mcdonald as governor.
Limited to Ten Minutes.
Under the rules adopted by the joint
convention ten minutes are allotted to
each member TO discuss the reports
and any member is permitted to yield
his time to another, but none can talk
over twenty minutes. There are
Dinety-seven members and the debate
may be continued for three days Tt
g. believed, however, that not more
than half the legislators will take part
an the discussion.
a vote taken today established the
fact that none of the reports submit
receive a majority of the votes at the
present, time.
Shy Seven Votes.
on a motion to sustain the chairs
ruling on a point of order the vote
showed the number of Peal Ody's sup
porters present to be forty-twO. while
against him there were fifty-two votes
with three absentees. The Democratic
vote on joint ballot is thirty-one. and
the supporters CT the Alexander re-
port. which favOr3 the seating of Lieu
tenant Governor Jesse a. Mcdonald
as governor. claim to have twenty-five
votes This would indicate the
full Peabody strength on joint ballot
TO be forty-fouT Forty-nine is the
number of votes required 10 seat Pea
body if all the members are present
when the final vote is taken
- Deadlock at Present.
The struggle today was in regard to
the procedure I'm the vote on the vari-
Gus reports. The anti-Pea body people
and the Democrats are confident they
can defeat the Republican report if
they can get a vote on it first. On the
other hand. il The other reports are
submitted to vote ahead of the Pea
body report they Will probably be de-
feated and the Peabody report adopted
as there are many anti-Pea body men
who would refuse to vote for Adams.
At present everything is in a dead
lock
Immediately afer the joint conYen-
ton assembled a motion was made for
the adopt son \of the majority report
The Democrats were silent and a Pea
body Republican member moved the
adoption of the Democratic report. An
other Peabody Republican moved the
adoption of the Alexander report,
Parliamentary Tangie.
Speaker Dickson made a point of or
der against this proceeding on the
ground there Were only two parties to
. the contest. Chairman Mcdonald in
whose favor the Alexander report was
made. sustained the point of order and
C1mediately the joint convention
plunged into a parliamentary tangIe
that lasted for an hour. An appeal
was made from the ruling Of the chair
and after every possible parliamentary
/, move was made TO prevent a vote be-
( ing taken on this appeal, including mo-
tons TO adjourn and take a recess. a
roll call was ordered and the assembly
refused to sustain the chair by a vote
OF . to a. This places the Alexander
report before the joint convention.
Before a motion could be made on
the Griffith report which is signed by
four Republicans and favOrs Governor
Adams, u motion TO take a recess until
. tor"orrOw morning was made and car
ried Overwhelmingly.