Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-01-01
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SUPREME COURT OF COLORADO
ORDERS INVESTIGATION sL'; =. Of
THE ELECTION.
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EVERY I III E' Ri PHASE 81 pr THE RECENT An
CONTEST WILL RECEIVE
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plfcated In election frauds Of the city
and county Of Denver ION Or before,
or after. Nov. 8, the supreme court
Friday ordered an Investigation so
sweeping in its scope that every phase
of the election may be scrutinized and,
everything that bears ii any way on,
the election may be made known BY
judicial inquiry. TtH ran 'it Esf
5Alva Adams, Democratic candidate,
tor governor, who appeared from the.
returns to have been elected but who
has declared that he does not want
the Office tainted with fradd, asked the
court to ,Open every Denver ballot box,
but the order OF the court goes beyond
the mere examination OF the ballot
and provides Tor an investigation 81
the registration lists, 4 the campaign
expenditures and, in brief, all cleo.
ton matters. s.l2a is
Attorney Samuel w. Bedford, Tor
Adams, and fAttorney Henry j. Her
Sey, forFthe Republicans, asked the
court Ito make Its order of such
breadth that the court need not stop,
at anything III the Investigation. The
court said that was what It meant tC'
do and instructed the lawyers to agree
upon the wording Of the order and pre-
sent 1t to the court for approval next
Tuesday.
Task May Consume Months.
AS there are 2O4 ballot boxes it Isl
evident that several months will be
consumed in the examination of their.
contents by the two handwriting ex-
perts to be appointed for this work 4
1T is expected that the supreme.
court will be asked to make an order
placing special watchers at the court
house to guard the registration books
until such time as the Investigation
Is made.
There are probably 10000 fraudu-
lent registrations on the books or the
city and county Of Denver" said At
torney James II. Brown, the principal
advisor of the Republican city central
committee. Friday.
Republican committee, has published
the: following statement over his sig-l
nature. h 59 -s q
"Our investigation into the conduct
OF the recent election III Denver has
developed the fact that approximately
10000 fraudulent votes were cast or
..
There Is no reasonable doubt that.
Governor Peabody and the entire Re-
publican state ticket was fairly elect.
ed on Nov. 8, by the vote Of a large
majority Of the legal voters Of this
state" s'i8 r&t - sf5&'es'
Effect Not Apparent.
What effect, IL any, the courts &C.
ton Friday will have upon the course.
of the legislature in respect to can:
wasting the vote for governor and de-
ternlining whether Peabody or Adams
Is entitled to the seat has not become
apparent. Chief Justice Gabbert par
ticularly stated the courts investiga.;
ton will not be permitted In any way
to interfere with. any investigation,
that may be set on foot by the gem
eral public e I'll s.sestft 81 81: j
Republicans as well as Democrats:
admit that the opening of all the DEN
yer boxes complexities the political sit
nation IN Colorado, but believe that
It means that there will be no rough
house" a. predicted. a53
It was announced late Friday that
the Republican plan to unseat Demo
cratic senators had been modified and
that possibly only Senators Born and
Healey, who were seated by the,
Democratic majority on contests two
years ago, would be turned out NJ It
also was reported that on the advice
of influential Republicans the propo-
sition to memorabilia the United States
senate totunseat Senator Teller would
be abandoned. @ss4 ~ M