The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-01-02
ADAMS PLURALITY
To Be CAST OUT
BY LEGISLATURE
Colorado Will Declare
Reelection of Gov
ernor Peabody.
BASED ON DENVER FRAUD
Will Put Burden of Proof
in the Contest on
Democrats.
BASED ON DENVER FRAUD

DENVER. Jan. 2.-The Colorado Leg
islature viii assemble at noon tomor-
row It's first duty viii be to canvass the
vote cast for State officers at the last
election
There will be two returns from the
canvassing board Of Denver county
The majority return will show that Alva
Adams, Democratic candidate for gov
efnor, received a plurality of about 4,500
IN the county, which, with a plurality
Of 5000 in the State would eject him
by about $500
The minority report will be signed by
Harvey Riddle, the Republican member
OF the county canvassing board. II will
assert that great frauds were perpetrat-
ed in Denver county, and that by elini-
mating the fraudulent votes the Adams
plurality in the cour+- would be COM
pletely wiped out, Gov. James H. Pea
body really receiving a plurality of
about 1000 votes in the county This,
OF course. would overcome the Adams
plurality in the State. The Legislature
will then declare Governor Peabody
elected
This is the program determined upon
by the Republican leaders. and there is
no reason to believe it will be changed
through without opposition.
Adams will immediately file a contest
asserting that he is entitled 20 the gov
ernorsflip but by adopting this plan the
cratic candidate the burden of proof
He will be obliged 10 bring forward evi-
dence TO show that the frauds were not
as great as has been claimed, while the
Republicans wiz be on the defensive
only.
Overwhelmingly Republican.
That this program can easily be car
ried out is shown by the composition of
the Legislature In the senate there
will be at the opening of the session
nineteen Republicans and fifteen Demo-
Gratis. There will be one vacancy, caused
by the death Of Senator Buckly The
presiding officer will be Lieut. Gov War
rem Haggott, Republican In the house
there Will be Al Republicans and Is Dem
ocrats. The Republican majority on
joint ballot will be 33
The Republicans will not stop here.
however. At the late session Of the
Legislature the Democrats had control
of the Senate while the Republicans
controlled the house. A United States
Senator was To be elected and the Re
publicans had a small majority on joint
ballot The Democratic Senate arbitra-
rily unseated two Republican senators
L
favor The Republicans were at that
time divided by a factional fight and in
stead of retaliating by unseating an
equal number of Democrats in the
troll en- joint ballot and Henry NJ. Teller
| was reelected Senator
At. the coming session the two Demo-
cratic senators who Were thus seated
and who held office during the last ses-
sion will be unseated and the two Re
publicans who were elected two years
ago given the seats. One OF them is
Jesse Mcdonald. elected lieutenant gov
ernor at the late election. He will hold
his seat as senator until he is inaugu-
rated on January 10
AT the same election. TWO years ago
| three Democratic senators We're elected
| from the Denver district. The present
plan is to declare that the frauds com
n,itIed at that election which were ex-
posed in the Shafroth- -Boynge Congress
@tOnal contest, were great enough to
warrant unseating the three Democrats
and giving the three Republicans who
were their opponents the seats.
Wart Peaboay Railroaded In.
The more rad-cacI Republicans insist
that Governor Peabody shall be inaue,l-
| rated on January 10, and that Adams
claims shall be Immediately rejected
The conservatives believe that radical
action of this kind, Overthi owing re-
| turns which apparently give Adams a
plurality OF nearly 1000 would place
the party In bad light. and they in
| sist that the Adams contest shall be
| duly heard, and evidence concerning
! fra uds submitted TO a legislative com
mission They believe that they will
| have no difficulty in justifying their
| claims. One thing is certain, however.
and that is that Governor Peabody VIII
! be seated, no matter what methods be
| adopted
| The supreme court has ordered that
| all the ballot boxes used In the late
| election in the 204 precincts of Denver
! county shall be opened and their con-
| tents examined, in order to determine
| the extent of the frauds This will
have no effect upon the Legislative can
VaSs however as the court expressly
stated The latter body has the ex-
| elusive power of determining who was
elected governor