The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09
The WAR AGAINST
The BALLOT CROOK

utIeat tne hepuDncan ticket.
While the Democratic papers are
publishing long lists Of names or
which ballots were voted and calling
upon the voters to say whether they
voted or not, which is not the point ir
the handwriting matter-the Republi
Ican papers are publishing long lists Of
mythical voters with their addresses
who were voted by the Democratic re
peaters in the lower seven wards Of
1.-THE city.
The Adams papers are trying &c
show that the Peabody side hinge
their contest on the ballots found in
the boxes written by one person, while
the Peabody papers are showing that
the repeater vote was, II anything
Greater than the bogus ballot
writer vote. And so the investigation
progresses. The people will he sure OF
one thing, however it may turn out,
that Mr.. Peabody has done the state a
great service in showing up these
frauds. 1t has never been done before
and 1t will not be done again in many
years, should it occur, for 1t has cost
an enormous sum of money and a
large amount of labor to collect the ev-
idence of these gigantic frauds. Ballot
box suffers, like other criminals, cover
up their crimes so far as possible, and
| 1t is next to impossible to place the
hand upon the criminal or the bogus
ballots. In this case the criminals
were reckless because they had the
promise of the same protection which
they received before.
II the fraudulent precincts are
thrown out in Denver to the number of
104-those investigated-Mr. Peabody
would have a plurality of esq over
Adams in the state, including Adams.
To this will doubtless be added the
gain from fraudulent precincts thrown
out in Boulder. Adams, Pueblo, Las
Animas and Conejos counties, which
will make Mr.. Peabody's majority oSsr
fraudulent precincts in Denver could
be returned to the genuine" column
and still leave Mr.. Peabody with ma
jority over Adams.
If Mr.. Peabody is seated the days of
the Big Mtt conspiracy in Denver are
over. II he is not. the ballot crooks
will look upon their work as having
been successfully done and inasmuch
as Frank Adams will be at the head
of the Denver Police Department for
three years more at least and with q
Democratic mayor. there is not the
slightest doubt that the organization
of the Bigg Mitt conspiracy will
be continued and that it will
do Its utmost to defeat the Re-
rublicans two years hence to Sc
cure a United States senator and the
state ticket. by the same methods it
secured the election of Mr.. Teller and
Mr.. Adams.
Runners are heard on all sides of the
probability of one Of the crooks now
in Jail making a confession which will
entangle the heads of the conspiracy
So far the confession has not material
lied, but 1t would not be surprising to
hear of it at any time as some of the
incnrcerated Big Mitters are complain
.ng bitterly at the treatment they have
received at the hands of the managers
CT the conspiracy.
The assembly is working with the
eight-hour law proposition and will
bring forth fair. just and equitable"
measure as promised by the Repub-
lican platform. 1t is hardly to b eek
pected that any bill they could posi-
bring forth would be satisfactory to the
Democratic presA and it must. there
fore. II, expected that whatever is
done will meet with the severe and
wholesale denunciation of that part of
the Democratic organization. Repre-
sentative Stephen says that the labor
unions and the employers evinced so
little interest in the bill at the start
that none of them even offered sug-
gestion. They have now both been
given a chance to be heard by the
committee and the law as 1t will be
when finished will represent as near
as possible the combined views of both
sides.
The Peabody-Adams contest has Sc
riously interfered with the work of the
session but the solons promise to make