Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-01-07

The frauds In twenty-four precincts
are briefly told In addition 10 the nine
which had at that time been inyesu-
gated by the Supreme Court. and he
states that columns could have been
filed with similar records OF frauds.
The statement contains little or no
comment by the chairman. but Il is
most convincing one.
Abandoned Hope.
Senator Patterson has utterly aban-
doned all hope OF making the fraudu-
lent Denver votes count for Mr..
Adams. He has reached the "foiled
villain" stage. where he stands and
foams and fumes and demands
blood"
II is foregone conclusion that re-
gardless OF the action OF the Supreme
Court the Legislature will investigate
the frauds and be guided by sane and
just Judgment In deciding the matter.
Agents OF the B!gg Mitt in Denver,
who had for years superintended the
election frauds in that city. and who
were familiar with the various tricks
and devices TO defeat the viii OF the
voter at the ballot box. were sent 10
many OF the counties in the state.
A Smooth Scheme.
They did not succeed in making any
such a haul OF votes as they did In
Denver. but their mission was never
theless successful. Il was not their
plan TO do what is known as raw
work" in the smaller country pre-
cincts. such work was reserved for
Las Animas. Pueblo and one or two
other places. The plan was &c nave
little fraud committed In each precinct
in the state where the influence Of
the machine reached the local eiec-
tion officials. An average Of ten fraud
ulent votes In every precinct in tbs
state would mean a total OF 5000.
An average Of but three bogus votes
in each precinct meant is5o0. and these
frauds would naturally be so wide
spread and individually so small that
they would be very likely overlooked
and ignored by the Republicans. To
register an unnaturaiized person here
and there TO get a vote that was In
any form Illegal or TO prevent by any
trick or device, legal or Illegal. Re
publican from voting. was the scheme.
IL was a gum shoe" campaign this.
and IL was carried out to much
greater extent than is generally be-
lieyed
An Instance.
The very small plurality received on
the face OF the returns by Mr.. Ward.
Democratic candidate for senator from
Boulder. disclosed one of these in
stances OF Democratic fraud In a Re
publican county, which many Repub-
Leans have heretofore believed impos-
sible.
Investigation developed the fact that
the Lafayette precinct was one OF the
outside places where the gum shoe"
artists from Denver had gotten in their
work. Afiidayits from well known peo-
pie furnished the names OF eighty-ive
Democratic voters who were either un-
natBralized or who did not live In the
precinct. IL was also charged that the
Democratic judges (of which there
We're two Instead OF one as there
should have been In a Republican
county preclncD opened the ballot box
after II had been sealed for some pur-
pose and that they did II while the
third Judge tRepubiicant was absent
The discovery Of this fraud was the
means Of preventing Senator Millard
from being robbed Of his seat
In Trinidad naturalization frauds
were committed and precinct No. 81
was colonized with Italians and other
foreigners and the vote almost dou-
hled Illegally. IL was because OF such
frauds as these that Senator Barela
was given his seat over his Democratic
opponent
Questions for Adams.
Mr.. Adams has been the recipient Of
another open letter which he no doubt
wishes had not been written. Among
the questions asked by his public cor
respondent are the following:
who was 1t that tried to prevent
the occurrence of Democratic election
frauds at the recent election,
The Republican organization. was
il not7
Who opposed this action OF the Re
publican organization and its efforts
TO get the fictitious names stricken
from the registration books?
Who was IL that opposed the issue
Of the Supreme Court injunction. COM
manding election crooks to obey the
law
who was It that opposed the ap-
pointment OF Supreme Court watchers.
whose duty 1t was to observe and re-
port 20 the Supreme Court the work OF
the Democratic Big Mitt' at the polls, :,
Il appreciate that this is an annoy
ing question. for you now want the
boxes opened In fact, IL is really en-
barrasslng. but
Was It not the Democratic organi-
zation opposed every effort made by
the Republican organization to pro-
vide means OF detecting these frauds?
This question is really deserving OF
specific answer"
The assembling OF the members OF
the Legislature has furnished an op-
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