Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-19
Just what will come from the pot no

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one knows exactly, but any kind Of
trouble and any quantity thereof will
not furnish the least bit or surprise.
The feeling on both sides is bitter
so bitter that open offers of assassin
alton and just as open threats of MUIR
der have been made
Offer to Stay Judges.
Governor Adams has shown to a
number of friends a letter received
several days ago from an employee of
a state newspaper. The writer freely
offered his services to kill a couple of
supreme court Judges and, in fact, an
nounced the time he would leave for
Denver to do the job. Adams tore off
the signature Of the would-be assassin
before he exhibited the letter. He also
wired to his enthusiaistio democratic
friend that he would better stay at
home and attend to the newspaper.
Both Peabody and Adams have re-
ceived so many letters threatening
them with death in so many forms
that they have become Indifferent.
Both men have sublime nerve. The
letters never worried them much when
they had the merit Of novelty. Now
they are nothing but a nuisance, in
volving the wasting of a certain amount
Of time in reading them.
Embarrassing for Adams.
Governor Adams is in a peculiar and
embarrassing position, however, as far
as his grip on his job is concerned.
the jails Of Denver are fairly we'll ten
anted with democratic election officials
sent up by the supreme court for var
to, ell inc ha " of tIo ho1
lot These martyrs in political cause
are an especially irritating thorn in the
governors side. They, from behind
their prison bars, can see no good
reason why the lord high chancellor
of the party for which they forged
and stuffed and lied" as one republic
can lawyer p,. It, should not pardon
them at once. = >ey even went SO far
as to imagine lhe governors first
official signature would be appended
to a blank -,ardon for all these patriots.
But the governor hesitated, for to do
this thing would. in the eyes of many,
be an acknowledgment that he was
particeps criminis to their wrongdo-
ing.
The immured officials, however. can
not see it this way and now they are
talking of squealing. Some Of them
already have made overtures to the
enemy.
Registered Mule.
What they can tell doubtless will be
For instance. one at least
can testify to rare pieces of humor
that netted the democracy half a dozen
votes. Somebody wittily registered
certain mule, known as Maud" in one
of the city precincts. The election Off
Gals were fine fellows and would not
for the world spoil q good Joke. So
Maud" became registered voter.
On election day every time things
got bit dry and tiresome in that poll
ing booth, Maud" exercised the right
of suffrage and pumped a straight
ticket for the champions of democracy
and purity in politics.
Voted Forty Times.
The star witness thus far in the In
vestigation was Joseph Trotter a wait
er. He swore that between and 10
o'clock on the day of election he. voted
at least twenty times. He said that
slips containing names and addresses
were given him by men whom he knew
to be prominent in the politics OF the
lower wards Of the city, and he was
instructed to vote the democratic tick
ct.
He agreed to cast such votes for the
of 81 each
A certain route was DESIGNATED for