The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-08
ALVA ADAMS
 AS GOVERNOR Will Be Inaugurated Next
 Tuesday. PEABODY IS WRATHFUL Wolcott Men Hold-up Colorado
 Executive. Supreme Court Declines to Pass on the Legality of the Joint Session of Friday which Named
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ture to be the duly elected Governor of Colorado. The returns showed Ad- ans 12s,o7s; Peabody. 11s,s0t; plural ity for Adams, 9.774.
 A cheer greeted the announcement of the result of the election when made by Lieutenant Governor Haggott.
 The Republican candidates to all the other State offices were declared elect ed Under the terms of the agreement reached today by the various factions in tho Legislature, no notice of contest can be filed by Governor Peabody until after the inauguration of MT. Adams, which Is set for 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. It has not yet been definite ly decided by Governor Peabody wheth- CT or not he will make contest.
 Denver. Colo, Jan. 7.--At I o'clock. tonight the canvass of the State vote was commenced by the legislature. It. was expected to continue until mid night and the result will unquestiona- bly, show that on the face of the re- turns Ava Adams has been elected governor. He will be inaugurated next Tuesday and Governor Peabody can only obtain tho seat through contest before the. legislature. At the time of the commencement of the canvass, 1t was undecided whether or
 
 When the legislature convened this morning Representative William Grif- nth of Cripple Creek. asked for a re- cess until { o'clock in the afternoon. giving as his reason for tho request that "the winged dove of peace IS about to light on tho dome of the capitol"
 It was nine long hours before the dove came down and many and de- vious had been her flights before she rested. It was $ day given over to secret cancuHes. to conferences, tc' propositions ana counter propositions. It 9aa finally agreed 'tk a'ctrsk n the afternoon that the vote should be canyassed that Alya Adams should be declared Governor and that no contest should be made for any office until his inauguration at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
 Fight over Judges.
 Throughout the entire struggle for the Governorship. tho chief aim of both Democrats and Republicans has been the appointment of two new judges to the Supreme Court. The question of whether Peabody or Adams sat in the Governors office was q secondary matter. The Woloott Republicans were insistent in their demand that they be recognized in tho appointment of the judges and 1t was finally agreed that the appointees should be George W. Bailey of Fort Collins and I. w. Goddard of Denver, rho Wolcott men made strong fight for Judge M. E. Leads of Colorado Springs whom they preferred to Goddard. but they finally withdrew.
 When the Republican leaders called upon Governor Peabody to inform him of the conclusions they had reached and to tell him that his only hope of second term lay through a contest in the Republican Legislature, they were met by a wrathful and ln- dignant man. He refused to accede to their wishes and for four hours his friends labored with him. It was only the personal pleadlngs of some of his closest friends that finally induced him to agree to the plan proposed and to send .n the names of Bailey and God dard to the Senate for confirmation.
 Peace DOve's Bad Condition. Representative Grifiith's dove of peace was moulting badly about ono hour after he announced her presence The Peabody men were firm in their stand of yesterday and were deter mined to go ahead with their investi- gation by the Committee of fifteen. The Wolcott Republicans In the Senate and the Democrats threatened to unite and depose three Republican Senators Barela. Mccarthy and Willard, seat Adams and allow him to name the two coveted Justices of the Supreme Court. and Mir. Adams had agreed to name men who were agreeable to the Vol colt Republicans as well as to the Democrats.
 The Peabody men refused to give way until the Supreme Court this af- ternoon refused to declare legal tho proceedings of yesterday. It would not declare them illegal, simply de- clining to pass on the matter at all. With the joint session not declared legal, all things that came from it were in the same position, and the Peabody men then agreed to compro- mise.
 Agreement Soon Reached.
 It took but a short time to reach an agreement. both sides being fairly dis posed and in a cOnciliatory frame of mind. The Republican leaders de- parted to confer with Governor Pea body and the House and Senate sat down to walt. At 2 o'clock all things were settled even to the fact that preside over the joint session except while the canvass was in progress when he would give way to Speaker Dickson.
 The Senators filed into the House with Lleutenant- Governor Haggott leading. The Lleutenant-Governor mounted the speakers rostrum where Speaker Dickson was waiting for him. The men eyed each other for a second and then Haggott with a laugh. extend ed his hand. and 1t was cordially grasp ed. The speaker stepped back and the Lieutenant-Governor called the session to order. He announced the purpose of the joint session to be the canvassing of the vote and then gave way to the Speaker.
 Representative Griffith moved a re- consideration of the action taken yes- terday, the resolution creating tho com mitte of fifteen was laid on the table and that body passed out of existence. The canvass of the vote then commence n1c..l. l.l..a.