The Dolores star., 1905-03-24
ALvA ADAMS ADDRESS
InDuLees IN PLAIN LANGUAGE
Former Governor Declares That He
Was Unseated by = Conspiracy.
-Resents Being Robbed.

Former Governor Declares That He
Was Unseated by = Conspiracy.
-Resents Being Robbed.
Denver. March 19.-Alva Adams. the
recently deposed governor. has issued
a statement of which the following ex-
tracts present the substance:
,fc The People of Colorado:
Force has triumphed. A brutal ma
jority placed in the governors chair
man the people repudiated. Ninety
five per cent. of Colorado's citizens
know that Peabody was not elected.
All of those coAnected with the crime
ANDe Defeated "a at the\ \polls. the conspira-
tors started in November 9th to seat
the beaten candidate. Every con-
scienceless engine of<corruption and
pressure has been useI Foiled in
their attempt to overrides,the consti-
tuition and hold Peabody inv his seat, a
fake contest was inaugurate'd. This
failed of its purpose, as enough Repub-
lican members would not forfeit Sheir
manhood by voting for a man that the
testimony. as well as the election Ne
turns, said was not elected. The rS-
volt was dangerous: it was clear thah
Peabody could not be seated. A new
Scneme HuSt De utNioCus 81 thot w
terie of Christian utility statesmen.
Hearne. Sheedy. Chappell and Evans,
met in the Majestic building Wednes-
day evening and gave birth to the last
plan in the ignoble conspiracy of steal
ing the 'governorship. Representatives
of the anti-Peabody Republicans were
invited. resignation of Peabody was
offered and the voucher of the political
purity quartet was given that 1t was
genuine and that he would abide by it
man who had held the great office
of governor so debased himself as to
promise to resign at command If they
would seat him but for a day. This
resignation is a confession that he
was not elected; and one that an hon
est man. honestly elected, would rather
die than give. Peabody is entitled to
the position for two years or he is not
entitled to it for one hour. We are
given the spectacle of man not
elected being placed in Office for day
that he may resign in favor of man
who was never candidate.
The Mcdonald promotion scheme
appealed to few who would not vote
for Peabody, but were reluctant to
aid a Democrat.
In the eyes of the nation Colorado
has been disgraced. We have won the
contempt of freemen everywhere. BY
command of corporations a usurper
has been placed in the executive chair
"a new record in political infamy has
been made.
The greatest anarchists and the
most dangerous are often the no-party.
no-conscience heads of great corpora
tions. who use the money and influence
coming from the franchises that are
gifts OF the people to control legisla-
tion; to dictate the personnel OF
courts and officials, to corrupt the bal
lot.
They stand high in church and so
ciety; they drone their prayers with
regularity; they are the "holy Willies"
the "holier than thou politicians-no
publican OF old more pious and self
satisfied. They are full of homilies on
political virtue; they preach morality
and practice treason; their purse is
open to the church and to the political
corruptionist and lobbyist with equal
liberality.
The investigation proved that, where
under control of corporate influences.
the outrages against the franchise and
the election law were SO gross as to
make Denver repeating and fraud
seem almost respectable. They pre-
ferred even the disgrace of an empty
ballot box to the shameless story that
he falsified books and ballots would
reveal.
Under Gods law, if not mans, the
workman who, to save his job and earn
bread for his family obeys the COM
mand to pollutR the ballot, is not half
so guilty and criminal as the employer
who coerces him. 1enfold more wicked
10 tIn rNrin not ,1 -s<1-
mandments than is his lowly follower
who forgets.
l am calm and moderate in my
statements. but l do not oeny a feel
ing of intense resentment at being
robbed. From my soul feel outraged
at being the victim of conspiracy
that has brought ill-fame and discredit
to Colorado.
To the world l would say that the
majority of the Legislature does not
represent the people of Colorado any
more than falsehood represents truth;
than Lucifer speaks for the angels.
Fearing to offend the great companies
who in this campaign furnished their
party with the largest corruption fund
ever used in the West, the majority Of
the Legislature basely surrendered. 1T
was an act of political and moral cow
ardice in which the people had no part
Had this contest been tried upon
merit and evidence, it would have been,
dismissed at the end of the contestor's
phantom testimony. Faith in a two
thirds partisan majority was all that
kept it alive. No honest cause should
require the means employed Their
overwhelming political majority was
guarantee that had their case been
halfway fair and decent there would
have been no need to employ money,
coeccion, lobbyists. No occasion to
threaten Republican members with so-
cial ostracism, business ruin, political
oblivion or to present tricky resigna--
tions.
1t was dishonorable victory dishon-