The San Francisco call., 1905-02-02
De MAND MADE
FOR FAIR PLAY
Labor Organizations to. Get
Behind Alva Adams in the
Colorado. Election Contest
APPEAL FOR NEW LAWS
One of the Ballots Declared
Fraudulent by Experts
Identified by the Voter

DENVER, Feb. IA call has been
made by labor organizations of this
city for mass meetings Of Liberty
leagues throughout the State TO de
nand fair play" for Governor Adams
in the settlement of the contest isti-
tuted by Former Governor Peabody
for the Office Of Governor. The Lib
erty leagues were organized during the
late campaign, and their membership
consists mainly of union workmen.
Several labor unions have adopted
resolutions asking the Legislature to
dismiss the gubernatorial contest.
Resolutions adopted by the Carpenters
Union of this city declare that ''the
investigation beggars all description
for falsehood and baseless innuendos,
perjury and corruption, and Is only
intended 10 deceive the public by car
rying out d gigantic conspiracy against
the people under cover Of a righteous
Indignation against knowp election
practices"
Curtailment of the powers. Of the
Governor of this State is the demand
of $1,000 members of organized labor
embodied in a petition from the Den
yer Trades and Labor Assembly pre-
sented to the Legislature to-day.
Under the construction of the Su-
prene Court on the question of habeas
corpus says the petition, no man is
safe"
With the petition is presented the
draft Of two constitutional amend
ments. One of these makes it impera-
tive for the Governor to call special
session OF the Legislature within for
4 -ty-eight hours after calling out
the militia and submit his action to il
for approval, and that the Legislature
shall remain in session while martial
law is in force. The second amend
ment provides that the privilege of
the writ Of haheas corpus shall never
be suspended except in the case of in
vasion. insurrection and rebellion. and
then only by the Legislature. 1t also
declares that the military shall always
be subserYient TO the civil authorities.
There was a dramatic scene this aft
ernoon in the committee room where
the gubernatorial contest is being
heard, when Fred Hummel, a Demo
cratic committeeman, identified his
ballot from bunch of seventy or
eighty which an expert had reported
were fraudulent. Hummel gave the
number OF his ballot and wrote the
word Democratic" as he had written
it in the election booth.
Look over these ballots and pick
out yours" said Attorney Ward. for
the contestants. Hummel began to
III II OFCA tAlc NdAAOASB SCANNING
each.
This is my ballot" said HummeI.
Strengthening UP.
The ballot was turned and on the
reverse side was found the number
which corresponded to that in the poll
book.
To-day marked the opening Of Gov
ernor Adams side of the contest.
At the night session of the commit
tee a number of residents of Precinct
II, Ward :. Identified ballots included
in the list of those declared to be
fraudulent by Expert Hanna as having
been cast by them. On cross-exami-
nation these witnesses were required to
write for comparison words appearing
on the ballots. William Hummel,
Democratic judge of this precinct, tes-
titled that he assisted about fifteen per-
sons TO prepare their ballots and that
about twenty-five in all were aided by
election officials He identified bal
lots of two persons assisted who were
present as witnesses, but failed to sep
arate any others from the bunch de-
clared fraudulent by the expert In
the precinct in question the expert re-
ported seventy-three ballots written in
similar handwriting.