The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-19
HE VOTED FORTY TIMES
WITNESS sAYs HE EXPLOITED EAR LY AND LATE.
Recetved Pay of s1 for Each Vote In s the Morning, Bat in Afternoon
 He Got Only 90 4s Ia Cents.

of Appeals chamber this afternoon the committee of twenty-seven members or the General Assembly, eighteen Re- publicans and nine Democrats. appoint ed to hear the contest of James H. Pea body for the seat of Governor Alva Adams, held its first open session and took testimony from two witnesses. Chairman William H. Griffith announc- ed that sessions would be held night and day to hasten the work of inves- tigation to the utmost degree. A protest of the minority against the taking of testimony under the rules adopted was filed by Senator Jefferson, who moved that it would be spread upon the journal and that record be made of its presentation. A motion by Senator Barlea to lay the protest upon the table prevailed by strict party vote. VI sss s
 Harry C. Riddle, minority member of the Denver Election Committee, was called as the first witness by Attorney W. v. Elliott of counsel for the con testor. MT. Riddle explained the man ner in which district registrations are conducted and stated that registration books were withheld by the county clerk from all Republican judges who appeared on the day prior to election and offered to sign for the same
 Mir Riddle affirmed tha tthe clerk had strict instructions from the majority members of the commission to turn over all poll books to Democratic judges. He further testified tha tthere were at the time of the May election in the neighborhood of ITO persons in the employment of the Election Com mission, and that he had never been given a voice in the appointment Of one of this number. When any action was contemplated by the majority members along this line, meetings were arranged for, he said, of which he was not advised, and he was kept totally in the dark as to the method of pro- cedure. MT. Riddle said he had re- ceived notice of all meetings where hi5 vote might be needed to legalize action. but usually the committee pass ed upon matters without his presence
 Regarding the appointment of cleo tion Judges for the4 May election. MT. Riddle stated that it was his privilege to appoint one judge for each precinct. the majority members appointing. At the meeting of the committee called to arrange for the selection of the judges he said, he presented list of approx imately fifty vacancies caused by m ability from one cause or another, ot judges at former elections to serve again, but the committee refused to
  vacancies could be filled by the other two judges on the morning of election. MT. Riddle said that the list of va cancies was certified to only after he had appealed to the County Court Tor a writ of mandamus compelling the majority members to recognize the right to have the vacancies filled by appointment.
 Attorney Elliott asked the witness T k.ly t~rr hn commission on the petition of Republi- can attorneys from an investigation of the registration list, which was alleged to contain many hundreds of fictitious names and addresses. Mir. Riddle re- piled that during a five days hearing of the commission prior to the May election testimony was taken on the contention that the list contained fraudulent names but only thirteen names were stricken from the list. MT. Riddle declared that a, re-checlSing of the registration list and comparison thereof with the names voted at the previous election showed that substan- tially 5000 names appeared upon the registration list, representing non-res- idents, persons deceased and purely fic- titious names.
 When Mir. Riddle had concluded, Jos eph Totter, a waiter, testified that between ( ana lS O'CLOCK pn the oay of election he voted at least twenty times. He said that slips containing names and addresses were given to him by men who he knew to be prom. inent in the politics of the lower wards of the city, and he was instruc- ted to vote the Democratic ticket. He testified to having agreed to cast such vote for the consideration of S1 each. A certain route was designated for his work for the day and he was eau toned to change his clothing occa- sionally. The witness stated that at somo polling places he voted four times and at others so often that ne had no recollections of the number.
 Tn oveGs instance he declared. he voted the Democratic ticket as instruc- ted. Totter said that in the afternoon he endeavored to cover again the ter ritory which he had gone over in the morning and in addition visited other polling places. He declared that eight or ten accompanied him on his trips and that they too were furnished with slips and instructed how to vote. In the afternoon. he said. he received only fifty cents for each ballot. To a final question as to how many ballots he cast during the entire day. the wit ness replied that he had voted no less than forty times and perhaps more that that
 When the witness was excused a re- cess was taken until 1880 o'clock to! night.