The Springfield herald., 1905-01-27

Denver, Jan. 23.-The Republicans
promised startling developments when
the Legislature undertook the invest-
cation of the Denver election frauds.
The promise has already been fulfilled.
The contest committee had not taken
evidence more than two days before
the fact was fully established that the
Denver Police Department was seri-
ously and directly involved in the Den
yer election frauds. This fact will un-
donbtedly have an important bearing
upon the decision of the committee,
inasmucI as Governor Adams brother
Is in corr. ,and of the police machine
of Denver.
Naturally the Democrats have pro
tested against the whole proceeding,
and with the usual charge of uncon-
stitutionality they have also demanded
delay and protested loudly because
they were not allowed more time, put
inasmuch as the Republican majority
has given the Democrats as much time
as the Republicans have themselves,
lillS CollplulHl VIII ioN W NS'
seriously by the public.
Startling Developments.
OF course. the exposure OF the ehor-
nous frauds in the precincts SO iar
examined is an important matter, anu
it points very much toward the seatihs
of MIR. Peabody, but the disclosures
lao
which are regarded as the most Sc
rious are those showing clearly that
an organized conspiracy existed anu
that this conspiracy was carried out
by the police department of Denver OF
under its supervision.
The Supreme Court has ALREADY
looked into the conduct OF the ciect'oi
in eighteen precincts. AS result
forty-three Democratic politicians,
very large portion of whom are po-
licemen. detectives, local court ohcers
and other Democratic city officials, are
! impris oned in the county jail.
| The evidence introduced before the
commission established the TACT that
Chief of Police Delaney. who Is di-
rectly under the command OF FRANK
Adams, president of the police board
and brother of the governor, met
large number of repeaters and imper-
senators and nearly one-half of the
Democratic crooks who are now IN
Jail, at meeting in saloon on lweh-
tietb street. Just before election. nc
moved around in the crowd OF election
thieves. consulted with nearly all OF
them personally. and made u niue
speech TO the whole bunch, informing
them of the necessity of carrying the
election for the Democratic ticket, anu
according to the witnesses, suggesting
that the workers would be protected
The men collected in this crowd were
from the very lowest walks OF NE.
Four or five of them testified, during
the first two or three days, and all
were from the slums, some of them eN-
convicts. The names of the men pres
cnt ut this meeting disclose the char-
acter of work they were expected TO
do.
Scraped the SIums.
Immediately after the election, when
IL was found that the Republican com
mittee was going to thoroughly lnVes-
ticate the election frauds, these hoDos
and disreputable characters were I'M
mediately ordered by the police TO
leave town. Many of them were run
main, and ii was the persecutioh'
abuse and violence which these latter
ballot box suffers received at the
hands of the police that induced them
tn tell the Republicans what they
knew of the frauds on election das III
order to secure protection. very
large portion OF the evidence oil these
witnesses has been corroborated b!
Supreme Court watchers and the con
tents of the ballot boxes.
An effort has been made TO dlScredlt
the testimony of these people by Mr.
Adams lawyers and the Democratic
press. but the fact that they told
straight stories has been established.
In commenting upon tils phase Vi
the question, Governor James H. Pea
body said:
THE Democratic lawyers and press
are making desperate effort TO IN
duce the public to discredit the tesu-
mony of these poor dupes of the Demo
cratic machine in Denver, but would
like them to tell me how election
frauds are ever to be exposed ana
stopped if the evidence of those who
committed the frauds is not TO be ac-
cepted. If we have got to wait untll
men of high character do the repeat
ing, impersonating and slusging for
the Democratic machine, before we can
expose these outrages and convince
the public of their existence. these
frauds Will continue until the crack
of DOOM"
More Damaging Evidence.
Another damaging bit OF evidence
AGAINST the Adams police machine was