Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1905-01-27
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The Legislative committee Of ~
rs vepubhc.ns and , democrats ap-
painted by rePsbsIcansl winch AZ de
kaace Of the constitution Is pretend
sag o. bear Peabody contest against
Adaass is the mos, raw and rank
psrvesssou of Law and aecencv which
the corporation crowd has thus tar
gwen The details Of the eonspir-
ocy are 80 brazen and wltkal 50 nasty
end outrageous thai they ~ell nigh
pass bel.et We cannot do better
than reprint few things which the
Pueblo ChieftaIR, leading republican
paper Of Colorsdo, has 10 say Of its
party associates
Pros the Pueblo Chi.,ftain. the loadin. rspub-
ho.n v~per VI thr state
The farcisl nature of the contest
proceedings before the legislative
committee IN Denver. should net
blind any citizen Of the state
10 the serious purpose OF the
revolutionary conspIrators to declare
Governor Peabody elected without
regard to the votes cast at the recent
election.
In the contest papers Governor
Peabody asked that enough demo
cratic precincts he thrown out as a
whole to give Peabody plurality in
the remaining precincts, and there
cannot be any doubt that the delib-
crate purpose of those that secured
the appointment Of this illegal and
grossly partisan committee is TO grant
this request. The utterly unfair
rules were calculated 30 prevent. and
not to secure, a fair hearing, aud the
ridiculous evidence that is being pre-
sented by so called handwriting ex-
perts and by habitual criminals for
hire, is OF nature that shows that
it is intended merely to afford an ex-
cuse for a rank partisan report, and
not TO aid in a genuine investigation
of fraud
The attempt TO steal the governor
ship and to overrule the popular will
is so brazen that scarcely an attempt
is being made TO deceive honest
voters.
No specific or definite proof of
fraud is being made, and none will
be made.
A vague and indefinite impression
of gross frsud is 10 be created and
then the assembly is to be cajoled
tricked, bull dragged and bribed into
declaring Peabody's election
And in pursuance Of this course
every republican that dares TO lift %
voice in protest against political
rrime is declared TO be a traitor by
corporation agents, boodlers and
subsidized newspapers
The disgusting farce has gone far
enough
The corporations that are inter
ested in tying mp the legislature and
in defeating reform measures such as
the eight hour law and other laws Of
similar nature are well pleased to
see day after day wasted in fake
investigation that has neither legal
lty, fairness, dignity or decency
about it.
But the people of the state, and
especially the honest republicans
that hoped Tor something better than
to follow their party into those
depths Of fraud, corruption. law
breaking and corporation slavery in
which the Colorado democracy has
been wallowing for many years,
should make it their business to use
whatever influence they have with
the legislature to demand that the
contest case be returned to the Joint
assembly where it rlgltfully belongs:
That an honest and fair effort be
made in legal way to determine the
truth Of the contest, provided any
reasonable evidence supporting the
Peabody claim can be presented;
And that in deciding the contest,
the viii of the people, as expressed
at the polls and by honest public
sentiment, and not the viii Of the
corporations, as expressed by the
dispensers of the barrel. or by the
lobbyists, the attorneys and the sub
sidized newspaper hirelings, shall
determine the policy aud control the
action Of the republican majority oI
the assembly.
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