The Colorado statesman., 1905-02-11

BdutiC conspiracy was organized and
successfully executed to fraudulently
defeat the Republican ticket.
While the Democratic papers are
publishing long lists of names on
which ballots were voted and calling
upon the voters to say whether they
voted or not, which is not the point in
the handwriting matter-the Republi-
can papers are publishing long lists of
mythical voters with their addresses
who were voted by the Democratic re-
peaters in the lower seven wards of
the city.
The Adams papers are trying to
show that the Peabody side hinge
their contest on the ballots found in
the boxes written by one person, while
the Peabody papers are showing that
the repeater vote was, if anything,
greater than the bogus ballot
writer vote. And SO the investigation
progresses. The people will be sure of
one thing, however it may turn out,
that Mr.. Peabody has done the state
great service in showing up these
frauds. 1t has never been done before
and it will not be done again in many
years, should it occur, for it has cost
an enormous sum of money and
large amount of labor to collect the ev-
idence of these. gigantic frauds. Ballot
box suffers, like other criminals, cover
up their crimes so far as possible, and
1t is next to impossible to place the
hand upon the criminal or the bogus
ballots. In this case the criminals
were reckless because they had the
promise of the same protection which
they received before.
If the fraudulent precincts are
thrown out in Denver to the number of
104-those investigated-Mr. Peabody
would have a plurality of $50 over
Adams in the state, including Adams.
To this will doubtless be added the
gain from fraudulent precincts thrown
out in Boulder, Adams, Pueblo, Las
Animas and Conejos counties, which
will make Mr.. Peabody's majority over
Adams 1902. Several of the alleged
fraudulent precincts in Denver could
be returned to the genuine" column
and still leave Mr.. Peabody with a ma
jority over Adams.
II Mr.. Peabody is seated the days of
the Big Mitt conspiracy in Denver are
over. II he is not. the ballot crooks
will look upon their work as having
been successfully done and inasmuch
as Frank Adams will be at the head
of the Denver Police Department for
three years more at least and with a.
Democratic mayor, there is not the
slightest doubt that the organization
Of the Bigg Mitt conspiracy will
be continued and that it will
do its utmost to defeat the Re-
publicans two years hence to Sc
cure United States senator and the
state ticket, by the same methods it
secured the election of Mr.. Teller and
Mr.. Adams.
Rumors are heard on all sides of the
probability of one Of the crooks now
in Jail making confession which will
entangle the heads of the conspiracy.
So far the confession has not material
lied, but it would not be surprising to
hear of it at any time as some of the
inoarcerated Big Mitters are complain
ing bitterly at the treatment they have
received at the hands of the managers
OF the conspiracy.
The assembly is working with the
eight-hour law proposition and will
bring forth fair. just and equitable"
lican platform. 1t is hardly to b eek
pected that any bill they could posi-
bring forth would be satisfactory to the
Democratic press and it must, there
fore. he expected that whatever is
done will meet with the severe and
wholesale depuaciation of that part of
the Democratic organization. Repre-
sentative Stephen says that the labor
unions and the employers evinced so
little interest in the bill at the start
that none of them even offered a sug-
gestion. They have now both been
given a chance tc be heard by the
committee and the law as it will be
when finished will represent as near
as possible the combined views of both
sides.
The Peabody-Adams contest has Sc
riously interfered with the work of the
session but the soons promise to make
up for it when the contest is over
at heart and who has any pride in the
advancement of the state along proper
civic lines will begrudge the time or