The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-01-01
ELECTION At DENVER
Supreme Court of Colorado Orders
an Investigation.
IS ASKED BY ADAMS
Declares He Does Not Desire to Be
Seated In the Gubernatorial Of.
Hoe With Charges of IL
Z, = legal Voting.

Denver Dec. a1.--Streching its hand
SO as to cast a shadow over every man
and woman in any way implicated In
election frauds OF the city and county
of Denver or, or before or after Nov. 9.
the supreme cour has ordered an in
vestigation SO sweeping in its scope
that every phase of the election may be
scrutinized land everything that bears
In any way upon the election may be
made known by judicial inquiry.
sAlvaS Adams. Democratic candi date
for governor, who appeared from the
returns to have been elected, but who
has declared that he does not want the
office tainted with gaud asked the
court to open every nVer ballot box.
but the order of the frt goes beyond
the mere examination aof the ballots
and provides for an Investigation OF
the registration lists. the campaign ex-
peQditures and in brief all election
matters. - S.
Attorneys Samuel Bedford for Adams
and A. H. Kersey for the Republicans
asked the court to make its order OF
such breadth that the court need not
StJp dt oily Gftk1iS tltS tfhs CSiS
The court said that was what it meant
to do and asked the lawyers to agree
Upon the wording of the order and pre-
sent 1t to the court for approval Tues-
day morning. AS there are 204 ballot
boxes it Is evident that several months
will be consumed in the examination
of their contents by the two handwrit-
Ing experts to be appointed for this
work
Thers are. probably 10000 fraudulent
registration on the books OF the city
and county OF Denver. said Attorney J.
II. Brown. The pricfpal adviser Of the
Republican city central committee.
Fl A. Williams, chairman Of the Re-
publican committee has issued the fol-
lowing statement over his signature:
.Dur investigation into the conduct of
the recent election iii Denver has de-
veloped the feet that approximately
5000 fraudulent votes were cast or
counted for Alva dams In this city.
There is now no reasonable doubt that
Governor Peabody and the Republican
state ticket was fairls elected on Nov.
8 by the votes Of q large majority OF
the legal voters of this state"
What effect, IL any. the courts action
will have upon the course of the legis-
1ature in raSsasct to ea1av.assirlg the vote
for governor am %. sster1ntnfr1g whether
Peabody OF Adams Is ssssntitled TO the
seat has not become anffNs ,al fsh1ef
Justice Gabbart particularly stated
that the courts Investigation vii fi3l]
be permitted In amy way to interfere
with any investigation that may be /
shet on foot by the general assembly
Republicans as wen as Democrats
admit that the opening OF the Denver
ballot boxes co1npliefltes the political
situation In Colorado but belyieve that
It means there viii be no rough
house." as predicted.
Il was announced later that the Re-
publican plan to unseat Democratic
had been modified and that |
possibly only Senators Born and Hea1y, |
who were seated by Democrats on
contests two years ago, will be turned
out. It is also reported that on the adj
vice of individual Republicans the
proposition, to memorialize the United
States senate to urlseat Senator Teller
would be abandoned.