The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-03-23
SEATING OF PEABODY
VOTE FIFTY-FIvE TO FoRrv-oNE


Will He Resign? Is Now the Question
lis Said to Have So Promised
But Partisans Insist on His Re-
naming in Office
this morning says:
= Governor James II. Peabody. who
was indicated yesterday afternoon by
his party, has determined to resign.
He SO announced last night. 1t may
be that he will submit his resignation
to the secretary of state to-day or to-
morrow, but If he takes the advice of
his stanchest friends he will hold I'M
til the legislative session ends. Chair
man ID. B. Farley of the Republican
state central committee is opposed to
the governor resigning at all.
To-day conference will be held
by the leading Republicans of the
state and Governor Peabody will leave
the matter with them. If he consulted
his own desires he would step aside
before the week ends
When the joint assembly had been
called to order by Lieutenant Governor
Mcdonald at 1920 a. m, yesterday.
Senator Parks was first to speak: "In
view of the decision of the Supreme
Court" he said, Il presume that Sena-
tor Alexander would like to withdraw
the report he filed from the contest
committee. If he desires to do SO
would ask that he be given the oppor-
tunity"
Objection was made to the with
drawal of the report but the assembly
permitted it by a.vote of 65 to 32.
Representative Griffith then moved
the adoption OF the report Re had sub
mitted from the contest committee.
The question arose as to the time
to be allotted to debates The lieu
tenant governor ruled that each men,
Der could have ten minutes and no
more and that his whole ten minutes
must be used at one time. There was
to be no bookkeeping. When a mem
Der had made his speech he was
through, whether he took one minute
or ten.
On his own motion Senator McCar-
thy was excused from voting on the
main question.
The Griffith report was voted down,
receiving fourteen votes.
The question was then upon the Adj
ans report. many senators and repre-
sentatiyes taking part in the debate.
When the roll was called the Adams
IS. All the Democrats voted for the
report and the Republicans who voted
with them were Senator Ewing and
Representatives Garcia. Hurd, John
son, Wilder, Metz and Stewart.
Representative Griffith, chairman of
the contest committee took up his own
report and said his action in signing
it had not been hasty, but was the re-
suit of honest conviction that James
H. Peabody was not elected. There
FORE he said. he would cast his vote
against the majority report.
Representative Hurd read from
note he held in his hand asking II it
was a greater crime to steal the state
for Peabody than to steal it for Nc
Donald. He compared the testimony
brought in for Mr.. Peabody to that
which convicted Dreyfus in France.
With the passing of time he believed
would be established the justice of
Alva Adams's claim to the governor
ship
Representative Thomas. in support
of Peabody. said:
''The election machinery of Denver
is now, and has been for six years past,
in the hands of the most desperate
gang of criminals that ever infested
any civilized community. The last
SIX years Will always De hhoWn % ehc
Reign of Terror
81 want to say to you. gentlemen,
that the time never was. and is not
now, that the Democratic party could
in a fair election elect single candi-
date to any Office in this city and
county.
"They organized the most damnable
conspiracy ever organized in any city
on the American continent to steal
the election in 1902. and did steal 1t
BY system of fraunds and ballot box
stufing so stupendous and SO appall-
ing that the exposure thereof by the
Congress of the United States brought
blush of shame and disgrace to ev-
cry Coloradan.
1904, in which desperate band of
pirates and election thieves, as des-
perate band of pirates as ever
roamed the sea or scuttled ship, at
tempted to steal the election of the
governor of the state of Colorado. This
band of pirates was headed by Frank
Adams, the president of the Fire and
Police Board of the City and County OF
Denver, the district attorney and the
majority of the election commission.
"The election commissioners took
office in May. 1904. They Immediately
set to work to make up registration
list of voters for the fall election, and
placed upon the list thousands upon
thousands of fictitious and fraudulent
names, so that when the list was COM
pleted there were upon that list S5,-
900 names, many, many thousands
more than any list that had ever be-
fore been prepared.
THE district attorney of this city
and county had, during the four years
which he had occupied the office. re-
fused to prosecute any election thief;
he was a candidate for reelection and
the thieves felt entirely secure"