Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1905-03-24
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made its rePort. Seas,or Alexander
sr"i An report dssciarsn9 ths, ne
sessi election for goseaor rad been
held aud thai vacancy IN the off,cc
existed winch should be filled by the
lieutenant governor.
HE supporters uf MIR. Peabody
did thesr ssne~i 10 eliminate that re.
port and hnaliy took the matter T.
the supreme court and obtained a
deessson thai the Alexander report
could Rot be considered
stlil the Mcdonald supporters did
not give az hope and holding the
balance If power betweea the Adams
and Peabody supporters they forced
repeated sdJounments of the Joint
assembly until "Wednesday afternoon
when they compelled the Peabody
supporters 10 agree that Peabody
should place his written resi ignatlon
Ia the hands Oi committee. such
Resignation 70 take effect immediately
upon feabody's induction into office.
thus making Lieutenant Governor
Mcdonald the acting governor Of the
state Tor the next two years.
Ca Aaaday might Is Republicans
slgned written agreement 30 vote b.
defeat all reports OF the contest com
mittee, thus leaving Governor Adams
m Office. for these Is Republicans
with the 81 Democrats IN the Joint
assembly constituted majority oi
The JOINT assembly.
The Mcdonald people put such
pressure upon Senator Mlllard oil
Boulder, one of the signers of the
agreement, that he Withdrew from tie
agreement and refused to Join any
movement. that would not seat
Mcdonald as Governor.
Five other signers of the agreement
expressed desire to 60 into the
Mcdonald movement and an arrange
ment was final y effected that Lieu
tenant Governor McDonald's title to
the Office should be perfected by
declaring Peabody elected and then
fling his resignation,
Tho motives that inspired the
Mcdonald movement were wholly
political and originated with Re
publicans who conceived that their
party duty required them to place
Republican in the gubernatorial
chair, but who did not wish Peabody
to hold the office.
Thus large enough majority of
the Republicans of the Legislature
were induced to declare Peabody
elected governor with the distinct
agreement that he was to vacate the
office at the end of "a hours and and
allow Mr.. Mcdonald to become the
governor.
A Republican canvassing board
and Republican senate unseated
four Democratic senator's without any
justification or excuse therefor, and |
now a Republican legislature has
declared man elected governor who
was so clearly defeated that he pub
fishes the fact in advance by tender |
ing his resignation to the Office.
The Chieftain has many times
demonstrated to its readers that Gov
ernor Adams was clearly elected Gov
ernor of Colorado by large plural
ity OF the honest votes of the state
and that any attempt to take the
office from him was bad republican
politics.
The Chieftain believes that, now
Just as strongly as it ever did.
Inc pest way In thls whole guber-
material matter was the straight
forward way and if the Legislature
was convinced Adams was elected
the best interests of the state and the
party required that he retain his
seat.
All honor is due to that noble
band of republicans that to the last
voted their convictions in the legis
lature and the Chieftain predicts
that when the people of the state
seek to thrust future honor upon de-
serving republicans the men who
made the clear and honest record in
the contest matter will be preferred
to all others
Is it not time to call halt upon