The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
ALvA ADAMS ADDRESS
INDUCES IN PLAIN LANGUAGE
Former Governor Declares That He
Was unseated by Conspiracy.
-Resents Being Robbed.

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/ iority placed in the governors chair
man the people repudiated. Ninety
I five per cent of Colorado's citizens
know that Peabody was not elected.
All of those connected with the crime
know it
I Defeated at the polls. the conspira-
tors started in November 9Th to seat
the beaten candidate. Every con
scienceless engine of corruption and
7 pressure has been used Foiled in
[ their attempt to override the consti-
Z tuition and hold Peabody in his seat, a
I fake contest was inaugurated- This
| failed of its purpose. as enough Repub-
Hcan members would not forfeit their
manhood by voting for man that the
I testimony. as well as the election re-
{ turns, said was not elected The re-
! volt was dangerous; it was clear that
/ Peabody could not be seated 4 new
! scheme must be devised. so that CO.
I terie of Christian utility statesmen.
I Hearne. Sheeiy. Chappell and Evans,
met in the Majestic building Wednes-
I day evening and gave birth to the last
Z plan in the ignoble conspiracy of steal
I ing the governorship. Representative
I of the anti-Peabody Republicans were
[ invited. 4 resignation of Peabody was
I offered and the voucher of the political
I purity quartet was given that 1t was
I A man who had held the great Office
/ of governor so debased himself as TO
promise to resign at command If they
/ would seat him but for day This
resignation is a confession that he
was not elected: and one that an hon
2 est man. honestly elected. would rather
die than give Peabody is entitled to
Z the position for two years or he is not
Z entitled to it for one hour. We are
ef- "a Of
elected being placed in office for day
that he may resign in favor OF a man
who was never a candidate
The Mcdonald promotion scheme
appealed to few who would not vote
for Peabody. but were reluctant to
aid a Democrat.
In the eyes of the nation Colorado
has been disgraced- We have won the
contempt of freemen everywhere. By
command of corporations q usurper
has been placed in the executive chair
"a new record in political infamy has
been made.
The greatest anarchists and the
most dangerous are often the no-party.
no-conscience heads of great corpora
tions. who use the money and influence
coming from the franchises that are
tion: to dictate the personnel of
courts and officials, to corrupt the bal
lot.
They stand high in church and So
ciety; they drone their prayers with
regularity; they are the holy Willies"
the 'holier than thou politicians-no
publican of old more pious and self
satisfied. They are full Of homilies Oh
political virtue; they preach morality
and practice treason; their purse l.
open to the church and to the political
corruptionist and lobbyist with equal
liberality.
The investigation proved that. where
under control of corporate influences.
the outrages against the franchise and
the election law were so gross as to
make Denver repeating and fraud
seem almost respectable. They pre-
fSrrsd even the disgrace of an empty
ballot box TO the shameless story that
the falsifed books and ballots would
reveal.
Under Gods law, If not mans. the
workman who. to save his job and earn
bread for his family obeys the com
rnand to pollute the ballot, is not half
so guilty and criminal as the employer
who coerces him. enfold more wicked
is the priest who violates the com
mandments than is his lowly follower
who forgets.
am calm and moderate in my
statements. but l do not ueny feel
ing of intense resentment at being
robbed. From my soul feel outraged
at being the victim of a conspiracy
that has brought ill-fame and discredit
to Colorado.
To the world l would say that the
] majority of the Legislature does not
represent the people of Colorado any
more than falsehood represents truth;
than Lucifer speaks for the angels I
Fearing to offend the great companies I
who in this campaign furnished their |
party with the largest corruption fund I
ever used in the West, the majority of 4
the Legislature basely surrendered. Il /.
was an act of political and moral COW
ariice in which the people had no part
Had this contest been tried upon
merit and evidence, it would have been
dismissed at the end of the contestor's /
{ phantom testimony. Faith in two
thirds partisan majority was all that
kept IL alive. No honest cause should ]
require the means employed. Their .
overwhelming political majority was
a guarantee that had their case been T.
halfway fair and decent there would I
have been no need to employ money. !
threaten Republican members with So
cial ostracism, business ruin, political I
oblivion or to present tricky resigna- |
tions.
II was a dishonorable victory iishon- /
I orably won. Let those responsible look I
over the cost in cash and in deed and |
see IL they dare give the account to the !
| public eye.
want to stand an honest man be- |
fore the people of Colorado. Better |
hundred times private citizen. than 1
hold the highest Office b. such a title. /
| The stolen presidency added no lustre 1
to Rutherford B. Hayes. The stolen |
governorship will bring only reproach |
and dishonor to Colorado and Repub- /
licanism. The theft is to the thief and |
comes back most TO him /
ALVA ADAMS
Denver. March IS.