Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1905-01-27
ADAMS ANSWER!
IN PEABODY ELECTION CONTEST

Accuses Big Corporations and Mine
Owners Association Of Fraud, Cor
ruption and timidatIon-ctalns
10000 Plurality Of Legal Votes.
Denver. Jan. 22.-Before the joint
ass. mbly yesterday afternoon Cover.
Eor Adams filed his answer to the con-
test of James II. Peabody for the Office
OF governor. II IL u lengthy document
covering from 10000 to $4,000 words,
or about twelve newspaper columns.
On It's receipt IL was ordered printed
and distributed to members and then
referred to the committee hearing the
contest.
Following. in brief. are the charges
made by Governor Adams:
That y. gigantic conspiracy was
Matched by the corporations and the
leaders OF the Republican party last
fall To carry the election for Peabody
by unlawful means.
That the plot to dcbauch the ballot
was participated In by agents OF the
American Smelling and Refining Com
pany. Colorado ruel and Iron Company.
Victor Fuel Company. Colorado Mine
Owners Association. the sugar trust.
the Denver utility corporations and this
railroads. and that officials OF these
companies aided and nbetted In the
crimes committed for tho purpose
named.
That these corporations practiced In
limitation and coercion on their en-
pioyes by threats Of discharge uniesh
they voted for Peabody.
That corporation agents and public
officials padded the registration lists
with fictitious names: that aliens wcr"
imported into the coal mining counties
were frauduientiy RnturnliZed and com
PEELED to vote the Republican ticket.
That an Immense corruption fund
was contributed by these corporations
! to dcbauch the election In Denver. Pu~
| cblo. Las Animns. Teller. FL Paso.
Boulder and iiucrfano counties.
That In Pueblo county County Clerk
Fairfax and County Jui.. Gibson ~.
| sisted In the naturalization Of hun.
dr.ds Of foreigners ut the bchcSt al
the smelling and fuel company agents
who imported them shortly before the
| election.
That armed deputy shcriTs and
| armed guards acting under the per.
sonai direction Of ID. \. chnppclic were
used To inttmidat" IN" coal miners OF
Hucrfano county to vote for Peabody.
That 5000 armed deputy shorinn ne
lcctcd by the mine owners association
ran with "a high hand tho election In
Teller county. i'Trorikins and driving
from the district Thousands OF voters.
That In Las Animas county open
bribery was prac,ic'd by tn. coal mag
mates In addition 4" other election
crimes.
That In san Miguel county miners
were threatened with deportation. ioss
of their homes and permanent scparns
ton from their families unless they
agreed to support the Peabody ucAct.
| That mn u result OF srh'mc con
cocicd by the heads OF the Republican
county committee OF Denver. scores OF
ballot boxes were stuffed with fraudu-
lent Democratic ballots In order that
u, an investigation planned for the fu.
lure the entire vote OF iHrEr DNmo-
cratic precincts could be thrown our.
thus diSfranchisins thousands OF legal
voters.
That the Republicans In Denver car"
| Ti"d on general system OF rcgiHtrn'
tion and election bribery. that hun"
. drcds Of rcpca,.rs were employed By
the Peabody managers.
That instead OF plurality Of e.ss1
/ over Peabody. contcrtcc was elected
/ by at least 10000 plurality. " the cleo
/ ton and count had been honest.
Denial In made that any conspiracy
was entered Into by election Judges or
clerks to encompass the defeat Of ih.'
confession. II ~ also denied that u "
impossible to determine between legal
! aud Illegal votes In the PRECINCTS In.
| question.
Governor Adams further AYERS that
I II any Illegal ballots were cast for him.
which he denies. or for tho confession,
that they should be separated from the
legal ones by the joint convention. and
the latter should be properly credited