The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-19
Seating of Peabody Sald
 to Be Illegal.
4 SURPRISE IS SPRUNG
New Move in Colorado Guber-
 nat0rial Tangle.
Alva AAans, ia Address ts PesDss. scathinsly Reviews Preesealnss
 whereby tAs ones was
 stolen Fron Hin.

Denver, Colo, March 1s.--Democratic members of the Colorado General Az sembly are preparing a protest against the seating of James Fl. Peabody ae Governor after he had agreed to re-s sign to permit IAeutenant-Govern Jesse F. McDonald to become Governors
 The protest will aliege that the ssat- ing of Peabody. under the condftions. was illegal The protest will be diea when the joint convention meets next Tuesday to receive the report of tho committee appointed to investieete Senator Morgan's bribery charsss
 Alva Adams. who was busted from the once of Governor by the General Assembly. tonight issued an address to the people It reviews in scathinm terms the various steps in the contest by means of which he was unseated~ Following are extracts from the ads dress:
 "Foiled in their attempt to override the Constitution, and as enough Re- publican members would not forfeit their manhood by voting for q man that the testimony as well as the slec- ton returns said was not elected tt was clear that Peabody could not ba seated. A new scheme must he de~ vised. A resignation of Peabody wax offered and the voucher of the politiea1 purity quartette' (Hearne, Sheedys chappeii and Evans) was given that io was genuine and that he would abide by it.
 "A man who had held the great afica of Governor 50 dsbased himself as to promise to resign at command # kn<x would seat fzfm efslx f0f | aIAx nm resisnakion is a confession that he whs not elected and. one thAt ala honeak man honestly elected would retAar tIsa than give.
 Dictates of Corporations.
 we expected fair play; instead. ths majority of the Legislature has bowed to the dictates of corporations who hzsI selfish need of the Governorship.
 ''The eoo.000 Democrats and Repub- licans in Colorado are honest They stand amazed at the crime committed by their representatives and they ar- dently await the hour and the day when they can rebuke tho crime ana those responsible for 1t.
 "A legislature cannot repeal the decalogue; a majority cannot make stealing respectable.
 Had this contest been tried on mer- it and evidence 1t would have been dismissed at, the end of the contes- tors phantom testimony. Faith in a two-thirds partisan majority was all that kept it alive. Their overwhslm- ing political majority wss guarantees that had they chose to be half way decent there would have been no need to employ money. coercion. lobbyists: no occasion to threaten Republican members with social ostracis1nl busi- ness, political oblivion or to present tricky resignations.
 "It was a dishonorable victorx dis honorably won. Let those responsible look over the cost in cash and in deed and see if they dare give the account to the public eye.
 T want to stand an honest man be-. fore the people of Colorado. Better a hundred times private citizen than hold the highest office by such q title The stolen presidency added no lustre to Rutherford B. Hayes A stolen governorshop will bring only reproach and disaster to Colorado and Rspubli- canism. The theft is to the thief. and comes back most to him."