The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-09-26

had employed a party at So per day to
write up fictitious registration slips.
One witness testified that he had pre-
pared about $500 Of such fraudulent
registrations and he gave, did he not
John. about 800 of such names. to-
gether with the addresses from which
each was registered?
The examination of the official list
showed that each of the names given
by him was upon the list, and you
will remember. John, that the poll
books as returned by the judges Of
election showed that nearly all of the
parties thus fraudulently registered
had been voted for at the election.
You have not forgotten, have YOU.
John, the other witnesses who testified
to the preparation of fraudulent ballots
which were stuffed into the ballot
boxes on election day marked for the
Democratic ticket?
You will remember he produced
some Of these ballots and said he had
prepared 725 and stuffed $50 of them
into the ballot box in one precinct
And then you will remember as a
sample that although but IA people
lived at the Martinez hotel, 202 were
registered from there, and that 12O
fraudulent ballots were actually cast
as coming from that one house. You
will recall that in another instance 274
people were registered from a room
249 voters registered in the entire pre-
cir It the year before. You will re-
member that a canvass was made in a
few precincts after the election and
introduced in evidence and showed
over 10000 fraudulent registrations
The list was compared with the poll
books. as returned by the judges, and
it was found that the ballots were
stuffed into the boxes under 5,433 OF
such fraudulent names. Uncontra-
dicted testimony in the 10000 folios
taken established the fact that more
than 5000 fraudulent votes were cast
In the city OF Denver.
You knew all this, didn't you. John,
when the investigation closed in May,
1903? You also knew that your plu-
rality over Mr.. Bonynge even with
these fraudulent votes was but 1872
and that without the fraudulent votes
you were not elected?
And yet, knowing these things, you
went off to Congress, occupied Robert
Bonynge's seat, drew his salary, &C.
cepted the honors of the office and put
your country to an enormous expense
in conducting another investigation at
facts with which you were already IA
miliar, and which resulted in your be-
ing unseated by the unanimous vote of
the House of Representatives.
Why did you not resign instead OF
waiting until you were forced out and
then give the impression that you had
just lormed your conclusions on the
evidence? Was this square" John
Was it honest? Do you really expect
the people OF Colorado to send you
back to Congress after playing this
sort of a trick on them and their
honestly elected representative, Mr..
Bonynge?
Was it right to flim-flam the peo-
pie of Colorado In this manner? And
are you going to try and do it again.
John? Are you going to permit the
Adams savages in Denver to attempt
to steal the election for you without
protest? Or is it your intention to
get up in some conspicuous place and
notify them your conscience revolts at
the mere suspicion of anything irreg-
ular In the matter of elections, and
that you will bring them to the bar
Of justice II they repeat the crimes
that sent you to Congress in 1902?
Aren't you going to do anything at
all, John?
Are you going to let the Republicans
fight alone for decent. honest cleo
ton? Are you with your well-known
honest" election sentiments, going to
jeopardize the peace of the Capital
City by failing to do your share to
prevent frauds at the coming election
1904)? Do you expect the people of
Denver and of Colorado to stand this
sort of thing forever? Is there no
limit? How much longer do you sup
pose they are going to submit to these
outrages? Don't you feel that in the
position you now occupy before the
people you have public duty to per
form in this matter?