The Lamar register., 1910-12-14
NOT A PETITION
No Stree. It's Just "A Subscription
List

List
When is a petition not a petitioh
The answer is, when It Is
subscription list A document
by any other name would smell as
sweet. but the fact is that the
democrats of Las Animas county
are taking steps to enable FRANK
r. Dunlavy to institute a contest
before the legislature for the Office
of state senator of the 25th senator
iaI district. A. Z. McGlashan. the
custodian of the document anmi1s
that the paper is being clreuiateo'
but insists that 1t be termed a SUP
scription list" The purpose oil
this subscription LIST which is being
handed around among the loyal
Dems and the friends OF DunlaVy
is to raise a fund by popular sub
scription to defray the cost oil an
investigation, which the party or
collection Of individuals represent
ing the party will make to deter
mine whether or not frauds were
perpetrated at the polls in Las Ami
mas county on election day.
IT will not pretend to say whe-
Their or not these reports of irreg-
ularities are true" said Mr.. Nc
Glashan. I'VE are going to find
out. and 1t costs money to find
out. Dunlavy has a ground for
contest, and this subscription list
Is being circulated TO raise a sum
of money sufficient to investigate
not only the vote of Las Animas
county. but the entire senatorial
district"
At this time the subscription list
contains the names of six signers
with subscriptions ranging from IS
to SIS. 1T has not gone very far"
said Mr.. McGlashan. who unfortun-
ately had mislaid the list and could
not produce the document for the
inspection of a press representative.
Mr. McGlashan stated that there
is q strong probability that Dun
lazy will decide to institute a con-
test for the seat of A. n. Parrish.
who on the face of returns has
been elected by a plurality of rs
votes In the district. The state
board of canvassers have not yet
announced the result of the offic-
ial count for this district.
When first interviewed today
Mr.. Mc0laAhan was surprised and
could not recouect that q petition
or q subscription list even was be-
ing circulated in the interest of
Dunlayy. b. A Cow. his Law part
ger. exhibited an equally bad MEM
DRY yesterday. The great Demo-
cratic secret has been kept under
lock and key in the desk or safe
of Mr.. McGlashan. and mum has
been the word. The Dems declare
that reports of frauds In various
~. dncts OF the county, which
showed Republican maJorities, have
been received. This subscription
iiss is merely TO raise a fund to
oariy on an investigation. II II de-
velops that the rumorsof Irregular
ities are not unfounded. that is to
say. II there is any excuse to be-
lieve that frauds were committed,
then Dunlavy will wage n fight to
be seated in the upper house of
no ~ n
he he seated he viii be q hold-over
senator and his vote will be need
ed two years from now when
new United States senator is to be
hosen by the Legislative body. 1t
would be very convenient to locate
frauds somewhere.
II Dunlavy does Institute a
uit the expense of that contest
viii OF course come QUIT of the
dear peepul." as did the expense
OF the contest instituted two years
ago by Ben Beshoar to unseat Bar
Ella. The Democratic leaders are
not openly charging that frauds
we're committed. and Mr.. McGlash-
AN was careful not to assert that
even for n moment he or his COL
leagues suspected that frauds were
committed. But II the adherents
OF the Democratic doctrine in Las
Animas county will dig down into
their jeans the pockets of which
are lined with the coin resulting
rom Republican prosperity. why.
an investigation will be made. and
these horrid rumors of fraud will
be tracked down az diligently as
Sleuth kreeger tracks a criminal.
Whatever you do. don't call
this paper petition remark
McGiashan and Cow in unison.
Call 1t subscription list"
Fine morning, amt it,"
Lovely. "-Trinidad Chronicle
News.