United labor bulletin., 1911-10-26
ELECTIONS COMMISSION
CERTIFIES PETITION
Charges of Misrepresentation and
Fraud Not Sustained
by Evidence.

Saturday afternoon last the elections
commission filed with the city clerk the
petitions circulated by Labor's Economic
League to refer to the people the ordi-
nance recently adopted by the city coun-
ell to extend the contract with the Den
yer Gas and Electric company for light
ing the parks and boulevards of the city.
The citizens of Denver will now have
chance to reject adopt the ordinance
at the spring election.
The elections commission found that
the protest filed by Charles II. vinton of
the DeLue Detective agency, charging
graft, fraud and forgery, was not founded
on the facts as brought out before the
commission Nearly all those having
anything to do with the petitions ap-
peared before the commission voluntar-
lily and under oath gave the facts in con-
nection With the circulation of the petit
tions and their filing with the city clerk.
The daily papers did not give correct
account of the evidence submitted to tn
elections commission.
An effort was made to induce the filer
OF the protest 10 divulge any facts that
the DeLue Detective agency and the Gas
company might have in their possession
bearing on the charges of graft in the
protest, but upon every question being
put to Mr.. Vinton he refused to answer
on advice of his attorney, Mr.. Hecox,
who is in the law office of District At
torney Elliott of Elliott & Bardwell, at
torneys for the Gas company.
In certifying the petitions to the city
clerk after hearing the protest of the
Gas company, the elections commission
says:
Honorable Burt F. Davis, Clerk of the
City and County of Denver, City Hall,
City.
Dear Sir:-This is to certify that we.
the Election Commission of the City and
County of Denver. have carefully can
vassed the referendum petition on "ordi-
nance No SO, Series OF 1911, received
from your Office on October 9Th, 1911. at
4:25 p. m. and containing SO separate
petitions. and this commission finds that
petition numbered II, containing 10
names. was not sworn to by the circu-
lator thereof. that the last page of petit
ton numbered 80. containing Sc names,
was not sworn TO at all. that IS names
on petition numbered 81 were not law
fully signed thereto. that 81 names on
petition numbered SO were not lawfully
signed thereto, that - names on petit
ton numbered IS were not lawfully
signed thereto. that l name on petition
numbered 80 was not lawfully signed
theretof. that names on petition num-
| bered Ia were not iaWIulAN SlSneu lutie-
to. and that. after deducting said names,
there remains on said petition the sig
natures of 4,4S4 qualified electors of the
city and county of Denver, and which
this commission finds is more than sufti-
cient to refer the said Ordinance No
Sc. Series of 1911, according to Section
| q of the charter, as the last preceding
| vote for mayor was Sf,447.
This commission further certifes that
purported protest was filed against
said petition by Charles H. Vinton, but
that the said purported protest did not
conform TO the requirements of the
charter relating thereto NOR WAS ANY
EVIDENCE ADDUCED IN SUPPORT
THEREOF by the said Ninton nor did
the said Vinton amend or offer TO amend
his said purported protest so as to con-
form to the requirements of the charter
relative thereto. so that said purported
protest was disallowed: that no protests
under the requirements of the charter
have been made or filed with this COM
mission as TO any of the signatures on
said petition. within the time specified
in Section 23 of the charter, and said
petition is herewith returned to you,
with this our finding thereon, as pro-
vided by the charter.
Yours very truly.
THE ELECTION COMMISSION CITY
AND COUNTY OF DENVER.
By ALBERT E. MAUFF,
President
ELLIS MEREDITH.
Election Commission.
Attest.