The chronicle=news., 1913-02-03
ELECTION FRAUDS
ARE CHARGED
lCoutiuued from page Oue)

(COutluueo ttou phBo oucl
i.GIS. Guynn i.1a3 ana Torres
So. the contest being close.
The yolumInous document now III
tn. hands OF the house In support OF
! the contentious OF Torres and Guynn
rccItes what purports to be come o'
til. Inside history OF Trinldads ilsht
to suppress gambling. Keepers OF
thirty gambling houses were arrested
last summer as the Result OF a crusade
by the district attorney. II was stat
cd that. prior TO tn. primary election
OF September 10. last. Jefferson u.
lFarr. OF iiucrfauo county. ana
Charles Hcndershoi. Republican can
iidatc for district attorney. came TO
Trinidad and met Daniel Taylor.
chairman OF tho Republican county
central committee. and mayor OF
Trinidad. Wesley Taylor. Republican
candidatc for county commissioner.
land Senator Barcla.
After a conference. the affidavit
states that promises were made by
Taylor. Farr. Hcndcrshoi and Barrla
to the gamblers and saloon men that.
II they supported the Republican
ticket and came across with sub
stantIai contribution to the campaign
fund. the cases against the gamblers
would be continued until after cleo
lion. regardless OF the objections OF
the district attorney. \. W. Mciien-
dric. In cas-. OF Republican success.
IL Is stated. the cases were TO be DIS
missed. II Is set forth that these
eases hav, not yet been tried or set
for trial. H
II Is further declared that the
funds given Las AnImas county by
tho AUTHORIZATION organization OF
the state were not used to defeat pro-
hibit!on. but TO dStray the campaign
|cxpcuses OF Republican candidates.
Il The Republican orEn nixa,iou has
! l''becOuc so arrogant" states the con-
testers petition. through long years
OF uninterrupted power. and. having
complete domination and control OF
1.-THE entire official and election ma
ch!nery of said county. has boycott
ted business men who have dared
protest against these violations To
lose their Jobs and run them on; OF
the county"
!, Specific instances OF such acts are
given rs follows:
| ". !. Perkins. - constable, was
Threatened and prosecuted for months
because deserved warrants OH saloon
men. who were arrested on Initiative
lof the district attorney.
A ciSurmakcr. whose name Is given
as DE Mouchc. who expressed his
opinion as TO the ioings Of the Re
publican organization and leaders.
lgot Into trouble with his employer.
Certain saloon men and gamblers
went TO the employer. II is charged.
aud threatened to boycott his cigars
iit he did not discharge DE Mouchc.
The case OF Oryillc Lane. q former
deputy sheriff. is cited. II is said
that Lane was on his way to serve
warrants from the district attorneys s
,officc ON gamblers when james $.
lGrisham. sheriff OF the county and
Republican candidate for reelection.
intercepted him and revoked his COM
mission.
| In the answer OF the contcstees 1t
is claimed that Lane was not connect
cd with the sheriff's office when he
attcmptcd to serve the warrants and
that Grisham therefore took away his
Icommission and served the warrants
himself
! The answer takes u verbal fall out
.of the charges brought by Ccsaria
Adamson. a clerk OF election. who
claimed she was threatened with loss
| OF position as teacher because she re-
fused to bow to the will OF the Re
publican machine on election day.
| The figures show that in the prcciuc,
where Ccsarin claimed fraud was
committed by the Republicans. Torres
got co votes, Guynn G2. Boyle aud
Mayer. respectively. only 81 ana SO.
In another precinct where 1t is
claimed in The contest proceedings
| that frauds were committed through
the buying Of many votes wor the Re
publican organization with whisky
ltlisrcnsed by Isaac Amador. Boyle got
has votes and Mayer 1i9. while their
Democratic rivals. Guynn and Tor.
res. got $40 and 321 respectively.
The answer declares that j. r.
Gutierrez, who claimed to have been
thrown out OF n polling booth where
he attempted to act as a watcher. was
u nonresident and that he was "a
tool and hcnchman of the contcstors.
and the Democratic aud Progressive
and was prov ided with
large sums of money to bribe voters.
The answer further sets forth that
the Democratic and Progressive or
ganizations conspired to steal the
election from the Republicans: that
iC. ID. Livingston. n Democratic Judge
In the precinct of Aguilar. personally
accompanied ilIitcrntc voters into the
booths and marked their ballots eth.
cr Democratic" or Progressive"
Denial is made of the charge that
the Republicans spent corruption
fund Of 100000. cor any other sum
Oh election day.