The chronicle=news., 1913-03-15
GIsT OF THE nAREI.A CASE.

For Senator Casimiro Bar.in---
Scnntor Berry. Democrat and Soma
tor Parrish. Republican.
For Norman y. WycofI Scantors
Helen Ring Robinson. Affoltcr. Hes.
\ l!lakcy, Democrats and william e.
| Robinson. Republican.
Argumo;n for BnrcJa Charges Of
conspiracy and fraud not proved.
Argument against Rarela--CharS-
cs OF fraud. intimidation and conspir-
a"y proved.
Majority report throws out the
precincts jarosa. Sopris. Cokcdalc
! and ihirty-nin" in Trinidad. cahrg.s
gross political conspiracy In Trinidad
| and partnership of III" Republican
organization with gamblers. saio,u-
keepers and others.
Coal miuo companies charged with
illuminating their employees.
Republican organization OF Trirl-
dad charged with cSIciinH money
tribut. from gamblers. women and
| saloonkcepcrs for political purposes.
Policeman In uniform 10 Trinidad
hauled fallen women In n wagon to
polling places.
Startling findings of election
frauds ar. made In til. majority re-
port. inyorinx Wycoff. OF the senate
elections committee. handed 10 tn.
senate this morning on the contest
OF Norman y. Wyrolf against Scnn-
Tor cssimiro Iisreio. The minority
report favoring Senator Barcia. sim
ply states tina, no charges against
him had been provsd
Action on the two reports was pos,
rOncd so that the cvitenc. may be
printed and laid on the desks OF
members, which will not be later
tthln neal Friday. The crtiinatcd cost
OF printing thi sevidence Is t1.SOC.
| Wrcoff WIS not present at the
ircadInr Of the reports. senator Ha-
rcla sat In his seat. listening attcn-
lively to tn" cNcoria,iOn OF his
friends In Las Animas county and
particularly Trinidad. and every sen
ntor paid strict attention to tn" read
Ing. the senate being unusually quiet
WehH the reports had been read.
senator 'arcla said that IN all the
contests ell and s.cn IN the senu,.
the evidence had been printed. SO
that every member could read II and
dccid" how to vote on III. reports OF
tho committee. lic moved that tho
ton he taken on the reports nnit
every senator had copy. Senator
IIeckcr seconded the motion and II
prevailed.
The majority report is the bitter
est dcnunciation OF politicians ever
turned into the Legislature by an in
vestigatiug committee. and II Is a
severe arraignmen. OF politicians In
n I'm II rt ius 10 ~.
OF tho Republican organization In
Trinidad. The condemnation OF III"
Republican leaders IL ritrolic and
serious charges are made against
them. Speaking Of Trinidad tho re-
port says:
The conditions which We found
to exist In precinct ~ of Trinidad
were the worst that were presented
to Us. II was fully shown for the con-
testor. and not denied for the con-
tcstcc. THAI th1 public Officers who
were a part of the socailed Republi-
can organization compelled the Dem
ocratic saloon keepers and gamblers
to contribute money to the campaign
fund and TO support the socallcd Re-
publican ticket and that in return
for such money and such support the
IN loon keepers and gamblers were
given immunity from prosecution
for their violations of the law. More
than one hundred informations had
been filed against these offenders for
violations OF the law, and socalicd
Republican officials refused to allow
the cases to be tried until after the
election in order that the defendants
might be so coerccd into voting for
and supporting the socalled Repuh-
lican candidates.
1T was shown for the contns,or.
and admitted by witnesses for the
contestec, that the socalled Rep,i1-
lican officers demanded and received
from the prostitutes contributions Of
SC and s. each per month aud in re-
turn therefore they were allowed to
ply their vocations with immunity
from prosecution.
"A police officer in uniform haul
cd these women to the polls on elec-
tion day. Although nearly all of
them were Americans. n large per
cent Of them claimed that they could
not mark their ballots and tnus allow
cd their ballots to be marked for
them. This appeared to be pr2ar-
ranged and for the purpose Of allow
ing the organization to know how
the women voted.
About onc-half OF the voters in
this precinct appeared to be Hitter
ate and had their ballots marked for
them. A large number were from the
lower class Of negroes, Mexicans and
Italians. Many of these people werc
allowed to remain in the room after
| they had voted. SO that the room was
| crowded This apuparpd to be done