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Show FAIL TO ELECT A SEHT0., 3;mocrctic Legislature in Co'o-aJ Failing to Choose Senator, St;tj Will te Represented by T.o- , publican. I Denver. The Colorado l;.l'iiture adjourned Saturday night without choosing a successor to Senator Chas. J. Hughes, fe Democratic majority failing to ugrt-e upon a candidate. Ah a result Colorado, with practically complete Democratic state administration adminis-tration and with an overwhelming Democratic majority In the legislature, legisla-ture, will be represented in the United Unit-ed States senate for the next two years by a i-oiuary Republican, Simon (ittegeiiiieim. A personal fight waged ng:i!n;t Mayor liobert V. Specr of Denver, the hading candidate, whose final strength of all vutes In balloting was exactly one half of tho Democratic majority In the legislature, Is held responsible re-sponsible for the failure to elect a senator. Spccr's normal attength was 33, with an occasional addition from the opposition. |