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Show LIGHTS TURNED OUT AT MASS MEETING Riot .Narrowly Averted, Spcakor Nearly Mobbed at a Gathering' Gather-ing' in Denver. DENVER, April 27. A riot was narrowly narrow-ly averted at Coliseum hall tonight at a mass meeting of citizens called to protest against tho so-called crimes against tho ballot. The particular object of attack of tho speakors was tho Elections commission. commis-sion. When ox-Dlstrlct Attorney Gcorgo Allen Smith attomptcd to defend tho commission com-mission ho was nearly mobbed. Whllo ho was trying to speak the Hght3 wero turned out and the hall cleared. Rov. Robert P. Coylo, moderator of tho Presbyterian General assembly and pastor of tho Central Presbyterian church of thin city, intimated that the example of other cities In tho formation of a vigilance com-mittco com-mittco to drlvo out fraud and corruption In municipal government could well bo followed In Denver. Cheers of approval grootcd the statement Resolutions calling upon the Citizens' committco to "mako" tho Elections commission perform Its duties du-ties aocording to law wore adopted. |