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Show SUBMITTED TO COURT Question as to -Declaring Election of Got. Adams Void. DENVER, Colo.. March "lO.-The Joint legislative convention has sought an opinion from the State Supreme court on the question whether it has the power to declare the office of Governor vacant a5? vnat tne effect of such action would b and the decision of the Peabody-Ad-ams gubernatorial contest will be deferred de-ferred until the court's answer la received. re-ceived. T Senator Morton Alexander,, a raemoer of the contest committee, was allowed yesterday to amend his report, which favored the seating of, Lieut. -Gov. Jesse A. McDonajd as Governor. In such a way ,f.,,t now adopted by the Joint Convention. Gov. Adams will be legislated legislat-ed out of office. uAie35?nder 8 amended report declares that there was no legal election for the ornce of Governor held In the State last November, but he resolution declaring .V0"'- McDonald "the legal, duly qualified Governor of the State" ts omit- ted. and the following is substituted: Resolved. Tht Ih. action of th Joint assembly as-sembly In declaring Alva Adams elected Governor Gov-ernor be hereby resrlndea and revuked and that a vacancy be declared in the ofrtce of iiot vmor. Under the constitution the adoption of the Alexander resolution would seem to have the effect of continuing former Gov. James H. Peabody in office, his successor having not been elected. That question, however, will be submitted to the Supreme Su-preme court for adjudication before a vote is taken on any of the reports now before the Joint Assembly. in the meantime the allegations of Senator Sen-ator Richard W. Morgan In regard tc bribery will be held in abeyance. The committee which has charge of the investigation' in-vestigation' of this matter held a brief meeting yesterday, after which Senator Sena-tor Arthur Cornforth, Its chairman, announced an-nounced that at the request of the attorneys at-torneys on both sides an adjournment had been taken, subject to the call of the chairman, or practically until the Governorship Gov-ernorship tangle had been straightened |