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Show COLORADO COURT ORDERS A RIGID INVESTIGATION Ballot-Boxes of Denver Citj and County to Be Opened : and Ali Election Matters Scrutinized. ;. : DENVER. Pec. SI. Stretching its hands so as to cast a shadow over every man and woman In any way implicated in election elec-tion frauds of the city and county of Den. V ' ver on or before or after November t, the Supreme court Friday ordered an Investl- ' i Ration so sweeping In its scope that every phase of the election, may be scrutinized and everything that bears In any way " upon the election may be made known by Judicial Inquiry. . Alva Adams, Democratic candidate for Governor, who appeared from the returns to have been elected but who has declared 'that he does not want the office tainted with fraud, ssked the court to open every Denver ballot box, but -the order of the court goes beyond the mere examination of the ballots and provides for an investigation investi-gation of the registration lists, the campaign cam-paign expenditures and. In brief, all elec-' elec-' tton matters- , .Republicans as well as Democrats ad mit that the opening of all the Denver boxes complicates the political situation In Colorado, but believe that it means that there will be no "rough house," as pre dieted. Governor Peabody expressed himself as follows regarding the court's decision: "I am more than pleased that toe Bu- reme court has decided to open everjr allot box in Denver, and my only regret ' Is that not every box in the btate is opened. A point in favor of the opening of the boxes by the 8upreme court is that it takes the matter away from poll-tics. poll-tics. ,-"There l confidence among the public in what the 8upreme court does, and when the highest tribunal in the State is through counting the votes In Denver.' It will settle beyond question who Is elected. I consider the decision of the court n eminently wise and just one." "It Is a good thing," said Attorney-General Miller, when he heard of the decision. "The entire matter is now out of poll-tics." poll-tics." It was announced Friday that the Republican Re-publican plan to unseat Democratic Senators Sen-ators had been modified and that possibly only Senators Born and Healey, who were seated by the Democratic majority on contests con-tests two years ago, would be turned out. It is also reported that on the advice of Influential Republicans the proposition to memorialise the United States Senate to unseat Senator Teller would be abandoned. aban-doned. The four members of the State Canvassing Canvass-ing board, other than Gov. Peabody, last night issued a signed statement In which they deny that there Is a conspiracy to seat Gov. Peabody, and express a desire to see seated as Governor the man who has been legally elected. The statement reads: v The attitude of the State Board of Can- I vasaers, of which we are members, as te I the gubernatorial controversy having been misrepresented, and our motives questioned, we feel that it is just and proper that the public should be advised as to our real position. ''Our duties have been defined by the courts of the State and in the performance perform-ance of such duties we have been guided solely by the law. The action of the State Board of Canvassers was taken without reference to any bearing it might have on the gubernatorial contest. The majority major-ity of the joint session of the Senate and the House of Representatives would have been overwhelmingly Republican, regard, less of our action. "We favor the action taken by the 8u- Sreme court today and urge that its find iRs and order be accepted byHhe Legislature. Legis-lature. "We desire to say that there la no con-splracy con-splracy on the part of thia board or any of its .members to overthrow the will of the people, or attempt to do so. but, on the contrary, we hold and advise that whoever the recount of the ballots, under such rules as the Supreme court may prescribe, pre-scribe, in the-clty and county of Denver, shows to be elected. Is entitled to the of-flve of-flve of Governor; and we believe that all good cltlsens will acquiesce in the result. "Whoever may be seated aa Governor, we desire that the result be accomplished by honest methods and that the will of the people may be supreme. (Signed.) "JAMES COWIE, "Secretary of State. "WHITNEY NEWTON, "State Treasurer. "JOHN ROMBERG," "Auditor of State." "N. C. MILLER, "Attorney-General. |