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Show SIX MORE SENTENCED Supreme Court of Colorado Colo-rado Still Convicting Democrats. DENVER, Dec. 7. Six more election officers were sent to jail yesterday by the State Supreme court for disregarding disregard-ing its injunctive order at the late election. elec-tion. The sentences were as follows: William Reld. S. S. Barker, John E. Dixon, and John Sullivan, nine months imprisonment and $500 fine, with costs, each; Willis E. Spencer, four months' imprisonment; Charles W. Bunch, three months' Imprisonment. Sullivan was Democratic committeeman; committee-man; Reld, Barker and Spencer were judges, and Dixon and Bunch clerks In the Ninth precinct, Fifth ward, in this city, the ballot-box of which was opened op-ened . In court last Friday, disclosing many fraudulent ballots. District Judge John I. Mulllns today delivered his Instructions to the grand jury summoned by him In the Criminal court. He charged it to "make a thorough thor-ough investigation as to all violations of the law growing out of the recent general election." "In my opinion," he said, "the lavish expenditure of money as has been witnessed wit-nessed in this county and State is criminal. crim-inal. I believe it to be at the very root of all of the crime and violations of the election laws which have accompanied accompa-nied our recent election. "It ought to be made a criminal offense of-fense for any corporation to contribute to any political party. "It Is common talk on the streets and currently circulated In the newspapers that a conspiracy exists to deprive of the Governorship of this State one of our citizens wh.Tsn all good citizens. Irrespective Ir-respective of politico, believe to have been honestly elected. It la further openly charged to carry out this conspiracy con-spiracy it will involve the unseating unjustly and Illegally of certain members mem-bers of the coming Legislature. "It is also charged that immense sums of money have been collected from the various corporations of this city and State to aid in this work. It Is charged that even after the official count was completed in many counties of the State and certified to by the proper officials, of-ficials, agents were sent out for the pur. pose of procuring some one member of these local canvassing boards to bring in alleged minority reports with the hope that the State canvassing board could be induced to violate the law and disregard its oath of office. "This is a matter that will tax your patience and ability, but I earnestly urge it upon you for your most careful care-ful consideration." |