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Show FIGHT ON JUSTICES Nominations of Gov. Pea-body Pea-body May Fall to Sc- cure Confirmation. DEXVER. Colo., Jan. 9. A hot fight is expected in the Senate when Judges of the Supreme court, named Saturday by Gov. Peabody, come up for confirmation. The Democrats caucussed last night and at its close declared that they would fight the nominations to the Supreme bench of Bailey and Goddard with all their power. They say, moreover, that with the Republican Re-publican Senators, Campbell and Delong, voting with them, they will be able to prevent the confirmation. Republican leaders declared yesterday afternoon that they had secured personal pledges from enough Republican Senators to insure the confirmation of the two men. They were not over-confident of the Issue, Is-sue, and admitted that there would be something of a fight before the confirm-tion confirm-tion was made. It is Gov. Peabody's present intention to contest the election of Gov.-elect 'Adams. Under the law he cannot file notice of contest Wore the sixth day of the session, which win be today. He has several days in which to file his notice of contest and he may not do so until after af-ter the Inauguration of Gov.-elect Adams. The latter said today: "I do not know whether Gov. Peabody will make a contest or not. but I expect that he will. I am in a much better position posi-tion for such a proceeding now, than I was two days ago. At that time the in- vestigation was confined by the court or the city and county of Denver. Now It Includes the whole State, and I feel confident con-fident that the Democrats can show as many or more fraudulent Republican votes in the outlying counties as the Republicans Re-publicans claim were cast by the Democrats Demo-crats in Denver. I am certain of the re-suit re-suit if the entire 8tate Is brought Into the contest, as it must be. if Gov. Peabody Pea-body decides on such a course." |