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Chairman Fairley forwards a copy of the Republican State Central Committee’s expenditure report that was filed with the Colorado Secretary of State in order to refute charges of corruption. Fairley also states that more than 18,000 votes were fraudulently cast for Alva Adams and over 20 individuals are serving jail sentences.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-16
Two articles in the Denver Times outline several instances of fraud discovered in the recent election in a precinct of Denver. While investigating allegations of ballot stuffing by Democrats, the Colorado Supreme Court discovered a second instance of fraud in ballot counting. Several Democrats were also charged and referred to a grand jury for intimidating Republican voters and preventing them from casting ballots.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-03
David W. Wood, a “fairly well-to-do poor” person, invites Theodore Roosevelt and his family to stay with him in the mountains of Colorado. Roosevelt can enjoy the outdoors and they can discuss what the country’s poor need and how to build up the country. His father was Samuel Newitt Wood, a pioneer and politician of Kansas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-18
The United States Supreme Court has declined to interfere with the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision which led to the ouster of Alva Adams and the seating of James Hamilton Peabody as governor of Colorado. Thus “relieved from judicial silence,” John Campbell, justice for the Colorado Supreme Court, informs President Roosevelt that the outcome was right and just. Adams had “stolen” the election, and the decision dealt a blow to corruption in elections. Campbell also comments on the support and trust in the president expressed by citizens in the West.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-21