Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1904 — POINTS FOR GOV. PEABODY [ARTICLE]

POINTS FOR GOV. PEABODY

Colorado Supreme Court Decide* for the Republicans In Cases Involving the Count of the V >tes. Denver, Nov. 18. —The supreme court has reaffirmed itssdecision that It has the right to take jurisdiction of the last election, and the hearing of testimony in the cases of twenty-seven election officers who have been cited for contempt was commenced. The court further held that the election commission in making the Denver counit cannot go behind the returns, but must use the written count of the election judges and not count the tallies. Tlie decisions are victories for the Republicans, as in both cases the motions of the Republican attorneys were sustained.