Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1905 — DEMOCRATS HAVE EXPERTS [ARTICLE]

DEMOCRATS HAVE EXPERTS

Latest Development in the Colorado Govarnship Case—Report on 1449 Ballots Is Made.

Denver, Colo., Feb. 9.—ln the Ad-ams-Peabody gubernatorial contest the Democratic attorneys introduced their first expert testimony. Two handwriting experts testifying on four precincts in Las Animas county stated that out? of 1.449 ballots 592 Republican and fifty-three Democratic were written by four or five persons. The vote of one of these precincts, known as Priinero, for governor, was not counted by the county canvassers, as the polls had been moved by the Republicans to a place not authorized) by the county authorities, but the Democratic attorneys, fearing the Republicans intended to include this precinct in the returns for Peabody, had their experts examine the ballots.