Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1895 — DENVER UP IN ARMS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DENVER UP IN ARMS.

FIFTY GUARDS GARRISON THS COURT HOUSE. Excitement Over Aliened Tampering with Ballots—Women Talk of ing—March In a I'ody of 150 ahcl Threaten the County Clcrk. Fearful of Mob Law. Taxpayers of Arapahoe County (Col« orado), of which Denver is the seat, have arisen in revolt against the perpetuation of chronic Officeholders. Thursday night the court house was in a state of siege and fifty armed guards patrolled the inner corridors, while outside sentries halted everyone who attempted to enter the grounds. Inside the court house were the ballot-boxes and outside the indignant voters, angry* at the manner in which thw returns had beanLi’TnaDipqlated, * and the alleged counting out of cne or more of the candidates on the taxpayers’ ticket. “-“Wednesday night County Clerk Lebert, who'Was a candidate for re-election, conceded the election of George J. Kindel, one of the taxpayers’ candidates. He, however, refused to allow any representative of the taxpayers to remain within the walls of the court house where the ballet

boxes were stored, and Thursday morn--t Ing it- was anno’unced that Kindel wa» defeated and that Lebert had been elected by a majority of 100. The conclusion was Instantly reached the ballots had been tampered with. The public had anticipated some such crooked work, and th» report spread rapidly throughout the city every one of the candidates on the taxpayers’ ticket has been counted out. Crowds soon gathered in the vicinity of the court house and George J. Kindel,’ the candidate whose election was thechief object of attack, came running" to the court house with a shotgun. He ran all the way from his store in the lowerpart of the city and stopped only long enough to hear the approving remarks of several merchants. His Appearance crea< ted excitement at the county building. He inquired for Lebert, then left No sooner had he gone than a force of deputies cleared the halls. Kindel during theafternoon spoke before the Ladies’ CivioFederation, and when he concluded they marched to the court house in a body tothe number of 150, and left the impr«®ojoni that trouble would occur unless a change of base was made. The crowd in the court house got nervous. Rumors of vigilantes and visions of ropes appeared, an£ word was sent out that watchers would be permitted to sit beside the ballot boxes Thursday. The answer was to the effect that it was for the alleged doctoring of the returns Wednesday that the people were angry. A host of deputies was turned into' the corridors and the remaining citizens driven out of doors without regard to age or sex. Then the doors were barricaded and the regular clerks were allowed to go home from a side door, with a warning not to return during the evening save at their own risk.

THE DENVER COURT HOUSE.