St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-07

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Judge Haliett, OF the U. s. Dis
trict Court.
DENVER, Col, June 6.-Gov.. Waite,
vino is indignant at the action of the
| United States marshals In ordering the
| arrest of strikers without warrants.
wired President Cleveland as follows:
"Grover Cleveland. President OF the
| United States, Washington: United
States marshal at Denver has issued i'll.
structions to deputies at La Junta and
Trinidad as follows:
"'Any violator of Injunction order
must be arrested without special war
rant. DO not take parties before local
| officers. Allow no talk on company's
| property tending 10 cause trouble. Ar
! rest parties who engage in talk, whether
on or OH company property, which is
| intended to intimldate employees or to
induce them to quit receivers employ
| ment. No warrants are necessary for
| arrest OF any parties violating injunc-
ton, whether on company property or
| elsewhere. Pay no attention to local
| officers or magistrates. If they inter.
| fere with you arrest them. Interference
with you will not be tolerated
United States Marshal Israel has en-
| listed and armed over 200 men as special
| deputies, and has five companies of
United States troops, and is carrying on
WAR IN COLORADO,
regardless of state rights. His deputies
arrest without warrants, and are or
| dered to admit of no interference by
county or state magistrates. By what
authority does Marshal Israel so violate
| The constitution as to arrest and usurp
our authority to suspend tho writ of
habeas corpus in Colorado?
"DAVIs Ii. WAITE,
"Governor of Colorado"
The governor also sent the following
letter TO Judge Halett:
Executive Chamber, Denver, Col. =,
july 5, 1894. TO Hon. Moses Hallett.
United States District Judge, Denver,
Col.-My Dear Sir: | beg leave to cali
issued by United States Marshal Israel
to the deputies at La Junta, Trinidad
and other points in this state. These
instructions were published in tn e
morning daily papers, anu am in
formed at the Office of the United States
marshal that they were published cor
rectly.
If these instructions were issued with
your knowledge, or II they are war
ranted by the order of injunction issued
out OF your court, | most respectfully
inquire
BY WHAT AUTHORITY
either you, as district Judge, or United
States Marshal Israel disregards the
clause in the United States constitution
in relation to arrests without due proc
ess of law, or by directing the deputy
marshals to pay no attention to local
officers or magistrates. IF they inter-
fere with you, arrest Them" "lnterfer-
ference with you will not be tolerated."
Practically suspending the writ of
habeas corpus and threatening the JUS
tees of state courts and sheriffs with
arbitrary arrest without process tor
discharging what may be their sworn
duties.
You had occasion few weeks ago, in
judicial proceeding in your court, to
which neither myself nor any member
of the state administration was party,
to denounce the present state admins
tratlon as composed of 'Imbeciles and
anarchists" Tim events upon which
you commented have passed into his
tory, and the state administration can
we'll abide the verdict which the future
will pass upon the acts criticised. With
out claiming that the state administra-
ton has made no mistakes. it has faith
fully attempted to maintain law and
order and to protect the lives and liber-
ties Of the people. 1t has sought to
prevent sheritfs from organizing private
armies to overawe the people. II has
SOUGHT TO PREVENT ANARCHY,
ane permit me 10 say that the most
dangerous anarchy" in the state OF
Colorado has been that of the United
States court in Denver, which has
allowed the United States marshal to
enlist private army to suppress alleged
state troubles, of which neither the
county or state authorities have any
notice, and has called into active service
United states troops without request of
or notice to the governor of the state,
and is waging an actual war in Colora-
do, without any declaration thereof by
the United States or notice or knowledge
thereof by the state authorities, and
utterly in violation of law
When 1t was deemed necessary to call
out military force the state administra-
ton called out the national guard, the
regular citizen sOldiery, whose loyalty
to law and order cannot be questioned.
In strong contrast with this action of
the state administration is the conduct
of the United States marshal, acting
under the immediate supervision of the
United States circuit court at Denver.
quote from the Rocky Mountain
News, of Monday, July 2, as follows:
II have been forced" said the United
States marshal, ito pick up all kinds of
men so far. Little as l have seen what
kind of men some of them are, am
going to be more careful hereafter, and
will engage only
MEN WHO WILL FIGHT.
II don't care whether they are horse
thieves, hoboes, thugs, just so they Will
fight when it is necessary" and the
judge of this United States circuit court
goes out of his way in decision to
maliciously and falsely charge the pres
ent administration with anarchy.
As governor of the state of Colorado
l enter my most vigorous protest against
this invasion of the civil rights of the
people of this state by the United States
court at Denver and Its marshal. Very
respectfully, DAVIS H. WAITE,
Governor of Colorado.