Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-24
Open Letter to the
Democratic Candidate

To The Hon. Alva Adams. Dear Sir:
Will you kindly again stand up and
look the people OF Colorado in the eye
while your attention-snd theirs--is
invited to
The Adams OeportatIons7
You have literally deluged the state
with scslding Democratic tears over
the alleged Injustice done the danger
Gus characters who were sent out OF
some OF the mining camps of Colorado
You weep because OF the violation of
the constitution and because some OF
these desperadoes had families. VIII
you please explain the difference in the
results to man who is killed by
despersdo with a family and one who
v killed by an unmarried assassin
He would be dead In either event.
would he not?
But these tears OF yours-have you
shed any in sympathy for the families
OF the men whom the Western Fedora
ton OF Miners have maimed and mur
dsred In Colorado9 II so. please tell
the people Of Colorado when and where
you did it7
We all know that you are personally
kind and that your sympathy naturally
goes out to the unfortunate. but we
Also know that in this Instance. owing
70 your weak and vacillating tenden-
oiss. political expediency prevents you
from picturing to your hearers the dis
tress, misery and suffering caused hon
est, law-abiding American workinsmen
by this vicious Western Federation OF
Miners. You dare not toll the people
Of Colorado the story OF the brutal,
heartless and inhumsn crimes OF this
organization because you are running
on ticket and standing on platform
side by side with two representatives
Il the Western Federation OF Miners,
whose support you lack the moral cour-
age to sacrifice.
Now please stand still and look the
audience square in the eye and An
swer this question:
Don't you know In all times and In
all ages extraordinary measures have
been required to meet extraordinary
smergenciesf
There are times when human i'm
pulse prompts people to do extraor-
dinary things and 1t requires extraor-
ldinary means to bring them back TO
| AA oiuelly Auu OTuiuhry CVuIsos
Did you ever stop TO think Gov-
srnor. how Adam and Eve left the Gar
den Of Eden,
Their departure is the first recorded
sase OF deportation and you will also
remember that 4 cherubim guarded the
Garden of Dden with.a flaming sword
To see that they did not come back"
Perhaps you may regard this extra
ordinary emergency" az too remote to
apply to modern instance. II so. here
ID one that IL quite recent:
! know II 10 your policy to admit
nothing and claim everything. but still
you will not deny that your brother
Frank Adams is AT the head of the po
lice department Of Denver.
Your brother Frank has deported
about 300 Of your fellow citizens since
the present administration came into
once. fnaBmuch AZ this 10 all in the
family. you Of course will not maintain
that you do not know OF this Outrage
Gus proceeding"
During the past week your brother
Frank has without any warrant Of law
gathered up and exiled about fifty OF
these down-trodden fellow citizens Of
yours the most OF whom were harm
less and inoffenslve. their only crime
being that they were poor and friend
less. There had been a number Of hold
ups In the Capital City. Your brother
Prank and his policemen were unable
10 locate the criminals; they therefore
arrested every one who In their opin-
lon looked suspicious: they arrested
them without warrant or the slightest
ssmblance OF authority Of law. They
made no charges against them except
bat su,a lrtn
were thrown In jail and after tine
given certain number of hours to
leave the city under threats OF impris
onment.
Your brother Frank reasons this
way: "In this bunch are undoubtedly
the 'hold-ups' whom we are after. but
unable to Identity. 7 cannot tell the
innocent from the guilty. but | do
know that the people OF Denver are
entitled to protection from this tousl
element and | am going to deporf the
whole bunch and be on the safe Side.
A man cannot identify the hornet that
stung him. but this fact don't prevent
him from cleaning out the whole nest.
Did you tell the ladies whom you ad
dressed in Denver last week about this
outrageous violation OF the cOnstitu
tional guarantees by your brother
Prank Did you tell them that these
humble citizens, the majority Of whom
we're innocent OF any crime w"rr
ruthlessly torn from the street corners
the alleys and dives OF Denver nnl
forcibly driven from the city by yon
brother Frank? Did you explain to
them that this was done by him In ylo
lation OF the provision OF the constitn
uon which says that mo person shall
BE- deprived OF life. liberty or prop"rti
without due process Of law7"
Certainly not You were busy de
nouncing Governor Peabody and the
authorities of Teller county for doina
identically the same thing with tho
dangerous and murderous elemon'
which did not confne Itself to thef
! but which murdered fifteen non union
men In one day.
Do YOU approve Of the deportation
BY your brother Frank II So how do
you reconcile his action with the pro
visions OF that glorious document
which you and your party have under
taken to xuard-the constitution. Il
you do not approve II. why have yoii
not protested against this Tyranny,
IN vou know Of ANYTHING in the con