La Junta tribune., 1904-10-26

al tue very time you were tdikiuB 70
the ladies In Denver last week your
brother Frank was de porting these citi-
zens from Denver?
And now please face the votsrs and
tell them why you denounee the au-
thorities for the deportations in Teller
county and fail to denounee the dsport-
ations in Denver conducted BY your
brother Frank.
u Il 10 right to deport dangerous
characters from the city, why 10 Il not
right to deport them from 4 county?
II your brother Frank may judge who
are dangerous characters in Denver.
why may not the authorities Of Teller
county judge who are dangerous char
acters in that county?
You will observe that there are di-
rect and specific questions. Have you
the time to reply to them? Show
your friends-Owers and Patterson
they would have the people believe.
and speak up so all may hear you.
Don't say that the cases are differ
ent because the deported men from
Denver had no families or property.
while some of the deported men from
Teller county had both. for II you
iiaEt THIS spu tohc WIG
position that 1t is a crime for an
American citizen to be without fam
lily OF property, which. of course. would
be a foolish thing to do. The fact Is
that these poor. unfortunates can &C
cu.nullte neither II they are to be con-
stantly hustled from one town TO an
other in this unconstitutional manner
Perhaps you may regard this in
@ "a s.f N HaFt a
mote. therefore your attention is In
vited to the deportations that occurred
a few weeks ago ut the opening Of the
Rose Bud Indian lands.
Several thousand people were gath
cred. awaiting the drawing Of lots to
secure land. Among them were num-
ber of offensive and dangerous charac-
ters whom It was found impossible to
control by ordinary means. The peo-
pie assembled there were law-abiding
and respectable and they concluded
that an extraordinary emergency"
had arisen. and you know the rest
they deported. drove away the unde-
sirable characters.
VIII you please tell us why you have
not raised your voice against this
outrage? This. you know. is one OF
the questions you cannot dispose OF
with a pleasant smile.
You are undoubtedly aware of the
appalling list Of crimes which the
civil authorities OF Teller county per
mitted to go unpunished while the
Western Federation of Miners was In
control OF public Offices in that county.
You know that after the militia left
Cripple Creek that lawlessness and
wholesale assassination was resorted
to. Ordinary measures having failed,
do you not think that extraordinary
measures were Justified to meet this
extraordinary condition! Perhaps you
do not regard the murder OF fifteen
men in one day ss an extraordinary
emergency" At any rate. don't over
look this question; 1t is really quite
important that you answer II.
In order that you may fully appre-
ciate the point l am trying to make
clear. will give you another illustra-
ton. You are constantly intimating
that the law is sufficient for all emer
gencies. Let us see.
When great fire Is raging in a city
Il is the common practice. as you
Lnow. to blow up surrounding build
ings to prevent the spread of the con
Gagration. DO you know OF any law
or constitution which permits the fire
chief TO destroy property in this man
uer?
You know that under such condi-
tions the fire chief Will order you out
OF your house and tell you that he Is
going to destroy 1t. and that your pro-
tests will be made in vain. He VIII
tell you that he Is going to destroy 1t
In the interests OF the community to
prevent the spread OF the fire. For
time he rises superior to the law. He
tells you few are to be made to suf-
fer for the benefit of the many. that
your house must be sacrificed to save
the property of the people OF your
city.
II you are as fair. candid and just
us you would have the people believe.
you will admit that this is indeed an
extraordinary emergency. which Is
met by an application of the natural
law of self-preservation: and you
must also admit that it is right to ap-
ply this law In this emergency.
Now tell the people how you can
maintain that II Is right to apply the
higher law Of selfpreservation to pro
tect property in this manner and
wrong to apply the same law to pro-
tect life In a similar extraordinary
emergency"
Please answer.
Another extraordinary emergency
which has called for extraordinary
measures to meet. Is your candidacy
for the governorship. You and your
party regarded the emergency SO ex-
that you and they have
adopted the extraordinary and humili.
atinz policy Of forming an alliance
with the element which believes strike
violence justifiable and that property
Is robbery.
Just one more question. Have you
heard of any dynamiting or any muir
ders OF union or non-union men since
the lad characters were run out OF the
mining camps. where the disorders oc-
CURED?
IL It not fact that every legitimate
business enterprise has been resumed
without fear OF the dynamiter; that
prosperity and good order have fol'