Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-24


brother Frank was deporting these Ell.
sens from Denver7
And now please face the voters and
tell them why you osnouncs the as-
thoritiss for the deportations In Teller
county and fail to denouncs the dspertr
stions in Denver conducted by your
brother Frank.
II Il 10 right to dsport dangerous
Oh srsctsrs from the city, why 10 Il net
right to depsrt them from . osuntyf
" your brother Frank may Judge ~st.o
arc dangerous characters In Denver,
why may not the authorities Of Teller
county judge who are dangerous char
aotsrs In that county7
You will observe that there are d.
rect and specific questions. Have yoa
the time to reply TO them? Show
your friends-owers and Patterson
that you are not as weak and timid A.
they would have the people believe,
and speak up 30 all may hear you.
Don't say that the casss are differ
ont because the deportsd men from
Denver had no families or property.
while some of the deportsd men from
Teller county had both, for II you
make this argument you will take the
position that 1t is crime Tor an
American citizen to be without q fam
lily or property. which. of course, would
be foolish thing TO do. The fact 10
that these poor. unfortunates can 40
oumulate 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
stance OF deportation as much too 70
mote. therefore your attention In In
vfted To the deportations that occurred
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-
Der OF offensive aud dangerous charAc-
tsrs whom II 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-
slrable characters
VIII you please tell us why you have
not raised your voice against this
"outrage"7 This. you know, is one OF
the questions you cannot diapose Of
with pleasant smile.
You are undoubtedly aware OF the
appalling list of crimes which the
OWL authorities OF Teller county per-
mitted to 10 unpublished while the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
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extraordinary condition. Perhaps you
do not regard the murder of fifteen
men In one day as an extraordinary
emergency" AT any rate don't over
look this question; 1t is really quite
important that you answer It,
In order that you may fully appre-
ciate the point | am trying to make
clear, | VIII give you another illustra-
ton. You are constantly IntimatinG
that the law Is sufficient for all smsr-
gencies. Let us see.
| When Il great fire is raging in u city
II Is the common practice as you
know. to blow up surrounding build
ings to prevent the spread OF the con
I iiagration. DO you know OF any law
or constitution which permits the firs
cher to destroy property In this man
ner?
iDl hloW lHtt uHueT buCu COHul'
tions the fire chief will order you out
Of your house and tell you that he is
going to destroy ii, and that your pro-
tests viii be made in vain. He will
tell you that he is going to destroy 1t
In The Interests of the community to
prevent the spread Of the fire. For u
time he rises superior to the law. He
I tells you n 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
as you would have the people believe,
/ you viii admit that this Is indeed an
extraordinary emergency" which Is
met by an application OF the natural
las of self-prescryation: and you
must also admit that 1t 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 self-preservation to pro.
tect property in this manner and
wrong to apply the same law to pro-
| tect life in similar extraordinary
| emergency"
! ease answer
Another extraordinary emergency
which has called for extraordinary
measures to meet. Is your candidacy
| for the governorship You and your
pnr regarded the emergency so ex-
| traprdnary that you and they have
adupied The extraordinary and humili-
atin2 policy of forming an alliance
with the element which believes strike
violence juslitlable and that property
Il robbery.
| Just one more question. Have you
heard OF any dynamiting or any muir
ders of union or non-union men since
| the had characters were run out OF the
mining camps. where the disorders &C.
cured?
Is II not fact that every legitimate
business enterprise has been resumed
without fear OF the dynamiter; that
! prosperity and good order have fol-
lowed the disappearance OF these
Western federation desperadoes from
the camps. as II did after their sup
precision In the Occur d'Alenes and at
I.eadville2
Deportation Is severe remedy. 1t
IL unfortunate that the lawless sup
portcrs OF the Western Federation of