The Grit-advocate., 1904-10-21

county fail denounee the deportations Denver,
conducted by your brother Frank.
II 10 right to deport dangerous characters from the
city, why 10 it not right to deport them from county7
II your brother Frank may judge who dangerous
characters In Denver why not the authorities Of
Teller county Judge who dangerous in that
county?
You will observe that these are direct and specific
your friends-Owers and Pattersonthat not ~
weak and tmid they would have the people believe
and speak SO all may hear you.
Don't say that the different because the de-
ported men from Denver had families property
while some Of the deported men from Teller county had
BOTH for If you make this argument you will take the
position that 1t is crime for American citizen to be
without family property. which, Of course. would
be foolish thing to do. The fact is that these
unfortunates can accumulate neither if they are to be
constantly hustled from town to another in this un-
constitutional manner.
Perhaps may regard this instance of deportation
as much too recent to discuss the Adam and Eve in
stance is remote. therefore attention is invited to
the deportatons that occurred weeks ago at the
opening of the Rose Bud Indian lands.
Several thousand people gathered. awaiting the
drawing of lots to land. Among them
number Of offensive and dangerous characters whom it
found impossible by ordinary The
people assembled there awabidng and respectable
and they concluded that extraordinary emergency
had arisen, and know the resthey depored drove
away the undesirable characters.
viii you please tell why you not raised your
voice against this outrage? This. you know
the questions you cannot dispose of with pleasant smile
You undoubtedly of the appalling list of
crimes which the civil authorities of Teller county per
med go unpunished while the Western Federation of
Miners in control of public in that county.
You know that after the militia left Cripple Creek that
lawessness and wholesale
Ordinary having failed do you think that
justified to meet this extraor
binary condition? Perhaps the
Of fifteen men in day extraordinary emergency
At rate, don't overlook this question: really
quite important that you it.
In order that YOU may fully appreciate point am
trying to make clear will give another illustration.
You constantly ntimang the law is sufficient for
all emergencies Let
When great fire is raging in city it common
practice as you know, to blow surrounding buildings
to prevent the spread of the conhagraton Do you
of law constitution which permits chief to
destroy property in this manner?
You know that under conditions the fire chief will
order out of your house you that he is going
to destroy IT, and that will be
He will tell you that he is going destroy inter
ests of the community prevent spread the fire
For time he rises superior to the law He tells you
few to be made to suffer benefit of the many
that house be save the property
of the people of your city.
If fair, candid and Just you would have
the people believe, will admit that this indeed an
extraordinary emergency" which met by an appca-
ton of the natural low of selfpreservation you must
gency.
Now tell the people how you maintain that it is
right 10 apply the higher law OF sefpreservaon pro
property in this and wrong apply
protect life similar extraordinary emergency
Please answer.
extraordinary emergency which has called for
extraordinary to meet is candidacy
governorshp. You and your party regarded the emer-
gency extraordinary that you they adopted
the extraordinary and humiatng policy forming an
alliance which
justifabe and that property robbery
Have you said done anything during this campaign
that would indicate in the way your sym
pathes with the errorized people county
or with the who manned and crippled by the
Western Federation of Miners in camp, with the
families of the who murdered interests
of that organization?
Not word But it is late. Why not speak
up; why he afraid?
Just question. Have you heard o any dyna.
hitting any murders Of union noninon men since
the bad characters out of the mining camps.
the disorders occurred?
Is a fact that every legitimate business enter.
prise been resumed without fear the dynamiter.
that prosperity good order followed the disap.
pearance these Western Federation desperadoes from
camps did after their suppression the Coeu
AleneS and at icalvlle?
is Il remedy unfortunate that
the supporters of the Western Federation of Min
made it necessary to apply it, but agree that
the remedy the desired Good order pros
perity and happiness have returned to the mining camps
of Colorado. have they not?
1t would be very becoming n you to answer these
questions. If you do not. the
frlendsOwes the judge. and Patterson SEN
aor-in opinion that are again
avoiding the WEAKNESS and wounds of hard encounter