The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-19
iMPE IT MGAko
At HOME AND ACROSS
TIE PACIFIC.

xens. death for Fiipin0n and deporta-
tion for ColoradonDe--such has been
the policy ~ the Republican party
| abroad and at home,
Roosevelt rides rough Bhod over tHe
| little brown brothers by the uncertain
right OF conquest Peabody iramples
upon our own people by the divine
| right OF kings In an absolute monarchy
which he has arrosated to himself
The President IN "a Caesar; the gov
ernor is n Car.
Both are Republicans.
Aud the United States IL n republic.
Shades OF Washington and Jefferson
and Lincoln. defend us
or the two imperialists Peabody IL
| the more dangerous. for his militar'
| ism In directed against men OF his
own race his own nation and his own
state. hut tho same broad principle
applies in both cases.
Back OF Peabody stood corporations
whose tool he IL. In front Of him Is
IA fnnaticnl swashbucklcr mono
maniac on the subject Of military SUI
premacy,
The corporations dictate. Peabody
directs. Sherman Bell executes.
| The drcnry cold wastes OF Siberia
are for the Russian who dares question
| the nutocratie acts of the Car and
HIS ministers. The hot. desolate sands
| Of the New Mexican border are for the
| Colorado citizen who commits lese
majestic by crIticlsing Peabodyism.
Tho remedy OF the Russian is the
bomb. That OF the Coloradoan Is the
I, ballot.
A hundred thousand paper bombs
this fall will blow Peabody to OBJ
security. although his name Will be per
petuated In the annals OF Colorado NJ
the man who set himself up as dicta'
tor of nm American commonwealth.
Since British supremacy was over
| thrown no such despotism has been
known in mn American state as has
bscn exercised In Colorado during the
past six months, No President or gov
! ernor ever dared 70 to the limits
reached by the Republican party OF
this state through its governor.
On the nimsy preteSt that because
acts of lawlessncss were committed In
certain localities those districts were
I, placed under martial law. and the civil
authorities subordinatcd to the mill
tary, II wns assumed that nets Of VIC
lcnce by some individuals constituted
open rebellion against the state, and
under such an excuse further acts of
law,cssness were committed In the
name of law Public officials, elected
by the people, were forced to resign
their ofllcos. ropes being held over
their heads and threats OF lynching
offered thcm II they did not aomply
4 with the demands OF the mob called
"law and order" and backed by the
national guard.
Citizens, against whom. no crime
was charscd. were dragEed from their
homes and families and thrown into n
! nUltNNU anu tuVIt tNto'hNN Z" Wv
pleasure of n committee,
This committee sat as an mauisition
and condemned the victims brought in
by the military 10 indefinite imprison'
mcnt or exile. and Its DEGREES were
carried out by the militia cf the state,
the guardians cf the peace"
The numher,ess ontraEes committed
by the military authorities are fresh In
the minds OF the people OF this state,
and even U the nation, for the unpre,
ccacntea condition that has obtained
In Colorado under the eayonet rule OF
Peabody has astuondca the entire
country, The news from Colorado
under the reign Of terror read like un,
censored stories from Russia, The
people OF the nation stood ashast, no;
being able to comprehend ths, such
STATES ~ America,
Mob law is always 10 be deprecated,
Nat when Il Is exercised in the name Of
the State It becomes do0ely dangerous
because os the precedent established,
Z " SNNtfENt Sau SSsN0isSs u!ts'AEN
SsesyS>tism III Teller OF San Miguel or
Las AriGsas c>,iusy, he can 6c the
same in Ns,avev or Sl Faso or ANY
ether county Ee can close up the
NcG7ts sai suNise; c;tiseas 10 4 dram
head e,art marital sr0a which there
IS No srYesl, ANY CITIZEN NAY *, held
III PRISON isae1aselN, KEEP, SaeoynnuuS,
1 esSN cr Se Vanished, Ii Is a revival
I q SPANS methods IL CGes' ssSias;
/ which the p>e.sie reNellsS xas. In