Cañon City record., 1904-10-27
DEPORTATION
By JUDGE OVERS
Open Letter No. 7.


To the Hon. Alva Adams:
Dear Sir-"Each of you is ordered te
leave town"
How does this order sound to you?
1t sounds very much like deportation
docs II not?
Ia there anything in it that suggests
. violation of the constitutional rights
q American citizens?
Does not your national platform stats
IN the most specific terms that it lie op-
posed to the banishment of citizens;
that any Organization or government
nat would deny amy citizen" lob
serve, please, that it says ANY citizen)
tAs right to live where interests or in
Gaanation may determine" should be
"bummarily rebuked and punished?
Here 10 specific instance Of deporta-
tion that needs your early attention.
II you have read the constitution and
belisve the Democratic platform, you
must agree that the person who issued
The above order was acting without
specific constitutional authority. II
you know of anything in the constitu-
ton that would permit an officer in
time of peace to issue such an order
- this, you should point to it without
Aslay. because there is general i'm
Dression abroad that your ideas Of
-5ustice" are all tangled up upon this
DEPORTATION matter.
According to your public utterances,
and those of your ahes of the Western
Federation of Miners, who are sJsnd-
ing tens Of thousands of dollars for
speakers to slandsr the people of Colo
sado throughout the United States,
tAis order, whether promulgated by the
ayil or military authorities, would bs
I6nounced as In outrageous attack
upon the rights of domioile-an unpar-
Aonabls offense against the natural
and legal rights Of American citizens.
The man who uttered 1t would be
branded as a heartless tyrant, or per
haps hired Hessian Of the capitalis-
do class" or something equally as
dreadful. But when you and these
Dolitical allies of yours know that this
seder was issusd by that paragon OF
Dopulistic virtue, by that illustrious
champion of inhuman liberty, who
stands ready to bleed. If necessary,
when tne constitutional rights of the
lAwless are in danger-Judge Frank
Owers-both you and your Socialistio
political companions promptly lose
your voice.
II seems strange that Judge Overs
would decline the Populist nomination
and advise the Populists to vote for
you In order to punish Governor Pea
body because Of the deportations at
Cripple Creek, knowing all the while
that he, hfmseN-Judge owers-this
nsw Socialist conscript Of yours, has
been guilty Of many similar offenses
IN Leadvtllst but such is the case. and
here is one Of his orders of Danish
Ment. issued on January 7th Of this
year:
Each Of you is ordered to leave town
I will give you ample time, and If you
are found IN the city after that time
you will be ordered into this court and
tnsd."
And now, Governor, prepare for the
ahost. These deportees Of your friend
Over were not big. strong men,
equipped To struggle With the world.
bat poor unfortunate women. Isn't it
dreadful, when you stop to think of it.
leot that they were deported. because
y 4 just ~ necessary TO protect
eonmunity against undesirable charac-
TN Of one sex as another; but to
tAink that this Constitutional lawyer.
tAis sslf-appointed guardian OF consti
sationai liberty, up there on the spine
4 the Republic, who is now trottins
Along in your class. should be the
guilty party!
When he got to these cases Nos.
1859 to 1858, inclusive, against Lu;
Brooks. Edna Faulker, Lola Courine!
Minnie Warren and Ethel Saunders.
Aance hall artistes. he appreciated tha
h had encountered one of those "eX
traordinary emergencies" referred L
n my letter Of week ago. which re