The indicator., 1904-10-29
DEPORTATION
BY JUDGE OVERS
Open Letter No. 7.
To the Hon. Alvs Adams

/ 10 tne non AVN AuAuls
Dear Sir-"Each of you is ordered to
leave town
How does this order sound to you?
1t sounds very much like deportation.
doss II not?
Is there anything in II that suggests
= violation of the constitutional rights
of American citizens?
Does not your national platform STATE
in the most specific terms that It y op-
posed to the Punishment Of cttsens;
that any Organization or government"
that would deny any citizen" lob
serve, please. that it says ANY citizen)
the right to live where interest, O. In
elination may determine" should bs
''summarily rsbuked and punished"
Here is a SPECIFIC instance of deportA-
ton that needs your early attention.
II you have read the constitution and
believe 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 constitn-
time of peace to issue such an order
rs this. you should point to 1t without
delay. because there is general Inn
preston abroad that your Ideas Of
Justice" are all tangled UP upon this
deportation matter.
According to your public utterances,
and those Of your aNes Of the Western
Federation of Miners, who are spend
ing tens OF thousands Of dollars for
speakers to slandsr the people OF Colo
rado throughout the United States.
this order, whether promulgated by ths
civil or military authorities, would b
denounced as an outrageous attack
upon the rights of domioile-aH unpaS-
donable offense against the natural
and legal rights of American citizens.
The man who uttered It would b.
branded as a heartless tyrant. or per-
haps a hired Hssslan Of the capitals
dc class" ~ something equally -
dreadful But when you and thess
political allSss OF yours know that this
order was Issued by that paragon OF
populistic virtue, by that illustrious
champion Of inhuman liberty who
stands ready to bleed, II necessary,
when tne constitutional rights of the
lawless are In danger-Judse Frank
Owers-both you and ysar Socialistic
political eoRpanions promptly lose
your voice.
n seems strange that Judge Overs
would decline the Populist nomination
and advise tho Populists to vote for
you In order to punish Governor Pea
body because Of the deportations at
Cripple Crock. knowing all the while
that he, himself-Judge Owers-this
new Socialist conscript Of yours has
been guilty Of many similar offenses
In Leadvfllss 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
will give you ample time. and if you
are found IN the city after that time
you will be ordered into this court and
nned."
And now. Governor. prepare for Tho
shock. These deportees of your fIiend
Overs were not big. strong men
equipped to struggle with the woIil
but poor unfortunate women. ISM II
dreadful, when you stop to think Of r.
Not that they were deported. hcoouEr
II is Just as necessary TO protect Il
community against undesirable chaIde
tsrs of one sex as another; but IL
think that this constitutional law CI
this self-appointed guardian OF cor 81
tutional liberty. up there on the ~
Of the Republic, who is now trott la
along in your class should be tho
guilty party!
When he got to these cases Nos
1859 to 1863, inclusive, against i.or
Brooks. Edna Fauker. Lola Conrtrc
Minnie Warren and Ethel Saundors
dance hall artistes. he appreciated tfia'
he had encountered one of those 70
traordinary emergencies" referred -
In my letter of a week ago. which ~
quired him to go beyond the cons lr
ton in order to do Justice to the cor
munity. And he did the some sensir1t
thing that the people of Teller couii-
did.
What do you think about this actor
OF Judge Overs?
Is it possible. with all your exDer
snce as public man and as law
maker, that you are without vlo-y
upon the constitutionality of depoIir
tons by the civil authorities?
II not. you should give your view y,
once upon this question, because peopl
are really beginning to think that yoi
are afraid to tackle it
| Judge Overs said to the unfortun z,
whom he banished;
n would not work a hardship uac
you that was avoidabIe, but ! beiis
uds town needs REFORM"
Is this not exactly the same sen
mont that prompted the deportatic..
a Cripple Creek?
The people Of Teller county. if tho
hAd wanted to harm their tormeni1'
had the full power to do SO; but t..>
~ not use It,
" Judge o~srs felt Justified in y,
latlng the constitution in this ra-f
b defend the morals Of the corn,u
sgalrst the attacks Of these r'n frs