The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-10-27
open Letter No. ?.

Each Of you is ordered 10 leave town.
How this order sound to you?
It sounds very much like deportation. GOES 1t not?
anything 1t that suggests violation OF the
constitutional rights of American citizensr
national platform state in the most spe
1t is opposed to the Punishment Oh czens
that any Organization government that would deny
amy citizen observe please that says ANY citizen)
right live where nress or inclination may deter
nine" should "summarily rebuked and punished!
Here a specific instance Of deportation that needs
your early attention.
you have read the and believe the Demo
platform must that the person who issued
acting without SPECIFIC constitutional
authority know Of anything In the constitution tnat
would permit an oicer in peace to issue such
order this should point to 1t without delay be-
general impression abroad that your ideas
of Justice all tangled up upon this deportation mat
ter
According to your public uterances and those Of
tho Western Federation Of Miners who are spend
ing thousands of dollars for speakers to Islander
people of Colorado throughout the United States this
order whether by the civil or tbe
rights of domice-an objectionable ofense against the
natural and legal rights Of American citizens.
less tyran perhaps hired Hessan Of the capalistic
class" something equally dreadful. But when
political allies of know that this order
BY that Oh ws to
bleed necessary when the constitutional rights OF the
socalstic political companions promptly lose your
voice.
Populst nomination and advise the Popuiss to vote for
you in order to punish Peabody because Of the
himself-Judge Owersthis Socialist conscrip of
vile but such is the case and here one
banishment. issued on January 7th of this year
Each of is ordered to leave town. will give you
ample time if found in the city after that
time you will be ordered into this court and fined"
And now, Governor. prepare for the shock. These
deportees of friend Overs not big
is when you stop to
Not that they deported because It is lust
to protect community against undesirable charac
stituonal lawyer this seapponted guardian Of const
who is now trotting along in your Glass; should be the
When he got to these cases. Nos. 1853 1868,
sve against Lou Brooks Edna Faulkner Lola Courtney
appreciated that had of those Tex
traordnary emergencies" referred to in letter of
ton order justice the community. he did
the sensible thing that the people of Teller county
What do you think this action of Judge Overs?
and as awmaier that You are without views upon the
of deportaons by the civil authorities?
II not, you should give your views at once upon this
question because people really beginning to think that
Judge Overs said to the unfortunates whom he ban
ished:
THAT WAS AvoIDAHLE, BUT ! sgLIEVE This TOWN
NEEDS REFORM"
the deportations of Cripple Creek?
The people of Teller county, Il they had wanted to
If JUDGE OVERS FELT JUSTIFIED IN VIOLATING
THE MORALS OF THE COMMUNITY AGAINST THE
ATTACKS OF THESE FIVE FRAiL WOMEN, IS IT NOT
REASONABLE, MR.. ADAMS THAT THE PEOPLE OF
CRIPPLE CREEK SHOULD FEEL JUSTIFIED IN PUR-
SUING THE SAME COURSE TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY FROM THE ATTACKS OF BAND OF
DYNAMITERS AND AssAssiNS?
IF DANCE HALL GIRLS MAY BE BANiSHED TO
SAVE THE MORALS OF THE PEOPLE, WHY MAY
DYNAMiTERS NOT BE BANIsHED TO SAVE THE
LIVES AND PROPERTY OF DECENT PEoPLEq
The action of the judge showed that the law did
meet the difficulty confronting him and he had go
beyond It.
The action of people of Teller county. supported
by the of the state showed exactly thing
The same principle that of selfpreservaton APP
piled in both instances, was 1t not?
So far the legality of the proceeding
1t fact that the military has the advantage the
civil authorities in this case? Does not the
give the military commander far greater
erection In times of nsurrecton than the
Now. Mr.. Adams. don't shy around these questions in
that weak and vacllatng' of yours, ably de-
scrbed by ustrous campaign bugler. Senator
right for city deport it's undesirable characters and
wrong for county to do the same thing
The next time Judge Overs it might be wise
to ask him why he INDUCED in the deportation
governor approving the same
thing in other districts.
In his abusive and insulting letter governor
gardng the failure of the the militia
of the state return the deportees Idaho Springs he
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THE ADAMS RISK. country that the
have declared agai
So far Roosevelt Fairbanks life and propery-