The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1904-10-14

VERY many feel that they are shut
up to 4 choice Of evils They do not
Ike to vote against Governor Peabody
lest they seem 10 countenance the VIC
Ience and intimidation that have been
employed By members OF labor unions.
On the other hand, they do not want
TO vote for hin. since they think that
ne should lie rebuked for his disre-
gard OF the guaranteed rights of the
citizen How happy would they be
if by one vote they could rebuke the
governor for his lawlessness and at the
same time condemn the tyranny OF the
unions.
'-Of two evils choose the less. and
Of two offenders punish the greater
and the more dangerous first Acting
on this sensible principle | expect to
vote against Governor Peabody. / re-
gard him as a more dangerous enemy
Of the social order than Mr.. Haywood,
the Socialist agitator and labor leader,
past master in the art OF yituperation.
The uphoIdsrs OF the governor have
published an appalling list of crimes
attributed to members OF the Western
Federation OF Miners. Suppose it be
granted that the record is absolutely
correct Will the governors course
then be justified BY No means.
Miners Amenabie to state Laws.
"A union miner is private citizen.
l. he commits crime lie does it as a
private citizen, and his ACT in 70 way
reflects upon the iulpartiality and
trustworthiness Of the government OF
the state. which exists for the equal
protection of all the people
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out OF town fellow citizens who are OBJ
no1ious to them, We condemn the mob
and call upon the lawfully constituted
authorities to subdue It. TO punish its
members and to protect those it has
wronged- If the authorities do their
duty in such case the final outcome of
mob violence may be an increase of
confidence in the ability of the govern
ment to protect all the people in the en-
joyment of their just rights.
Lawlessness committed by private
citizen does not necessarily weaken
confidence in the government, but law
lessness on the part of public official
undermines that confidence in the state
which is the safeguard Of social order
and security.
Doubtless mobs OF union miners
have depotted non-union iaborers.
That is very serious matter, and it is
the duty OF the state to interpose to
punish the guilty and to protect the
Wronged. But when the chief executive
OF the state. at the head of the state
militia, deports beyond the limits of
Colorado scores of citizens. against
whom no charge of crime is made, with
no shadow of legal warrant, simply by
his arbitrary will-that is as much
more serious matter as the governor
OF Colorado is by his position more
important parsonage than the nameless
unknown participant in mob of min
ers. The nameless miners lawlessness
means simply that he is BLACKBOARD
and criminal. But the governors
lawlessness means the failure of gov
eminent itself
Thus it is that Governor Peabody
has done more for the Socialist propa-
ganda than all the Socialist orators
and editors in the country can do in
decade.
Once let it become the conviction
of the masses that the state can no
longer be looked to for the protection
of every citizen in his constitutional
liberties and rights. but has become the
mere instrument through which the
wealthy class holds the common toilers
In subsection, and tremendous social
pheaval-such as we do not like to an
ticipate-cannot long be delayed.
1T seems to me, therefore, the part
of true conservatism to rebuke our
governor by retiring him to private life
hope he will be overwhelmingly de-
feated. and that his downfall will mark
the permanent restriction Of the consti-
tuition and the courts to their rightful
place.