Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-09-16
THE RioTER soLiLoouizgs.
BY ASfAii.

pruoiu the huhlbir tiutrF'
am he-ths Demagogus's strong
right arm.
am he whose brain is fred." whose
arm is nerysd'
To black deeds by the advance agen,
Of crime.
The roaring. rayins. ranting Dema-
Eogue. and his saffron allies.
Tho pestilentiai press.
Liberty. Ho! no. have been
sorEed with 1, in all times and all ages
for
] belong To the prowiins gang Of So
eial eutthroats which has harassed the
tanks Of orderly society from away
back beyond the far,hsst reaches OF his.
tory.
by day ! charge with tho fIenIied
mob: BY night ! pro~i Al tho
Secret assassin.
My weapons! The bomb. the bullet.
tho bludson. the torch.
Punished? Scarcely ever. for
Ny liberty has exceeded that Of the
goddess herself.
But hero In Colorado mine enemy toD
tho law rclcniiesAiy puIsucth me. m,
liberties arc assaiicd. tn. divine right
Of rioters is questioned. and l am
bounded from pillar to post.
And also from Dan to Bershcba.
Buii-pcnncd to-day. habeas eorpused
tomorrow. next day torn from tho
bosom Of my family and cruelty dis
pcrrcd elsewhere.
but there 10 balm and Giicad
Friends and sympathi.crs In high
places soothc and comfort me and fira
my qucnched spirits anew.
My hands drip with tn. red blood OF
my brothers.
But In Colorado Democratic United
States senator defends me.
And = Democratic ex-governor has
joyousiy Joined him In nm attack upon
mine enemy. tho peace officer. who
tramples upon my rights.
The sobs OF tho widows and orphans
Of my victims are music to my soul.
Thoughts OF the iivid scars l have
made. OF the men whom have maimcd
and crippled In Colorado Nils my cup
with Joy.
Therefore do l sloai. and fear not.
for big political party has Joined with
n little political party In an effort to
chastcn mine enemies OF tho law.
The Arrogance OF corporate greed"
Is to be rebuked.
h... a. at, 4
less hand and thereby violated
And circumscribcd my heretofore
boundless liberties. Is to be dismissed
by my good friends. the Democratic
politicians.
And again. Ho! ho! for the merry
show. the booming bomb. the tuneful
bullet, the bludseon,s thud. the hum
BILE rioters rights restored.
Due process of law" What an alb
surd term!
This binds my victims. but met not
much!
This "due process OF law prevented
Policeman Cannon from doing me bod
| ily harm In the Denver strike.
But 1t did not prevent me from hold
ing him helpless while female rioters
threw red pepper in his eyes,
Nor did 1t prevent me from fractur-
| ing the skull OF the man whom he waS
trying to protect.
The fear of this terrible phrase"
Paralyized the hand Of the Demo-
cratic Governor Orman. but 1t did not
prevent me from taking possession OF
another mans property
|. And killing and crippling HIS en-
| ployes. and driving nearly one hundred
of them out OF the Telluride district.
The due process of fracturing skulls.
of blowing into fragments my dea:
brothers, Of destroying wealth by dy-
Mantle and flame, to spread distress.
misery, grief.
Is the divine right of rioters,
| And no process of law will be per-
mitted to abridge 1t, for
| In Colorado. a Democratic United
States senator defends me and publicly
| chastises mine enemies. ....
In Colorado, Democratic ex-gover-
| nor pleads my cause. and swears before
| High Heaven to conquer mine enemies.
And moreover. there is the other
| Democratic leaders also fighting my
battle against the outrageous tyranny
of lawful restraint from which l have
recently suffered.
And so I, the huble. peaceabhe. law
defying rioter, am bid to hope ...
For Democratic success. the which
am now doing busily.
Order at the Exposition.
with daily population of 100000