The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

TO the Hon. Alva Adams Dear Sir:
VIII you kindly again stand up look the people OF
Colorado in the eye while your
invited to
THE ADAMS DEPoRTArIoNs.
literally deuged the state with scaldng Demo
alleged injustice dangerous
characters who of the mining
Of Colorado You because of violation of the
constitution and these desperadces
families. Will please explain difference
suits to who killed by a desperate family
and who is killed by unmarried assassin He would
be dead in either event, would lie
But these tears yours-have you shed any in sym
pathy for the families of the whom Western Fed
GRAFTON of Miners have MANNED murdered in Colorado?
so please people of Colorado when
you did it.
We all know that you personally that your
sympathy naturally to the unfortunate but we
also know that in this instance. owing weak and
vacilating tendencies political expedency prevents you
from picuring your distress. misery and
suffering caused honest. awabiding American working
by this vicious Western Federation of Miners You
dare tell the people of Colorado the of the brutal
hearess and inhuman crimes OF this organization because
running ticket and standing platform side
side with the Western Federation
of Miners whose support you lack the moral courage to
sacrifice
please look the audience square in
the and answer this question:
you all times in all extraordinary
have been required 20 meet extraordinary emer
gencies?
times when human impulse prompts people
extraordinary things requires extraordinary
to bring them back to orderly and ordinary
Did you ever stop think, Governor how
left the garden Eden?
Their departure of dissertation
you will also remember that cherubm guarded the
Garden of Eden with flaming that they did
not back"
Perhaps you this extraordinary emergency
too apply modern instance. If So here
is that is quite recent:
your policy admit nothing and claim
everything but still will not deny that brother
Adams Is the head of the police department of
Denver.
Hrsrl lsas aog I'd about 800 OF .e,,r
fellow citizens since the administration into
Office? Inasmuch all family you
will not maintain that know of this Outrageous
proceeding"
During past week your brother Frank without
warrant of law gathered and exled about fifty of
these downtrodden fellow citizens of the most of
whom were harmless and inofensive their only crime
being that they frendess There had been
number Of holdrps in the Capital City. Your brother
Frank and his policemen unable locate the Grim
na they therefore arrested who in their opinion
looked suspcious they arrested them without warrant
the slightest semblance authority of They
charges against them except that they Suspicious
They thrown jail after given a certain
onment.
Your brother Frank this way: "In this bunch
undoubtedly the 'holdups whom after but un
able to identity cannot tell the innocent from the guilty
but do know that the people of Denver entitled to
protection from this tough element and going to de
port the whole bunch and be the safe side.
don't prevent him from cleaning out the whole nest
Did tell the ladies whom addressed in Denver
last week about this violation of the constiu
tione! guarantees by brother Frank? Did you tell
that these humble citizens, the majority whom
innocent of crime ruhessy torn from the
corners alleys dives forcby
driven from city by your brother Frank. Did you
plain to them that this done by him violation
provision the constitution which person
shall be deprived life liberty property without
process of law"
Certainly You were busy denouncing Governor
Peabody authorities county for doing
identicaly thing dangerous murder.
element which did confne itself theft
murdered fifteen nonunon day.
Do you approve of the deportaons of your brother
Frank? If do how do you reconcile his action
provision of that glorious document which you your
party have undertaken guardhe constitution you
not it why have you not
tyranny"
you o anything in constitution that permits
policeman grab citizen who quietly passing along
the street. violating of the city
limits In this manner?
IA When get to this point in describing deporta
tions in Cripple Creek, you say:
"If any of these criminals, in Gods let
criminals be punished let not the suffer"
Have said this to brother Frank while
pleading with him to desis in his "mperalistic" policy
deportation? Don't you know that at the very time you
talking to the ladies in Denver your
brother Frank deportng these citizens Denver?
And please face the voters and tell them why
denounee the authorities for the deportatons
Negro Progress. growth part.
Tho Doux C,,r;o, rod,ar y, its growth Is being
e - -, by the fact that