The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

deport dangerous characters
CITY why not right to deport them from county?
If your brother Frank may Judge who are dangerous
characters In Denver, why not the authorities of
Teller county Judge who dangerous characters in
county?
You will iobserve that these direct and specific
questions Have the time to reply them? Show
your friends-Owers and Paterson-that you
weak and timd they would have the people believe
and speak all may hear you.
Don't say that the different because the de-
ported men from Denver had families property
while some of the deported from Teller had
ooth Tor If you make this argument will take the
position that it is crime for citizen be
without family or property, which, of would
ne foolish thing to do. The fact is that these
unortunates if they are to be
constantly hustled from town to another in this
constitutional manner.
Perhaps you may regard this deportation
as much too discuss Adam and Eve in
stance Is remote, therefore
the deportations that few weeks ago at the
opening of the Rose Bud Indian lands
several thousand people gathered, awaiting the
drawing of lots to land. Among them were
number of offensive and dangerous characters whom
was found impossible to control by ordinary
people assembled there awabding respectable
and they concluded that extraordinary emergency
mad arisen. and you rest-hey deported drove
away the undesirable characters
VIII you please tell us why have raised your
voice against this outrage? This you know of
the questions cannot dispose pleasant smile
You are undoubtedly aware of the appalling list of
crimes which the civil authorities county per-
med go unpunished while the Western Federation of
Miners in control of public offices in that county
You know that after the militia Cripple Creek that
awessness and wholesale assassination was resored to-
Ordinary measures having failed. you that
extraordinary measures Justified
inary condition? Perhaps you regard the murder
Of fifteen men in day extraordinary emergency"
AT rate, don't overlook this question: is really
quite important that you it.
In order that may fully appreciate point an
trying to make clear. will give another Illustration
all emergencies Let see.
When great fire is raging in a city it is the common
practice know. to blow surrounding buildings
to prevent The spread of the connagraton. you
of any law constitution which permits the chief
destroy property in this manner?
You know that under such conditions chief will
order out of house and tell that going
to destroy it. and that protests made in vain
He will tell you that he is going to destroy in the inter
ests of the community to prevent the spread of
For time he rises superior to the law He tells
few to be made to suffer for the benefit
that your house must be sacrificed the property
of the people of your city.
II fair. candid and just you would have
the people believe, you will admit that this
extraordinary emergency" which by an applica
ton OF the natural low of selfpreservaon
also admit that it is right to apply this law
gency.
Now tell the people how you maintain that
right to apply the higher selfpreservaton to pro-
tect property in this wrong apply same
law protect life extraordinary emergency
Please
Another extraordinary emergency which has called for
extraordinary candidacy the
lsovernorshp You and your party regarded the
gency extraordinary that you they adopted
the extraordinary and humliang policy forming
alliance with the element which believes strike
justifable and that property is robbery.
Have you said done anything during this campaign
that would indicate in the way your SYM
pathies were with the terrorzed people Teller county
or with the men who We're MANNED crippled by the
Western Federation of Miners camp or with the
families of the who in the interests
of that organization?
Not not too late Why not speak
up why be afraid?
Just question. Have you heard of any dyna
the bad characters the mining camps
where the disorders occurred?
Is it not fact that every legitimate business enter
prise has been resumed without dynamiter;
that prosperity and good followed the disap
of these Western Federation desperadoes from
the 1t did after their suppression the Coeur
dAenes and at Leadville?
Deportation a remedy 1t is unfortunate that
the awless supporters of the Western of Min
made to apply it, but you agree that
the remedy has had the desired result order pros
perty and happiness have the mining camps
of Colorado have they not?
1t would be very becoming in you o answer these
questions If do not the very likely to
join fendsowers the Judge Patterson the sen.
atorin the opinion that afraid are again
avoiding the wearness and wounds of encounter
upon vital measures charged by your Patter
son in the campaign of 1896, Respectfully yours,
E. E. RITTENHOUSE.
of the state and which already sufficient
greatly accelerated assurances of deposits to make its
the negroes were future look like success.
've as now. and The negroes in all parts OF the
launching in bust state are acquiring titles to small