Bisbee daily review., 1904-07-07
Conditions as
 THEY EXIST
 In Colorado
4 REASONABLE AND sATisFAcT oRY EXPLANATION OF THE CONDITIONS AS THEY
 REALLY EXIST.
Deportation of Miners Under Cover Of Martial Law May Be a Necessary Measure to the Eye of Those on the Spot, But Distant Observation ton it Savers of Russian Police System.

On another page We publish letter from Mir. Lawrence, which undoubted' ly expresses the views of large mum Der of our readers in Colorado. It is an earnest protest against our own recent lack of enthusiasm for the methods adopted at Cripple Creek m the efforts of the mine operators 10 put an end to the iniquitous tyranny of the Western Federation of Miners. Mir. Lawrence asks why we, in con- mon with the more thoughtful of our Eastern contemporaries, fail to give active support to Governor Peabody, the militia and the mine owners. in their deportation of the miners and other acts considered necessary in the fight with the Federation. Well, We will give our reasons frankly.
 The Deportation of members of the Western Federation of Miners, un- der cover of martial law, may seem to be at the moment necessary meas ure in the eyes of those on the spot. To the observer at 8 little distance it seems to be a proceeding altogether too much like that of the Russian police system to be necessary or even Iolorable in this country. For those who are guilty of the crime peTpetrat- ed at Independence on June 6, deporia- tion is an utterly insufficient punish ment; for those who are innocent, forcible ejectment into an adjoining State is an unwarrantable outrage. Moreover-and here is the danger Of the precedent--it is possible that the supporters of the miners union might some day be in a majority in Colorado or in some other State. In that case. what would prevent the duly constitut- ed authorities from forcibly removing. under cover of martial law, the mine owners or others who might be op- posed to the policy then prevailing. l. is playing with edged tools.
 MT. Lawrence refers in his letter to the expulsion of the Mormons from Missouri some fifty years ago, by the Governor of that State, as a precedent But that cannot be taken in any sense as a precedent in law, for it was done frankly and ayowedly as mob law. and without any proper process Of the courts. It passed in that time and community, but We do not think it would be possible today.
 It is not the custom of this journal to discuss political topics. but our cor respondent and his friends of the Mine Operators Association dip into poli- tics in a way which seems to us hoy only inexpedient. but dangerous. Mir. I sn ha G-Sr the fact that the object of the miners union is to control the government Of the State: further on he makes ref erence to Senator Patterson and to the danger" threatened should the Democrats obtain control at the com in election. Now, as a matter of law, fact and the theory of our Gov ernment. the miner has just as much riht as the mine owner or any body else to work and vote for the control of the State by his party of faction. All that the law requires is that he shall work for this end in peaceable and orderly manner. We may think that he is mistaken in his objects, and that the attainment of his purpose would not be for the best interests for the commonwealth. The fact remains that he has just as much right in the case as warning corporations have to fight for the control of the State of Montana. or a transportation company for the control of the city of New York.
 To carry the comparison a little further. the recent Republican conven- ton in Chicago adopted a platfrom which states, in effect, that the con tinuance of the Republican party in power at Washington is necessary to the welfare of the community general ly, and to its continued prosperity. Most people look at this declaration with quanimity-whether they be- lieve it or not-considering it merely as bit of pyrotechnics; but why, If we accept the views of our cores pondent and adopt Colorado methods, should. not the Republican party, be ing in control of the Government and it's forces, proceed to 'deport" all persistent Democrats OH the ground that their activity constituted danger to the public welfare. Of coarse
 
 s5surdity, but it is simply all extec- son of our correspondents argument 10 It's logical conclusion. If the power is in his hands, kick out your Dp ponent. l. Is simple; it is also t:e Russian way Only in Russia they send those in the minority to Siberia instead Of cJmping them at the Kan sss line.
 We do TO; mean 10 approve the action of the Western Federation ol Miners. or it's members. and we dc insist that every lawful means should be employed to ind.ct and duly pun ssh those who used violence 10 com pass their. end or endeavor to terror ize community into the adoption o their views. But there is still law in the land, and there are method. by which illegal violence can be pun ished. and it's recurrence prevented.
 Thirty-fve years ago there existed