Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-10-28
Open Letter No. Z.

Each of you is ordered to leave town.
How does this order sound to you!
II sounds very much like deportation. Goes II not'
anything In Il that suggests violation OF inc
constitutional rights OF American citizens:
your national platform state In the most hpe
that opposed to the Punishment oi ceis'
that any Organization government thar would aehy
-any citizen" (observe please. that says ANY eizen'
the right to live where inclination may deter
mine" should 'summarily rebuked and punshed''
Hero is sepcihc Instance Of deportation that needS
your early attention
YOU have read the constitution and believe the Demo
cratic PLATFORM you that the person who issued
order acting without specific constitutional
authority know OF anything In the constitution th'
would permit In times Of peace to issue snch
this. should point To II without delay pe
general impression abroad that your Ideas
Justice all tangled up upon this deportation mat
ter.
According to your public ucrances. and those Of your
allies Federation OF Miners who are spend
people Colorado throughout tho United States hs
order whether by the e OF se
rights OF domice-an unpaIdonaos onense asah'' '"0
The who uttered II would be branded as heart
tyran perhaps hired essan OF the eaptaisiic
political allies OF know tina, this order Was
By that 9 sess xso stands to
bleed necessary when the constitutional rights o .ns
voice.
II seems strange that Judge DIVERS would decline the
Popust nomination and advise the Popuiis's to vote for
you in order to punish M ss S Sa
hc hImsci-Judse owers-this Socialist conscrpt OF
yIie but such is the case and here Of
Lanishmcn,: issued January ',h Of this year ~ $50,
s I'm T. the s. city that
And now. Governor prepare for 4c shock These
deportecs friend overs Bot bis strong men
women Isn't il dreadful when stop to think OF IT:
Not tina, they were departed because Il lust as nsess
another; but to think that this con
lawyer this se.ppSnsd sua,d,In ar ian Q, eonn
who Is now trottinS aionS In your Glass; should De inc
whsn he these No. 1859 to 1859. ineiu.
sivc asninst Lou Brooks Edna Faulkner Lola Courtney
ho appreciated that he had one OF those
rnordnay smsrEsnses ssle,sd to In my @ letter 81
ton In order to do Justice to the community And he did
tho sensible thing that tho people OF Teller county
What do you think about this Judge Overs!
and as awmaker that you without views upon the
eons.u,iona,y Of aspor,aons @ by % the es aa,hose,s
question people are really beginning to think that
Judge overs said to the unfor,unates whom he ban
THAT WAS AvoioAeLE. BUT BELIEVE THIS TOWN
Is this not exactly sentiment prompted
the dcportations OF Cripple Creek!
harm their tormentors full power so:
they did ia no. use set. 4; ,,,-,.,. -. ,,o, ,.
N
THE MORALS OF THE COMMUNITY AGAINST THE
ATTACKS OF THESE FIVE FEAiL WOMEN, Is IT NOT
REASONABLE. MR.. ADAMS, THAT THE PEOPLE OF
CRIPPLE CREEK SHOULD FEEL JUSTIFIED IN PuR.
SUING THE SAME COURSE TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY FROM THE ATTACKS OF A BAND OF
oYNAMiTERs AND AssAssiNsf
IF DANCE HALL GIRLS MAY BE BANSHED TO
SAVE THE MORALS OF THE PEOPLE, WHY MAY
oYNAMiTERs NOT BE BANisHE0 TO SAVE THE
LIVES AND PROPERTY OF DECENT PEoPIE7
The actor Judge showed that the law did not
meet the difficulty confronting him and he had to
beyond It.
The action OF the people OF Teller county supported
by the power Of the state. showed exactly thing
The same principle. that of sefpreservaton. wns
piled in both instances. was 1t not?
So far the legality of the proceeding concerned
1t not fact that the military has the advantage Of the
give the military commander far greater and dis
Now. Mr.. Adams. don't shy around these questions
that weak vacllatins" way OF yours. ably
scrbed by your iustrous campaign buger, Pat
terson tell the people of Colorado why you
right city deport its undesirable
wrong for a county do the same thing
The next time you Judge Overs II might be wise
to ask him why he induged in the deportation
district and attacked the governor for approving the
thing in other districts.
In his abusive and insulting letter to the
ardng the failure of the latter official the militia
of the the deportees Idaho Springs
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THE ADAMS RISK. country that the
have declared agar
So far Roosevelt and Fairbanks life and property