The Glenwood post., 1904-10-29
Open Letter No. 7.

10 the Hon. Alva Adams:
Dear Sir
Each of you is ordered to leave town
How this order sound to you?
1t sounds very much like deportation. does it not?
Is there anything in 1t that suggests violation OF the
constitutional rights of American ctzens-
your national platform state in the most spe-
cc that 1t opposed to the tanshment OF citizens
that Organization government that would deny
ANY citizen observe please that it says ANY citzen
the right to live where intrests inclination may deter
mne" should be "summary rebuked and punished?
Here a sepcifc of deportation that needs
your early attention.
you constitution and believe the Demo
platform you that the who issued
the acting without specific constitutional
authority Of anything in the constitution that
would permit officer in times Of peace to issue such
order this should point to 1t without delay be-
there general impression abroad that your ideas
Justice" all tangled this deportation mat
ter
According your public utterances and those of
allies of the Western Federation of Miners who spend
ing dollars speakers slander
the people of Colorado throughout the United States this
ties would be denounced outrageous attack the
rights of domicllean objectionable ofense against the
natural and legal rights of American citizens
The man who uttered 1t would be branded as heart
less tyrant perhaps hired Hessian OF the capastc
class" something equally dreadful But when you
and these political allies of know that this order
trious champion Of nhuman liberty who stands ready
bleed if when the constitutional rights of the
lawess in danSerJudge Frank Owers-both you and
Sociaisc political companions promptly lose your
voice.
1t seems strange that Judge Overs would decline the
Populist nomination and advise the Popusts to vote for
you in order punish Governor Peabody of the
deportaons at Cripple Creek knowing all the while that
he hmsefJudge Owers-his Socialist conscript of
has been guilty of many similar oenses in Lead
ve but such the and here of his orders Of
banishment issued on January 7th of this year:
Each of is ordered to leave town will give
ample time if you found the city after that
time you will be ordered into this court and fined"
deportees your friend overs were not big strong men
equipped to struggle with the world but poor unfortunate
they depo,ted it is Just
protect community against undesirable charac
stituonal lawyer, this seappointed guardian of cons
tutional liberty, there the spine of the Republic
who is rotting along in class. should be the
guilty party!
slve against Edna Faulkner. Courtney
Minnie Warren and Ethel Saunders hall arstes
appreciated that he had one of those ex
traordnary emergencies" in my letter of
week ago which required him to go beyond the constit
the same sensible thing that the people of Teller county
did
What do you think about this action of Judge Overs?
Is it possible with all experience public
and as lawmaker that you are without views upon the
II not you should give your views at upon this
question: because people really beginning think
you afraid to tackle it.
Judge Overs said the unfortunates whom he ban
WOULD NOT WORK HARDSHIP UPON YOU
H THAI WAS VAS @ Avo'DAsLE, BUT BELIEVE THIS TOWN
Is this not exactly the sentiment that prompted
the deportations of Cripple Creek?
The people of Teller county, if they had wanted to
harm their tormenors had the full power to do but
they did not use it.
IF JUDGE OVERS FELT JUSTIFIED IN VIOLATING
THE CONSTITUTION IN THIS MANNER TO DEFEND
THE MORALS OF THE COMMUNITY AGAINST THE
ATTACKS OF THESE FIVE FRAiL WOMEN, is 1T NOT
REASONABLE, MR.. ADAMS, THAT THE PEOPLE OF
CRIPPLE CREEK SHOULD FEEL JUSTIFIED IN PUR
SUING The SAME COURSE TO PROTECT LIFE AND
FRoM Nn 1EE OF BAND OF
IF DANCE HALL GIRLS MAY BE RANsHED TO
SAVE THE MORALS OF THE PEOPLE, MAY
DYNAMTERs NOT BE 6ANsHED TO SAVE THE
LIVES AND PROPERTY OF DECENT PEoPLE2
The action of the judge showed that the law
meet the difficulty confronting him and he had go
beyond it.
The action of the people of Teller county, supported
The same principle that of selfpreservation, ap
piled in both instances, it not?
So far the legality of the proceeding
1t not fact that the military has the advantage
civil authorities in this case constitution
give the military commander far greater power
creon in times of nsurrecton than the
Now Mr. Adams, don't shy these questions in
that weak and vacllatng' of yours, ably
scrbed by your illusrous campaign bugler Pat
terson but tell the people OF Colorado why think
right for city deport it's characters and
wrong for county to do the thing.
The next time you Judge Overs it might be wise
to ask him why he induged in the deportation his
district and attacked the for approving
thing in other districts.
In his abusive and insulting letter the governor re-
gardng the failure of the latter official militia
of the state to return the deportees to Idaho Springs
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