The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-10-20
THIRD OPEN LETTER TO THE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE.

To the Hon Alva Adams Dear Sir:
VIII you kindly again stand and look the people OF
Colorado eye while aenton-and theirs- is
THE ADAMS DECORATIONS
You have literally deluged state with scaldng Demo
cratic tears injustice done the dangerous
who sent out Of some OF the mining camps
of Colorado because Of the violation OF the
constitution and because OF these desperadoes had
families VIII you please explain the difference in the re-
suits a who killed by desperate, with a family
who is killed by unmarried assassin be woulo
dead in either event. would he not?
But these tears of yours-have you shed any IN sym
pahy the families Of the whom the western fed
GRAFTON OF Miners have MANNED and murdered In
II So please tell the people Colorado when and where
you did 1t.
We all know that you personally kind and that your
sympathy naturally goes the unfortunate but we
that in this instance owing to your weak ana
vaciatng tendencies political expediency prevents you
pcttrng to hearers the Distress misery ana
suffering caused honest. law-abiding American working
men by this vicious Federation of Miners You
people Colorado the story OF the brutal
crimes of this organization because
you running ticket and standing on platform sde
by side of the Western Federation
of Miners whose support lack the moral courage 10
sacrifice.
please stand still and look the audience square in
the eye and this question:
Don't you and in all extraordinary
required meet extraordinary emer
gencies?
There times when human impulse prompts people
to do extraordinary things requires extraordinary
means bring them back to orderly and ordinary
course
Did you ever stop think Governor Adam and Eve
left the garden of Eden?
Their departure recorded of deportation
and you remember that cherubm guarded the
Garden of Eden flaming sword to that they "did
back"
Perhaps you may regard emergency"
too remote to apply to modern instance If SO here
is that is quite recent:
I know is o nothing
everything you will deny that brother
Frank Adams the head of the police department of
Denver.
Your brother Frank has deported about 800 of your
fellow citizens since present administration came into
office? nasmuch this is all in the family of course
will not maintain that do not know Of this Outrageous
proceeding"
During the past week your brother without
any gathered exiled about fifty OF
these downrodden fellow citizens of the most Of
whom harmless and inofensve. their only crime
being that they rendless There had been
number of hod-ups In the Capital City. Your brother
Frank and his policemen unable to locate the Grim
inas they therefore arrested who in their opinion
looked suspicious they arrested them without warrant
slightest authority of They made
against them except that they Suspicious
They thrown in Jail and after time given certain
number Of leave the city under threats of mprs
onment
undoubtedly the hodups whom after, but I'M
able to identity. cannot tell the innocent from the guilty,
that the people of Denver entitled to
protection from this tough element and going to de-
port the whole bunch and be on the safe side man
identify the hornet that sung him. but this fact
don't prevent him from cleaning out the whole nest
Did you tell the ladies whom you addressed in Denver
about this outrageous violation of the constu
guarantees by brother Frank? Did tell
them that these humble citizens the majority Of whom
crime ruthlessly torn from the
corners alleys dives of Denver and forcby
driven from the city by brother Frank Did YOU
MIA tn that in q
provision constitution which says mo person
deprived fe liberty property without
process of law"
Certainly not You we're busy denouncine Governor
denticaly thing the dangerous murder
murdered fifteen non-union men in one day.
Do you approve of the deportatons of your brother
you do do you reconcile his action
provision of that glorious document which you ann your
party undertaken guard-the constitution you
why have not protested against this
tyranny"
you know of anything in the constitution that
a policeman citizen who is quietly passing along
street. violating law and hustle him the city
limits in this manner?
When you get to this point in describing the deporta
lions in Cripple Creek YOU say:
'If any of these criminals. in Gods name let
the criminals be punished let not the innocent
Have you said this to your brother Frank while
pleading with him desist in his mperiastc policy
deportation? Don't you that at the very time you
talking to the ladies in Denver last week your