Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-22
ALvA ADAMS BROTHER FRANK DEPORTING
CITIZENS FROM DENVER EVERY DAY
THIRD OPEN LETTER TO THE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE.

To Alva Adams, Dear Sir;
VIII yon kindly again stand up and look the people OF
Colorado the while attention-and tners-
THE ADAMS DECORATIONS
You have literally deluged with scaldng Demo
cratic alleged injustice done tho aahgero"
characters OF OF the mining camps
Of Colorado weep because OF the violation OF the
constitution Of these desperadoes haa
famies VIII you please explain the difference in the re
a who Is killed by desperado with famiY
sho Is Killed by unmarried assassin lie ~ouiu
be dead either event. would he rot?
But these Of yours-haTe you shed any IN sym
pahy for the families whom the Western Fed
Grafton mamed and murdered in coloFado
So please tell the people OF Colorado when and "heFe
did H.
We All knox that yen are personally kind and that your
sympathy naturally out 10 the unfortunate but We
also know owing TO your weak and
vaciatlng@ tendencies. political expedency prevents you
plcturng your hearers the distress, misery anP
suffering caused honest law-abiding American WORKING
men By this Western Federation Of Miners fon
dare not people Colorado the story of the brutal
heartiess crimes Of this organization because
you running ticket and standing on platform ahe
y aide with two representative the Western Federation
Of Miners support lack the moral courage to
sacrifice.
Now please and look the audience square in
the eye and this question;
Don't you know In all times and in all ages extraordinary
bees required 20 meet extraordinary enef
gencies7
to do extraordinary and requires extraordinary
means to bring back orderly and ordinary
Did You ever stop To think Governor hoa Eve
left the garden Of Eden2
Their departure is the first of dissertation
and you will that oheFubim guarded the
Garden with flaming sword to see that they dd
not back"
as too remote to apply a modern instance II SO. here
is one that is quite recent;
know It is your policy admit nothing and claim
everything but sl you will that your brother
Frank Adams Of the police department Of
Your brother Frank deported abou, 400 of your
fellow present adninsraton into
this is all in the family You Of course
will that you do not know Of this Outrageous
proceeding"
During the past your brother Frank has without
any gathered up exiled about fifty OF
downrodden fellow citizens Of the most OF
whom were harmless and inonensive their only crime
being that they and fendess There had been
number Of holdups in the Capital City Your brother
and his policemen unable TO locate the Grim
ina they therefore arrested who in their opinion
looked susplcous they without
slightest sembanee Of authority of law They made
charges except that they suspicious
They thrown ia and after time given certain
number OF hours to leave the city under threats Of mps
onment
brother Frank this In this bunch
undoubtedly the holdups whom after, but IN
able ,enty tell the innocent from the guilty
that the people Of Denver entitled TO
protection this tough element and going TO de
port bunch be the safe side. 4
identity him. but This fact
don't prevent him from cleaning out the whole nest.
Did you tell the ladies whom addressed in Denver
this outrageous violation OF the constu-
guarantees b. your brother Frank? Did tell
humble citizens, the majority Of whom
Of crime ruthessly torn from the
alleys dives of Denver and forciby
driven from city by your brother Frank. Did
plain them that this done by him in violation Of the
provision of the constitution which that mo person
deprived life liberty property
process Of law"
Certainly You busy denouncing Governor
Peabody authorities Teller county for doing
idencaly the thing with the dangerous
which did itself theft
murdered fifteen non-union day.
Do You approve of the deportations your brother
Frank If you how you reconcile his
provision glorious which you and your
approve why you protested against this
Tyranny"
Do you anything constitution that permits
policeman grab citizen who is quietly passing along
the street. violating him city
limits in this manner7
When you get this point describing deporta
tions in Cripple Creek. you say:
IF any OF these criminals. Gods let
the criminals be punished let not the
Have you said this your brother Frank while
pleading with him desist in his mperalstic
deportationf Don't know that the very you