Mexico weekly ledger., 1905-03-02
W. A. EDMoNsToE.
Goes After Some of Our Colorado
Correspondents Red Eyed"

said Editor on private business In
which expressed my views on "wom-
an suffIage" and what l considered
the evil results therefrom In the State
Of Colorado. The Editor saw fit after
omitting some private matters con-
tained in said letter to publish the
remainder thereof in the LEDGER. /
do not censure the Editor for publish
ing 1t, as every word therein contain
ed is true and I will stand by 1t. l
did not then intend, neither do / now,
to get up a newspaper controversy
with any person or persons on the sub
ject Of "woman suffrage" noticed
two articles in your paper, one from
Fowler, Colorado, and one from Greedy,
Colorado, wherein they seem to have
taken exceptions to my letter on that,
but said but little along the line Of
woman suffrage, but drifted away on
the natural resources Of Colorado,
which l frankly admitted In my let
ter and still admit, hence there can be
no controversy along that line. Those
gentlemen seem to be eager and anx-
ious for some newspaper notoriety, so
eager to express themselves In public
print that they drifted far away from
the question at issue, to-wit: The ef-
feet of woman suffrage In the State Of
Colorado. Those who write for pub
lie print should have a little respect
for the Editor Of the paper and the
readers thereof II none for themselves
or their opponent. They should not
wander away from the main issue and
burden their articles and disgust the
readers thereof with their own private
and home affairs, and with their little
beet" and "potatoe" patches. The
condition OF affairs which exist in
Colorado at the present and which
have existed two years last past is not
local and confined to Colorado City"
by any means, 1t is not quite so local
as the gentleman's "beet" and ''pota-
to- patches. The condition Of affairs
In Colorado has leaked out through
the we'll puttied cracks and spread all
over the United States, and might
say over Europe also, and those gentle
men can not by the brush Of their
pens recall the many illegal and in
humane aces which have been CON-
mitted in the State Of Colorado. The
people can be fooled awhile by
keeping the truth of those acts smoth-
cred down and confined within the
borders of Colorado. "You can fool
all the people part Of the time, and
part Of the people all the time, but
you can't fool all the people all the
time"
1t might be we'll and to the gentle
mems edifcation at Fowler and Greele
to exchange a few beets and potatoes
for a newspaper that gives the general
news all over the state and not con-
tent themselves with their little VIII
lage paper, II any there be, which
only gives the number Of beets and
potatoes raised In that special locali-
ty. "Where ignorance is bliss 1t is
folly to be WISE" The many good
men and women who have been forced
out of the State Of Colorado at the
point Of the bayonet, and many Others
Of like kind without any cause what
ever have been thrust into prison and
the writ of habeas corpus has been
ignored and the privilege thereof de-
MED to the prisoners by the chief ex-
ecutive officer Of the state. The courts
of the State Of Colorado disregarded
and set at defiance by the said officer
and his militia many persons deprived
of their liberty and their property by
said officer and militia without due
process of law and without any law
whatever.
And the political frauds and the
proceedings thereon now going on at
the capitol of the state and which
have been going on for the last two
years or longer, which things so sane
toned by the said chief officer Of the
state has not only disgraced the state
but has disgraced the United States
of which it is a part.
For the two years last past the lib
erty and property Of many Of the citi-
zens have been disregarded and bay
onet law has prevailed. And amid all
these things which are known to the
public far and near the gentlemen Of
Fowler and Greely say it is 'local and
confined to Colorado CITY," Strange
indeed that persons that are so ignor'
ant of the condition of affairssin Their
own state will rush into public print
No one loves, honors and respects good
modest women more than 1. Would
it not be better for we men to say tC
our good wives, sisters and daughters,
"You stay here while 1 go yonder and
vote,n than to have them, to 60 to the
poles and mix up with, and bring then
down on a level with rough men ol
every nationality and color. The in
fluence of women is a power In tht
land for good or for bad and when fol
bad 1t is detrimental and ruinous Il
any state. In my private letter tc
the Editor the half was not told
neither do wish to be nigged at ant
the truth of the condition Of affair
as they exist In Colorado denied bl
and In the manner as did the gentle
men from Fowler and Greeley In theil
articles. 1t may look very "gracefu
and refined" to the gentlemen Al
Fowler and Greeley"to see modest anC
refined ladies In neat and becoming
hat astride Of horse In large TexaI
mans saddle with two large Mexican
spurs buckled on their heels, sending
a horse over the road at a dangerous
reckless and breakneck speed" Anc
to see them in the same condition
with a gang Of men and drove o
dogs chasing coyotes over the hills ant
mountains, and in the same condition
lassoing and ''hog tying" cattle. Will
a carriage on election days haullnl
persons to the poles to vote, both NAL