Arizona republican., 1917-12-15
The Anti Decoration Act

The bill of Representative Hayden, prohibiting the deportation of citizen of state territory beyond it's boundaries was, of course suggested by the incident at Bisbee last summer which stirred the whole country and which not quite understood throughout the country. While such act was inde tensible it was performed with an appearance of order It is yet matter of wonder that it not attended by great slaughter. Probably again could 1900 be rounded up and deported with so little disorder.
 We may admit what we believe to be true that conditions at Bisoee were improved by this wholesale deportation; that probably serious disorders sverted by that act of the citizens of Bisbee Still we could recommend that way of preserving order
 There came under notice affray in which of the participants shot midway of the forehead just above line of the eyes. The bullet though 44-calibre penetrated only the outer frontal but opened catarrhal deposit which had given the great deal of trouble and from which he had vainiy sought relief. He quickly recovered from the effect of the gunshot wound and longer 8 sufferer from catarrh The cure was more thorough and less expensive than if it had been performed by regularly licensed physician. Yet, this of eatarrh is not to be commended.
 No doubt, the same beneficial results could have been secured at Bisbee by the deportation of much smaller number of men-of the leaders of the W. W. and other asitators who stirring up trouble But we can have no rule fixing the exact number of de- portees in any In fact, deportation is penalty which be legally applied in very few cases and then the application can be made only under tue authority of the federal government The only per- sons who may be deported are aliens of certain classes
 The United States take jurisdiction in cases where the deportation state boundary lines It could not of course interfere prevent deportation, that is deportation merely beyond a municipal or county boundary wholly within the same state Thus, federal law could prevent citizens of Bisbee from deportng other citizens of Bisbee from the city to any point within the state. That kind of deportation has been practced in almost every city in the country. Undesirable persons have been ex- pelled beyond municipal boundaries Sometimes this has been accomplished by physical violence but more often by threat of imprisonment This kind of depor aton is described in technical language as the "giv ing of a floater"
 Mir. Haydens would, we think prohibit prac- statesthe sending of sick helpless indigents from one state to another. Sometimes, though this has been accomplished without either violence or menace of violence-simply by the purchase of a railroad ticket But in other cases which have been brought to attention persons for whose coming we did no care were actually put trains Los Angeles and Fl Paso and tickets Phoenix were showed into their pockets
 Altogether, believe the act Of Mir Hayden is a meritorious one. No man and no court has a right to say that man not live in any where he elects to take residence unless he happens be afugitive from Justice. If any Is fit for his chosen habitat. that fact be regularly law fully edstermnsd, and thsn he uarml be Ee1t dfffng
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