, 1886-06-10

have No; returned true bills against
the parties named.
The glory OF cur nation Is its con
stitUtion and laws. securing to It's
citizens ample protection to life, lib
erty and property. The duty OF the
citizen is 10 obey laws and defend the
Constitution framed for his protec-
siou. Feneration for the, law is i'm
planted in the hearts of all true
American citizens, while a due ard
rigid enforcement OF the law Is nee
essary to secure to the people that
protection for which the law was
enacted
The law should be respected as
emanating from the people, who in
our Republic are sovereign, and that
people are best governed where SOW
ereign law, that states collected Will
DER thrones and globes. Elate sits
EmperOrs crowning good, repressing
i'll.
The events OF the past six months
have uncovered the aims and pur-
poses Of bodies of men among us,
organized for the obstruction OF the
G65ernment and trampling upon its
laws. seeking to hoist the red flag of
Communism in the place of the flag
of the Republic. Men vino come
among us from nations whose laws
tend to protect the few and oppress
the many, they are iu our midst
clothed with the boon of American
citizenship, like SO many wild animals
turned loose, seeking to destroy all
that tends to the elevation jof the in
diyidual-to the security of life and
property.
These men have been suffered so
long to fianpt the red flag in our
faces, that they themselves all power
full, ard withi the boycott and dyna-
miteI the Slams of foreign countries
Z SseesYhg to destroy our Constitu-
ton and laws and introduce anarchy
among us.
Our people are slow to anger and
patient beyond measure, but, whereas
during the past few months, our
Constitution has become endangered
and our laws wantonly violated by
secret bands of scientific socialists,
the true with one accord come to the
front and aid the constituted auth
critics in the due administration of
the law
These men must be taught that
this is a land of law and order, and
all men are equal before the law.
That our laws must and shall be
obeyed, and that he who conspires to
defraud any inhabitant OF this terri
tory of any of the rights secured to
him by law will most surely be pun
ished.
In view of the recent unlawful con-
duct of many of our people toward
the Chinese people in our midet. Wa
cannot close this report in better
language than that of our Federal
This Constitution and
the laws of the United States which
shall be made in pursuance thereof,
and all treaties made, or which shall
be made under the authority of the
United States, shall be the supreme
law of the land" Traitors to this
charter of our liberties should be
contemplate and criminal in the eyes
OF every true American, native born
or naturalized. G. Z. TERRY,
Foreman L. S. Grand Jury.
e. B. MAsTICK, JR.,
Secretary Z. S Grand Jury.
The Grand Jury Oh the part of the
United States returned true bills
against Junius Rochester, L. S. Wins
cott, Louis r. Kidd, NJ. Mcmillan, G.
II. Metcalf, Geo. Vivian, John Delfel,
j. W. Brooks and Pat Cull-the four
hast named from Snohomish-for
conspiracy.
Commenting on the above, the p. /.
says:
mo one should fail to read care
fully the report of the United States
Grand Jury, which will be found in
another column. 1t shows plainly
enough that there recently existed in
this region state of affairs which
was terrible, to say the least; and
which would soon have become much
much more terrible if the sober sense
of the community had not asserted
itself and met firmly the first move
ment looking toward anarchism.
Many people have been wont to look
upon all revelations made concerning
the existence of reasonable plots in
our midst as the excited utteranees of
alarmists. The report of the Grand
Jury, based as it is upon ample eyi-
dence, may have more weight with
such doubters 1t may convince them
that there was, after all, some neces-
sity for the intelligent and law abiding
nfG ~ ha 10 rol n
firm stand in opposition to lawlessness
and treason; that there actually did
exist a danger which has been mar
rowly escaped; and that the warnings
which have from time to time been
uttered have not been baseless or
nsedlessly alarming"