The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-04
REV. FOUNDER AGAIN
BE Has 8 High Regard for the Dur
rant Jury.
FIGHTING AND LYNCHlNG
The Dominic Suggests That Those
Governors Look Into the Recent
Mob Doings Down South
Home Industry.

seemed to meet with considerable IA
vor. He suggested that offers be made
to the members of the Durrant jury to
come to Butte to live. He thought
there was a wide and growing field
for Just such a body of men in Butte
and he thought If they would make
a trip to this city they would meet
with a warmer reception than the Re-
lance football team and would prob
ably do more good. The speaker knew
of murders in Butte-not such horrible
murders as the ones which had created
such excitement in San Francisco-but
murders in which the evidence was as
strong and in some cases stronger than
was the case against Durrant. He
did not think the fault was with the
evidence. or with the detective ability.
or with the courts themselves. He
thought there was a lamentable lack
Of good, first-class jury material In
Butte, and by importing the jury
which tried Durrant or the jury which
tried Holmes, and letting them try a
few cases in Butte. he thought there
would be a salutary result in Silver
Bow county
Make Justice swift and sure" said
MIR. Rounder. and crime gets on the
toboggan right away. The way to
stop murders in Butte is to hang a
few murderers. II is no wonder that
one cook slabs another with a potato
knife In a community where the pun
ishment of crime. IL 1t be of a homicidal
nature Is the exception to the rule. If
man wants to commit a crime. wants
30 break into Jail for a few months, II
would be better for him II he lives
In Butte to commit murder rather than
commit petit larceny. The punishment
Is not so severe"
There 10 NJ
FOUNDERS congregation last evening
Most of the evening was spent by the
dominic and his deacons in arranging
for the dedication of the new taher-
nacle, now almost completed Mr..
Rounder was asked by a member of his
congregat ton whether he intended to
use homemade or eastern finishings I'm
the church. Mr.. Rounder said that as
far as he was concerned he intended
to use finishings made in Butte, be-
cause he depended on the people of
Butte to build the church for him and
to keep the collection plate heavy. He
liked to see every one in Butte get
good wages and he liked to see Butte
people given the preference whenever
possible.
IT don't, however" continued Mr..
Rounder, deny TO any man the privil-
eye OF getting material or having work
done wherever he pleases. That Is a
privilege guaranteed by the United
States OF America. and a view which
would place a boycott on everything
not constructed within the narrow lin
Its of one city or section is too narrow
a view to meet with any success in this
country. / want to see home people
patroniZe home Industries as much as
possible. / would like to see the city
of Butte have it's book binding done
here rather than in Spokane, even If
1t does cost a little more. But the
home industry movement will accom-
plish it's own downfall II IT assumes
to be dictatorial. To be successful il
must be a voluntary movement in
which every citizen must join without
force or compulsion. Any other course
will make of the movement a tyranny,
and a tyranny is bound to meet with
defeat in this land of freedom En-
courage home Industry by all fair
means. but no movement is worthy of
success which must use the most out
rageous tyranny to accomplish its
end"
To change the subject, Deacon Klaff-
ki inquired what Mr.. Rounder thought
OF the Corbett-Fttzsimmons fight.
81 don't want 10 be understood" said
Mr.. Rounder las saying one word in
favor of prize fighting. / don't wish
my remarks TO be construed as in any
sense criticizing the governors of Ar
kansas and Texas for refusing to per-
init prize fighting in the sections of
this country which are under their au-
thority. On the contrary. 1 heartily
approve of their action. II in those
states there Is law against prize
fighting. then by all means let the law
be upheld. l don't think the law should
be broken for the accommodation of
prize fighters any more than for the
accommodation of any other class of
people. Without entering into the
question OF whether prize fighting is
proper or not. u is sufficient to say
That IL is against the laws of most of
the states of this country at least, and
l always rejoice to see the law main
tained and upheld. No proper excuse
can be given for the breaking of the
law, and the governors of Arkansas
and Texas do no more than their duty
In preventing the doing of that which
is the breaking of law. An official,
whether he be governor. sheriff or con-
stable, who allows prize lighting within
the territory over which he has con-
troll. is a law breaker himself and ut
terly unworthy OF holding any office
II wish at this time. however. to call
the attention of the governors of Ar
kansas and Texas to The fact that
lynching is also against the law. 1
admire the energy they have displayed
In preventing thus far the much-ad-
vertised prize fight. and / would re-
mind them that a tenth part of that
energy displayed against the custom
OF lynching would stop that form of
outlswry. which Is a far greater dis
grace to this country than prize figs-t-
Ing. Lynchtng, l suppose. Is contrary
10 the laws of Arkansas and other
southern states. just as much as prize
fighting is. The men who engage in
lynching are breakers OF the law. Yet
with all the innumerable cases OF
lynch1ng reported in the newspapers
from week 10 week, we never hear OF
the 1ynchers being punished and we
never hear of any particular efforts be-
Ing made by the governors TO prevent
lynohing or TO punish IL.
II commend most heartily the ef-
forts OF these governors to maintain
the laws and preserve the dignity OF