Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-20
4 70 DENVER.

western paper that has allowed moth
ing 10 influence It's ~1tterancas regard
Ing the labor troubles OF the past year
While b~elieveing that the right kind
of organization among workingfnen Is
productive Of the greatest good, We
have not hesitated ID condemn foolish
strikes, high handed measures, wheth.
Ter OF labor or capital, and the boycott
under all circumstances. We have
condemned the teachings Of some OF
the socialist leaders of the Western
Federation of Labor, and have pointed
to the fanlts 81 both capital and labor
In Colorado.
In that state according as laboring
people or the capitalists have been
guilty of ~exeesscs,the pendulum Of pop
ular sympathy has sun from the
one to the other. Az the outset the
Oppressive measnres w the employers
caused general dissatisfaction Later
ltbe ~un.American and arbitrary actions
of union men weaned away the sup
port Of The great body OF the people.
Now the pendulum Is again swinging
the other way as the employers Of the.
stats seek 10 gain their ends by the
very means they have condemned In
Others.
There Is q right way OF doing things
even In Colorado and the great ques
%tions al issue there will never be set.
Tiled until they are settled hy the ap.
plication in decent and honest AMI
lust and American principles by the
parties 70 the struggle. All the mill.
: tary power Of Colorado can't win q
: Victory that ii worth anything unless
II be governed by law and justice. No
attempts ct muzzling the press or
enforcing 4 boycott or deporting the
y innocent by tha' hundred with the pos
sible guilty a prevail.
Therefore we have nothing but con
4 defamation for the recent action 81
: the Advertisers a~sociation Of Denver
FOR declaring Il boycott on the Rocks
Mountain News and the Times. Which
y are under the same ownership and
Q management. because It declined Y
. yield IL freedom Of ntterance and In
dependence OF opinion TO the Denver
(, Citizens Alliance and the Advertisers
. association. The freedom Of the press
y lis one 81 The most sacred Of American
rights. ii IL ore Of the foundation
stones Of our liberty. guaranteed TO Us
'g by the constitution Had the utteran
n ces OF the News been ten.fold more
= unreasonable than they were, snch {
= boycott as has been declared woult
have been unjnstinable.
The Optic condemned the boycott
\. when the labor unions resorted 10 II
"a and IL condemns II just as sweepingl,
NJ when Il Is the employers who are gull
We have differed very mater
I. Ially from the position taken By III,
!, Rocky oMnn,ain News regarding tn
] labor situation IN Colorado. sim W,
must do the News the Justice 10 ga,
that Il has dealt with the condition.
there temporarily. fully and unobject
ionabIy. There have been REASONABLE,
r.. grounds for It's opinions and II hal
e- never failed 10 urge that the laws b,
upheld sand that no effort be spare,
II In furnishing the etiIty. In so far al
ie the News has objected TO the coward
~ methods employed by the eolorad,
authorities In tearing men by the hun
- dreds from their homes and families
i. Furnishing cores Of innocent hi ordeI
70 ret rid Of one guilty, We have ak
= reed with The News entirely. II wal
tslthe duty Of Colorado TO search out anS
n execute her dynamiters, not 10 paei
d them on to other states.
al And Colorado should not forget tbal
1 hnck % The recent outrages. back n
the foolish strikes and the unwlse AM
unsAmerlean and dangerous actions
OF the Western Federation of Labor
1.-THE arbitrary and oppressive actions
of Colofado,s capltalistsic class must
/. be held for The greater part Of III,
|, trouble q today. No fair minded mar
can fail ~ appreciate tho independent
and fearless position taken by The
. News 10 connection with the whole
! labor controversy. II will not be for
gotten that over a year ago when the
News with lis usual courage, opposed
the strike of workingmen In Denver
and The attempted boycotts,that 4 Was
Itself boycottcd by the unions. Other
Denver papers which have nov been