The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-05-12
IDAHO MURDER. / CASE IS
TOPIC FDR.D|sCUss|0N
Walter Thomas Mills Says the
Governors Of Idaho and COL
orado Are Traitors.
Courts Will Also Be Used to
Take Part in Treason
Labor Men Victims.

To plot the overthrow Of civil So
ciety by violently overturning those
in authority is held to be treason to
the State. but for those to subvert the
purposes Of tho State, who, being in
authority. use the power Of official
position 10 commit the very wrongs
which they have been engaged to pre-
vent. IL not only treason Of those who
oonspirs with acknowledged enemies
or levy open war.And this is 80 be-
cause to the intamy: of betrayal they
have added the oontemptible qualities
OF the sneak thief.
The courts are tho last resort of
every old abuse. Those who take ad-
vantage Of outworn legal forms to en-
enforce conditions which involve rob-
defense BY IN appeal to justice, to fair
play or to public opinion. Their ap-
peal 10 to the eourtA There they con-
tend for vested rights which rarely
means anything which is right, but
instead 10 an effort to protect and per-
petuate an ACKNOWLEDGED wrong. un-
der the contention that some old form
or law or 6oJne new con-
struction Of some old form Of law. In
wolves 9 vested interest, that is, a con-
tract. previous agreement which
must not be set aside. This means the
abuse Of public authority. It can
be enforced only In tho courts. and it
can be enforced there only by the cor
1uption Of the court.
If 1t were possible that the law
at any given time could provide for a
perfect adjustment Of all interests
arising from industrial and CONNER
cial activities even then 1t must be
admitted that the constant shifting
cial activities would demand a cor
responding constant ro-ad3ustment OF
the law. IL Justice IL to prevail. Ma
chinery has been vastly enlarged,
commerce has become Worldwide. In
dividual enterprises In the shop and
market are everywhere yielding to
collective undertakings The forms Of
law and the manner. Of it's adminis-
tration have constantly. shifted, but
not In the interest Of the working
class: So far O. their side OF tho Ia
Dor controversy is concerned. the
workers Al guaranteed only such pro-
lection. even If the laws were, obeyed
by their masters, Is was provided for
at time when every worker knew
bis master, worked at the bench with
him and was aspiring to become him.
self an employer also.
Not so with the master class. Court
decisio1D are constantly creating new
forms OF law, but they are doing so
in the interest Of those who are most
influential with the courts, the indus
try Of the workers, the genius OF the
inventors. ana tho capacity Of tho
great industrial organizers are push
ing the Industrial development in one
direction. while the petty personal
interests OF tho private owners of the
great Industrial enterprises are push
ing the line OF legal development
through judicial decisions in an en-
tirely different direction. Industrial
development has made the whole wide
world one vast workshop and ono
single market plecA The limo OF legal
development mora ana moro complete
~ turns tho mastery Of these great
enterprises into the hands OF the few
VINO o1d not create them and whose
power over tho mis- the cause Of the
povere9 ana oeereoaeaon OF the many.
IN 1aoe' just as industry w1dsns and In
:vo1ves the ACTIVITIES: of ever increas-
ing numbers OF workers the powers Of
.''ely narro" INTO rewer hands, and
."s ooufes "re movane IN accord with
'n1s process OK uyine democracy In the
Snop @ne market. ,:,~-
toe kionap'ne OF .Aoyer, Hayward
ana '.e@'Aoone IN tho State Of Colo
r"oo' tho rushing Of them out OF the
state on a speeial train. without a
previous hearing. Without preferrtng
den1n.es onarseA IN dat the best under
IN a+AsEeo eereensne=of governors in
denanee OF sne ;forms Of law, into an
osnsr st>ee. WITH the boasted deter
maoas'on OF the part OF the governors,
9uoseA pon'lclan. ana alleged detec-
wv. INT mo osptorsd mon could new
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