Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-01-24


dead skirtng the march Of time, stand only as cold
as death follows ie ali nations that turn from right
eousness to the worship Of Mammon.
Greed hangs over the storm walls Of history,
charged with corrupting the morals and debauching
the will Of the many; and when legalized, rapes the
soul, fathers crime and war, and destroys govern
ment, leaving naught behind bat monument of
crystalized blood to repeat the story Of vicious leg
islation by corrupt men.
At this age Of progress, with the worlds history
befOre up it would seem to be crime as black as
treason for the congress to create monopoly and
pass over to it the property Of the Republic with
out either the knowledge the consent Of the peo-
ple
''Kid glove anarchy" 'sfrenzied finance" and
tsgraft" are terms familiar to the reading public
and yet they fail to grouse the average citizen to
sense Of duty. Compare the acts Of the Hay Market
anarchists that were tried and executed in Chicago
to the acts brought ont the investigation Of the
New York insurance companies, also the United
States senator bribery cases, and ask yourself in
the light OF the facts which were the greater crim
nalf Jnst pause long enough to think Of United
States senators deliberately turning their backs on
the sDeclaration Of Independence" ''COnstitution
Of the United States and calmly selling the peace
health, MORALS liberties Of nnty millions OF people
to this spawn Of treason and anarchy, called
.MonOpOlistic Greed-now known as Kid-glOve
anarchy; and fear the poor deluded anarchists Of
Chicago will appear as speCk when compared to
the cloud Of thieves and traitors that are now rob-
bing the masses Of their right in life liberty and
pursuit of happiness. What was done with the
Chicago anarChistsi They hanged them What IL done
to the New York insurance thieves nothing. What
Was done to ChaunCey Depewi Returned him to the
u. s. senate. Why I'll thisi Well We are told that
the commission had no authority to punish, only
expose; simply investigate, publish and expose the
thieves. And this system Of procedure they call
regulate.
When Mr.. Rogers refused to give answers to ques-
tioDa the lawyers said the court had not the power
to make him answer, but on appeal to higher
court, the court above might fine him for contempt
Of the lower court. When you analyze the state
ment You can see that when the court below had no
authority, that Rogers was bound to respect and
that he ought to be fined for not respecting what did
not exist.
II does seem that there are some lawyers like
the monOpOlists that think the public has no sense
and while the apathy Of the public towards crime
seems to justify the concIuson still we must regis
ter protest. II can be set down as settled fact;
publicity will not abolish crme IL matters not as to
it's nature or effect for as In times past even 90 now
men there are that glory in their own shame.
Prize fights would be less II they were not given
publicity. What prize fighter does NOT swell up
with pride when he sees bis name and large cut in
the daily papers; and the same might be said Of the
football murders, In fact, what does criminal care
about bic name being IN the daily papers 90 long a.
be Il allowed 70 % free with his stolen money.
The idea to regulate q thief BY exposure, By in.
v4stigation, and prove what the thief knew before
hand then turn him loose as full satiaIaetIon 70 he
public i equivalents % saying ''Us thieves must
stand together, the public BE- damned. This pub
licity cry and the cry 70 regulate 10 huge iOrCe
and We are approaching time when che masses IN
oelldelense viii b compelled 20 Gee TO itfhat the
rch thleI ~ ven - the poor thief must b dealt Win
" helnw directs.