The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-24
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 Continued from First Page) inspire, and by the words and deeds of those associated with or subordin- ated to them, habtually appear as guilty of incitement to, or apology for bloodshed and violence.
 If this does not constitute undes- irable citizenship, then there can never be any undesirable citizens. The men whom I denounce represent the men who have abandoned that legitimate movement for the uplifting of labor, with which 1 have the most hearty sympathy; they have adopted practices which cut them off from those who lead this legitimate movement. In ev- cry way I shall support the law abid- ing and upright representatives of la bor and in no way can l better sup port them than by drawing the sharp est possible line between them on the one hand, and, on the other hand, those preachers of violence who are them selves the worst foes of the honest laboring man.
 Let me repeat my deep regret that any body of men should so far forget their duty to their country as to en- deavor by the formulation of societies and in other ways to influence the courts of justice in this matter. I have received many such letters as yours Accompanying them were newspaper clippings announcing demonstrations, parades and mass meetings designed to show that the representatives of labor, without regard to the facts, demand the acquittal of Messrs. Haywood and Mover, Such meetings can of course be designed only to coerce court or jury in rendering a verdict, and they therefore deserve all the conemnation which you in your letters say should be awarded to those who endeavor inn properly to influence the course of jus tice.
 You would of course be entirely within your rights if you merely an- nounced that you through Messrs. Mover and Haywood were desirable citizens though in such cases I should take frank issue with you and should say that, wholly regard to whether or not they are guilty of the crime for which they are now being tried, they represent as thoroughly un- desirable type of citizenship as can be found in this country; a type which, in the letter to which you so unreason- ably take exception, I showed not to be confined to any one class, but to exist among some representatives ot great capitalists as well as among some representatives of wage workers.
 In that letter I condemned both types. Certain representatives of the great capitalists in turn condemned me for including Mir, Hartman in my con- demnation of Messrs. Mover and Hay wood, Certain of the representatives of labor in their turn condemned me be- cause I included Messrs Mover ard Haywood as undelrable citizens togeth- CT with MT. Hartman. am as profound ly indifferent to the condemnation in one case as in the other. I challenge as @ right the support of all good Ameri- cans. whether wage earners or capital ists, whatever, their occupation or creed, or in whatevec portion of the country they live, when I condemn both the types of bad citizenship which I have held up to reproduction It seems to me mark of utter insincerity to fall thus to condemn both, and to apol- og:ze for either robs the man thus auoloRiztng of ail rights to condemn any wrongdoing in any man, rich or pcor, in public or in private life.
 You say you ask for "a square dear for Messrs. Mover and Haywood. So do L When 1 say square deal' I mean 0 square deal to everyone; 1t is equally violation of the policy of the square deal for capitalist to protest against denunciatlon of a capitalist who is guilty of wrongdong and for a labor leader to protest against the denuneia- ton of a labor leader who has been guilty of wrongdoing I stand for equal justice for both, and so far as in my power lies l shall uphold justice wheth- CT the man accused of guilt has behind him the wealthiest corporations, the greatest aggregations of the riches in the country or whether he has behind him the most influential labor organ ization in the country.
 "Very truly yours,
 (Signed) Theodore Roosevelt" MT. Honore Jaxon, Chairman,
 "667 West Lake Street, Chicago, H."