, 1907-04-26

of these men who. by their public ut
~terances and manifestos, and by the
utterances OF the papers they control
or inspire. and by the words and deeds
of those associated with or subordinate
to them habitually appear as guilty
OF Indictment or apology for bloodshed
or violence.
III this does not constitute undesir-
able citizenship, then there can v
be any undesirable citizens. The men
whom l denounce represent the men
who have abandoned that legitimate
movement for the uplifting Of labor
with which / have the most hearty
sympathy; they have adopted practices
which cut them OF from those who
lead this legitimate movement. In ev.
cry way shall support the law-abiding
and upright representatives Of labor
and In no way can l better support
them than by drawing the sharpest pos
sible line between them on the one
hand aud on the other hand those
preachers of violence who are them
selves the worst foes Of the honest
laboringmen.
Attempts to Influence Court.
Let me repeat my deep regret that
any body Of men should SO far forget
their duty to their country a to en-
hyy thN fDrrpotiop - c0pioffoo
and in other ways to influence the
courts Of justice in this matter. have
received many such letters as yours.
Accompanying them were newspaper
clippings announcing demonstrations.
parades and meetings designed
to show that the representatives Of
labor, without regard to the facts, de-
mand the acquittal Of Messrs. Haywood
and Meyer. Such meetings can, of
course, be designed only to coerce
court or jury in rendering a verdict
and they therefore deserve all the con
domination which you in your letter say
should be awarded to those who e
deavor Improperly to influence the
course of justice.
you would, Of course, be entirely
within your rights If you announced
that you thought Messrs. Meyer and
Haywood were desirable citizens,
though in such a Ease l should take
frank issue with you and say that
wholly without regard to whether or
not they are guilty Of the crime for
which they are now being tried, they
represent as thoroughly an undesirable
a type Of citizenship as can be found In
this country, a type which in the let.
ter to which you SO unreasonably take
exceptions l showed not to be confined
to any n class, but to exist among
some representatives of great capital.
lists, as well as among some represen.
~tatives of wage workers.
Both Types Condemned.
In that letter I condemned both
types. Certain representatives Of the
great capitalists, in turn, condemned
me for including MI. Hartman in my
condemnation of Messrs. Meyer and
Haywood. Certain of the representa-
tives OF labor in their turn condemned
me because I included Messrs Meyer
and Haywood az undesirable citizens
together with Mr.. Hartman. 1 am as
profoundly Indifferent to the condem.
nation in mi case as in the other. ]
challenge as a right the support OF
all good Americans, whether wage
earners or capitalists, whatever their
occupation or creed. or in whatever
portion of the country they live, when
l condemn both types of bad citizen
ship which 1 have held up to reproba-
ton. 1t seems to me a mark of utter
insincerity to fail thus to condemn
both and to apologize for either robs
the man thus to apologize Of the right
to condemn any wrong-doing in any
man, rich or poor. in public or private
life.
You say you ask for a square deal
for Messrs. Meyer and Haywood. So
do I. When l say a square deal, l
mean a square deal to every mi 1t
Is equally a violation Of the policy of
the square deal for one capitalist to
protest against the denunciation of an
other capitalist who is guilty Of
wrong-doing as for a labor leader to
protest against the denunciation of a
laborer who has been guilty of wrong
doing. 1 stand for equal justice to
both and SO far as in my power lies l