The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-04-27

manifestos; by the utterances o. the pa
pers they control and inspire, and by the
words and deeds associated with or sub
"rsiinated to them, habitually appear, ~
guilty OF incitem-nt to or apology for
bIoo'ishe,l and violence.
If this does not constitute undesirable
citizenship, then there can never be any
undesirable citizens. The men whom !
denounce represent the men who have.
abandoned that legitimate movement
for the uplifting Of labor, with which |
have the most hearty sympathy; they
have made practices which cut them off
from those who lead this legitimate.
movement. In every way shall sun
port the aw-abi,ling and upright repre-
sentatives of labor, and in no way tan |
better support them than by ,irAwin.
the sharpest possible line between then,
ON the one hand aud on the other hand
those preachers of violence who art.
themselves the worst foes Of the honest
laborinn man.
Let me repeat, my deep regret that
any body of men should 40 far forget
their duty to their country as to endeav.
or by the formation of the societies and
in other ways to influence the course of
justice in this matter. | have received
many such letters AS yours. As~n-
panying them are newspaper clippings
announcing demonstrations para les. an
mass meetings, designed to show that
the representatives OF labor, without re-
gard to the facts demand the acquittaI
of Haywood and Meyer. Such meet
ings can of course oe designed only To-
eoerce the court or jury in rendering n
verdict, and they therefore deserve ali
tine condemnation which you in your
letter say should be awarded to those
who improperly influence the course
of justice.
You would, OF course, be entirely
within your rights il you merely an.
nounced that you thought that Messrs.
Meyer and Haywood were desirable
citizens" though in such case | should
take frank issue with you and should
say that wholly without regard to
whether or not they are now being tried
they represent as thoroughly an undr-
slrable type lof citizenship AZ can be
found in this country; type which, in
the letter to which you so unreasonably
take exceptions showed not to be con
fined 10 any one class, but to exist among
some representatives of great capital
lists as well as among some representa-
tives of wage-earners
In that letter condemned both types
Certain representatives of The great cap
italists in turn condemn me for includinr
Mr.. Hartman in my condemnation OF
Messrs. Meyer and Haywood. Certain,
OF the representatives of labor in their
turn condemned me because | include.l
Messrs. Meyer and Haywood as uns. esir-
able citizens together with Mr.. Harri-
man. am a. profoundly Indifferent
to the condemnation in one case as IL
the other. challenge as Il right ih,
support of all good Americans, whether
wage earners or capitalists, whatever
their occupation or creed, in whatever
portion of the country they live, when |
condemn both types Of citizenship whicl.
have held up to reprolation 1t seems
to De mark If nttter insincerity to fail
thus to condemn both, aud to apologize.
for either rols the man thus apo.ogizing
of all right to condemn any wrong doing
in rHv man, rich or poor, in public or
private life.
You say you ask for square deal
for Messrs. Meyer and Haywood So do
!. When ! say square deal, mean a
square deal to everyone; it is equally
of the policy of the square deal
for the capitalist to protest against de-
of = capitalist who is guilty
Of wrong-doing and for labor leader t.
protest against the denunciation of a la
Dor leader who las been guilty Of wrong
doing. | stand for equal justice to both
and :" far as in my power lies, ! shall
uphold justice whether the man accused
Of guilt has behind him the wealthiest
corporations, the greatest aggregation Of
riches in the country, or whether he has
behind him the most influential labor
organization in the country.
Very truly yours,
Signed:
THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
Mr.. Honore Jackson, Chicago, 607
West Lake street.