The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-08-02

Editor, Press-I wish to express
my appreciation of your attitude in
the Haywood trial. and in SO doing
believe | express the sentiments
of all socialists and all other peo-
Pile who believe in the preservation
of the spirit of our form of gov
eminent.
Your editorials Of July 20 and 81
are specially commendable. The
wild and ridiculous antics of the
other dailies are laughable to per-
son whose memory lasts over
night. Prior to the verdict the tall
tower chameleon" whose owners
are members of the Mineowners
association, denied that the Hay
wood trial was a trial of capital
and labor, but was trial of Hay
wood, the individual. No sooner,
however, is the verdict rendered
than this same class conscious
mouthpiece of the mineowners edi-
torially declares that though Hay
wood was not convicted the West
ern Federation of Miners has not
proved itself innocent of arson, dy-
namiting, murder and the whole
list of printable and unprintable
crimes with which they have been
charged.
Like the over-gorged dog who re-
turns again and again to his vomit,
this despicable thing returns to it's
venomous and malicious attacks,
day after day, rehashing sentiments
expressed by other un-American,
gold-blinded mental parasites who
hawk their attainments after the
manner of the unfortunate woman
of the street. These are the peo-
pie who shout patriotism" and rob
their country through special privi-
lege, blow-hole armorplate, salary
grab, franchise steals, tax lodging,
etc. Tis they who shout ITO hell
with the constitution, and in the
next breath SANDER, revile, brow
beat and consign to everlasting
perdition the Darrows and Debs
who point the fact that the consti-
tuition has been disgraced and dis
honored.
Much is being made of the fact
that Idaho has been indicated and
fair trial given. 4-e trial was
fair; the same would have been
true, probably, of Colorado or any
other state if the eyes of the world
had been turned on it, as in this
case. But it is pertinent to ask
what caused it? Had not the
Debs, Darrows and other ''unde-
sirable citizens" and socialist pub
LEGATIONS reused the nation to the
fact that judicial murder was being
attempted the trial might not have
been anything but what other labor
trials have been in the past-the
merest farce and travesty on the
name Justice.
The pubic should remember
this: From this on it is idle to
DENY the existence of classes or the
class struggle. If the recent trial
is not sufficient proof, the dispatch
from Minnesota telling that
peaceful meeting of miners as
sembled in their own hall was
broken up by the sheriff and 100
heavily armed deputies. why did
the sheriff do this? For the same
reason and by the same orders that
similar occurrences were enacted
in the Occur d'Alenes and Colorado.
VIII men, Americans, humans of
any kind with good red blood in
their veins, tamely submit, time
after time, daily, weekly, to such
degradation?
Jesus Christ was as undesirable
- plate and his followers as is
Haywood, Debs and Darrow to
Roosevelt, the Review and the
mineowners.
Wendell Phillips was dragged
through the streets of good old Bos-
ton. with a rope around his neck,
and the "respectables" of the city
elamoring and bowling for his life.
Patrick Henry, Garriso2, Lovejoy
and John Brown were Nst as un-