The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-04
Case of the Girard Editor Comes
Up at Fort Scott Today.
Socialist Sheet Charged With a
Misuse of the Mails.
MIR. BARROW TALKS
Fears That There Is a Bit of Ma.
liciOus Prosecution Behind 1t.
Declares WOrkingmen Must Go
Into Politics or Out of Business.

Fort Scott, Kan, May Aired
Warren, the editor of 1.-The Appeal to
Reason was arrested sometime ago
but has been out on bond The case
will be called for trial today at Fort
Scott in the federal court. and Gen.
L. G. Boyle and Mr.. barrow will
represent the paper in the case
Technically: the government is
of the mails.
Speaking of the matter Mr.. barrow
said:
IT think it is an interesting case.
1t is largely question of law as to
whether the language used on the
wrappers of the paper came under
the contemplation of the law at the
time it was passed. OF course, all
kinds of consequences might follow
from a decision either way. I feel
confident that General Boyle and my
self will win the case. The purposes
thing about. We always assume that
they are legitimate and that the paper
is being prosecuted under a statute
which says that obscene or threaten
ing language cannot be sent through
the mail If it is exposed on the out
practically this: "A reward of $1,000
for anyone who will kidnap Taylor
referring to the Kentucky governor.
81 do not think that the case in
wolves the labor question at all. The
paper has been earnestly supporting
the cause of labor, tits true; but bust
ness men are more interested in the
case than the labor element. It
chiefly affects those who use the
mails most. AS general proposition
think that the greater freedom
that can be given in the use Of the
70 oh cd
rules, is better for the people,
Referring to the general labor
situation in the United States, Mr..
Darrow said:
II think that laboring men are be-
ginning to feel that they have got to
are beginning to realize that the law
has been made by men who have very
little knowledge of the conditions I'M
der which the laborfng men live and
work. and that in the legislative de-
partment Of the government gen.
orally, the special interests of the
strong and powerful have dictated
nominations and elections, and
naturally the law has been made in
the interest of those who dictated
the fact is that the. large majority of
the ablest lawyers get their living
from corporations, and everybody S
opinion of law and government is
colored and pretty much made by
their environments. Corporation law
yers get their opinions from the
environment in which they live.
Sooner or later, by the natural evolu-
ton of things, these lawyers or their
friends get on the bench because they
have been looked upon as the leading
legal lights in their respective COM
munities. When the judge goes on
the bench he is the same man he was
when off the bench, and he has the
point of view gained from the en-
vironment in which he has been living
for years.
1T think the workingmen are be-
ginning to understand this PROPOSE
ton and feel that they can only have
men to make and interpret the law to
protect their lives and their interests
who are familiar with their condi-
lions and who are sympathetic to
their cause. Whether this movement
will take the form of new party or
whether the large number of them
whether they will vote with more dis
elimination as between the older par
ties, I cannot say. But I think they
have pretty much learned that they
have got to go into politics or go out
of business, and they must do one
or the other"
Although the governments case
against 1.-The Appeal to Reason" will
be called Monday, General Boyle is
rather inclined to think that the
prosecution will ask for a con-
tinuance.