The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-26
If LAW PERMITS WILL
PROSECUTE CRIMINALLY
Declares That The Editors
are More Infamous Than
Our Ordinary Murderer

Paterson. n. J.. March 26.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt states in answer to an
appeal from Mayor Mcbride to exclude
ia Questione Sociale," an anarchist
paper, from the mails for the purpose
Of suppressing the publication. that
besides directing that the newspaper
be denied the use OF the mails he has
requested the department Of Justice
to mSke every effcrt 70 prosecute
criminally those responsible for the
publication. copy Of the Presidents
letter to the department Of Justice was
inclosed by Secretary Loeb as the re-
ply to the appeal of Mayor Mcbride,
who made public the Presidents let
ter. La QUESTION: Sociale" recently
published an appeal OF inhammatory
character which resulted In the action
taken.
President Roosevelt's letter TO the
department Of Justice. as sent to May.
or Mcbride follows:
BY my direction the Postmaster
General is to exclude La Questione
Socale OF Paterson n. j., from the
mails. and it will not be admitted 20
the mails unless by order Of the court,
or unless you advise me further that
it must be admitted Please see II it
Is not possible 10 prosecute criminally.
under any section Of the law that Is
available, the men that are interested
in the sending out of this anarchistic
and murderous publication. They are.
of course, the enemies of mankind.
and every effort should be strained TO
held them accountable for an offense
far more infamous than that of our
ordinary murderer.
viii Ask Governors Aid
"This matter has been brought to
my attention by the mayor of the city
OF Pa erson ] wish every effort made
TO get at the criminals, under the fed.
eral law. II may be found impossible
to DO this. ! shall also. through the
secretary of state, call the attention
OF the governor OF New Jersey to the
circumstances, so that he may pro
ceed under the state law, his atten-
tion being further drawn to the fact
that the newspaper is circulated IN
other states
After you have concluded your in
yestigation I wish a report from you
to serve as q basis for recommends
tions by me for action by Congress.
Under section 1888 of the revised
statutes lewd obscene and lascivious
books letters. publications for indie.
cent and immoral uses, or OF an in
decent and immoral nature. and pos
tai cards upon which indecent and
scnrrilous epithets arc written or
printed. are all excluded from the mail.
and provision is made for the fnlng
and imprisonment OF those guilty
The newspaper article I'm question
advocates murder by dynamite II
specifically advo. ates the murder OF
enlisted men Of the United States
army and the officers of the police
I force, and the burning OF the houses
of private citizens The preaching q
murder and arson is certainly as Inn
moral as the circulation Of obscene
and lasciyious literature. and II the
praetice Is not already forbidden by
the law il should be forbidden. The
4 immigration law now prohibits the
entry into the United States OF any
I person who entertains or advocates
the views expressed in this newspaper
article
Like Senuing POISON.
II Is, ol course. ineXcusable TO per
nit those already here TO prOmulgate
such views. Those who write, publish
and circulate those articles stand on
the level with those who use the mail.
for distributing poisons for the pur
pose of murder and convictions have
been obtained when the mails have
thus been used for the distribution o'
pOisons
A law should require the postmas
Ter General. to become an ac essory q
murder by circulating literature OF thii
kind
PcstOliice inspectors have already
comEeneed an investigation OF tn
newspaper
Prof l. l. Lewis of the a. N