The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-09-11

The supreme court has become in
fact the reign!ng monarch Of the
| American people. No measure of re-
| lief demanded by the voters Of this
| naticn enacted into law by their elect
| ed representatives and signed by the
| president may become operative with
| ont its judicial sanction. AT the com
mand Of the lords of privilege any OBJ
nOxiouS law is promptly declared un-
constitutional
| The supreme court of the United
States has today more real power over
the people than is vested in any mon
arch of the old world.
| The late Senator Hanna boosted that
the courts are maintained to buttress
| property rights Ex-l'resident Roose-
welt denounced federal judge for his
| Interpretation of the law i'm the gov
ernment's prosecution of the beef
| trust
! President Taft i'm his Hot Springs
| (VaD speech expressed Il decided Opin-
ion upon the same question i'm referring
to the inability of the poor to cope i'm
the courts with men Of wealth. With ex-
| preSSiOns like these from men of prom
inence. do you wonder that there is
growing distrust on the part Of the
poor people of this nation that the
courts are against them?
The Courts Ruled by Property
| In the western district of New York
Of thirty cases decided in favor Of in
jured employees twenty-eight were re-
versed in favor of the master class by
the higher courts. United States Dis
| trict Attorney Sims of Chicago was
| waging a vigorous fight against the
| white slave drivers. and when victory
was almost within his grasp his hand
was paralyZed by decision Of the
supreme court, which virtually put an
end to the prosecution Of that unspeak-
able infamy. There are property In
terests involved i'm the wholesale de-
bauchery Of young girls. and these
property interests must be safeguard
ed at whatever cost. AS for the girls.
they are the daughters Of the working
class and in point of value are not to
be compared to property.
| Our modern system Of Jurisprudence
is survival Of medieval times, when
judges presided by right Of ownership
| of lands and castles, and it will require
another political revolution similar to
that of 1776 and that Of 1860 to abolish
this buIwark Of special privilege and
capitalist exploitation.
Convicted by Jury Of Republicans.
was convicted by jury composed
| Of partisan Republicans. 1t was shown
| by competent evidence introduced in
this court today that two of the jurors
had expressed hostile and prejudicial
| sentiments against me. Affidavits
herewith filed show that one Of the
| jurors. Mr. Nelson. became deathly
sick in the jury room. and he affirms
that it was because of this sickness
| and his fear Of death unless medical
| attention could be secured that he was
| forced into voting for conviction.
| Again it is shown by competent evil
dence introduced at this hearing that
| the principal witness for the govern
ments which were untrue. He stated
| that at the time the reward which I
| offered was circulated through the
mails he was not fugitive from jus
tice nor was there any charge pending
against him of 4 criminal nature in
| Kentucky. Affidavits, state records and
letters signed by Taylor himself all
IL IN, hi ~ ,I,ny hn Ttovr
lor had been indicted and that for
| seven years prior TO the offer of our
reward he had been fugitive from
| justice with Il price on his head. 1t is
| the common practice in all courts that
| where the defendant can show that a
juror in qualifying perjures himself
| new trial is granted. Perjured testi-
mony on the part of the prosecuting
witness is also ground for new trial
| I'm ordinary cases. OF course ! under
| stand that this Is not an ordinary
| case. The whole history Of these pro-
| ceedings shows conclusively that 1t Is
not an attempt to secure the ends OF
| justice. but an effort to punish me be-
cause Of my political views.
No Mercy or lenieney Asked.
In conclusion permit me to say that
I am not asking the mercy or leniency
| Of this court. l have committed no
crime. and there is fostering In my con-
| science no accusation of guilt, but II
my conviction and punishment will
| serve to rivet public attention upon
the abuses which have tried to point
out then I shall feel that have not
| suffered this humiliation in vain.
| After all. this Is the price Of human
progress. Why should l expect i'm
| munity? The courts have ever been
and are today the bulwarks Of the rul-
ing class. Why should they not pun
ish offenders against that class?
In feudal slavery the courts sus-
tanned the feudaI lords, in ehattei siav-
cry they protected the slave owners,
and in wage slavery they defend the
| industrial masters.
| WhOoror ppctoStc for tho cola ~ i1Ya-