Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-05-26

EWOrkingman and another law for the
rich employer. The supreme courts
decision in the famous kidnapping con-
spiracy in colorado and the action OF
high government and state officials
in protecting a fugitive republican
politician, charged with murder,
lends color to my contention that
there is one Interpretation of the law
for the poor and another one for the
rich. The action of the Governor OF
New Jersey in refusing to issue re-
quisiaion papers for Armour, the
Chicago meat packer, who was
charged by the New Jersey prosecu-
tors with violating the antitrust
laws of that state is a convincing
argument that there is one law for
the poor and none for the rich. The
methods adopted by the govern
ment's attorney in his prosecution OF
me and his refusal to take cognizance
of similar acts on the part of bank
ers and others, strengthens our ar
gument that there is two wholly diff
ferent kinds of law in this country;
and your decision will, if that de-
/ cision upholds the action of the low
er court, add to this belief in public
mind.
The governments attorney empha-
sizes the fact that this reward offer is
printer In red. Out of curiosity,
asked a number of the leading ink
manufacturers of the United States
for what color Of printing ink they
had the greatest demand, and they
replied, without single exception
that they sold more red ink than
all others combined, save one--black!
7Black is the emblem of piracy and
has been since long before the days
of captain Kidd. Under it's sable
folds march the land thief, the pre-
datory rich, the employer of little
children, those who barted justice,
the Wall street spectulator, the pet
ty gambler and CRATER, and all those
who plumber labor and Cypress the
poor. Black is the color of death.
Red on the other hand is the color of
life; 1t glows with vitality; it is the
been from the days of Spartacus,
down through the ages the emblem
of revolt against tyranny. Under the
crimson banner the revolutionary pa
triots of 1875 fought and, won their
battles against the English king.
Longfellow's inspiring poem to
Pulaski, the Polish patriot who gave
his life for American independence,
immortalizes the red banner:
Where, before the altar, hung
The blood-red banner, that with
prayer
Had been consecrated there
Take tn banner-and If ere
Thou shouldsd press the soldier
bier,
And the muffled drum should beat
To the tread of mournful feet
Then this crimson flag shall be
Martial cloak and shroud for thee.
+ The warrior took the banner proud
And it was his martial cloak and
shroud!
The original flag of the American
revolution was red. The stars and
stries were added later by our rebel
forefathers to distinguish it from
the national emblems of other coun-
n tries. It is significant historical
fact that red predominates in the
flags OF all COUNTRIES with one excep
> tion-Russia. 1t is not surprising
Therefore, that the governments at
torney who sails under the black flag
should seek to cast aspersions on the
red banner.
The theory of law that a man il
presumed to be innocent until proven
D guilty was wholly overlooked in ny
trial at Fort Scott. I was convicted
and sentenced before entered the
court room.
;, was not prosecuted as a presum
lably onnocent man charged with al
e alleged violation of the law. wa!
/. prosecuted by partisan politicians, be
j.. fore partisan jury, three of whom
1t was. proved later had declared
they were prejudiced against me
q and before a partisan judge and OF
: perjured testimony. But this is MOI
v the first time In the history of the
world that this same farce has beer
enacted. When the ruling class Of
) any epoch is forced to use such
means to bring about the imprison-
/ ment of man advocating revolution
ary doctrines, it has always fore
I Swallowed the dawn Of new era.
Several million men and women in
the United States today believe that
, have been prosecuted in the feder-
al courts because Of my political be-
? liefs. It is true am in revolt against
! the present capitalistic regime OF
} graft and Doodle and l have dedicated
my life to the Revolution of Tomor-
row. Our cause will triumph in
, America jut as it is winnig in Ger