The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-06-09

haustive opinion, handed down in the
case of the three workingmen who had
! been kidnapped in Colorado and taken to
Idaho, plainly states that it is no viola.
tlon of the Federal statutes to forcibly
abduct man and take him from one
state to another. In its opinion the Su.
preme Court says:
Looking first at what was alleged to
have occurred in Colorado touching the
arrest of the petitioner and his deporta.
ton from that state, we do not perceive
hastily or inconsiderately done, can be
adJudged to be inviolation of the consti.
tuition or laws of the states Even if it
be true that the arrest and deportation
OF pettibone, Meyer and Haywood from
Colorado was by fraud and connivance,
to which the governor of Colorado was n
party, this does not make out a case of
violation of the rights of the appellants
under the constitution and laws of the
United States.''
what did, in fact, was to offer re-
ward to anyone who would capture, fore
IDLY abduct, if you please, man under
Indictment for murder and return him
to the Kentucky authorities To kidnap
means not only forcibly abduction, but
hiding from friends and the proper au-
thorities. Under this view how can it
be maintained that it is unlawful to offer
n reward for the capture of ex.Gov. viii.
liam S. Taylor and his return to the au.
thorities of Kentucky9
Let me state hypothetical case:
Suppose the Socialists capture the politi
cal powers of Kansas-as we shall. We
lind that Mr.. Armour is violating the anti
trust laws of or1 state. Ee lives in lii.
nois. The governor of Illinois, being
Republican, refuses to grant a requi.
sltion. Suppose our Socialist state aft:
cials would be private citizens in Illi.
nois should quietly go at midnight, sur
round Mr. Armour IS house in Chicago,
capture him, carry him into Kansas, and
there place him on trial before a Socialist
judge and Socialist jury Would the
men that kidnapped Armour violate any
Federal statute7 Would they not be i'm.
mune from prosecution under the Su.
preme Court s ruling7
The question involved in this case
IS whether there is one law for the work
lngman and another law for the rich
employer. The Supreme Court g decision
IN the famous kidnapping conspiracy in
colorado and the action of high govern.
ment and state officials in protecting
fugitive Republican politician charged
with murder, lends color to my contention
that there is one Interpretation of the law
Tor the poor and another for the rich.
The action of the governor of New Jer-
sey IN refusing to issue requisition papers
1or Armour, the Chicago meat packer,
who was charged by the New Jersey
prosecutors with violating the antitrust
laws of that state is a convincing areu-
ment that there is one law for the poor
and none for the rich The method adop
ted by the government IS attorney in his
prosecution of me and his refusal to take
cognizance of similar acts on the part -of
bankers and others, strengthens our ar
gument that there is wholly two different
KINDS OF law in this country; and your
decision will. if that decision upholds the
action of the lower court, add to this be-
lief in the public mind.
The government s attorney emphasizes
the fact that this reward offered is print.
J L a
number of the leading ink manufacturers
in the United States for what color of
printing ink they had the greatest de-
mand, and they replied, without a single
exception, that they sold more red ink
| than all others combined, save one
black! Black is the emblem of piracy.
and has been since long before the days
of Captain Kidd. Under its sable folds
march the land thief, the predatory rich.
the employer of little children, those who
barter justice, the Wall street speculator,
the petty gambler and CRATER, and all
those who plunder labor and suppress
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
badge of universan kinship. It has beer
from the days of spartacus, down through
the ages, the emblem of revolt aeains,
tyrany- Under the crimson banner the
revolutionary patriots of 1875 fought anf
won their battles against the Enplisf
king. Longfellow's inspiring poem tc