Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-19
Outside Point of View.

"If justice is done, the hearing OF
Deitz will begin with his little home
stead cabin in the wilds Of northern
Wisconsin. with the first attempt OF
the Chippewa Falls Lumber Company
to float its logs by his dam in de-
fiance of the statutes OF the state,
with the first charge OF dynamite
put under his dam, and then 1t will
follow in natural consequence until
the people Of Wisconsin and OF the
whole country have been satisfied
that they know whether the defend
ant is a man OF criminal instincts or
merely hardy fro ntiersman who
knew his rights and knowing, dared
main tain them
The above. part Of an editorial that
recently appeared in the Register and
Leader, is in line with other editorials
on the same subject. 1t probably voices
a majority sentiment Of the readers OF
the daily press. But It's wrong IN
sentiment and place. Editors of daily
papers in these civilized times should
not write such stuff, much less publish
it. The effect on their younger read
ers is bad and the whole tendency OF
such writing is anarchism. 1t virtually
asserts that a time can come in any
right to defy law an order These ed
itors are in good company. Not so
long ago ex-President Roosevelt pub
liclv said, referring to a certain piece
of legislation, that 1t was unconstitu-
tional and If he remained in Office he
would have disregarded it.
Deitz' career is a terrible illustra-
tior OF this doctrine of rights above
law Deitz in his armed conflict with
the lumber company had right within
the law and SO far should have de-
Tended himself, family and property,
but when he kept off his property Of
f1cers of the law with papers OF the
state to serve them he became an out
law. Successful in these attempts to
defy law officers and the state OF Wis
consin, it was a natural sequenye for
him to again use his gun and shoot
neighbor over a question of dollars and
cents Again asserting his rights he re-
fused to be arrested for this shooting
affair, and barricading himself defied
the whole state OF Wisconsin, Including
the governor. who sent a special mes
senger to him. Finally in the closing
battle some one of the Deitz family
from a hay loft, deliberately fired hve
rifle shots at a deputy sheriff partly
protector by big dog, and then Wnen
the deputy ran for better shelter, some
Deitz, young or old, man, woman or
child Of this family standing for their
rights" again shot and killed this dep
uty sheriff, while in the exercise OF his
duty as a peace officer. These are the
| cold. prosaic facts for sentimental ed
| ftors and the more sentimental public
to think about.
Out in California there was a daily
paper that for years has fought labor
organizations Recently their building
was dynamited and more than score
of innocent human beings suddenly
| murdered It is inconceivable that anw
American labor organization coun-
tenanced such work. But 1t Is certain
that one or more individuals had such
hatred for this newspaper, that to
| destroy it they willingly destroyed the
| lives Of many innocent employees. The
authors of this damnable outrage had
in their own estimation. wrongs that
/ the law could now reach. Reasoning
exactly like Deitz, they too dehed the
law. The assassin Of Mayor Gaynor OF
New York told the ploice when they
arrested him, that the system Gaynor
had 1naugurated resulted In his dis
charge from the city employees, and At
tempted to X the man that estab-
lished the system. The man with a
real or fancied sense Of wrong aGaing,
a railroad corporation. that removee
the iron rails, wrecks q train, kills
many passengers, reasons exactly q
Deitz did. and his prototypes always
will. Put 1t down - tact that when
any person gets into q. 1nentz1 Sondi-