The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-06
SENTENCES PLEASE GOMPERS
"APPROPRT4TE.' HE SAYS or
M'NiNaRt PENALTIES.
And. by the Way. lot Them Try GompcrS
" They Think They've Anything on
Him-Dsrrow Got $50, 900 Retainer.
says Morrison. Besides n Fer Diem.

Appropriate. SAID Satnuel toWpets.
President Of tho American Federation Of
Labor. when he was asked last night AT
the Hotel Victoria what comment he had
to make on the sentences Of the MCNa-
maras at Los Angeles. MIR Gompcrs was
more composed than he has been on any
day since he came to this city and was
informed as he entered it that the McNa-
mara brothers had confessed. Most of
the day he had spent with Frank Morr-
SON secretary of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor, who came over from Wash
ington to confer with him
"Nes. feel that the sentences are ap-
proprate.' he said Il would not like
to have seen them put to death. say
that because IT has been my conviction
Tor thirty years or more that capital
punishment is not right. that the state
or the individual should not take life.
For that reason say the sentence ls ap-
propriate."
Mr. Gompers showed an evident desire
IN taik to the newspaper men. Ne dis
closed what he had in mind in n moment
Without waiting to he questioned on
this subject h" said. Il wish to make
this statement United States District
Attorney Miller of indianapolis is quoted
in the novsnaror, iis ,r,rr;,,, u. saving
that Io,d.r, s,,,l, ~, ,,,,,,,ors sl,uld no
retired Ast,,L, ,,,sd,,, or my laadsr-
shi,, vhe,bsr +, I,.- L.,,,' ,yi.. nr urw,se
II ia no, for Dis,ric, ,,,,rnov NiIIsr to sav
If he has charges to bring against any
one, whether those charges b" against
mo or anybody else, let him present them
kind nn tb,u, /, - rn, FOR him T., indigo
Of my leadershin # il. an ippertinenco
ON his mart a grat,,i,ous insul, was
unani,nousIv rseI.c,,J f., ,h, rre.idon,y
of tba American Federation of Labor
and as sIbave s,id Lo,,r, ,batis my cro-
d.n,iaI I, - ,,r ,I.,,s, ,,lo olo,,ed mo
In .av wba,bcr I .balI remain or NOT mo-,
for Distric, At,,-no,. Miller {, mass anr
udsr,ar,
"r has boer said lac ,boso who b,vo
hean iptar..,ed in ,h. ,,,,,.o,,,,,,, ~ ,ho
NcXamar,s Nr G,r,,,ors we. ,oId
a,ha, ,,, .,,. -. tI ,,,Ii
.or should how. bsd L,,,lcdc, ,Sr.
dvr,nni,irs w.. I,,i,,c d.,,,. r.,, ,r,,o,,;,,,,i
lahor Tho, IL, ..,., .L,., ,.,,,,,.,,,,
caIlod ., ,,b,,,,,, -. ,,o,,,s,,..,.r =, ,t
row b.,w.on tho ,,l,,,,l,.r. ,,i,,.r. and
=, ,aaufi,to-s ard ,.,,, L.,,.,, ~ ,,.,r n b,,,-
drad irstn,c,.. ,f Ia,,Io...,,.. ,b,r,
Let ,han tr,t mn. an IN. dare,cc said
Gomp.rs defeutIv # sov This. u,d
had anv guiry Ln,ylcdya brd bed
any knowladga ,he, y c-imc WAS ahou,
tn lac couui,,ad / would b,,o 100, an
accessory and p,il,v nC -, insr,cIin,
of the law Tha, il my .nsvs- g, thu,
Wbap that charyc j. n,odo ! viii ,nrL,
my answer"
~Uave vn,, had any ,,-i,ra,ior ,ba, co.,
will have 10 make A dofences- Mr. Com.
ners was a.ksd
"I hay. M, hc said "R,,, g s,,.,h
a charge is made ,ben :, viii u. ,;,,a,.
rnswer IL cballony, ,be,, IN r,Lo.,,,,,
a charge Itell Won I h.,,sved IN ,bo inn.
csnca ~ ,ba NrNonar,. ur,;l ,bo ,i,h,
I came into this ci,v on n train whom tw,,
news,anaru.n told mo ,b,, ,ho, NOD
confessed I knew nothing dirarer, unt,
,bep
Mr. Morrison who sat ON !, bor,b iona
side wbiIo Gornors -rlLnd b,J ,bi.,o.,,.
about IN. san,en,o ,f tho N,Nnr,,r,.
.Tbov are sals-c,rfos.,J c-;,,i,,.I
I ba,. Eo,;cvcd ia, ,ba,, .bo,,td ,,,,,i,.o
,,,r,shmsni ,,ume,s,,r.to witb ,,o,,
rri,,e rbov bayo hoar so,,o,cc,, g.. .d,,-
10, ,ho ,,,,r, "a, go, r,aI r.L,,,I,
o,ur,r, ar VIA, b,. ,,,o,, dana
'1r','',., rnn no,I 4" ",r'' n' ,',n ,n uo.'
NJ Narris,,, ., ~. ai.,. ,.',,,,.,in,. ,,,
-, ,au, ',,.ar ,.;,h A.. Cc,,,,,,,, ,,,,i 49,.
,,,,,naI ,i,. parr. 49,,
,ronoad;nn. ,r,i,.t ,ho,, ,ad t,E,'
| "S"''',' .'''''' anu '""n
MNrheIl as result OF 'he outcome al
the Bucks Stove and Range case. But
Mr. Morrison was questioned aho,l, other
things. princinaIIy what was dona with
~ ,'''
.i!e '"hu rdiS'u LOT '''e "e'ehce "' IN"
McNanaras,
The amount raised" said Mr.. Murri-
son was sonethinp over 5000 ooo OF
,h,, .,,,,r ra,a;,,an >, eco oo, ,,.n, ;,,
,,, n i"",
o l"rehce - narrow VINO han looked
after the legal interests OF the McNa-
mara,. In addition To his retainer he
WAS IN rece,va 80 much a dav Wb,, b,s
u.I.,i, ,,,. ,.,,r ~. Id,u,,, L,,,, A, i,
' "'' Wv nv "''" ~ 'e"S'
sl"V"i Maybe So LAWYERS gel hlg
fees. He had control of tine money in
| San Francisco and the distribution Of il
| II WAS also under his general dirca,;o,
~ -. -, .t'
'''"' 'ei ,a'n ai"'utt VI 'i'S sum WAS
spent handllng the hlohspplns proceed
ings in India polls. II was small
! fractio of the whole amount collaCted
but ,;dv sum
nuh. h,a s,o ooo !, -
"hehe'ei We hau si'''" II WIS sent
on 10 Mr. Darrow' some OF the money