New-York tribune., 1911-12-04
THE LESSON OF LOS ANGELES
Organized Labor Must Clean House,
the General View.
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From The Portland Express.
We predict that the great mass Of labor
union men will repudiate the McNamaras aud
their crimes with as much earnestnsss as they
have efPG1ssd n1sss 6s sSf s en @ IL. sbo ore thought
and expense bestowed upon the building up OF
labor unionsm in the country viii prove 10
have all been wasted I'm these days OF advanc-
inS civilization
A WORD Oh HOPE
From The Pittsburgh Gazette-rimes.
Meanwhile. union labor need not hang Its
head lis duty Is clear and straight. Let II
have no commerce with violence or the agents
~ ,ioleuce but confne It's efforts TO questions
nurelv OF better wages moro reasonable hours
end improved working conditions. Then as
It's strength grows, 50 VII lts dlgnY ana
power increase and its usefulness broaden
PREJUDICE AND JUDGMENT.
From The Buffalo Express
The outcome is not a blow 70 organized labor
a. such hut only To those unions that allow
thugs 20 dominate them. Thess. fortunately,
arc few IL is, However, rebuke TO the honest
men in other unions VINO sHot sH ,,.1e l1eT rtS,s :,
prejudices 10 run away with theii judgment In
this matter.
IT OUGHT. SURELY
From Tho Nevburgh Journal.
Labor has no mora use for the McNsmsrss
than has capital. or society or decent orlerly
ctizenshP srneraly sGd the p'naSb wC9 o9
innocent men ought 10 be severe enough 10
make II a significant triumph Of law over law
leasncss.
sCoRN FOR THE LEADERS.
From Tho Providence Journal
II is difficult TO regard without a feeling, ot
scorn the attitude OF professional labor leaders
toward the case: from the hour the "retched
McNamaras were whipped out OF the state ol
Indiana and restored to the jurisdiction where
the ehaEtly work was done. II there should
be a doubt decenty, that what was done was
ip the name Of trades unlonism the Clamor ot
Mr.. Gonlpcrs and others Of his kind has peen
sadly calculated TO remove a..
ONE WAY TO REHABILITATION
From Tho Toronto Globe
u would he unfair 10 regard contributions 70
defence fund as presumptive proof ot sym
pathy on the part OF organized labor WIN sun
crime as that perpetrated by James MeNa,
mara. II is not unfair to point out that II
organized labor f. to be act free and kept from
suspcion those who represent. II they 20 not
control, the organizations must see that tho:
do their duty in the premises Nothing short
Of the absolute and peremptory expulsion IRON
ascertained to hsv. had any share hare in tie dyna
mite conspiracy VIII sufire TO eXculpato organ
ICED labor.
A DANGEROUS ELEMENT.
From The Washington star
But what reputable, lsw abiding labor should
learn from this episode Is that II dos harbor
dangerous TO itself As 70 all other intercsts-
and that II should bestr itself to root out every
VIC hscHlN hidS4uethhIhE IN hA hdlHN' ,., -
charge of quit IS not conviction But ueltn-r
is dental Of charge an assurance of inno
ceuce. OF course tho McNamaras pleaded cot
guilty and were entitled to hearing. iut
there was an ineXcusable and regretablc haste
Oh the part Qf many IN accepting ihe counter
charge that the accused were the victims or 4
conspiracy. and that the dynamite found ~ me
time OF their arrest had been planted" against
them.
CONGRESS INQUIRY URGED
From The Boston Transcript
How arc We to md out what share the union
bears I'm this crineH Let tho example Of the
koy4! Commission OF England, which dii SO
field case, commend itself % our people. Con
gresg ts I'm session next week. Why Is II not
possible TO authorize" the President 10 appoint
commission 10 go TO the absolute ends OF This
had the trial continued. and much more And
wc must know how such a terrible conspiracy
can be prevented la the future. No subject he
fore the people OF TO day h. OF more Importance
thsh ihs. ana no means should bc neglected TO
solve it.
y LACK OF SENSE AND pECENCN
from Tho Camden Poet TELEGRAM
samuel Gompcrs made the fptst,l.r OF pre-
Judging the Gaze. tie asserted Without n quail
f'ing word that the McNamara brothers were
innocent. that they We're Vl,tlns of i, rou-
irIhey ON ihe pst' 81 M capitalists IN thnis
~ showed lack OF sense aud docoucy. tie
should have taken tho judicial rosIllnn that
Nhii" thrv were presumed TO be innoeent the
motives OF the states officers Wrr' .,ra,unlably
H"nrNi ana should nave advised the VIM
holding ~ any opinion as 10 their guiit or in
uorruco uHtil the evidence wa. n,e.,uted in
court. No wonder Nj. rsOmpcrr .t..t tears
hraring the news ~ the pleas ~ entity he
suddeuiy realized that his crrduin@ had put
him in the stupid position of ,ni',tJIng and
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