American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-05-13
ROOSEVELT o.. CITIZENSHIP.

Former President Roosevelt
preached an excellent sermon on the
duties OF citixenship In last weeks
Outlook. a. follows;
There IL one feature Of the de-
velopments az regards the arrest OF
certain alleged labor men In connec-
tio1 ~ fASSlfHmlts Outrage %
Times. to whtclr special attention
shomld be called. II the explosion
was not an accident. but the de-
liberate act OF any man or men, y
wa an outrage OF dastardly iniQuity.
for Il was one Of those crimes In
which the murderer. in order to
crafty his spite against an individ-
ual, not merely wrecked that indiv-
idual's property. but with cailous
indifference took the lives OF scores
Of innocent people as an incident
TO the achievement of his sinister
and criminal purpose. The men
responsible for dynamiting OF the
Times building are responsible, not
only for the wreck of the newspaper
office. but for the loss OF many
lives.
"The arrest was made In conse-
quence OF testimony secured by MT
Burns. who has been Mr.. Heney's
right-hand nan In bringing TO JUS
tiee g~rafters who violated the laws
of California In San Francisco. He
has proceeded with impartial Sc
verify against the most influential
politicians and the richest business
e II happens that the men
whom he has now arrested are mem-
bcrs OF a labor organization, just as
men he formerly arrested We're
members OF the republican or demo-
cratic parties or OF a n great and
wealthy corporation.
1T would have been a wicked
thing In the former cases with when
Mr.. Burns had to do for leading re-
publlcans or democrats to combine
10 break him down and support the
accused merely because the accused
belonged to their political parties
and II would have beexa wicked
thing for big capitalisy'a nd big bns'
ness men to make common cause
with the capitalists.
Whenever any politician OF
either party or any capitalist ala
actually take this position. whether
In the case OF the men prosecuted
by Burns or In any other case. the
Outlook unhesitatingly and severely
denounced them. In eNactely the
same spirit, | state the convictions
of the Outlook In expressing It's
hearty r~eprobation of the conduct
of those labor leaders. who. without
waiting to know anything or the
facts OF the case. have at once
flown publicly to the defense of the
alleged dunamiters whom Mr.. Burns
has now arrested. and who talk
about the arrest as being part OF
IA conspiracy against labor unions.
mo worse service can be rend-
cred by labor union leaders to the
cause of unionism than that which
they render when they seek TO iden-
tify the cause Of unionism with the
cause OF any maj guilty of a MUIR
derous attack of this nature. !
have no idea whether the men ar
rested on Mr.. Burns statement are
or are not guilty: the lobor leaders
In question have no Idea whether or
not they are.
''They are euetitled to an absol-
ute fair trial. II they have no money
To provide council for themselves,
then It would be entirely proper for
any body of men to furnish the re-
quislte funds. simply as an incident
In securing them u fair trial. But
II IL grossly improper to try to
create a public opinion In favor of
the arrested men because the crime
OF which they are accused Is com
mitted against u capitalist or a cor
poraticn and because the men who
are charged with committing II
are memberes OF a labor union.
''This Is an %iniQuity al gross as
II would have been II when. three
years ago. the sugar trust was In
dieted for swindling operations In
the New York custom housee. the
forces OF organized capital had been
put behind the indicted men or the
ground that the attack on capital
guilty OF crime meant an at
tack on all capital.
Undoubtedly there has been re-
where representatives
OF capital have thus ~endeavored to
successful assault on abuses
In the interests of cap
itsl. and In every such case, no
how wealthy or influential
the offender. the outlook believes
he should be condemned.
1T nov takes the same attitude :
the question IL one of identl- |
the cause OF unionism with al |
murder. that II has always !
AIKEN when the question was one OF i
Identifying capital with alleged cor q
$500 and II appeals to the hon :
At. law abiding citizen for both are y
irs. of all American citizens. whose !.
towards the fundamental !"
Of morality and good eitize 8
hip must be iden'.t Cd.
THE question of organized labor
n organized capit3i On - III rela- u
ions OF either with thu <9Umunity Q
4 large has nothing WHNt ever TO u