United labor bulletin., 1911-12-07

"We, the Colorado Anti-Injunction
League, believing that inasmuch as we
had advertised and planned for mon
ster protest meeting in behalf of the
Mcnamara brothers, to be held at the
Auditorium the 23d instant, and also hav-
ing contributed very literally to their
defense fund, feel as though an explana-
ton is due the good people of Colorado
and the public in general, as to our feel
ings and position in this matter
First, We wish to advise that our or
ganization is composed of organized Ia
Dor and the Socialist party of Denver.
1t was created and brought into exist
ence for the sake of humanity, justice
and right, to help curb tyranny, terror
ism and oppression, to stay the hand and
throttle the infamy of the robed judicial
assassin who, acting under the dictates
of his masters, imprison workingmen
without due process OF law. We stand
for law and order, and trial by jury, not
by judges, constitutional rights for all,
fair play, square deal, just and equita-
BILE laws, that are imparually admins
tered to all alike, whether they be rich
or poor.
Therefore. when the press of our
country announced that the Mcnamara
brothers had confessed their guilt of
such a damnable, heinous crime of dyna-
hitting and murder, we stood astounded,
as it was q horrible shock to us all. II
came as bolt OF lightning from clear
sky. We felt dazed and wounded, and
all are now wondering if it can possibly
be true that they are guilty, and have
really confessed to this monstrous, in
human crime. If so, we have been badly
duped, outraged and grossly deceived by
men whom we all had respected. trusted
and confided in. They were held in high
esteem by all organized labor and en-
joyed our friendship and good will. We
felt as though two upright, honest, brave,
manly soldiers were at the helm in the
cause of right, justice and industrial lib
erty, doing their part like true men in
the battle for existence. 1t now begins
to dawn upon us as though our conf
dence was sadly misplaced, and if the
press is reliable We have two arch trait
ors in the Mcnamara brothers that
would make old Brutus, Benedict Arnold
and Judas Iscariot pale into insignif-
canoe. We take pleasure to embrace
this opportunity to repudiate and de-
nounce them and their crime. Their
duplicity entities them to the severest
punishment that can be meted out. No
immunity should be granted and the full
penalty of the law exacted. Their crime
is inexcusable and indefensible. They
and their kind would cast a blight upon
US all.
Organized labor has not only been de-
ceived, but defrauded out of huge sums
of money by these two imposters, who
had led us to believe that they were en-
tirely innocent of any wrongdoing what
soever. We were all assured that il was
nothing but a big frameup and We were
perfectly willing to stand Loyalty by
them until the cows came home, and
acting upon that belief We dug down
:, ~
good money in order that they might
have a fair trial by jury of their peers.
We now join hands with all honest men
ard say that they deserve utter condem-
nation of all decent, liberty-loying
people.
NO deeper depths of degradation and
infamy can ever be reached than those
two arch traitors and arrant towards
have gone. They have sold out and be-
trayed hundreds of thousands of honest
sons of toll. who believed and
trusted them implicitly. They have no
sympathy whatever coming and we are
all agreed that the two of them should
be hung higher than Hamen with the
very best quality of hemp. We feel JUS
titled in saying as much for some OF the
legal fraternity also that are mixed up
in this case. 1t looks very much as
though they were all in the same boat
either badly afflicted with cold feet, vel
low streaks and cowrdice, or else mixed
up in one of the most dmnable. outrage
GUS political frameups ever created In
the mind of man in order to hurt and
discredit organized labor and their
friends. The power of the purse Is
strong mighty and far-reaching. and this
stunt being pulled of right on the eve
of an election. where odds were being
laid on the workingman's ticket being
elected. and this election that meant so