Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-05
ROOSEVELT ON DYNAMITING
CONTINUED from First Page.

Continued from First PaRe)
10 make common cause with the capitalists
against whom he proceeded merely because
they were capitalists. Wherever any nol-
tician Of either party or any capitalist did
actually take this position. whether in tba
case OF the men prosecuted by Mr.. BURNS
or in any other case, the Outlook unhesi-
tatinsly and severely denounced them In
exactly the same spirit 1 state the con-
victions Of the Outlook in expressing its
nearly reprobation Of the conduct of those
labor leaders who, without waiting 70
know anything of the facts OF the case.
nave at once flown publicly to the defense
OF the alleged dynamiters whom Mr. Burns
has now arrested, and who talk about the
arrest as being part of a conspiracy
against labor unions. =.
'Crime Against UnIonism.o
mo worse service can be rendered nv
lsoor union leaders tothe cause Of unionisn1
than that which they render when thew
seek to identify the cause of unionism with
the cause Of any man guilty of a murder
GUS attack Of this nature. have no idea
whether the men arrested on Mr.. Burns
statements are or are not guilty; the labor
leaders In question have no idea whether
or not they are. They are entitled to an
absolutely fair trial II they have no
money TO provide counsel for themselves.
then IL would be entirely proper for any.
body OF men to furnish them the requisite
funds, simply as an incident of securing
! them fair trial. But IL lie grossly i'm
proper to try to create a public opinion in
favor OF the arrested, men, amply because
the crime of which they are accused -Is
committed against a capitalist or a cor
poration, and because the men who-are
charged with committing IL are members
OF labor union. This Is an iniaHity as
gross as IL would have been II when three
years ago, the sugar trust was Indicted
for swindling operations in the New York
custom house, the forces OF organized can
itsl had been put behind the indicted men
on the ground that the attack on capital
! lists guilty OF crime meant an attack on
all capital
Position of Outlook.
Undoubtedly there have been repeated
cases where representatives of capital
/ have thus endeavored to prevent success.
! full assault on abuses committed in the
/ interests Of capital and In every such
case, no matter how wealthy or influential
/ the offender. The Outlook believes Mat
/ he should be condemned. II now takes the
/ same attitude when the question is one
] OF Identifying the cause of unionism with
alleged murder, that 1t has always taken
| when the Question was one OF Identifying
/ the cause OF capital with alleged corrup-
I ton, and II appeals to the honest and law
abiding laboring man exactly as il appeals
i to the honest and law-abiding business
man; for both are, first OF ALL American
citizens, whose attitude towards the funda-
mental principle of morality and good
= citizenship must be Identical. The question
! OF organized labor or organized capital, or
OF the relations Of either with the com
munity atNlarge. has nothing whatever 10
do with this issue
Grave and Vital Question.
4 "All We are now concerned with is the
grave and vital questions OF fact whether
OF not the accused men have been guilty
Of murder and OF murder under peculiar
foulness and strocity. Whether We do or
do not approve the policy Of the Los
Angeles Times and-The Outlook very
heartily disapproyes OF It's policy on GER
tain matters-has nothing whatever TO do
with the question: the stern repression OF
muFderous viOlenee-above all OF murder
Gus violence under circumstances OF such
eoWardly infamy as always accompany the
use Of dynamite-must, Of necessity. be q