Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-05-12
.FLAYS DYNAM|TERS
ROOSEVELT DENoUNcES BOMB
%PLoTTERs IN Los ANGELES
BRANDED AS CRIMINALS.
DEFENDS DETECTIVE BURNS
says Fact of Men Being Union La.
borers Is No Excuse for Attack on
the Prosecution-Msyor and Off
ciaIs Receive Threats.

New York.-In the course OF
4 signed article in the forthcoming
Outlook dealing with the Los Angeles
Times dynamiting. under the title,
Murder Is Murder" Col. Theodore
Roosevelt says:
There Is one feature Of the devel-
opments as regards the arrest of Ger,
tain alleged labor men in connection
with the dynamite outrage perpetrat-
ed against the Los Angeles Times to
which especial attention should be
called.
IF the explosion was not an acct
dent, but the deliberate act OF any
man or men, 1t was an outrage of das-
tardly %iniquity. for 1t was n Of
these crimes In which the murderer,
in order to crafty his spite against
an Individual. not merely wrecked
that individuals property. but with
caIlous Indifference takes the lives OF
scores Of innocent people as an Incl
dent to the achievement OF his sin
lister and criminal purpose
The men responsible for dynamit-
ing the Los Angeles Times building
are responsible not only for the wreck
OF the newspaper offices. but for the
loss of many lives
The arrest was made In cousH
quence Of testimony secured by Mr..
Burns, who has bee Mr.. HsIsys
right-hand man in bringing to justice
grafters who violated the law O. the
United States In Oregon and grstvsrs
who violated the laws of California
In Cor ENropcirrn Ii. h-- ---.--..Ia- f.
with impartial severity against the
most influential politicians and C6s
richest business men
1T happens that the Esr whom he
has now arrested are members Of .
labor organization. J-xz Is men shom
he formerly arrested vsrs members
of the Republican ca Democratic par
or OF great az EsIE1v -curpgra-
tons
1T would Rave bean L wicked thing
In the former cases WITH which Mr.
Burns LAD u &c. fur leading Repuh-
leans &C Democrats % combine To
break hu dawn and support the &C.
,1sea -eraEy because the accused be-
oZgsG II their political parties; it
vczE ave been a wicked thing for
aEg CAPITALISTS and big business men :
. mads comnon cause with the cap
-zlssts against whom he proceeded,
Because they were capitalists. :
In exactly the same spirit I state
lie convictions of The Outlook In ex-
ressing its hearty reprobation Of the :
unducr of those labor leaders, who.
tthour waiting to know anything OF !
va Sarru ~ tba oo,a $780, z-
" publicly to the defense of the :
LEGGED dyamiters whom Mr.. Burns
~ now arrested. and who talk about {
arrest as being part OF a con /:
piracy against labor unions :
No worse service can be rendered.
y labor union leaders 10 ths cxsfse J
unionism than that which they r.u
er whom they seek to tdenr!rF rig !
auso OF unionism with the czssss. &C !.
ny man guilty Of . naurte<aus a1sacx :
I this nature. !
Il have no idsa vEstse~ lis zeE
on MI. Burns sxzte-sra xs !
are not guilty. the Labor sezSess IL J
uestion have no fcez vkesze~ or roe !
Icy are.
They are entitled to ~ assoss.esy
lir trial II they hare 10 ca 10
counsel for themselves. then
would be entirely proper fog any
ody OF men TO furnish tksm the
funds. simply - an incident
! securing them q fair trial But II
grossly improper TO try to create q
ublic opinion in favor of the arrested
len simply because the crime OF
'hich they are accused Is committed
gainst n capitalist or a corporation,
nd because the men who are charged
fth committing 1t are members Of a
unfons