The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1911-12-07
NAusENriNG SENTIMENT

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y Piled guilty In Judge pordwcll's
court In Los Angeles magazine
writer named Lincoln s,ctrcus opened
up with n number OF articles In which
4 hc claimed credit for the conclusion
OF the case, lilo also sent a telegram
to Chicago paper. saying ,aat tho
people were not satisfied. but wanted
more victims blood"
As rule. s,ofens Is n pretty roli.
able man. lie Is a clever writer and
keen Investigator. but II Is apparent
IN this case that the man has gone
daft.
Nobody is soinE To worry about
giving credit TO stcrcns Tor anything
In the matter. The circumstances OF
the case do no, reflect any credit on
him. whether any Is duo or not.
While Il Is very doubtful whether
he Is entitled 10 anything moro than
the checks which will pay for his arti.
clcs, let II bc supposed tha, he was
the mediator. and grant. for the pur-
pose OF illustration. that he was the
agency which caused the wiHdup OF
the case In the form which has made
the world express It's establishment.
For him TO FOLLOW this up and claim
that the people OF Los Angeles are
blood-thirsty. and clamoring for vie
Tins. Is the rankest kind Of rant.
Regardless OF whether men are
unlonis,s or free workers. whether
they arc church members or herctics
white or black. Is Il to be said that
any man who uses dynaulte In the
destruction OF property. should not be
the object OF prosecution
Leaving entirely out OF the case the
matter Of the struggle between labor
and capital, which Is possibly hotter
IN Los Angeles. In some respects. than
any where else. the dynamitlnE of
property should be severely crnsurcd. (
and those who follow that line OF cn-
dcavor. whether Il be one time or
many. should be summnrily dealt
with.
But SteTens. because the prosecu-
tion OF the McSnmaras was pushed
until they found the net drawing
about them closer. until they thought
they might as well give up and admit
their guilt. makes the public charge
that tho people are after blood.
Docs II sound good7
Hardly.
How about the twenty persons
whose lives were snufYed out by ono OF
the most dastardly acts In the his
tory OF this country?
Was anyone after blood when they
were sacrificed 10 the altar OF anarchy. .
which Clarancc Darrow. who know
ingiy defended the McNamaras. tries
TO dIsguise under the soft term OF
There are great many people no,
interested In the Los Angeles
cases who do not believe with Hnrri.
son Gray Otis In his attitude toward
and who will say lis meth
ods OF fighting them are unfair ami
plainly overworkcd. ns evidenced by
The copies OF his newspaper. the Los
Angeles Times.
But II man conducts n newspaper
whose utterances are unfair. or even
absolutely untrue. Ia that any reason
why his servants. men who are COM .
'ellcd to work somewhere for q living.
nay be blown up by the Wholesale? ,
Is II any reason why those who are
guilty OF using an explosive to Grip {
Die newspaper should not have all
he punishment mcted out 20 them
hat they deserye7
isn't the excuse offered by one OF '
he McNamaras that he wished only 8
o injure the building. and not harm I
luman beings. about the worst you d
yer heard Of? r.
What man would expect TO blow up a
building without harming the oc- L
npants. or without knowing that life v
nd limb were almost inevitably TO n
@ destroyed thereby? n
The endeavors at palliatlon made d
y stehens. Darrow and the McNa- el
iaras are napseatIng. to say the W
'ast' and will cause a rcvulsion OF 4
'ellng toward those persons among d
lose who have tried to keep their ol
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