The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-13

rection. At first they felt that they
would be willing to treat with labor
it labor would follow them They be-
gan to waver in the plan for exter-
minatiOn
This was the same misunderstood
/ ing that so many business men run
/ up against They cant understand
why labor shouldn't be satisfied when
/ it is treated good" They are be-
ginning to realize that labor doesn't
care about being treated good she
wants to be treated justly That is a
feeling, an economic condition, some
times lily expressed i'm labor victories
at the polls and elsewhere The low
err classes want to be heard intend 10
! be understood. Good treatment from
man who has the upper hand doesn't
satisfy always because the man does
not understand all the feelings of the
lower classes. You who have read
Bakers articles i'm the American about
.
against this same feeling as expressed
by Baker Plantation laborers given
everything don't appreciate it to the
immense establishment of the planta-
ton managers. Just as Baker implied
that economic conditions caused this
dissatisfaction, so did Steffens bring
the same thought to bear upon the
Los Angeles men he had called into
consultation.
The final outcome was that these
men enthusiastically endorsed the
Steffens plan. He carried it to Oar
row, with the suggestion that one OF
the McNamaras plead guilty, let just
Namara, then let business men and
labor leaders get together in an earn
est effort to understand one another,
see both sides, and change the con
ditions" under which both classes
existed barrow, realizing that such
a move first coming from the defense
would be a sign of weakness, demur-
red until he was convinced that the
business men were sincere, then he
whole-heartedly endorsed the scheme
and knowing that his clients were
guilty prevailed upon them to plead
guilty, end at once a trial that would
infame class hatred to the breaking
point, and at the same time save their
lives.
Here, so the story goes, Steffens
ran up against District Attorney Fred
ericks who positively refused to free
one of the McNamaras and adjudge
the other guilty He claimed he had
Ia duty to perform which task he
meant to carry out to it's bitter end
if need be- He endorsed the plan for
them to plead guilty but he wanted
both or none, and if both confessed
then he would plead with the court
for sentences other than the death
, penalty.
= Steffens won a partial victory il
q this regard. He had, with the hell
$ of friends on both sides, got capita
|. and labor to remedying conditions, in
i stead of furnishing men, The mex
n step is told in the confession of tn,
e men and their sentences passed today
p Here then | have tried to place be
e fore you the two situations existing il
e Los Angeles today, faithfully express
0 ing the ideas of two sets of men
f One side will say that the other sid,
0 didn't do very much-you won't hea
. of the other side at all through read
ing some Los Angeles papers or som,
t papers in other towns Both sides cal
: claim great victory to date. One tn,
t victory of the law, one the victory o
/ humanity Both accomplished tn,
G same definite purpose so far as tn,
a immediate trial is concerned.
a But the trial was only small par
/ of a condition. What will tina
f economic condition develop into
t That is one line of thought to follow
o In the matter of the law, what will
t that develop into? viii the law con
tinue its investigation Of what brough
{ brought about the activities of tn,
e Los Angeles dynamiters? 1t is doe
t it will probably lead directly into tina
d economic condition.
5 Later-Since the above was written
5 Judge Bordwell has for the first tim
n given his official views of the trial
l. and his words given herewith presen
i the side of the law as opposed to tn
o claims of Steffens and his friend
h who presented the side of humanity
d And to the judges statement is az
n pended the latest reply from Darrov
n presenting his side OF the remarkabl
r case.
n Judge Bordwell said: I'm a spirl
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