Evening journal., 1911-06-02
ANOTHER SOCIALIST REPLIES.
Criticises the Journal Because Of the
Editorial Article on the California
Ease


Case.
Editor OF THE EVENING JOURNAL.
Your article Socialism in Cali
fornia" printed in THE JOURNAL un-
der date of May 26, is such an err
roneous and misleading conception of
the Socialist idea of the judiciary
under Socialism that feel constrain-
ed in Justice to the cause of Socialism
land those of the proletarian class
who are class conscious and recognize
the fact of the dawn Of a new era), to
ask for space in your editorial page
that may make a statement OF some
facts in regard. to the Socialist move
ment in California and elsewhere.
The fight in California will centre
on the adoption Of the Initiative, Ref
erendum and the Recall, as you make
statement in your article, but not for
the reason which you mention.
You say the idea" is to recall the
Judge II he should render a verdict
OF guilty in the Los Angeles trial of
Mcnamara and seem to imply by that
statement that, If the Socialists had
the power they would liberate Nc
Namara II guilty.
On the contrary Socialists are fair
and believe in Justice to all. therefore
they demand that working man on
trial be not tried by Judge that is
controlled by capitalists and are
necessarily antagonistic to the rights
Of labor. II 1t can be proven hon
estly that Mcnamara is guilty, then
let him suffer punishment for the
crime, but II he is TO be tried on
trumped up charges such as we're Of
fered In the trial Of Mover, Haywood
and Pettibone in the Western Fedora
tion OF Miners case and should be adj
judged guilty on such a frame up,
Socialists demand the recall of such
a Judge and a new trial for the victim
of the plot
II has been proven many times that
many Of our judges are only too will
ing to lend their aid TO their capital
ist friends in handing labor a solar
plexus blow and the decision of the
judges I'm this case will be awaited
with much anxiety by the labor
unions.
You make statement that McNa-
mara is declared innocent by Social
lists before being tried. and the man
ner in which you make such state
ment seems 10 give one the idea that
you do not believe In that old axiom
Of the law that a person is innocent
until proven guilty.
Socialists are fighting the battle Of
the working class I'm all countries,
irrespective of race or creed and ex-
pect some day IN the nee.~ future 70
gain by peaceful means the control
OF the means OF production and nat
ural resources and so regulate the
system Of living on this planet that
there will be plenty of the necessities
and also luxuries for all who work
Is It according TO the precepts taught
by him, who said. Suffer the little
childen to come unto me- that the
present system Of government IN a
land Of plenty allows thousands Of
children TO go TO school without any
breakfast or proper clothing7 Is II
right that thousands of little children
should starve and other thousands
spend their childhod in the mills and
factories that they may by the small
pittance, called wages which they re-
ceive. help TO keep starvation from
their parents doors? II is all on
account of our present industrial sys-
tenn which permits the idle rich to
/ live In luxury while the millions of
wage slaves who do all Of the work,
eke out bare existance. II Is plain
TO be seen that there Is something
wrong IN the present system. The
Socialists offer remedy for present
conditions and feel that It will be
only a short time when the remedy
will be applied to the cankers OF
capitalism and the workers will come
into their own.
The Monster" as you so depic'
socialism does not seem to scare thu
thinking class as badly as you would
have II appear In your article, as wit
ness the great increase Of the Social
list vote throughout the world In re
turning TO the subject Of the impend
ing trial OF Mcnamara In Los Angele
I wish to say, that II will be shown a
the trial that the Times buildinl
could not have been blown up b,
dynamite as the prosecution will at
tempt to prove. for dynamite on ex
ploding extinguishes flames and tn
fact Of the Times building BURSTING
into flames simultaneously with IN
explosion. proves conclusively. to ex
perts that dynamite bad nothing to 4
with the wreoking Of the building
Such an affair as did occur could yer
easily have happened by an explosio
of gas and there are several EN-
ployes of the Times who swear tha
the building was premeated with IN
odor Of gas just previous to the eS
plosion.
Another important fact in the cas-
Is that the owner Of the Times ha
another building fitted with duplicat
machinery. so that at a minutes nc
tice he could transfer operations troI
one building to the other. Why IN
EXPENSE OF such a move II not expect