The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-01-19

for the kidnapping Of ex-governor
Taylor of Kentucky. who was under
indictment in his Zone state for MUIR
der and was safe in Indiana because
the Governor Of Indiana refused to
sign reQuisitioL papers. Taylor was
q capitalist and 4 politician devoted
To the class interests Of the capital
lists. These big capitalists own quite
a nice number Of state governors anu
no doubt the governor Of Indiana was
no harder pressed financially for ha,-
ing thus favored one Of our money
kings who, according to current teach
ings, can do no wrong. Tue reward
offered by Warren proved to be a
success In arousing . terrific storm
of public sentiment and In creating
public protect for the imprisoned
leaders Of the miners. 20 that when
Haywood was at last tried he was
acquitted and theothers were discharg
ed.
The Standard Oil Colorado Fue
and Iron Co.. was whipped. FREQ
warren's offer of reward did the work
and our Standard Oil government did
not forget the part he played in their
defeat. An Indictment was brought
against him for having "sent scurril-
Gus, defamatory, and threatening mat
ter through the mails After having
prosecuted him and caused him all
the expenses possible for about three
years, he was finally tried and con-
victed by a Jury which Is believed Dy
many to have been specially selected
and packed to convict. He appeared
from this conviction and on tho 9th
Of last May be appeared and argued
his own before tho Court Of Appeals at
st. Paul. This court could not come
to any decision, for some reason best
known to themselves, until after the
November election was over and as
many working men 40 possible had
been hoodwinked into voting for the
old party candidates. When the
election returns were all in. the Court
of Appeals at st. Paul then sustained
the decision Of the United States
District Court. Fred Warren must 60
to jan I've can't do it for him, or we
would) and pay a fine Of $1,50O.0o.
We socialists will pay that fine for
him, because when a capitalist court
fines q Socialist editor It simply hres
the Socialist party, and any usual
amount doesn't make much difference
to us. On the 23rd of January, this
month, he begins serving time for be-
ing good and fearless man. Fred
Warren won. He goes to Jail in
triumph. He has charged that the
! federal courts are tools OF the capital.
lst class to protect the exploiting in
terests of that class and to subjugate
the common people. He has put them
on trial before the workers Of the
United States and In sentencing War
rem to Jail the federal courts PLEAD
guilty to his charge against them.
Three innocent men of the working
class were kidnapped by capitalists
through their officials, that wasn't a
crime. An editor advocating the in
terests OF the working class offered
a reward to any one who would kidnap
\ certain capitalist under indictment
No working man dared to do the job
(Which the supreme court Of the
United States had declared was n,
crime) because he knew that he would
be Jailed If he did, but the working
mans editor who dared to offer thu
reward goes to JAIL The courts have
failed in their case before the people
and Fred Warren have triumphed
Here is the case in nutshell, and tn
shell win not operate to prevent even
blind man from seeing what
peach this Rockefeller, Morgan, Gug
genheim Goddess Of Justice 10.
The State of Kentucky offers re
ward of 100000, and Warren a. 4
private citizen offers $1,000 for thu
arrest and return to Kentucky Of Tay
lor, a fugitive capitalist statesman
under indictment for murder. War
rem 10 indicted for making the offer
while Taylor is pardoned of tn
charge of murder of which, incident
ally, he had never been convicted, OF
the condition that he will perjur'
himself by testifying at the Warre1
trial that he was not under indict
ment when the public records shov
that he was. Presto! Warren witt
no crime against him and Taylor und
. er Indictment for murder chang
places. Taylor goes free. Warre1
goes to Jail. Isn't your Goddess o