The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-06-13


oners in their own headquarters 10y
o.. local and imported detectives, was
given summary hearing i'm a court
having no jurisdiction, denied the
right to be heard by himself and coun
sci guaranteed by the constitution
and was then Immediately transported
from this state to the confines of a
Jail in another state His Office was
/ then feloniously entered, his safe was
drilled, the rapers OF the organization
1 were extracted from their receptacleS.
and the organization LETT without the
| service of its judiciary officer No
opportunity was given Mr.. Mcnamara
to arrange his personal affairs, or
fetal duties. If this method OF pro.
cedure is sanctioned, are We not all
in the same peril? May not the of.
fiCers of the law or private detective
agencies, enter our offices at any time,
arrest us, ransack our files, and place
! our organizations in such a condition
that they cannot transact their official
business? Is this the new short cut
that has been made for the overthrow
of trade unonism? Failing in the
usual assaults on the trade unions as
such, are their international headquar-
ters TO be at the mercy of private de
tective agencies in the employ of
manufacturers associations? There
are in Indianapolis eight international
headquarters. All of the international
unions whose headquarters are located
here We're invited by Official represen.
tatives of the city to make this city
their home. Some OF them have been
here for years, the International Typo
graphical Union for twenty-three
years down to the latest addition, the
International Brotherhood of Book
binders with an official residence of
a few months. They all employ citi-
zens of indianapolis as clerks. ac-
countants, bookkeepers, stenographers
etc. and at the highest wages paid
for this class of labor. They have
on deposit in indianapolis banks at
the present time, and have had for
years. hundreds of thousands; yea,
millions, of dollars, that in turn flow
hrn oh l,x Of 10
that has been an important factor in
making indianapolis the great com
mercial city that it is. Are we then
entitled to no consideration from the
officers of the municipality, or the
representatives of the state? If the
procedure in the Mcnamara case is
to be officially endorsed, then we can
safely assume that the answer to our
question is in the negative.
Under our legal procedure, every
person arrested is presumed to be in
nocent until proven guilty We know
John j. Mcnamara He is an indus.
trious. reliable, painstakinP and cour-
teous gentleman. He is a graduate Of
an indianapolis law school, thus max
ing manifest his ambition to tread the
paths that lead to higher rlanCs Of
activity. In every way, so far as we
know, ne is a model citizen. Under
standing the character of the man as
We do, We are slow to believe him
guilty of the revolving and heinous
crime charged against aim. SO we
propose that he shall have a fair and
impartial trial, and to that end we
shall devote our energies to the rails
ing of sufficient fund TO guarantee .
the accomplishment of the object we
have in view. Can there be any obiec-
tion to this by any citizen of this
country? tanding that Mr..
Mcnamara has been tried in some OF
the newspapers, and a verdict Of
guilty rendered; Notwithstanding that
the manufactures and merchants as
sociations and other associations of
employers of labor have met and Of
icially rendered verdict of guilty,
We decline to accept that verdict We
aill accept no verdict except the one
hat is rendered by a legally constitute.
ed court and jury. We are thankful
10 our critics for their good advice,
but We believe We Know our business,
and We propose TO conduct ourselves
n accordance with the dictates OF our
best judgment The trade unions OF
His country. not the present critics
Of the trade union movement. have
nuilJ mp that movement TO the tremen-
5ous force that it is today As repre-.
sentauves Of that movement. we be
lic,e We understand its aims and its
asI irations. We believe We under
stand the desires OF its members. and |
We will endeavor 10 make these aims,
aspirations and desires effective /