The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-29

EXPRESSES OPINION REGARDING
ORGANIZES L AEoRB CAPITAL
AND CRIME.
Says Meter Party Should Identity
Itself With LawIessness--Partic-
uIar Reference to McNamara
Case.


les Times and the arrests recently
made by Leteetive Hurns. Mr.
Roosevelt says.
There is one feature Of the de-
velopement as regards the arrest OF
certain alleged men in connection
with the dynamite per pertrated aga
inst the Los Angeles Times to which
especial attention should be called.
IF the explosion was not an acc1-1
dent, but the deliberate act OF any
man or men, 1t was an outrage OF
distardly iniquity, for 1t was one Of
these crimes in which the murderer,
III order to crafty his spite against
an Individual not merely wrecked
that individuals property, but, with
.callOus indifference takes the lives
Of scores of innocent people as a sin
lister and criminal purpose. The men
responsible for dynaniting the Los
Angeles Times building are respon-
sible not only for the wreck OF the
newspaper offices but for the loss
Of many lives.
THE arrest was made in conse-
Quence of testimony secured by Mr..
Burns, who has been Mr.. Heney's
righthand man in bringing to justice
grafters who violate the law of the
United States In Oregon and grafters
who violated the laws of California
in Sanfrancisco. He has proceeded |
with impartial severity against the
most influential politieias and the
richest business men. 1t happens !
that the men whom he has now ar
rested are members Of labor organi |
zation: Just as men whom he former
ly arrested were members Of the
or Democrat parties or
Of great and wealthy corporations.
at would have been a wicked thing I
in the former case with which Mr..
Burns had to do for leading Repub-
leans or Democrats to combine to |
break him down and support the ac
eused merely because the accused be-
longed to their political parties, and
it would have been wicked thing for
In the former cases with which Mr.. |
Burns had TO do for leading Repuo-
licans or Democrats to combine TO
bring him down and support the ac-
cused merely because the accused Dc-
longed to their political parties, AMI
it would have been a wicked thing ror
the capitalists and big business men
to make common cause with the
capitalists against whom ne proceed
I'd merely because they were capltai- !.
,sts.
Wherever any politician or either
party or any capitalists did actually
take this position, whether in the
case of the men prosecuted by Mr..
Buns or in any other case. The Out
look unhesitatingly and severly de-
louncel them In exactly the same
spirit | state the convictions Of the
Outlook in expressing its heartiest
reprobations of the conduct of those
abor leaders, Who, without waiting
10 know anything of the facts of the
Ease have at once flown publicity to
the defense of the alleged dynamiters
whom Mr.. Burns has now arrested, and
who talk about the arrest as being
part of conspiracy against LABOR
unions.
No worse service can be render
9d by labor union leaders to the
cause of unionism than that which
hey render when they seek to idenu-
ty the cause of unionism with the
cause OF any men guilty of a muir
derous attack of this nature.
Il have no ideal whether the men
arrested on Mr.. Burns statement are
or are not guilty; but the labor lead
ers in question have no idea whether
or not they are, They are entitled to
an absolutely fair trial II they have
no money to provide counsel for
themselves, then ii would be entirely |
proper for any body of men to FUR
nish them the requisite funds, sim
ply as an incident in securing them
fair trial.
"But it Is grossly improper TO try
to create a public opinion in favor |
OF the arrested men simply because
the crime of which they are accused |
is committed against a capitalist or a
corporation, and because the menI
who are charged with committing 1T
are members Of a labor union. THIS
Il an iniquity as gross as II would
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