The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-20
TUESDAY,, MAY 20. 1913.
RECALn By VIOLENCE.

L
financial business of the country, sur
rounded by all the elements which go
to make up that great center, the
Journal has stood manfully against
the abuses of which there has been
such we'll grounded complaint within
recent years, has denounced fraud and
trickery, and has taken d position IN
favor of wisdom and moderation IN
finance, in tariff legislation, and in
everything else. We do not recall nav
Ing seen a sounder or better article on
the subject discussed than the follow
ing, which is headed, Recall by VIC
lence:"
cat Paterson, New Jersey. a man
was indicted on the charge of melting
the striking silk workers to assault
and riot. Upon trial before IL jury he
was convicted. AT a meeting held aft
er the verdict was announced, and att
tended by ten thousand strikers, a
speaker said: This meeting is called
as a protest against the action OF the
Jury. We are going to
make this protest more substantial in
a few days. for We'll tie up every troll
ley line and automobile garage in this
city for two nights, and plunge the city
in darkness
las a matter of fact. this man who
lie not a citizen of Paterson, went to
the scene of trouble. not as a peace
maker. but to fan the fame. But it
matters not who he is. or what he is.
It matters not whether he is guilty
or innocent of the crime for which he
was indicted. The fact remains hat
he was tried in open court before Il
jury O fhis peers. n that jury rem
dered a verdict against him. If the
party to a trial deems himself ag-
grieved, the law provides an orderly
course for him to obtain justice by APP
peal to a higher court.
when our forefathers formulated
our system of government they de-
things. to insure domestic tranquility
promote the general well
fare They retained the jury SYSTEM.
which il one of the bulwarks of Anglo
Saxon liberty. The jury stands he
tween the citizen and the state, and
protects the weakest. a fair trial is
guaranteed to every man charged with
a crime. He is presumed innocent
until proven guilty. Elaborate safe
guards are thrown around him. Courts
o~3 i,,~s1c -NN~~$ l.. laf,111. 1,k IA
Is not intended that any innocent mar
shall suffer 9. conviction.
with every possible provision made
for the protection Of the citizen. it is
not unreasonable that the state de-
mands that every individual should
bow to the majesty of the law. 1t Is
and it must be supreme. Its man
dates must be obeyed, and it's tudg-
ments carried out. Our whole struc-
ture OF society Is built upon law and
order. Those who would live here
and accept the benefits of that form
Of society must walk in the paths il
has marked out Obedience to the
law is a fundamental duty. A YER
NeS u july VI oSSlSIOu VI d court
10 never to be recalled by violence.
The orderly way provided by the law
10 the only way that will be tolerated.
Domestic tranquility is not insur-
ed by throwing a city into darkness,
ana giving full play to the criminal
element to rob, loot and murder. The
general welfare is not promoted by
the destruction Of property. or by pre-
venting peaceful citizens from pursu-
ing their usual v%ocations. The state
can never permit such methods. If
u institutions are to stand, it will
never do to permit a Judgment to be
reversed by the torch and the bomb"
That article has the right ring. 1t
strips the subject bare and presents
It as it is. 1t emphasizes A point that
is sadly in need of emphasis Just now,
namely, that no matter what reforms
are to be achieved, no matter what
grievances are to be adjusted. there
must be insisted on first of all a re-
spect for the aw of the land, and an
obedience to its authority. Without
these we are in a state of anarchy, and
society must fall to pieces. 1t mat
ters not whether the persons who in
woke other methods are laborers seek
ing a higher wage or shorter hours,
employers resisting these demands,
women demanding the vote, who or
what they may be. n departure from
the course of order is a blow at So
ciety. and something hat should be
resisted by society with all the power
at its command.