Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-09-24

SO
comes to gentlemanly crimes like this,
which are only against the down-and
outs, the derelicts of society, who
have no power to help themselves,
Texas can be gentleness itself.
Warden Exposes Rottenness.
r. M Warden the warden of the
Texas state penitentiary at Browns
vile, has not the refinement of vision
which distinguishes between Grimm
ais who are unpublished in their
methods and those who do things ne
farious in a perfectly genteel and
soft-handed way, for he says in offer
ing his resignation to the board of
prison commissioners:
From my point of view, thing
of this kind is simply intolerable. If
there is a meritorious convict here
(and there are many such here), no
officer should be allowed to drain
funds from him to secure his influ-
ence' before the board of pardon ad-
yisers." -
Further he says:
These are facts which stare you in
the fact. You know it has been 60
ing on"
AO0O 1ICLQO Give oO1uO 1uOA6AL HUI
the virtuous institutions in which it
is proposed to immune our Comrades
in case plans to hang them miscarry.
Can you of the working class be in
different when you see the discrimina-
ton against your kind, the carrion,
hypocrisy of the machinery in which
our brothers are. caught?
What did righteous Texas do when
these dressed-up criminals were en-
posed? Foolish question. It investi-
gated-the invariable dope for higher
ups when they get caught. Then It.
passed a new law about prison off,
cials-without money to carry it into
effect.
The above article uncovers a little
of the official graft in the prison
system of Texas. More on the same
subject will be written later on. The
full truth about the penal institutions
of the barbarous state of Texas will
overshadow the barbarities Of the
"Unspeakable Turk or even the Rus
sian Gear.
1t is into these prisons that the
state of Texas is trying to cast for
life twelce good workingmen. true al
ways to the cause of their brothers
who toll. There are fourteen prison
ers, altogether. The other two
Rangel and Cline-will be hanged I'M
less the working class Of America re-
spond-this will happen.
Labor must protect its brothers who
are in the grasp of the masters of
bread, and stand to lose their lives
or iberty-because they were fight \
ing Labor's battle. If the great body
OF Labor does notsprotect the least
one in the ranks-then indeed our or
CARNATIONS and our solidarity must
perish.
The Rangel-Cline Defense Leagus
is organized to save these fourteen
men for the Labor Movement-that
they may continue their work. The
committee consistinf of u MON men,
Socialists and in fact all shades of
the Labor Movement. has retained
lawyers to save our brothers. Will
you help? There is NO time to lose,
These trials have already started. We
have one victory already. D. r. Rosas.
the first man tried in the September |
special term of the District court, was
acquitted. But we must have sup
port at once. All contributions win |
be- acknowledged and a financial |
statement published and mailed to all |
contributors at the conclusion of the |
.rials. Send all moneys to Victor
1rayellO, Secretary RangeI. Cline De. /
'ense COMMITTEES, Room 1Oe. Labor Il
Temple, Los Angeles, Calf.