The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-11
4bING EA T1ENPTs TO REFINE
 AWAY THE BILL OF RIGHTS

AWAY RIGHTS H
 STUDY OF local nreoedentz is interesting as showing how petty municipal state officials have tried to pare away rights all where those citizens workers they engage in an agitation better the conditions of their employment
 For the purpose of impeding them such it has been disor refine and doub1 ds the of the constitution relating the right of asseblage by written language
 time appeared the courts join hands with the persons always opposed en and write away the provisions the bill rights that nothing of provisions aosas to make them actively the law of land
 years, the larger courts, and especi
 the court of the United States have perceived the danger of thus refining of the dearest of the courts has been consrue the bill of rights lib
 As rather clumsy effort to refine away right speech the of the court in the
 Here employed by Looonobile Company Bridgeport on private property for the of being addressed by certain labor leaders whose views they
 property been procured it's owner and had been specially apart meeting by granted in writing
 The audience assembled the speakers ready to when the police espassed the meeting, alleged right and authority which consisted order the that nobody must be permitted to talk air meetings upon the labor question.
 The speakers began speeches These speeches lawful in character no editious or ineendiary mat ter were not calculated o others to umult riot
 Indeed no speaker was permitted to proceed much beyond his npening remarks and there opportunity to thing worth talking about 5ss.8ssssF < admitted to ball. and haled into city court the regular Judge of which took vacation leaving the disposition of the with the deputy judge.
 The deputy ignoring the constitutional of speak write freely being responsible only thing what wrote guilty breachsoaifrR
 Ignoring these lawfully seb1ed, the purpose hearing egaly anywhere what the defendants did he found them guilty of breach of they continued to Mayor Wilson had ordered them not to
 Every citizen freely speak, write and publish
 ents on all subjects being responsible for the abuse of the
 Thus declares section of the Gonsti- ton of ISIS
 If the legislature itself should impair this right 1t could The would be would be Justified it. of of the rights free people, upon the liberties of the land Mayor Wilson upon meeting was the That the by his conduct He did dperse power to que riot and tu Even he had not the appar emily, to declare that any such conditions existed
 His agents did not stand by waiting until the uttered improper language their privilege of free contrary forbade speech and forcby seized bodie of the who the constitution doing what had alright to do
 The mayors orders such a were of force. H. and his agents They created breach the that then existed It the duty citizen to resist such orders the duty of all citizens at al times the constitution rather than those subvert and destroy the constitution.
 It is enough appeal the decision the court Proper proceedings should be taken for the npeach ment and removal who has been willingly of this effort ubveft free speech undermine the stituion.