The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-05-08
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lege that Lindsey was dangerous
and must. be. elimated. Political, fl
nancial and social pressure was ruth
lessly exerted against any person who
dared to champion his work. The
kept newspapers of big business at
tackled his court and flouted his
work. Pulpits that had. rung with
his praises were struck SILENT
At first only political weapons were
used in the campaign to destroy him.
The bipartisan bosses forbade both
parties to nominate him; but so great
was his hold upon the people that he
was named by the use of stickers on
the ballots, and was triumphantly
elected. No fewer than ten times in
twelve years was he forced to fight
for his place as juvenile court Judge,
the hope of his. enemies being, of
course, to "get" him eventually or
else break him in health and purse SO
that he could no longer fight
In spite of these tactics, he was re-
elected in 1912 by majority of 49,
600 in a total of $4,000 votes cast
Then the desperate Beast tried new
plan. While Lindsey lay i'll in a
hospital, far from home, a petition
for his recall was circulated, osten-
sibly by an organization of women,
in whose name preposterous charges
were made against the administration
of the court.
Special Privilege Desperate.
This became a fight of national
scope. for special privilege every
where foresaw an advantage in des-
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work. The Grundies in all states
eagerly promoted the campaign of
SANDER This aroused decent citi-
zens, and contributions raised through
out the country enabled the judge
once more to defeat his foes
But the last phase of the campaign
has been worse than anything that
had gone before. Judge Lindsey ar
rived in Denver with his bride to meet
a blast of the most horrible accusa-
tons against his private character
charges so vile that they refute6
themselves and could have emanated
only from persons morally diseased.
When these were disposed of by
the exposure and arrest of the
wretched tools of the Beast, one more
convulsive effort of assassination was
made. Bills putting the juvenile court
out Of existence were damned
through the boss-controlled legisla-
ture-with the incidental result of
arrests for bribery-but the public
protest was so fierce that the COVER
nor vetoed the measures.
AS tn the latest campaign of SIAN
der, it will be sufficient to quote
few words from. the report of the
grand jury on April IL last.
We find, upon thorough. investiga-
ton of the charges against the char
acter and. morals of Judge Lindsey,
that they are absolutely without any
foundation and were made with the
evident intention. to injure him.
The. attacks deserve the severest CEN
sure and condemnation; and we de-
sire to censure DR.. Mary E. Bates
(head of the fake. women's organi-
zation) and E: K: Whitehead (secre-
tary, of the humane society and
tool of the Republican boss and head
of the traction fnterests): for circu-
lating and publishing the slanderous
articles.
Pennsylvania has produced no such
shining mark as Judge Lindsey, no in
stltution so repugnant to special
privilege and greed as the court
which he has made world famous.
Yet the fight being waged against the
program of social legislation for
which Governor Brumbaugh stands
| is essentially the same as that waged
| by the interests in Colorado
Special privilege is everywhere the
same. It is the very backbone Of re-
action, of opposition to measures in
behalf of justice and humanity. And
the people of this stateSare witnessing
in Harrisburg a contest which differs
only in detail from that which has re-
vealed the infamy of the Colorado
Beast-Philadelphi North Ameri-
| can.