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new JERSEY JUSTICE GONE TO SEED
EIPsst Joseph asttsJ and Wife Barred IN Jersey G-notgs
RUDE the Roostcib Officials Listen to the Pspd Siren and
Silence Free Spssch--HspsHt Muse Of Power

81 Pebble safety In Jsrssy City, y. J.,
the home 81 Jossph Patrick Tumulty,
barred eH.Priesi Jo.rph slAitsry and
NJ, wife, Mary p. slattrry, from odd
Feiisws' Hall and refu.-d 20 permit
then % spsAk recently a. ADVERTISED, -.
eause ~ some time ard tous rlace th~re
had been rio, aiteading thrir arpear'
Hnee. The board - trusiees of Odd
FeIlows' Hall we're notified and advi-ed
no, 20 allow the speakers 10 eater the
hall and a detail Of police vas sent 20
see that the adyice vas heeded and also
20 hep any who might wish 70 h.aT
from entering. This place false
front before the public IN that y marks
ire speakers AZ the law-hreakers instead
II the disturbing element among ihe
audience.
One william Connolly vas arrested
and thrown In Sail for ninety days for
daTing % distribute circulars advertis.
ing the slaitery lectures. Jersey justice
is rampant In showing the gag In the
face Of free speech, and rioters are given
the protection that hy all night belong
|, 10 the victim ~ the rioters rage. Con
stitutional rights are % no more eject
in outstanding a citizens privileges BE-
fore = Jersey court than would he an
open parasol in warding Of the bombs
from an aeroplhne.
l.. J. King. q patriotic lecturer alsc,
was attacked and run out 81 Paterson
y. J., By a mob when he attempted "a
speak recently, and now the Slattery'
are refused hearing in Jersey City for
fear the Catholics will start a riot and
cause bloodshed. Cannet police pTotee
tion be asked 20 keep the disturbing ele
ment subduedi Our constitution guar
antees the right Of free speech, hut
! director Of public safety and a polie'
! chief may deny q peaceable speaker tn
, right 20 be heard because the riotou
} class, the criminal class, insist on throw
/ ing stones and using clubs just when IN
lecturer wishes 70 address an audience
The strong arm Of the Law is out
stretched, mot 20 restrain the riotinI
criminals, but 20 curb the constitutions
right Of an American citizen.
I The editors Of Catholic papers ar
' CRYING for Equitable treatment" =
I the hands Of the secular press in N
4 matter Of publicity concerning the d.
|. ines of Catholics ~ Catholics.' n
q arrogant inconsistency 81 the pope
own is apparent even 10 the casni
J. observer. There II no Equitable trea
y mentv accorded the anti-Catholic speal
: or who wishes to present the other sid
/ Of the question 20 aid IN the campaig
e for publicity. The Jersey guardians 0
J. public safety pander 70 the lawless eli
. ment and free government IL supplante
by the "night stiek." The Commit
A sioner Of Public Safety and the Chic
( Of Police in jersey City seem 10 hay
!. been guilty Of a hagrant abuse
G power.
!. First Assistant Prosecutor Geo. 7
A Vickers, in a statement published
v The Jersey Journal, Feb. 25, makes
|, scathing and Just criticism Of the a.
= rorant perversion OF Justice shown
d the acts Of the officials in the matte
lie said in his statement that 'Yor
n paper THE Jersey Journal) states thS
!. lin all OF the Roman Catholic church'
n OF this city reference was made 20 n
. proposed lecture Ny informatio
. leads me 70 believe that to be tru'
a and the character OF the references
4 can not have escaped Commission
= Hague and Chief Monahan. Why qui
= ble' IL was these references whiC
n caused the assemblage in BsrgC
n Square: they were calculated 10 do
= and could have had no other purpose
Iy effect. This must have been apparent
n Mr.. Hague and Chief Monahan. Ther
m fore the proper administration Of q
A .law should have been directed again
n those who assembled because they car
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Al gle's information was correct. Had
Al Gordon Of police been spread to g.
= the would be lecturers free access TO Z
hall, and had they been put under 9
10 rest instantly they became obscene
\. blasphemous, the majesty Of the Ia
!. would have been vindicated. But su
be was not the purpose or intent. T
n. reason given was only q blind, and {
10 decree a vicious exercise Of might to
Al eomplish an Interior motive, which
a right thinking, liberty-loving man c
Z. excuse OF tolerate"
H. As the riotous mob seems TO he
as been inspired and fired by suggest
10 references made in the Catholic ehurcl
,st as 10 the nature Of the speeches adv
~. tised, the New Jersey method of p
,a. noting peace seems 10 be back hand
stroke at free speech and is evideI
us that the papal perverts have the wi
no hand in the administration Of ana
of However. in presuming that the presei
Ne Of the slatterys would provoke riot,
we Jersey City officials admit that the Ca
"a, olics are naturally lav.breakers. To
M. such they are either criminal or we
minded and should be restrained.
be. restraint il laid upon the wrong
"a of the trouble. The Slatterys were
w.. shown TO be law breakers, and had
n. turbed no one in Jersey City. In
'.n tiee and fairness 20 all concerned 9
7, should have been admitted 10 q pul
"A. hall, allowed a hearing, and been
,de forded protection in the exercise
as their rights.
hst The arrogance of Jersey justice
n.i asserted itself more than once in the
a weeks Just passed. Free speech has }
denied and mob rule has triumph
80. But above all the clamor Of the pa
,,al and their spologists for "equit'
ne treatment there Is demand that
M. equitable treatment asked shall be
like manner returned equitably. In
connection il might be well 10 note
,an remarks made by the Rector Of