The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-25
NO BAIL.

NO BAIL.
 Mrs. Mooney was tried and acQuit- ted of ccmplicity in the alleged bomb plot which over a year age caused tEe death Of many persons in the preparedness parade. Yet because there are other indictments in connection with the occurrence of which .l was charged, as partiai- Dat.ug .a. the court will not allow her to 11l
 Tn Jaage $ satisfied of the guilt Of ts. defendant and deems the cHar4 9a r.ous aLd jha euaf fo9 ev;ae3a .a ao 70.
 Her. another instance whereby .hc prisoner is practically adjajged Eefal. heard. and an instance too Of ta. manner in which prajudiced juGge- u#ac use of the psychology of tho people to make her guilt evident before even it is disclosed by testimony.
 IT there was anything well proved in the recent trial of Mrs. Mooney it was the fact that she had no hand directly or indirectly in the preparedness parade explosion. But they are determined to get her. and to convict her and for that reason all the important machinery ealcu- lated 10 bring to being conception of her guilt iH the popular mind is set in motion.
 It is the theory of Anglo-SaXon jurisprudence that a prisoner is in uocent until he is proven guilty. But the method of procedure is to act towards the prisoner as if his guilt was ascertained beyond yea or nay. He is surrounded by an atmosphere of guilt. The very fact that he is charged leaves an indelible impress sion upon the most unimpression- able mind and to observe them brought in by men who are paid to guard malefactors and to protect society against indicators is in it. self to authorize an atmosphere of guilt around the accused which re- quircs considerable effort to re- move.
 This decision to refuse Mrs, Mooney bail is an accentuated in stance of legal authority deliberate ly lending itself to create this very atmosphere. What inference can be concluded from the refusal to admit the defendant to bail but that her case is desperate; and that in that desperation sEe would not hesitate to leave the country to escape pun ishment The refusal to admit a person to bail is in itself prima facie evidence of that persons guilt, whether the law says so or not. It is intended by the judge who takes that action and it has that result upcn the popular mind whether we will or no.
 Not in the history of any crim- inal case outside those wherein la bor is involved can any such in- stance as this disgraccful one in San Francisco be cited. Never at all against a wealthy malefactor, and we are forced to the conclusion that the method so pursued against Mrs. Mooney is because of the fact that she as well as her husband have been active in labor union affairs. It would he difficult to con ceive more disgraceful misinter- pratation of Justice It reduces equality before the law to mockery and positively proves that when labor cases are involved in the courts the guilt is taken for granted until the innocence is proven beyond reasonable doubt, the very reverse of the whole theory of Anglo-SaXon iurisDrudence. It seems that San Francisco authorities are deter mined to make Amreican democracy become mocking and by-word, no- only among the workers and among the people of the other states but among the workers of the other nations who are watching this case as closnly as gre Americans them