The diamond drill., 1917-08-11

Leaders OF the /. w. W., Haywood
chief among them, are deluding their
followers by a dreaw OF captured In
dustry and captured government,
obedient To the wanton will OF Hay
woods "roughnecks."
That dream realized. the !. w w.
can work when and how he pleases,
and pay, himself what he pleases.
Fat and lazy plenty, with license taxi
ing thine place OF law, is the picture
held up before the irresponsible, heed
less and shortsighted worker who
enlists In the Haywood army OF riot
and revolution.
There is no occasion for becoming
greatly concerned about the l. w. w.
is ding TO do TO the government and
TO industry. 1t isn't going to do much
10 either OF them and certainly II will
capture neither.
II will make trouble-yery vexing
trouble, particularly at a time when
the nation Is at war, with its very
existence depending on the full and
continuous operation OF the indus
tries which the l. W. w. is hamper
inig.
But that's all the /. w w. can do.
And when II has made so much trou-
BILE for others that 1t can no longer
10 nd fprf-
dentally 1t has been piling up great
deal more trouble for itself
The l. w w. will be suppressed
and destroyed II II is necessary 10 ar
rest and incarcerate or deport every
member of il.
And there comes in thing it is
worth while to worry about little.
To solve the problem OF the l. w
W. we shall probably have to forget
rights and liberties and constitution
al guarantees for which our fathers
fought and suffered and died ma
tion at war cannot let itself be ham
pered and perhaps defeated by inter
nal revolution, and in self defense II
will suppress the internal enemy If
constitutional guarantees free
speech, free press, right Of assemb-
lage, right 10 trial by jury, habeas
corpus and the likesta in the way
probably that will be so much the
worse for the constitutional guaran-
ties.
When Bisbee deported the I. w w
hordes bodily. the nation applauded
and the fact that the proceeding was
unsanctioned by law did not disturb
Il In the least When an l. w w
leader was lynched by vigilantes at
Butte. the nation seemed TO approve,
yet Il Is needless 10 point out that
that was an unlawful proceeding
The government operates under laws.
and cannot 90 beyond them. II law
ful proceedings tlo not suffice, then
orderly mobs vigilante bands or 9TH
or solemn though unlawful organiza
tions of good citizens will do the
business.
The point is that the real menace
Of the / w w. as the Herald has
heretofore pointed out. is that Il Is
making absolutely necessary drasti,
action that can only be taken at the
expense Of statute and Fundamental
laws The l. W w problem will be
solved Nobody need have any doub.
about that The mischief of It is that
to solve II we must shelve, temporari-
~ IL is 10 be hoped. priceless personal
liberties
And the danger OF It Is that when
after the I. w. w. has been dissolved
end forgotten, q decert labor orgapi.
zation starts TO make trouble for an
employer lie viii want the methods
used agains. II that were so succnsa-
fui against ;lc '. w. -, and he viii
have large public sentiment bae
OF his demand II must not be allow
cd 10 come to tnnt. The real menace
of the ". is that il will he allo we'd
20 cone 70 that, snd tic solemn bust
ness OF every citizen II TO see to It
that whatever happens 10 the l. w.
w, and however Il happens, and
whatever damage Is done TO constitu-
tional guarantees in the process. the
rights aud liberties OF the Constitu-
tion are somehow saved through Il
all and restored az the end. Duluth