The Washington times., 1918-07-29
MOONEY REPR|EVE
SHORT OF JUSTICE,
ASSERT DEFENDERS

The friends of Mooney object to
the reprieve granted him by the gov
ernor of California" said J. Edward
Morgan, Of San Francisco, today.
Mr.. Morgan represents the Cali
fornia Trades Union Mooney Defense
League, and has been working in
the interest of Mooney for two
years.
The news Of the reprieVe of
Mooney came to labor delegates in
Washington Sunday morning after
plans had been completed for q big
Mooney demonstration at the Be-
lasco Theater yesterday afternoon. 1t
made no difference in the plans OF
the meeting and a resolution was
adopted asking President Wilson to
use his power as Chief Executive to
take the Mooney case out of the
California courts and grant q new
trial in the Federal court.
VIII Confer Today.
The delegates who came to Wash
Ington for the big Mooney meeting
will meet this afternoon at Typo
graphical Temple on g street, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth / streets
northwest, to formulate plans for
the future defense of Mooney and TO
appoint a committee to call upon
President Wilson tomorrow after
noon to thank him for his efforts In
the past in Moneys behalf and to
ask his further Intervention
The meeting this afternoon will be
addressed by Fremont Older, OF San
Francisco. who as editor OF the San
Francisco Bulletin, made public the
famous Oxman letters.
THE reprieve granted Mooney"
continued Mr.. Morgan, in discussing
the case, "only means five more long
months in the death cell for him.
His friends do not want q reprieve.
They object to a reprieve. They want
the governor to pardon Mooney or
grant him a new trial
Looking TO Elections.
"In the opinion of men associated
in MONEYS defense the reprieve was
granted so as to delay any decision
in the case until after the California
elections. II a pardon is ultimately
granted, 1 do not think that Mooney
will ever be tried again in the Cali
fornia courts. Our object today Is to
formulate plans to take the case
from the California courts and Sc
cure a new trial for Mooney in the
Federal court"
w. Bourke Cochran, of New York
city, who was associated in the de-
fense of Mooney. addressed the Sun
day afternoon meeting, which was
attended by several Congressman,
several members of the Cabinet, and
other prominent public officials
Among those to mount the rostrum
M rnnDr1fNlata Mr. Cochran altar
his address were Senator ]. Hamilton
Lewis, Chief Justice Walter 1. Mccoy
of the Supreme Court OF the District;
Congressman Caleb Powers of Ken
lucky, members of the Cabinet. Su-
preme Court Justices, Congressmen,
Senators. and others.
Speaker Clark Absent.
Champ Clark. who had been re-
quested to act as chairman. rendered
his regrets in a message stating that
he would like to, but was called out
of the city" Timothy Healey, presf-
dent of the International Firemen's
Union, OF New York city, acted as
chairman instead.
II am speaking we'll within the
bounds OF moderation. I think. when
1 say that the event which has
brought US together Is without par
allel or precedent in the whole range
of human experience" declared Mr..
Cochran in his address. "A man lies
in the death-cell OF the State prison
under sentence to be hanged August
%. now postponed until December l3,
on a conviction which was declared to
be produced by perjury and misrep-
resentation by the very judge who
has signed the warrant for his execu-
tion. ThfS, / say, is without parallel
tory"