Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07

 } MT. Easleys introduction and a S----~~-~-~-~---0-~-~~~~~ -~~----~~-~~~~-@-"-~@~ same official organ, Solidarity, at the time of the alleged Free Speech con troversy at Little Falls, N. Y. An eX- tract from this appeal, referring to the strike. which was signed by J. s. Bis cay, the organizer in charge of that particular campaign, follows:
 "In the meantime it is necessary
 that demands be made all the time
 on Governor Sulzer, Albany, N. Y.,
 for an immediate grand jury inves-
 tigation of the Little Falls authori-
 ties. BE SURE TO SEND ME A
 COPY, so I can get it into the local
 papers: that will help some here.
 I might add that a public meeting
 for such resolutions consists of
 chairman, secretary and audience.
 So, you see, three persons can be a
 meeting A tip to the wise should
 be sufficient for a lot of action
 along these lines. Be sure and use
 all of the hack-worn expressions,
 etc, that you can think of. Paper
 is cheap and may do a little good
 in this instance"
 But the most needed here are
 funds. DON'T FORGET THIS"
 The most idolatrous defenders of the I. w. w. cannot deny facts which stare them in the face-sabotage the destruction of property and life, the contemptuous repudiation of all nor als and decencies of conduct What they do attempt is to justify the most .revolting acts or the ground that the perpetrators individually are not re- sponsible. l. w. W's may wreck trains dynamite factories, destroy supplies vitally essential in the conduct of the war, but, so these infatuated zealots contend, jury should not find them guilty, nor held them accountable, be- cause social conditions inspire their acts and are responsible for all their crimes "The l. W. w., thus relieved of the responsibility of a free exercise of will, is exonerated of every offense against society. A certain doctor and his wife, noted l. w. WIS, some time ago defended man who had violated a little girl, on the ground that social conditions were responsible for his conduct. Those very people who are today endeavoring to raise a fund for the indicted l. w. W. leaders announce as their defense this same preposter ous dcctrine-a doctrine by which, if followed cut logically, all jails should be opened and all murderers, thieves. thugs and degenerates lOosed to work their will on society.
 Tbfc doctrine ra1inriuu fha iuTfyi1. ual of all responsibility by placing the blame for his acts upon society, had its inception in the German-Marxian Socialist philosophy. To the ignorant, the weak, the unfit. to soft sentimen. talists, and to the intellectually loose and vicious. it has had a powerful ap- | peal, and that appeal is to the lowest | of all human qualities, moral coward ice. The l. W. w, by the law of nat uraI selection, took over this doctrine, elaborated it, and carried it to the ex- treme, not only in theory but in prac- I tice
 Robert BrueTe. one of the signers of the appeal for the s50,000 l. ". w defense fund. is quoted in the pam phlet issued by the National Civil Lib | critics Bureau, as saying: 'I feel very strongly about this matter, because believe that the policy of uncomprom ising hostility toward the I. W. w workers which is being pushed by the | United States Department of Justice is jeopardizing the success of OuI aerOplane program, whose immediate l execution is absolutely essential fol l the successful prosecution of our wal on the French front"
 Let us examine MT Bruere's warn | ing To win the War-which the w. w have sought to prevent-the De ] partment of Justice should reverse it, attitude toward the indicted l. w W leaders from enc of alleged hostility to what? Does MT. Eruere mean tha the Department of Justice, instead O conducting a prosecution as it would against any other person or group o persons accused of crime, shoul, adopt the viewpoint that the l. W. W as a special class, must not be helt for expressions and acts because exist ing social conditions are not ideal
 Does Mir. Bruere imply that the prose
 cution against the l. w W. leader
 should be dropped, and that action de
 
 manding punishment for expressei opposition to the war, for strikes whicl aimed to thWart the conduct of tn , war. should instead be taken agains
 the owners of the copper mines. lun , ber districts and munition plants i which these strikes occurred as th ? men primarily guilty because they rel - resent a system which is not Utopian In the trial at Chicago the I. w. w were sternly reprimanded by Judg l K M Landis for trying to intimidat and practice sabotage upon the cOuI r and jury. In any general trial the in b plication that the government was COT
 ducting a biased. unfair and hostile prosecution would not be tolerated ! Contempt Of court is held seriou D crime Yet it seems that when ]. VI r W's or harebrained radicals are calle $ to answer at the court of justice fc