The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-01-10

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ask you question.
You may answer by word or by
deed; but nm answer you must give,
for in asking this question | am
the voice of the American people.
The Question
an the United States is punish
ment melted out to law-breakers, re-
CARELESS of whether they are rich
or poor? and, is punishment melted
out to Socialists, regardless of
whether they are law-breakers or
innocent?
Socialists Are Imprisoned
Newspapers report the sentencing
of Kate O'IIare, because some words
of her might have led some young
man to refuse to register though
that anyone did actually refuse to
register because of Kate O'Hare's
words. read that at Fresno, Cali
fornia three ministers have been
each sentenced to one years impris-
onment and each to pay fine of
200, because of something these
ministers said at a public meeting
though each affirms he said moth
ing that would lead to any unlawful
act; and there is no report of any
evidence that anyone did refuse to
register because of anything said by
either of these three ministers. Many
pacifist papers have been suppressed
and their editors thrown into jail
Many hundred |. w. WIS have been
thrown into Jail, held for months
on no charge and then thrown out Of
iail-without charge and without
trial. If Quakers are exempted
from the draft because of conscen-
tious objections; why are not So
cialists entitled to the same terms :?
Socialists are thrown into Jail
either on mere suspicion, without any
charge and without any, trial; and
other Socialists are fined and i'm
prisoned because of words that are
thought obstructive, although there
is no evidence that such words &C
tually did lead any one to refuse
to register.
Are Rich Rioters Honored BY the
Federal Government?
At Bisbee, Arizona, on July 18th,
1917, the officers of the Phelps
Dodge mine organized mob of
1000 armed men, and as reported by
Robert W. Bruere for the New York
Evening Post, the manager of the
Calumet and Arizona phelps Dodge)
mine promoted the deportations of
1,1S6 men, and treasured the mem
bers of the mob on the evening be-
fore the kidnapping-this rioter has
since been given a majors commits
sion in the United States army.
This PhelpsDodge mob raided
homes; demanded that every man
promise to work in the mnies and
those failing to so promise were as
saulted, beaten, kidnapped, deported
from Bisbee and by threats of per-
sonal violence were actually pre-
vented from appearing for examina-
ton for the Federal Draft, although
many of them had previously regis
tered. Of those kidnapped and de-
ported by this mob, led by officials
of the Phelps-Dodge mine, many
had brought Liberty Bonds; many
were taxpayers and owners of homes,
some were store keepers; some kept
restaurants and hotels. The papers
report that only eleven were
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In the New York Evening Post
Mr.. Bruere writes: "This persistent
|, defiance of law and constitutional
guarantees, with the open connivance
and approval of the responsible Of
; ficers of the great phelps Dodge
copper companies, is spreading sus-
icion and unrest throughout the
country like pestilence . . Many
instances of interference with the
Federal Draft act are now on rec
ord with the Presidents Mediation
Commission. They occurred months
ago. No prosecutions have been
brought. =. Instead of prose-
cutions, men who openly participated
in Bisbee's reign of lawlessness,
against which the Governor, the
States Attorney General, and Presi-
dent Wilson himself protested in
vain, have been honored by the Fed
eral government. An officer of
the Phelps Dodge Corporation in Bis
bee, who shared in the deeds of July
18th and thereafter, has been placed
in charge of an important branch of
the Red Cross in France"
President Wilson, are these state
ments of Mr.. Bruere correct?
President Wilson, | also see it
stated that James Mclean, member
of the firm of Phelps-Dodge, has
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