The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-03-15
"StrangIing Of innocent Man"
Resolutions Say, would I'M
peach Sincerity Of Nation
Fighting For Humanity"

Judge Griffin, who presided at the
trial This might be introduced
soon" he said. He declared he be
lieved Judge Griffin had abundant
power to take such action. After
reviewing the case in seeking to sus-
tain the charge that false testimony
had been offered, Mr. Cochran said:
with justice handled in that fash
ion who can be considered safe in Cal
ifornia ?"
If the Courts did grant a new
trial, the speaker added, then they
were taking shelter behind mis-
cradle technicality."
Thomas Rock, President Of the Cen
tral Federated Union of Greater New
York, under the auspices of which to-
days protest demonstration was held
read telegram from Samuel Comp
ers, President of the American Feder-
alton of Labor. Mr.. Gompers said
he believed that the recommendation
by the board appointed by President
Wilson that Moneys case be recon
sidered would be acted on favorably
and that new trial would be granted
Would Be National Calamity"
Resolutions were adopted declaring
that organized labor while proclaim
ing it's allegiance to the Government,
records its solemn conviction" that
the execution of capital sentence on
Mooney upon testimony admittedly
perjured' by any state would dis
credit the whole judicial system Of
the country, and would be a national
calamity greater than the lombard
ment of our cities by a hostile fleet"
Upon the Federal and California
authorities the resolution impressed
the imperative necessity Of effective
measures for vindicating in the Unit
ed States the justice we are seeking
to establish throughout the world" by
bringing about the liberation of
Mooney The Central Federated I'm
ion was authorized to appoint a COM
mittee representing our entire citi-
zenship" to place the Mooney case
before the proper authorities
The resolution read:
Organized labor of the city of
New York, convoked by the Central
Federated Union at mass meeting
in Union Square March 9, 1918, pro
claiming its allegiance to the Govern
ment and its attachment to the CON
stitution of the United States, records
it's solemn conviction that execution
of capital sentence pronounced upon
testimony admittedly perjured by any
state of the union would discredit
the whole judicial system of this
country and would be national cal
amity greater than the bombardment
of our cities by hostile fleet.
Organized labor pledges untiring eff
forts to avert a peril so propentous
to this land of it's love and loyalty.
Waging War For Justice.
while this country is waging the
mightiest war ever undertaken by
civilized men to establish justice
throughout the world, the sincerity
of our purpose would be gravely i'm
peached if an innocent man were
strangled by our own judicial ma
chinery which is organized and estab-
lished for the express purpose of pro
tecting innocence.
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''The conviction of Tom Mooney has
been shown by subsequent disclosures
to be the result of conspiracy SC
fagrant that it has been denounced
by the Judge who presided at his
trial, and by the Attorney General o1
the state, who asked the Supreme
Court to revoke it, request which
has been denied upon grounds that
showed the judicial system of Cali
fornia to be more mindful of techni
calities than careful of human life
A commission appointed by the Pres
ident Of the United States, headed b,
the Secretary of Labor, has urged up
1 on the authorities of California tina
4 a new trial be granted the defendant:
IN the interest of elementary justice
Believing that the noble, unset
fish efforts of this country to extend
! the dominion Of justice abroad vii
be retarded and imperiled if our owl