Arizona republican., 1918-07-29
MOONEY PROTEST |S CROAFF'S 'SCHANCE FUR
 V|TR0L|C ATTACK

Attracted by the Sunday evening concert of the band and the reputation for eloquence of Senator A. A. Wors- ley of Tucson, large crowd remained at the City Hall plaza for the meeting which had been called to protest against the further persecution of Thomas J. Mooney" the convicted Preparedness Day murderer of San Francisco. Since the meeting was called, Governor Stephens had re- prieved Mooney who is now in Mur- ders' row at San Quentin. That eX- ecutive act appears to have been a dis | appointment to Thomas J. Croaff, l the president of the Arizona Fedora tion of Labor. but it was not a deter rent. Nothing less than a pardon for Mooney would have satisfied MT. Croaff, and a pardon before the meet ing Mir. Croaff had called would have seemed to be out of place. But even | that would not have been permitted to interrupt the flow of Mir. Croaff's elo- quence or the outpouring of his hot | indignation. He was rarin' to go, and go he would
 i The first thing that attracted the at tention of the audience was the ab sence of the national co1ors. especially at this time when they are so much in fashion. That reminded the audience that there had been no patriotic music. that is. no patriotic American music. There had been the Marsel- laise which in France and in French assemblies is always attended by the waving of the tri-color, but there was no tri-color there. A little later after the speakers were seated on the plat form, an American flag was brought in.
 The meeting was called to order by Secretary Smith of the state federa- tion of labor in a brief, moderate and gentlemanly statement of the purpose of the asSemblage. Then he intro duced MT Croaff who knew all about
 the Mooney case and was now going to spring it on the public for the first time. In order to clear the brush away and get plenty of ground for man. euverng, MT. Croaff tagged The Re-
 publican as liar and even worse than that, and then he told what really hap pened to Mooney and why
 Mir. Croaff reiterated that this was
 not solely California's affair; not solely the affair of the United States.
 but of the whole world, of England, of France, of Scotland, of Holland He did not, however, mention that the
 bolsheviN of Russia had much more conspicuously made it their affair MT
 Croaff left the inference that he him.
 self was an internationalist; that his community was the world and that the world was only one community
 The propriety of permitting this meeting to be held had been discussed and some protest against it had been
 made to the authorities. It was urged
 that It could serve no good purpose and
 could result in nothing but the further
 setting of one part of the community l against another and the promulgatior i of doctrines that have already dis } turbed this state. But it was decided
 to let 1t go and see how far it would go ) MT. Croaff had plenty to say about the iniquity of the corporations, the combination, the employing class anC } doWn-trodden organized labor in Sar francisco. He spoke of dynamitins 1 by the employers in order that the, ' might charge Mooney with it. He die not, however, go so far as to charge
 that the wholesale murders on Pre-. paredness Day had been committed by \ the employers in order that Mooney 7 might be charged with that crime The speaker said he believed in pre- paredness; he was not a pacifist s,
 long as there was autOcracy anywher. : in the world, but he took care to poin ' out that this nation was not then q l. war and that preparedness in Sar Il franclsco, If not premature. was in tn, Il hands ot the wrong kind of people. MT Il Croaff was plainly not in sympath, Il with the Preparedness Day proceed Il ings.
 II With 'an earnest appeal to all t K work for better industrial and econom lcaf conditions, for the abolition of tn Il master and slave problem that has fo II all time harrassed the peoples of tn II world, Senator Worsley held his au II dience until a late hour last night. II Senator Worsley touched upon tn II Mooney case throughout his long ad Il dress and went into detail upon tn case in the beginning. showing II
 points in the proceedings upon whic
 labor has based its appeal that Moone
 be pardoned upon the present coun
 that he might be tried upon one c
 moro of the other counts in the indict o ment against him.
 :. With brilliant climaxes and a voic
 that carried far over q block ava, n Senator Worsley pointed out the dutic n that rested upon everybodys shoulde if in order to bring forth better industra
 and economical conditions He sai
 that the labor union was only a schoo
 that the great cause rested with hu
 manity itself, and expressed himse
 as of the belief that the war would en
 to the benefit of the workers, that tn
 parisite would be forever abolishe
 from the world and that with the pass ing of kings and tyranny a lastin F peace would prevail.
 Two telegrams were sent last nigh
 at the conclusion of the meeting, on
 to President Wilson urging him not {
 permit the execution of Mooney {
 satisfy the blood lust of wilful gan
 bent on breaking organized labor" an I- the other to Governor Stephens of Cal d ifornia, expressing appreciation of h ;- act of postponing the execution if Mooney and expressing a certainty tha
 he will pardon him later.