Arizona republican., 1919-01-17

iCCntlnued from Page One) petitions to corporation tools in public office, and corrupt politicians, are worse than useless. Mooney is innocent and the whole world knows it. The convention can do no less than demand his unconditional release and issue an ultimatum to that effect, giving due n,- tice that if that fails, a general strike will follow at q specified time and in- dustry paralyzed throughout the land Appeal has been made to their coir- sciences in vain, and now let the ba} teries of labor be opened on their profits.
 If the silk hat conspirators ana would-be lynchers. out on the Pacific coast and elsewhere, insist upon war let 1t come We have nothing to lose but the gags upon our lips and the chains on our bodies Now is the time to prove the solidarity of our class. The people are with IFS in this fight. and will stand by US from coast 10 coast in opr determination to rebuke capitalist criminals and maintain our rights as American citizens"
 James IT. Maurer. president of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor. and vice-chairman of the convention, ex- pressed the radical view when he said:
 
 Ventlo nto do that are more important than the Mooney case While Presi- dent Wilson is at the peace conference to free the poor slaves of Europe. he will not forget 10 do something to free the poor slaves at home. We are going to stay here and finish this job if il takes all year. If you are good leyo- lutionist, you will not do anything to obstruct this new radical movement. The day has passed when officials can railroad man to the gallows because of his opinions"
 May Hang Before Mooney
 The speaker was cheered when he criticised some of Postmaster General Burleson's official acts
 Some of us may be hung before Mooney for what we are doing here to- day shouted socialist delegate.
 W. F. Dunn of Butte, Mont, said the radical program embraced a plan to liberate Mooney and Billings. adoption of method Of uniting the working classes of the United States, which will compel capital to give them every thing they demand.
 Maud McCreery of Milwaukee. a writer for a socialist newspaper, used novel argument in getting the con vention to endorse the constitutional amendment for woman suffrage.
 "Nou men may all be in jail before you get through fighting for this new labor movement, and you ought to give women the franchise so they can do your voting while you are locked up," she said.
 A message was read from members of the executive board of the l. ". W. pledgine to support a general strike to secure the release of Mooney and other industrial prisonerds.
 C. Y. YoShihara. a Japanese. who, if is said. was formerly valet for William D. Haywood. I. W. W. leader. addressed the convention and was given an en- thusiastic reception. He pledged the aid of the Japanese railway workers union in the event of a general strike.
 Israel Weinberg, one of the defen- dants in the Mooney trial. addressed the delegates and said he had been of tered hribes aggregating S25,000 if he would give periured testimony for the prosecution at the trial.
 After long wrangle, the convention. hy close vote, decided not to send delegate to the international labor con- ference in Paris but to have the Moo- ney case presented by Samuel Gompers and other representatives of the American Federation of Labor now in France
 Gompers and the American Federa- ton of Labor were bitterly attacked by radical delegates in the debate over this resolution.
 The convention sent a message to Secretary of Labor Wilson, thanking him for the investigation made hy the federal government of the Mooney trial