Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-06-16
Crime, UNPUBLISHED, Continues

Crime, UNPUBLISHED, Continues
On December 80 last Philadelphia
was made the scene of a number of
bomb outrages. One man was ar
rested but later released. More re-
Gently score or more Of deadly
bombs were discovered in the mails
addressed to persons of prominence
in various parts Of the country. Not
an arrest was made, not a clue ap-
parent!y obtained. and, so far as the
public Is aware. little real effort put
forth to apprehend the guilty. EN-
boldened by their complete immun-
ity from prosecution the reds went a
step further and personally deposit
ed bombs at the homes Of at least
eight individuals who have incurred
their enmity. That their murderous
object was not accomplished was
through no lack Of intent on their
part. The life of the attorney gen.
eral was miraculously spared be-
cause his would-be assassin STUN
bled in the darkness when but a few
feet from the point he had selected
for his bomb.
1t is reported that the day after
these latest outrages sixty or more
suspected reds were arrested, and
there was a great to-do in the papers
about "dragnets," nation wide
hunts additional details of police"
and the like. But there is no reason
to believe that anything more will
come of this most recent stimulation
Of official activity than has resulted
from the former spasms of energy
that have seized upon those respon-
sible for enforcing the law every time
a bomb has exploded. 1t is safe to
say that those individuals now under
arrest will be held in detention until
the wave of indignation over the
most recent outrage has passed
away. Then they will be given a
hearing at which much will be said
Of the freedom of speech. the op-
preston by the capitalist class. the
rights of the laboring element. ETC.,
and the net result probably will be
that the suspected" parties will be
turned loose once more to continue
their career of murder and anarchy.
Every act of the administration
since the war has been in conso-
nance with the saneless attitude of
government officials toward those
whose avowed purpose it is to do ev-
erything in their power to destroy
our established institutions. How
long will the people permit their
servants at Washington to evade
their obvious duty? Academic dis
cussion Of theories of government
have continued long enough. The
watchword Of anarchists is direct
action Why not give them some
Of their own medicine, and admins
ter some direct action upon their
known leaders?
The mere fact that sixty or more
Of these revolutionists could be
gathered in at a moments notice is
evidence that their whereabouts are
known and that their advocacy Of
destructive tactics is no secret. Let
those who can be proven guilty of
outrages be given the full penalty of
the law, and their friends, upon
whom it may be impossible to fasten
a particular crime, be deported as
undesirable citizens. Let US have
more determined spirit in the admin
istration Of those bureaus at Wash
ington concerned with the mainten-
ance Of law and order. and the coun-
try would soon see the last Of its
would be wreckers.
With a continuation Of the pres.
ent complacent policy it will be but
a matter Of days before another ORGY
Of crime will descend upon US, next
time, perhaps. with long list Of VIC
Tins.