New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-23
Leaders Opposition
. To Dry Law Rouses
Red Cry in Senate
Jones Attributes Spread of
Bolshevism Among the
Masses 10 Species of 1t
He Finds i'll High Places


Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. Speaking
in the Senate to-day on Bolshevism in
the United States, Senator Jones, of
Washington, attributed its. appearance
among the masses to species of it
that he finds exists in high places
This sort of Bolshevism the Senator
defined as disregard of the eonstitu-
tion and laws by those in authority
and in positions of influence Among
these high class Bolsheviki Senator
Jones placed President Wilson, Con
gress itself, leading newspapers. espe-
cielly The New York World" the
New York Legislature and mHent
citizens who flout the rule Of the ma
jority.
The so-called Folssevik acts of the
President were specified as including
nls interference il the Mooney case
and his addressing the Senate on the
woman suffrage amendment.
Opposed to this sort of Bolshevism
we're men like Mayor Ole Hanson, of
seattle, who stood for the enforcement
# law and the maintenance of order,
and those labor leaders and unions that
opposed and denounced the Bolshevik
Seattle sympathetic strikes.
Begets More Lawlessness
Senator Jones's speech was, in part,
as follows:
"lf one in high position can disre-
gard the fundamentals of law, why
cannot the humblest of citizens DEFY
the law? If any official in high posi-
ton can use coercion to accomplish
his ends, the humblest citizen sees no
reason why he should not obtain his
ends by force if he can do so. Yield
ing to lawlessness begets more law
lessness. Concession to disloyalty, be
gets more disloyalty.
THE President OF the United States
did not intend it so, but he brought our
institutions into contempt and struck
r deadly blow at the vitals Of the Re-
public when he used the influence of his
high Office to control the Executive of
a state in the discharge of his duty
under an oath to uphold the laws of
the state. His unauthorized act in
sending a commission to investigate
the acts Of state officials in the dis
charge of their duty gives anarchy it's
chance to mislead the unthinking to
lawlessness and contempt for author
ity.
do not know. He had been convicted,
however, of most heinous crime un-
der the laws of the State of CALIFORNIA;
one of the most enlightened states in
the Union. Every opportunity had bean
given to him under these laws to e.
tablish his innocence. All that skilled
attorneys could do was done. The jdry
heard the evidence and convicted hi'r
His appeals had been taken and denied.
Upon the Governor of the state
rested the duty and power of granting
or refusing a pardon. The President
of the United States sought to in
fuence and control the Governor in his
action on an appeal, or more nearly a
demand, for Mocney's pardon. He had
no power or authority in the matter
lie disregarded one OF the Fundamental
principles of the Republic. when he
interfered. By his action he encour-
aged disrespect and contempt for legal
authority and the orderly process of
law and undermined local self-govern-
ment
Again. the President showed dis
regard for the Constitution and the
framework of our government when he
addressed the Senate on the woman
suffrage amendment. His action is ana
will be an excuse given by others for
disregarding the law when they want
to do So
Certain great papers opposed pro
hibition. That was their right. They
may have been honest in this opposition
! consider that. The time for argumen'
on wartime prohibition and on th'
constitutional amendment is passed
They were both adopted. One is tn,
law and the other is part of the su
preme law of the land The issue nov
is not prohibition, but the enforcement
of law. That is vital to the very lif,
of the Republic. There is no room nov
for a difference Of opinion on thi
issue.
Denounces "World" Policy
"'The New York World is doubles.
a patriotic paper, even if it does show
its patriotism in q most peculiar way
1t condemns B0lshevism and pro-Ger
manism with great vigor. 1t viciously
attacked as traitors those who did no
follow the course it mapped out a.
patriotic prior to the war, and yet
while the War was going on, it joined
with the ultra pro- Germans and proved
disloyal German-Amer Alliance il
fighting prohibition.
Prom the editorials and articles il
The World regarding the wartime
prohibition act and the constitutional
amendment | am firmly convinced thai
the man in The World office who is re
sponsiblc for them is a liquor hireling
pro~Gcrman propaganda, a Bolshe
vik, an anarchist, a traitor, q lunatit
or an idiot, and there IS abundance Of
proof TO support WY conclusion.
These self proclaimed. extra-loya
newspapers gave special notice a few
days ago to an alleged labor move
ment against the enforcement OF the
wartime prohibition ard the constitu
tional amendment. They point out that
a campaign has begun under the slogan
No beer. no work. if the bone dry