The Butte daily bulletin., 1919-06-25

TO the strong all laws are cobwebs' so said Soor the
gver of ancient Greece repucd to be one of the Wlses OF
Kings and cmperors above the law they repre-
sented power The immunity of members OF parlaments and
eicsags and the special privileges extended to
diplomats spring from the same Congress may pass
sedtlon law but senators and congressman may speak ana
give vent to uttcrancc which, if spoken by workman would
give him 20 years in Leavenworth.
This law yielding power power wealth makes
The law mpotcnt According to W. Bourkc Cockran
with five million dollars convicted OF crime Trusts
have been dissolved and have emerged from the judicial paper
dissolution richer powerful and arrogant than
Judge X M. Lands fined the Standard Oil company
twenty million dollars and cent was collected
Standard Oil has too much power.
In San Francisco district attorney committing
sau suborlaon perjury, fraud intimidation and at
tempted murder, backed by the most powerful corporate in
The law. supposedly instrument of Justice fails
to operate. 1t is impoenI against power and Tom Mooney and
Warren X. Billings in Jail for life, its innocent victims
And shame to say labor officials lcacrs they nol who
themselves have refused to take amy initiative and have OPP
posed every suggested by the dclcnsc nbne
ay working actively to keep in Jail for life be
they do not with the social economic views OF
This that
Forsoo the defense league has not proceeded according
to their moral codes Moral codes like wooden idols were
made by There is nothing inherently sacred about them
The chief duty of every should be to raise ncl
to determine its liberties to lead it towards material success
to rcnd as il were the rusty padocks and chains Of dead
Tom. Too long has the dead hand been permitted to sterH
living thought.
The Mooney has proven that equality under the Law
lie in this day and and wherever lie has built cI
throne let it be assaed without pity for under domination
of fasehood no nation can permanently prosper
In dealing with labor the press the pull and the politician
forever preaching the virtue of self abncgaton and assv
suffering. Labor has been handed out lot of general glor
Of late, but scant individual justice.
When the Roman empire ollcrng to its fall, the wor
ship the state established cult. The great whit
the universal saint of Russia and William the Wood
chopper lIohenzoen had just entered into proitabl
partnership with Jehovah and then the end We
America drifting along the stream. Free pcecl
free press free asscmbage is tradition only Even tn
harmless practice of scoing politicians in brstlng editorial
around election time longer be ndulged in Witho
having the word "bolshevik' hurled at you. If you don
shrive up then you arncd ignorant rrner and ougl
to be deported.
When food dumped in the bay in order to keep price
when the milk trust charges four cents every quart not fu
production distribution, but for the hard work of keepn
up prices this only hurts the babies and families of the
There is sabotage law against that The proecrng of tn
packing companies exposed by Francis J.. Heney
ona scandal but the law is helpless against the power of m
packers.
The foolish little laws that are being manufactured to say
cnenced reactionares from the dawn of the day wi
appear ridiculous attempts to tie down earthquakes wit
hoop IRON Even Ole Hanson the murder advocate of Seatt
has been somewhat unsuccessful i'll his attempts to catch
tidal with boat hook!
Let be men-whole mell-not camorous, fearful lit