Weekly journal-miner., 1920-02-18

ary engineer for the Santa Fe and re- sides at All South Cortez street. He believes in internationalism, but holds each country should be self govern ing. gIn ithe event of a disagreement between worBer and employer in one plant. he thinks the workers of the entire world should be called out on
 strike to settle the difficulty. A. E. Eldredge, naturalization eX- aminer who conducted the proceed ings. believes that the l. w. W. prin- ciples are not consistent with those of the American government.
 These three men entertained and instructed the court, the attaches, the other applicants for citizenship, the attorneys and an audience which in cluded the civics classes of the High | School and St. Joseph's Academy. No more Illuminating view of the pro cesses of initiating aliens into citi- zenship could probably have been provided for the students, who were
 accompanied by Mother Victoria of
 the academy and Miss Alice Adams
 of the high school and other instruct ors.
 O'Malley has had varied careeer,
 according to his story, which was
 told in a rich, fascinating Irish brogue. He worked since l4 years l of age in English collieries, and ten years later he came to this country, where he had Is months of bartend- ing for an uncle, and then resumed
 other forms of labor. He worked for the Pennsylvania railroad and for mining companies from Butte to Je-
 rome He then, apparently, quit pro
 ddctive labor and became delegate
 on the job for the organization, which he joined in 1915 or 1916, he couldn't
 recall which.
 He is still a member in good stand ing. he testified.
 O'Malley has a clear idea of the
 mechanics of government and an un-
 usually definite l. w. w. idea of the mechanics of industry and produc-
 ton. He is not for violence, doesn't
 exactly understand sabotage e,' never
 read the book of that title nor "Ihe
 Revolutionary I. W. w." and be-
 lieves in the abolition of the wage system by progressive striking for
 higher wages and shorter hours. ! In his perusal of l. W. W. itera- ture. which has been extensive, he | never ran across the doctrine of belief in neither right nor wrong, nor coun- I.trv nor flag" He does not believe
 in wrong. he said, and would not sub
 scribe to any I. w. w. tenet if it were wrong for the people. He believes in government by the people, for the people. The present ! government of the United States is in . some ways according to the consti- 1 tuition and in some ways it is not . The witness did not specify All 5 judges. he said, should be responsible 1 direct to the people, who should also
 authorize the acts of the executive and legislative branches of the gov . ernment
 ], Free speech, free assemblage and . the right to take any action to re-
 dress wrongs of the worker are de , nied under the present form of gov , ernment, he declared.
 OMalley does not believe in direct : action nor in sabotage, but is firmly
 convinced of the equity of the high wage-short hours system of taking over industry, land, production ma
 chinery and wealth. which is created by toll.
 Mr. Reno described himself as an
 internationalist. He spoke indirectly ; of the one big union, and the way he described it, it was mighty big one , including every worker in the world . The I. ". w. has no local in Pres kott Dues are paid by members here to travelling secretaries. He believes , in the constitution of the United
 States and doesn't see anything in that belief that conflicts with his ad- , herence to the ideals of internation- , alism.
 . Mr. Reno, who was far from the popular conception oi a 'wobbly.
 being well and neatly dressed and . speaking with clearness and convic- ; ton, stated he had known O'Malley , since 1915. At this point Mr. Ed , redge interposed to inspect the rec f ords
 f-.It developed that neither witness r had known the petitioner for sufi- cient time to qualify them under the law. and the petition was dismissed on this grounds by Judge Sweeney
 Just as the petitioner was leaving . the court, Eldgedge received a pack age containing a number of l. W. w. i booklets, which he had hoped to use
 in the trial. Failing to do this, how ever, he secured leave to read pas
 sages from some of the books, to . show that the l. w. W. principles
 were not in accord with those upon
 which the government of the United
 States was founded and has since - been conducted. He put forward the s claim that no man who is good . |,yObbi.- Cpi,I1 DDSsibIv he a good