The Washington herald., 1922-08-11
Fallacy of Law and Order" "

10 the Editor, The Wilmington He1h:
To the average mind the above
term means freedom of the indi-
vidual to life, liberty and the pur-
suit Of happiness unmolested and
protected by the magic words.
II 1t were q fact that Law and
order" meant that Il 10 quite evil
dent that even the criminal would
be in favor Of II except were Il In
terferred with his or her interests
However. the saying THAT the Law
Is like cobwebs. the poor and weak
are caught in them and the rich
and powerful break through them"
is generally understood but not gen
orally connected up as q modifica-
tion OF the FIRST proposition or con-
cept.
The saying that ''Monarchies are
destroyed by poverty and Repub-
lies by wealth" indicates the fallacy
in Law and Order"
In the early history Of the coun-
try. with free political institutions.
free land, and each individu / was
a hand worker with hand tools.
each individual was independent TO
apply his labor power to produc-
tion, the price OF the finished prod
uct going entire to the hand work
er, but with the development Of
machinery the price Of the product
chine and IL is necessary for the
product to secure permission of
others to apply his labor to produc-
tion.
The concentration Of the popula-
ton in large cities gives immense
value to franchises including IL
cense for criminal activity.
The district captain has a regu-
lar schedule for police protection
for crime say. pickpocket. IS per
month: second-story man, SO; bun
CO steerer. SIS: hold-up man, s2s;
gambling house or disorderly house
from $50 to $3.50 per month: city
franchises run into the hundreds OF
thousands.
This system puts the manage.
ment Of Law and Order" into the
hands OF the criminal element AND
also serves as insurance and mutual
aid for the poor and unfortunate.
Dictum in law where prejudice a
strong or where the legal mind Il
biased. often makes q joke Of Law
and Order" as the notorious Judge
Jeferies' Court.
Our own learned Cotton Mathss
sentenced people to barbsrous pun
ishment for witchcraft
In the Dred Scott case the opin-
ion Of the Supreme Court was se,
aside by the uprising Of the people
The sentence OF death of Bishor
Trelowney of Cornwall was rscindeo
on the threat OF the Cornishmen
VIII Trelowney die1 VIII Tre-
lowney die? II 80. $4,000 Cornish.
men will know the reason why"
United States courts have repeat.
edly given such evasive decisions
as to allow the United States rov.
ernment to rob its own patentee cit.
izens.
In the so-called anarchist case
Of Chicago the charge to the Jury
would have hung Samuel Gomper,
had the object aimed 1T been the
A F. of L instead Of the knights
o, Labor.
TT is not that these men threw
the bomb or were even accessories
thereto, but they taught such doc.
trines A. caussd some unknown man
to throw the bomb"
II this was good sense and good
law Il ought to be shown that the
man who threw the bomb was con-
versant with their teaching which
was Impossible to do a. the bomb
throwsr was never captured.
It 10 not likely that the Chieaeo
authorities would have given Q
punched nickel to nnd him a. it was
more profitable to have their bum
retainer organise groups Of anar-
chists and place savdust bombs
about the city in order 10 spread
the terror 80 that the either com
mittee could be bled more easily.
FLYOD D. pAuQHERTY