Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-07-25
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lied by the more wealthy classes who
obviously, are able to obtain a fair
grade OF liquor at the hostelry.
The Chicago Tribune sditorially
wonders why the law of injunction
should not be used against this hotel
as well as any second class hotel; yel
| The Tribune leaves the undeniable
impression that it opposes the use OF
injunction for such purposes.
Labor. however, has been strongly
impressed that the Tribune favors the
injunction in bringing an end 10
Labor disputes and forcing the agents
of Organized Labor to discontinue
working in the interest of the Unions,
while at the same time permitting
industries to employ non-union men
TO prevent business suffering In times
of strike.
Obviously it depends altogether
upon who is wearing the shoe. The
logic of the Tribune is that hotel
should not be closed by injunction
becaues liquor is being sold on the
premises, particularly If it is high
class hotel; but Organized Labor may
legitimately be shut out of industries
by injunction methods. This is a SAM
pie of capitalistie logic. "Oh, con-
sistency thou are jewel"
The United Brotherhood of Main
tenance of Way employees is apparent
ly the first organization to announce
that its members will support Robert
M. LaFollette for president. An
announcement to this effect was made
Saturday at union headquarters in
Detroit. Hundreds of other organ
izations are expected TO take SIM
liar stand within few weeks. HAD
the Democratic politicians nominated
McAdoo this report would probably
not have eminated from the Detroit
union headquarters; or had the Re
| publicans nominated Hiram johnson
the report would doubtless have been
different. The opposition of Union
Labor to the Democratic and Repub-
lican parties has been invited by
deliberate action of both conventions
| in nominating candidates who are
opposed to the higher interests oi
Labor. Surely they cannot object il
Democratic and Republican member:
of Organized Labor seek home
elsewhere.
The United States is in another
precarious situation. An American
vice consul has been deliberately sci
| upon and murdered by an angry mot
at Teheran, Persia, according to
press reports.
1t seems that the vice consul be-
came involved through demonstra.
ton of Persian people against the
followers of Bahais, a religious order
taking its name from a renowned
prophet and teacher, which represents
a decided advance over other forms
of Oriental faith.
Because the vice consul stopped to
take pictures of the mob he was as
sumed to be a member of the hated
religious order. Fanaticism carried
the mob to the extreme of numbering
the vice consul and seriously injuring
one other American.
Dispatches indicate that the Persian
government has made suitable
apologies, which, however, will be in
vestigated by the American govern
ment.
In the QUESTIONABLE issued by the
Chicago Tribune for the purpose OF
/ ascertaining whether the public wants
to hear the proceedings of the trial
of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold
Jr., by radio, the vote stands 4,77i
opposed to radio casting the proceed
ings and 1868 for.
The Tribune has not stated whether
| . L A. ,f elo Ifp- ~
Ministers on the whole are opposed to
radio casting such news on the ground
of their belief that it will be de-
moralizing
They forget that such news might
prove Illuminating as to methods OF
court procedure. 1t is high time the
public understood the American man
ner of conducting trials. The vast
majority of Americas people are
| strangers to the court room, and gel
only a smattering of what occurs
through the press.
There is need of decided reform in
court procedure, and until the pubic
understands how trials are conducted
there can be no such reforms. The
public must be intelligent enough to
bring the necessary pressure to bear
upon the government in order to pro-
cure reforms. LET THE PROCEED,
INGS BE RADDIOCASTED NOT
lFOR THEIR SENSATIONAL
VALUE. but because the knowledge
of the present method of conducting
trials should be known by the public
Publicity is a thing people fear:
They dread the misconstructions OF
the press more than they dread the
facts. Courts would probably arrive
at the truth more quickly if the re-
porter was not always on hands to
obtain the latest sensation.
The reporter is not the only, one
who desires publicity for the sake OF
making his newspaper. Ofieers as
a class are anxious to get into PRINT
particularly in anything that, bring;
credit to their office. 1t is a KIND OF
free advertising that public. servant
wants. 1t proves good campaign puo,
licity and can be used effectively IN
keeping ones name before the people
On the contrary public officials are
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