Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-07
TIL POLITICAL DELIRIUM OF NINE
TEE\-TWENTN

! TEEN -INENIA
| acquaintance of mine, living in New
| n York City, has presented me with a
| most interesting book, lately printed,
which will attract attention all over the Unit
ed States.
1t is written by the assistant secretary Of
the department of labor under the Wilson
regime. 1t is not opposition politics, there
fore, and its statements are also clarified of
any such prejudice against the Wilson re-
gime.
The book takes cognizance of the bomb
Juror, which is being discussed at this time
in New York papers Ex-Attorney General
Palmer experienced a bomb" scare, and
from the account given of his excitement in
this book he was also endeavoring to deport
a great many harmless people, foreign born,
from the United States. The book also takes
notice of the bomb that was mailed to Elk
United States Senator Thomas w. Hardwick,
of which a good many of us have remem-
brance in April, 1920.
| had forgotten the date of its explosion,
but the book gives it, and while another
bomb was mailed to an Alabama congress-
man; 1t had no such fatal results as followed
the bomb sent to Governor HardWick.
The book tells how and why two dozen or
more mailed bomb packages were rendered
harmless in New York City postoffice by the
foresight of a pOstoffice clerk in that city.
On page rs, the author writes More than
two dozen such packages were gathered from
the street mailing boxes, in the general post
office, New York. Sixteen of them were
stopped there by a yigilant postal clerk
with no suspicion of their character, only a
shortage in postage. They were still there
on the 10th of April, late at night when this
postal clerk started home He secured a copy
Of next mornings paper after midnight he
read an account Of the mail-received bomb in
Georgia (sent to the Hardwick home). He
returned at once to the postoffce, and the
night superintendent called the chief nspec-
tor of combustibles, in the fire department,
and the dangerous character Of these pack
ages was reported.
This precaution saved many such catas-
trophies in all probability. Senator Hard
wick had been chairman of the senate COM
mttee immigration. The package had
been delivered at Senator Hardwick S
home, being opened by colored maid. 1t
exploded and blew off both her hands, Sc
verey injuring Mrs. Hardwick, who was
standing near, Except at the Hardwick house
no one was seriously injured by the two doz-
en- postal bombs (There is much more to
this matter, but the book devotes several
pages to the bomb that was placed in front
of Attorney General Palmers house in Wash
ington City, Before that occurrence there
were seven cities that had more or less of
such bombing on June 3. 1919. In Philadel-
phia two explosions were reported in the rec
tory of Roman Catholic church, also at the
residence of business man. A silk manu-
facturer was bombed at Paterson, N. J, In
Boston it was the residence of a judge, also
Of congressman of that section.
I'm Pittsburg there were six explosions,
one the home of a federal judge. At Cleve-
land mayors house was bombed. In New
York the residence of Judge Mott was
wrecked, Waterman in front being killed
by it.
THE most sensational explosion of all was
at Washington. 1t damaged the front of
Attorney General Planners residence. eve
voted for him for president down in Georgia
in 1920
"a noted private detective was promptly
appointed by Attorney General Palmer as
chief of an information division in the depart
ment of justice. The police of the whole
country sensitzed, and bomb-throwers
were hourly on the verge Of capture. A con-
fusing hue and cry which surcharged the air,
stirred the public mind with fear and hate.
But panics are like wild beasts in more
senses than one Unless they have something
to feed on, they die. The bomb operators were
too timid to play again, after bombing the
attorney generals house in Washington"