The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-21
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an eight column headline. The de-
tails of the plan we're given infinitely.
SO that Durkin would have no excuse
OF calling his enemies dirty dogs"
for not giving him sporting chance.
Durkin is still at large and perfectly
safe provided he can spend about 25
cents a day on the newspapers.
About the only function those won.
derful policemen can perform efici
entity is breaking up radical meetings
or arresting and smuggling striking
trade unionists.
WE also had the famous DruRsan
and Lake case which opened nm
the scandal in the county Jail. There
was a big splurge for awhile but It
mas quieted down. Why? Because
every government office from that Of
the states attorney to the police de-
partment is involved, The warden
was found guilty of having accented
gifts" from the two millionaire
Dootleggers. His only defense IA
chat he has a cement" head ana
could not reason correctly. We never
saw the blockhead who could not
thlnk roll Of bills looked GOOD
This same warden boosted Of being
active in the raids on the anti.war
agitators in 1917. His head was ali
right for that kind of work.
A N Italian gangster gave BANQUET
: in honor of the christening NJ
child, recently. Two United States
senator's attended the affair and one
u them became godfather for the
baby. A catholic priest oficiated ana
paid his respects to the public snirit
displayed by the father. He Is fuIlv
qualified for the job of undertaken
dis own business would keep a re-
'pectably large establishment busv
let hundreds of officials of city and
state accepted his invitation becauSa
ne controls enough gats to turn de-
Feat into victory in a tight elactsor
Great and glorious democracy!
ElVEN those with short memor,as
remember the cyclone that RACED
thruout the country when IL was
learned that Albert B. Fall secretarv
Oh the interior turned over naval oii
lands to the two oil maRnata.
Doheny and Fall. Fall got hundred
thousand dollars from one OF the
burglars and herd Of cattle from
the other, At least this much was
discovered when detectives went on
MS trail. He is still at large. 60
are the burglars, Doheny and Sin.
clair. A few goats were thrown N
the wolves. Publicly the capitalist
politicians denounced Fall for his
conduct and privately said: "It's
100 damn bad the poor devil was
taught with the goods. He needad
he money"
lWHEN it happens that a man Of
- great wealth goes to jail IN The
United states, ''the earth trembIes
the SKY darkens, the dead arise and
appear to many" This means that
they never go to jail unless thew rob
bankers. The bankers are sentative
lads. Even the governor of Indiana
could not get away with robbing the
bankers. When you compare the
ease with which millionaires violate
their own laws, rob the public domain
as well as each other, and get awav
with it, how can anybody with some
gray matter between the ears have
anything but feeling of disgust for
the hypocritical Rabbits who nose as
patriots? But let a working man get
entangled in the law, particularly IL
he is trying to help his fellow work.
ers and see what will happen to him.
| PATRIOTISM indeed is the last ref
uge Of the scoundrel. There are
few greater scoundrels in South
America than former President AL.
lessandri OF Chile. He was one of
those mainly responsible for the
slaughter Of thousands of men, wo-
men and children during the strike
In the nitrate fields of Chile soma
time ago. AT the present moment
there is serious dispute between
Chile and Peru over the settling of
boundary disagreement by plebis.
cite. This man AllessandrI was
asked by somebody whether he In.
tended to run for public Office. He
replied in the negative on the ground
that he would devote his whole time
to patriotism, Not even Calvin Coo.