Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-08
Sacco.Vanzetti Agitation
A Menace to Government
To the Editor, OF The Star;

To the Editors OF The Star;
While all the radicals, communists
and anarchists OF the world, and Of
our own country In particular, are
working themselves into a fury over
the action Of Gov. Fuller in the Sacco-
Vanzetti case, and threatening dire
consequences to our public officials
and orderly government, 1t Is about
time the sane, loyal and law-abiding
people OF the United States made their
opinions and position known in regard
to these enemies of organized govern
ment and our social system.
Are we to permit without protest
our courts and governments to be die
tated to and their functions controlled
by such irresponsible people. and neg
lect to give public support and APP
prevail to our officials in the honest
and fearless discharge of their duties?
The people Of the United States
have been long suffering with these
two allen miscreantS and enemies of
our institutions. Notwithstanding the
fact that they are avowed anarchists,
committed to the overthrow and de-
struction Of our Government by VIC
| lence, our people, misled by the ire.
mendous propaganda in behalf of Sac
co and Vanzetti, have been disposed to
| suspend Judgment respecting their
guilt until the governor could inyesti-
gate the case and make public his find
| ings and conclusions. This he has now
| done, after three months Of the most
painstaking and exhaustive investiga-
| ton, aided by three of the most dis.
| tinguished citizens in the State. Their
conclusions are unanimous that these
men had fair trial and are guilty of
| the murders charged against them.
| nd hn oh bn 90
| Cepted in loyalty to our institutions
by all good citizens, and is so accept
| ed by them. These men should be ex-
| ecuted forthwith In vindicatiOn of the
law and for the protection of society,
and further agitation and discussion
of the matter ended.
If the courts of our land are to be
held up to ignOminy. and their judg-
| ments reversed at the dictates of a
class, and especially such a class as
represent these criminals, we will soon
be relegated TO a primitive state Of So
ciety where every man will be law
unto himself, where there will be
neither safety nor security for life or
| property, and the weak will be the
victims of the vicious and strong.
The heart and mind of the over
whelming majority of the American
doubt that the governor and authori-
| ties of Massachusetts have their ap-
| prevail and support, which they will
| make known in no uncertain way
should occasion demand it. But they
should not await the commission of
| overt acts. Their approval and posi-
ton should now be made known
through the public press and in other
public ways. These officials are en-
titled to manifest demonstration of
public approval and support, and
nothing less is demanded in the
interest of social order and our insti
| tutions.
The vicious and violent letters ap-
pearing in the papers over the names
of these two criminals, which they
should never have been permitted to
give out, confirm the mind of every
right-thinking man that they are a
| type who would not hesitate to COM
NIT murder either from motives of
gain, revenge or the promotion of
their radical ideas, and strengthen the
| conviction that the verdict of the
Jury and the findings and conclusions
Of the governor and his aides are
right, and that these men did in fact
commit the murders for which they
| were convicted.
| ALEXANDER SIDNEY LAN1ER.