Show The Verdict at Indianapolis labor unionism with entire responsibility lity for tho the criminal minaI LOADING nets acts of the thc union officials who were convicted in Indianapolis 5 y yesterday esterdaY would bo ho an injustice excusing it wholly would bo an equal perversion of logic For unless the great rank and file of the thela la labor or organizations in America realize to the full the tho manner in which they have been betra betrayed ed and sense completely the chasm of or ruin luin t to o which the acts of such as these have been propelling them the exposure of this diabolical dynamite conspiracy will kill have accomplished nothing more than tho the punishment of or a n few men who ho are uro but hut flies on the thc wheel The overwhelming o lesson of this vindication of law should be clasped to the bosom of unionism with gratitude its its its' housecleaning forced though a it is and perhaps reluctant should be he salutary and should st strengthen reng not weaken the cause of the thc men an and women of America American who toil with hand haud and brain for daily wage All doubts as to the guilt of the thirty-eight thirty men must now be bc dissipated They had a n fair an and impartial trial Tho The vast resources of tho the federal a government were at their disposal for the summoning g of witnesses for fOl the presentation of whatever i e evidence would cas cast t doubt up upon on their guilty complicity Able lawyers defended them counsellors coun coun- who are arc veterans at the exact science of availing themselves o of f every technicality every subterfuge c every b path by-path path nn and tr trail under il with which our system of criminal jurisprudence is so o replete For three months the trial slowly dragged its wear weary length along there was wag no snap haste no excessive o speed A carefully I chosen jury in which the defense defenso expressed confidence equal to that of the prosecution sat patiently r week in week out month mouth in and month mouth out listening to tho the evidence When the pleas of or the opposing advocates cates vines had bad been beery closed tho those o e men sat many hours in judgment their pale solemn faces when thc they filed into the tho courtroom yesterday their deep appreciation of their responsibilities reflected in their countenances countenances coun coun- proved that they the estimated in its fullness the gravity ity of tho the task tusk that was theirs It cannot be claimed for these thirty-eight thirty convicted convicted con con- men that they were railroaded to prison or that their guilt was not proven beyond a n reasonable doubt Unionism may not disclaim responsibility for these men on the plea that they the are arc congenital criminals who would have gravitated gra to murder and arson iii in any other avocation or walk of life some of them are citizens who have had for years the respect of their home com corn It may not defend its slothfulness of the past half dozen doze 11 years on the ground that hat all avenues of information as ns to their methods method s were were closed the evidence c adduced at Indianapolis show shows that a II strict t supervision of the affairs of the executive council of the ironworkers ironworker would have unearthed the crimes that are now bringing retribution upon their perpetrators To that extent must labor unionism take t to 0 itself responsibility ml n. n I I 1 J THe Ills cause OL labor as ns a should not noi suffer Miner an anu will win 11 1 not The Thc steadfast loyalty go given goen en these accused officials in the pas past t is no reflection upon the fife toiling masses who stood behind him Unfortunately Unfortunately I the thc antagonistic spirit phit that has pas arisen between capital au and aud a 1 labor a spirit so thoroughly understood that even en the national Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress is en endeavoring oring ea to remove it makes es bitter partisans of the mem mein members bers hers of each class A revulsion of feeling towards the l was s promptly manifest after their pleas in Los Angeles exposed their guilt and the same course of events will be e noted with reference to this dynamite dynamite dynamite dyna dyna- mite conspiracy Labor need 11 no longer longcr adhere to them they are its it S enemies not its friends The flee obstacles they have e placed in ill the wa way of advancement nd are arc far greater than even the most bigoted t could create The country will wiIl sympathize with ith these convicted men regretting a g that enthusiasm for th their ir cause lured them on insensibly and by gradations gradations gra gra- lotions to crime sympathy will be wide widespread pread for their famil families es wh who suffer equally with the husbands and fathers that stand at the threshold d of a federal prison And it will rejoice that the guilty have bee been 1 brought to ju justice tice Union labor may congratulate itself that the strong p arm of the law has removed remo those who vere leading it to ruin for the tin e great membership p of labor organizations condemns crime as bitted bitterly Y eY as any other class of our citizenship and slid is as ns desirous of attaining it its s ends by fair means As convinced of the justice of their position a as s ss ever was the cr crusaders of centuries ago the labor unionists of l America Americ a need feel no discouragement To the extent that their cause is IS just jus t and their methods honorable they will wiIl succeed no further however howe ma may the they go Wo Y 0 do not believe the they wish to go further ok 4 e c-a. c j e 1 fila 4 oI Sidelights Upon Pon George Washington MAYOR JV GAYNOR of New York has learned that George Georg-e Wash Wash- l I ington was of choleric disposition that he had sound judgment t but no extraordinary talent that his face was blotched his teeth teeter imperfect imperfect imperfect im im- perfect and that he was e even ell known to swear at times Groping fo for r the limelight in an age when it is considered progressive c to pick our national idols to pieces Gotham's mayor has done nothing in his public discussion cf of facts that are known to most persons person s of average crage education For to most persons the saving sa grace brace o of f righteous anger leavens to a pleasing degree the thc high attributes of th the e father o of his country and renders the more extraordinary his The schoolboy whose appetite for worship hero-worship has been satisfied r d i ito to repletion even indigestion by the tho school history's recital of tl the tho e cloying sweetness of the first Presidents President's character seizes with avidity a upon the historic rebuke to Lee as evidence that his Iris idol was human The expurgated accounts of that incident that arc considered best hest for the ho youthful mind no more than throw into stronger relief the greatness greatness great- great greatness ness of Washington I How much more more- fully then would tho the youth rejoice did he but hut learn to the full the language the great soldier of o liberty addressed to his lieutenant retreating the marvelous command command of Washington r exhibited and the stern stem anger with which he be unloaded upon G General Lee the full fun flood 1 of his indignation The memory of of George Georg Washington grows the sweeter with the passing years ears tits 1115 Imperfections are but the shadows that show now how how brightly shone his character his anger cr exhibits that he be was of the earth earth earthy and that Providence but hut used hi him In as ns an In instrument in great affairs affaire his employment of strong language when in a 11 fit of choler cannot alienate the affection of a n nation that forgives strong expletives from its strong characters To ro condone the weaknesses of or Washington is no more to indorse and approve e them than is discussion of the darkness that renders but the more beautiful the sun of morn morn- ing ng Mayor layor J Gaynor may be thanked for nothing l Pia 1 1 0 4 An Obstacle for President President- President Elect Elect rENT announcements come corne from Washington that the tile attenuated at d Democratic majority in the next nest Senate will be so strengthened by insurgent Republican assistance that the President-elect's President tariff program will be he successful Counter statements are arc made mado that the opposing wings winger of Dr Wilsons Wilson's party are no less antagonistic than have been the Republican factions and that the tho pr protective principle will have enough supporters in Democratic tanks ranks as to preserve i it ii in part at least Definite knowledge of conditions is is' impossible until the opposing ng rug ing cohorts align themselves but the latter of the two views stated seems the most tenable There never ne has been heen any finy unanimity of feeling in the Democratic party arty on the tariff question and there probably never will be W. W S. S Hancock considered one of the foremost Democrats of or his day regarded regarded re re- re-I re the t tariff as fit purely a local question and that view view has been accepted pled by many of or his party men as sound Most of the Democratic senators have ha striven to protect the commodities of their own commonwealths commonwealths com com- and mill in this condition will ill the tho President-elect President find the greatest obstacle to tho the success o of his program program n. n A A. New cw York man says he can sing sing- ol old songs But probably nobody is going to muster master up enough courage to ask him to prove it e Dr Di Eliot of or Harvard ard there is hell says Jr no Evidently ll has hns never er encountered a l clothesline in ill the back yard on a dark night It has remained for fol Turkey t to u fin find d a sure y means of stopping war wat fare That is to quit fi fighting 1 NN- NN |