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Show ITt:kk iaan editorial from the Omaha World-Herat World-Herat 1 1 that holds good the country over: "Out in Idaho in the town of Wallace, Adam Ai.-back Ai.-back is rublishin a jiajiur called the Praam, and lately he has commeuted upon the controversy con-troversy iu progress between the owners of the Creur d'Aleue miue and their workmen. Ho has taken the side of the men, and the mine owners have induced a court to issue au injunction against the edi-tor edi-tor forbidding him from i riticising the mine owners or suffer the suppression of his paper. pa-per. Wc do not know what motive the court may have or what warrant it may think it ha for thus attempting to interfere with the liberty of the press. Perhaps the judge may believe that Kditor Ai.bai k is inciting riot and breeding trouble. trou-ble. The judge's molhe, tiowevir, whether good or bad, ha nothing to do with the case. His act is illegal. The liberty of the press is one of the fundamental uarar, tees of American government, aud anv judge might t.. kuuw better than to attempt interference with it. If Kditor JUfelCI does anything criminal lie can be punished bv criminal law. If ho damages anyone the civil law can be invoked to recompens-'hern, recompens-'hern, but for a judge to forUd the publication publica-tion of edituriul comment upon a matter mat-ter of public interest, particularly npn a matter not before hi3 court, tin n the liberty of the press is lost am! n censorship elected in Its stead. Kdit.ir Alback skooM do as toe Indiana Alter iiid. defy the court and appenl to a higher tribunal. Contempt of court is a limN offense, and dangerous if the editor make a mi'take. B this eaae there is no chance for a liiiitak :. If the judge I rfffrl tben ell our constitutions are -.vrong, and if., on the btber hand, they are to stand, he clearly has over-reached himself and exceeded ex-ceeded his powers. The public demands that an editor shall be free to write whatever what-ever lie pleases, being, of course, always responsible civilly or criminally for mistakes mis-takes which he may make and wrongs Which he may commit" j |
