| Show A judicial lecture butte mont june I 1 in sentencing james D casey to twenty years in prison the limit for highway robbery judge clancy took occasion to make some general remarks on the state ol of the nation these are peculiar times we are ara living in he said 1 I know they aro are badly out of joint I 1 am aware of the tha fact that three million men are out of 0 work in the united states and on tho verge of starvation and have not house or home I 1 know our statesmen and politicians have have misrepresented the people of the united states and contracted the circulating medium of the nation from 07 per capita until we in free coinage 33 per capita and that they have done this against the will of the people and to please the money power of the world I 1 know this has been the cause of the great increase in crime that a great many workingmen are arc reduced to 2 a condition to rob steal or starve you are not of this class of worthy poor you are a habitual criminal |
