Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-27
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18Th. Ard ycES Dallas ifs1e % We lfi1'
you have &c editorial comment On NJ
feceat issersise which r1ny friends
think calls foT rsply On ny psTi, nos ~
csuse q Any rsfectlpzs pe1sO5ai 70 ny
sell. 5rs seca1ss n TIE issues frised.
LeAHng our your O9iniou q TIE quail
~ u tie lntsrgiew Itself, AID d Cos,
frelssds e1sfrcs aBfiag ~ late strike
n.aren npon uaieh We eyicentiY cannot
agree erd w3ich are d no great pVpiic
eoaeerol, I wish 70 discuss Two points
relsed b nayped ana evtded " sOa.
You pf0sourcs ~ sbsaTd ny declare
.sos asA... tie extsnsi0ns 81 the doctrines
d cOu;emyts a1d Feceiyefs5ips BY the
feserai courts sss sabversiye u state
rights, ard dangerous 70 lbs liberties u
tie yeotis."
In discussing this proposition ! shall
consne mTsgf ~ statement 81 iscts and
few QfOiatioEs from the recent opinion
81 uniteo States Circuit Jgdgs Perdee, de-
llyered IN what are known as the strike
e&ses The declarations u the court AZ
already made, and the acts 81 its officers
already committed, ore the best basis up
on which your readers can form their own
opinion, aud 70 this source they Viii prop
cry 20 rather than 70 any declaration on
your part OF mine.
JUB8g PAEDgE,
10 hls opinion, says "All employees u the
receivers Gre pro hac vice officers Of the
courts s1d ever one who IBierferes " "a
any officer Of the court % guilty Of con-
tempt
Tins makes about i0.OOo people IN
Texas pro hac vice officers Of The court;
add 10 these he generally recognized Off
GERS d tho court, and Texas has many
more federal officials than she ever
dreamed u when che went Into the Union I
under the consultation now unchanged, 4
10 far a. !. affects this question Nov
let % took 20 the oylBiOn and see the 4
status n tits great horde u court Off 4
eisls aud the Status Of the balance II orr
clflzqnship ia respect 70 these court OIL
cers.
Judge Psfdee Gays In hls opIulon
" Where she employees combine aud con-
spirs 10 qnit, wiia Or without rotice, with +
tbs object aud iuient q GRIPPING the I
properly " iss operations, I have no
do1ht that they thereby commit con
tempt, and ali those who combine aud &
cOnspire with employees ~ thus quit, or 4
as oiilelAls 81 labor organizations issue 4
orders - sifise, fender themselves liable I
for contempt " court
Under this opinion, no matter how
Peaceabiy Il may DC done, aud no matte
how Ear their Intentions may be from yl0-
leBce,
EsrtOYgn CAST qUrT WORK
% induce others - q1ii WORK without be.
Ing 10 contempi q court 10 the face Of
this opinion the News thinks Il absurd Tor
one 70 contend that the doctrine Of con-
tempt has been extended TOO far The |
only c0nrt ttat have heard Of extending .
the doctriue % the caniempt this far was 4
an Arkansas justice' IT the peace, who, 4
upen learning that a lawyer had "cussed' I
the court on the street, (au iBallenable 4
right Of a lawyer who loses his case) the
next day entered a fne for contempt, aud 4
when tbs lawyer protested that It was not 4
done 10 the presence Of the court, or even
while IN session, the justice jnstlaed the
decision on the ground that bis court WAS
AZ Eau times aud under all circumstances
an object Of contempt"
II tbs position 81 Judge Pardee IL cor /
rect tbs citizens Of Texas will have 10
TAKE TO THE WOODS,
or avoid railroad employees a. they would .
gipers, or run continual risk ot impris- |
onment for contempt
In tho hcyday Oi tyranny In England, I
when the courts aud lawyers were the 4
creatures u the crown, when the law OF l
treason was stretched 70 the nttermost 4
limit % legal sopbsm and human lngen.
ulty, II required more 81 an overt act TO .
constitute treason than u does 10 constl. 4
tnte contempt under this ruling.
believe In UNFOLDING the dignity and |
constitutional power VI c0grts aud pun
lshlng All proper c0niempts; but. under
Judge pardee's opinlon, little quiet /
talk or a peacesble coulab or contedera I
tion With section hand lays a citizen llA.
BILE for tho oiieBsc.
II uuder Ibis proceeding and punish. I
ment for contempt defendant had the
mGnr or ImAL
by iurg we could have The Judgment of /
the court reversed or, even II The max. 1
imum punishment was aaonaGle, the 4
opinion Of the judge wonld not be snch /
an Important matters but II becomes a
very serious tnlug when we remember
that this judgment in1lctlng tho penait,
Il anal, and can be made So very severe
~ 10 deprive a citizen Of his liberty for
an Indefinite Length Of time
qunte iufther from the opinion Of the
learned judge, Wherein be not only states,
but evidently boasts, Of the extrsordlna,
~ power Of the court and threatens its
usci which Is rs much an intimidation a.
he Idle and upiustlnablo threats VI The
sirikera' u Is the more intlmldating be.
cause q the power OF execution.
"lt may not be generally known, bnt the
POWER OF rms COURT
under the law In publishing such cases il
unlimited W terms imposing zines and lm
pilsonnents, and .ho extent Of either Il
wholly within the discretion OF the
iudgon
Uhder The courts opinion II doesn't ne.
qnlre an overt act 70 constitute a case of
contempt, and be can punish law abla'
Ing Knight % Labor as easily a. 10
can punish one guilty Of violence, aud the
amount OF punishment depends ON the
indge's own sweet win. Holding The
view that do, and having evidently been
educated IN didvrsnt political school
from yonfself, ! can SEQ nothing absurd
IN protesting against such tyrannical
dangerous and undemocrasIc law. | don't
believe either IN the tyranny Of the mob
OF In
JUDICIAL TYRANNY,
and don't believe any conc ssions shonld