Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-22

laws be faithfully executed, land his doing
SO Is not made to depend upon the will or
consent Of any one state. The duty is
specially and in the plaffrest terms imposed
upon him, and in the performance of It
he is subordinate to no state authority.
Yet y the o ,ews t Sl were &C
ped at Chicago. interstate commerce broken
up. and the process Of United States courts
refused service. unless the governor. when
4 OF sa na to
eff the protest was yielded to II was q
concession that the governor and not the
President was to take ,carentha the laws
Of the United States were faithfully execut-
a mob might at pleasure defy them. 1t
seems needless to discuss this protest: the
action taken by the two houses of Congress
in approving in emphatic terms the action
preston Of their opinion that the protest
of the governor was not only unwarranted
but was revolutionary.
'The sentiment Of the country as express
ed in the public journals and otherwise was
to the same effect, and the question of con-
stitutional law may be considered practi-
caIly settled. 1t is fortunate that 1t is so.
for such a protest from the executive of q
great state must necessarily tend at any
time to still further excite the passions Of
those who in a mad way are defying the
lawful authorities"
Arbitration Considered.
The concluding portion of Judge Cooley's
address was devoted to the subject Of ar
bitration Of labor controversies.
II arbitration could embrace only the
labor controversies in respect to legal rights
it would be of very slight value. The award
cases establish legal right which the
courts can enforce, but the limits to COM
pulsory power in this respect must be very
narrow. No employer can be compelled to
II hie yyhn for oil aCal
want of capital or Of profits, or for any
other reason, he refuses to do so, and
laborers cannot be led by the sheriff to
their daily task when they refuse to obey
the arbitratOr's award that 1t is their duty
to continue at their work. The award may
in a sense be binding on the one or the
other, but when 1t is the party obtaining 1t
must In such case content himself with an
action for damages The difficulties in the
way of arbitration should, however, afford
motive for the removal of causes of ex-
listing enmity between labor and capital.
Judge Cooley concluded his address with
these words:
i. But when compulsory arbitration is pro-
posed as a remedy for wage Disbursements
Is not the question pertinent, shall ii be
rents next and then. again, what next?"
Reports Presented.
The secretary, John Hinkley of Baltimore
Nd, reported the membership as Lib and
the election Of sixty new members. Every
state but Nevada and three out of the five
territories are represented. The treasurer
Francis Rawle of Philadelphia, reported the
finances in fiourishing condition and a
comfortable balance In the bank The ex-
ecutive committee submitted its report Ia
the section on legal education.
This afternoon the chairman's address
was made by Henry Wade Rogers, presi-
dent of the Northwestern University al
evanston, Ill. Papers were read by Judge
John r. Dillon OF New York On THE True
Professional ldea." and by John ID. Law
son OF the University of Missouri at st.
Louis on The Standards of Legal Educa-
ton in the West"