River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-25
WAR ON CARLIsLE's PLANS.
Knights OF Labor Seek to Restrain Hin
from Issuing Bonds.

rom issuhts Dtuuss
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 2I.-The Knight.
OF Labor after consultation among the
officers present at meeting sent the
following dispatch to ]. R. Sovereign.
general master workman, Des Moines,
Ia:
Secure counsel and go before tie United
States supreme court Immediately Enter IN
junction proceedings against Carlisle, restrain
ing him from issuing nifty millions Of bonds
Tho interests OF the people, upon whom
the burden Of all taxation 10 pay the interes'
and principal OF the bonds falls, 70
Quire that you should Immediately take THU
step against the secretary Of the treasury en-
Joining him from mourning any further deb
while the resources Of the government II prop
erly applied. are suficent to meet all lawful dc
'aands. JOHN W. HAYES.
General Secretary Treasury, X. OF L"
Friday the folio wing telegram wal
received by Secretary Hayes:
'DEs MONIES, Ia. Jan 10 John w. Hayes
si4 North Broad street: Case submitted n
counsel. II there 9 reasonable ground on whicl
TO force q standing 81 court Injunction proceed
ings will begin at once
~ r. SOVEREIGN,
General Master Workman"
Dies MONIES, Ia, Jan. 2o.-General
Master Workman Sovereign of the
Knights OF Labor. acting upon the I'D
vice of leaders OF the order In different
parts of the country and of Senator
Allen (pop.. Neb.) will, within few
days. file with the clerk of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia
a petition for an injunction restrain
ing Secretary Carlisle from mazing the
proposed issue of government bonds
c. q. Cole, ex-chief justice of Iowa, 4,
drawing up the petition. which will as
sert that the act of January Il, 1878
does not authorize tie issue for any
other purpose than the redemption o.
greenbacks, or, at any rate, to maintain
the 500, 900. 900 gold reserve.
The following specific claims ar,
made by the persons seeking the injunc
ton against the bond issue: There Il
nothing in the law providing for re.
serve fund at this time in the United
States treasury of 800. 900, 900; there
is no provision in the law for any
special reserve as construed by the
present government The fact that
the secretary of the treasury is to offer
for sale greater amount of bonds than
necessary to replenish the so-called
offering them for the purpose OF re-
demption. and it further shows that he
is not Offering them for sale for the
purposes specified in the law of Jan.
nary IA, 1878. the resumption act
The secretary of the treasury. they
claim, has no authority to offer bonds
for sale for any purpose. There is no
deficit in the United States reserve
fund, for silver at present in the treas
ury is more than double the so-called
deficit in the so-called legal reserve.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-The Philadel
phia dispatch announcing a threatened
injunction by the Knights of Labor
against Secretary Carlisle to restrain
him from issuing $4,000, 900 in bonds,
as contemplated by MIN. was taken to
the treasury department and showed to
the secretary. Mr.. Carlisle read the
dispatch, but declined to say anything
whatever on the subj let for publica-
ton. Other officials of the department
to whom the dispatch was shown were
not surprised on learning its contents.
The feeling of the Knights of Labor
and of labor unions generally on the
bond question was known to be I'M
favorable as had been shown by the
passage of resolutions against ii.
The officials were unit in the opin-
ion that the secretary had nothing
more than temporary delay to fear
from injunction proceedings, and even
this they did not think in the least de-
gree probable. The secretary consult
ed the Encouragement. the law officer
of the government, and the president
before issuing the bond call.
Applications for writs of injunction
or mandamus against department Of
ficials are usually made to one of the
justices of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia. An appeal from
decision of the supreme court of
the district would lie to the dis
trict court of appeals, but in
the ordinary course of events could
not be heard by the higher court
for several months unless an order
advancing it on the calendar was made.
From the court of appeals the case
might be taken to the United States
supreme court if the encouragement
that unquestiona bly, would be met by
the enjoiners in the lower courts die
not cause them to cease their efforts
1t is believed no delay would be occa-
stoned by these legal proceedings, as
even a temporary injunction doubtless
would be denied