Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-02

was not only of opposite politics. hut
who was one Of the most prominent
corporation lawyers In the country.
who was at that time the hired attor-
ney of one Of the railroads involved
In the strike, and who was ut that
time personally engaged I'm fighting
strikers. and therefore had an interest
in the outcome. yet this man was
clothed with all the powers of the
government and he brought to the use
of himself and his clients. without ex.
1000 United States marshnls. of u spc-
cially picked United States grand jury.
Of several United States Judges. and
of the United States army. Never be-
fore were the United States govern.
ment and the corporations of the coun.
try so completely blended. all the pow
crs of the one being ut the service Of
the other. and never before was the
goddess Of Justice made mere hand.
maid for one of the cOmbatants. Sure.
~. II there had not been special OBJ
ject to attain. II there had been moth
Ing wanted except to preserve order
and enforce the law. then common de-
cency would have suggested that the
machinery Of justice remain In Impair
tial hands. 1t is evident that II the
Attorney General of the United States
did not outline and advise the policy
| that was pursued. II received his np.
prOval and was carried out through his
assistance.
Referring again to government by In.
Junction: Some OF the Federal Judges
based these remarkable orders on the
Interstate commerce law. This was an
net passed by Congress some years ago
for the express purpose Of protecting
the public against unjust charges on
the part o, the railroads. and practical.
~ of protecting the farmers and the
shippers of the country against ruinOua
discriminate The railroads refused
to obey this law and carried II into the
Federal courts. ana these same Federal
judges proceeded to hold section after
section of the law to In uncOnstitutiOu.
nj. until they had absolutely destroyed
u for the purpose for which II was
|
IN Il dead rabbit. Then. after having
thus nullified an act of Congress In.
tended for the protection of the people
| they turned around and made OF II Il
club with which tn break the backs Of
the men who toll with their hands
men whom Congress did not think OF
lpglslatlng against. Others Of tlles,
Judges have recently held that they
have the power 10 make these orders
independently of the Interstate com
merce law.
Another innovation il the operation
of railroads by courts Of chancery
whereby u court carries on vast b,,si
ness enterprise not simply for n shCr,
time. but frequently for years, and h!
IN astounding fiction IN the line OF
usurpatiOn of power. the dignity and
the sacred presence Of the court IL sup
posed 40 extend over the whole line OF
the road. and the road II said to he moi
In the hands Of the receivers. as Othel
property IL In the hands Of the owner
hut In the actual possession OF tn,
court. AMI anything done to the railroa,
IL treated rs II contempt of court. i
you commit IN OfYense against u rail
road that IL In the hands Of It's owners
you will be prosecuted In the count!
w..e-c the Offcnse II committed. trie,
by II Jury. ana. II proven to be guilty
may be sent to the penitentinry. Hut 1
you tread on the grass or throw n stOn,
onto railroad that Inns been robbed y!
spectators and then put into the hand
Of u receiver to freeze out some stock
holders. you will bc guilty. of u con
tempt Of some court sitting several hun
d,.l miles away. and you will be llabl
IL. there to be trleds-nOt by u jury or
dlsinterestcd tribunal but by TINT cOur
whose awful dignity you have Offent
cd. II the courts must 20 into the bus
; ness Of operating railroads. then thes
absurd tictlons should be abandOne
and the roads held to be In the hand
Of the receivers just M other reads al,
! held TO be In the hands of their owner,
, 1t Is In connection with bankrupt road
: In the hands Of court TINT most Of tn
outrageous orders OF lnjunctiOns wer
I Issue. during the last two years. Thcs
: injunc.lons are outside of the regulu
D machinery of government. 40 far Il
Q they are outside the law. they az
+. usurpations. ana where not usurpatiOi
I they are wrong. for the COnstitutiO
|. las created other machinery to cnf0rt
i the criminal law. Courts of Char
o Gerry were not created for til
1 purpose. Further. they do no good. !
T. Chicago they We're issued long In a,
% vance of any serious riOting or d.
4 tnrbances: yet they did not prevent I'll
Il burning Of u single freight car. nor III
y ditchlng of u single train. Our cOuntl
Y has existed for more than hundrt
a years. During this time NIL our grea
Il ness ana our glory have been achieve
+. Property has been protected, ana In
n ami order has been maintained by Il
n machinery established by the COnstit
!. ton: this machinery has at all tim,
!. been found to be more than sufficle
It for every emergency. II both the CO
u stitItlOn AMI our past experience u
y now to be dlsregarLed, aud the FEEDER
n courts are to be permitted to set I
(. this new form of government, then
L. will be equally proper for the sta
4. courts to do so, and we shall soon Ia
r government by injunction from head
Il. toe. All of the affairs of life will
III rrpulntpl. NOT by In ", hut by the DC