West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-20

vast bulk OF the people nothing is left
but wages. The element OF profits
Is concentrated In the possession of n
handful of proprIetors.
This IL change as revolutionary as
the transition from feudalism to the
factory system. The party that advo-
Gates II Is the revolutionary party, and
the one that opposes II IL the conserva-
tive party.
Again, the Republican organs would
have us believe that the Democracy Is
taking new and dangerous ground I'm
opposing government by Injunction.
The. fact Is that government by In
Junction IN n noxlous novelty. IL was
not known I'm this country ten years ago;
IL Is not known In England now. The
writ OF injunction is old. IL originated
In England where the lord chancellor,
as Keeper cf the kings conscience"
used II 10 grant relief In civil cases that
could not be reached by the rigid proc.
esses OF the common law. In the
English equity courts II Is stlll used In
the old way. No employer In England
can get nn Injunction restraining n
labor union from disburslng strike
benefits. or cnn make n writ of injunc.
ton means of abolishlng the right of
trial by jury In criminal cases.
The courts I'm this country followed
the old rules until few years ago.
when Ingenious corporation lawyers
devised the scheme OF procuring In
functions ngainst whole communities.
warning them against the commission
or crimes. ana so putting them under
species Of judicial martial law.
The old criminal law. built up by our
race In n thousand years OF struggle
against oppression. says "You shall
not commit "a crime. If you do. you
Will be indicted. tried before II jury.
and, lf convicted. subjected TO such
penalties as the law provides"
Government by injunction says:
You shall not commit crime III you
do. or II judge chooses TO say you do.
you VIII be arrested for contempt of
court and subjected. without trial. to
such punishment MS the Judge may
direct"
Through this system reign OF ter
ror may be established over whole dis
tricts and the liberty OF the entire
population subjected to the arbitrary
VIII OF one man.
This revolutionary usurpation was
fire new when the Democrntlc conven.
ton at Chicago protested against Il In
1896 II Is ro1r years older now. but
still new enough to stamp the party
that would substitute IL for the system
that has come down from the time OF
King Alfred as the party Of reckless
innovation.
In the matter Of the income tax, too.
II is the Republican party that Is root.
Ing up the ancient landmarks. From
the foundation Of our government
down to the year 1895 the power OF
congress 10 Impose an income tax had
been sustained by an unbrokcn line Of
decisions. The Republican party II.
self before u had become the instru.
ment Of cOnsclenccless wealth repeat
edly made ues Of that power. But un
der its new proprietorship II drngoon-
ed the supreme court into reversing It's
whole record and depriying the nation
OF resource that may prove vital I'm
some future emergency.
u IL the Republican party. too which
has abandoned Washington's rule
against entangling alliances aud Mon.
roe's prohibition Of European expan-
sion on tie American continent and
has made the United States the tail to
the kite OF British diplomacy
Mnnifestly the voter who breads rash
experiments has only one recourse. II
Is 70 vote FOR the conservative cnndl-
date tho upholder Of American tradi-
tions William Jennings Bryan.-New
York Journal