The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-09-14

terrsptinn 10 business and pecuniary loss
TO those who are Ia no way responsible
for the disagreement. society In general Is
even more interested than employers or
employees. The de sire for justice Is so uni
versal that the public can be depended
upon 10 support the finding Of an impartial
board Of arbitration as certainly as II can
10 support the successful contestant In
Law SUIT. The court OF arbitration Is one
OF the certainties OF the future. and wnen
II is secured and perfected. We shall Won
der why its coming was delayed so long.
THE blacklist, by means OF which en-
ployers combine TO deprive the discharged
workmen OF reemploymentis one OF the more
recent menaces to the laboring man. The
indie pendence OF the wage Garner decreases
as the difficulty OF obtaining employment
increases. and the skilled workman. whose
life has been spent In acquiring efficiency
in a certain trade or occupation. becomes
practically the chattel of the employer
IL every opportunity 10 make use Of his
experience Is closed By agreement between
employers
THE iaboring man is also interested in
legislation prohibiting oriental immigra-
tion. IL is unfair to the American work.
man. who Is the foundation of the nations
wealth In time Of peace and its defense In
time OF war. TO subject him TO the danger
OF having his occupation given TO an
oriental laborer. often brought In by con-
tract, who has no permanent interest IN
our government. II the Asiatics come
here. work for IL " years, live on a lower
scale. and then carry home the net pro-
ceeds OF their toll. the drain upon our
money supply will be similar TO that caused
by landordism in other countries. The
political objections 10 oriental labor are
scarcely less weighty than the economic
ones. Race prejudice cannot be Disregard
ed, and we have seen how. la every INDUS
trial depression. race animosities result In
riot and bloodshed. We cannot afford TO
bring into this country those who cannot
anna lgamate with our people.
THE attempt to use the Injunction OF .
court to deprive the laboring man OF trial
by Jury should alarm all our people, Tor
while the wage Garner is the first to feel
its effects. the principle which underlies
government by injunction is so far-reach-
ing that no one can hope TO escape ulti-
mately. The thing forbidden by an injunc-
ton would without the injunction be either
legal or illegal. IL II would be legal. the
judge usurps the function OF the legislature
when he forbids IL. IL IL would be illegal
the Injunction OF the court Is unnecessary
for anyone who violates the Law can, upon
conviction. be made to suffer the penalties
prescribed for such violation. The mean
est thief and the most brutal murderer are
right be denied the laboring man? Those
who oppose government b. injunction are
not in favor OF lawlessness; they are. on
the contrary, the best friends OF law ana
order. They deny the right OF any man
TO violate the law In an EFFORT TO advance
his own interests. but they insist that IL
Il inconsistent with our ideas of govern
ment and dangerous to all classes to invest
any Judge with the three-fold power. nrst
to make the laws; second, TO bring accusa-
ton against those charged with the viola
ton OF the laws. and. third TO sit IN JuoS-
ment upon the case. Government py IN
junction is so indefensible that the anti
Injunction bill, Endorsed by the Chicago
platform passed the senate without yea
and nay vote being demanded, and since
that time no party platform has specimen
ly Endorsed government by injunction and
no prominent member OF any party mas
entered upon a defense OF the system, aho
yet corporate influence Is so strong that
il has thus far been impossible TO secure
any remedial legislation.
THE fact that United States senators are
elected by legislatures. rather than by the
people directly. lessons the laboring man
influence in securing favorable FEDERAL leg
islatior When the action of political
convention must be submitted to the voters
for ratification at the polls. the convention
Is constrained to nominate candidate
acceptable 20 the people. but when SEN
ator is chosen by a legislature the inol.io-
ual voter Is far less considered. Even when
direct bribery is not employed. the Indirect
influence which corporations can exert Is
resorted to. and more frequently still
money Is secretly used TO aid legislat tive
candidates In close districts. Such obiiga-
lions are usually repaid in the caucus. ana,
as a rule, the majority In the caucus con-
trolls the party which has the selection OF
the senator. II this question were SUBJ
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of the election OF senator's by direct vote
of the people would be overwhelming. and
yet partisanship has delayed the adoption
OF this amendment. The people shbfnit
10 policies which they do not like rather
than secure Improvement by change In
party affiliations.
"The Iaboring man favors direct legisla-
ton wherever practicable Tor the 50 me
reason that ne favors the election OF SEN
ators BY popular vote. Direct legislation
brings the government nearer TO the voter.
There Is more virtue tC the people than
ever finds expression through their repre-
sentatives. To hold that representative
can act FOR the people better than they can
act for themselves, is to assert that he Is
as much interested In the people as they
are themselves. and that his wisdom Is
greater than the combined wisdom OF the
majority OF the people. Neither proposition
is sound. Most. II not all, OF the evils COM
planned OF IN government are haeea'ie ~
the fact that the representative OF the peo-
pie has personal interests at variance with
the interests Of his constituency. Corrup-
ton in municipal. state and federal gov
eminent H. due TO the MISREPRESENTATION
OF the people by public servants, who use
their positions for private advantage. Inc
people should have an opportunity to vote
on public questions when these questions
can be submitted without too great neon
vertence or txpen<e.
But the laboring man l. even more IN
terested III the proposition TO establish a
labor bureau with cabinet officer at It's
head such bureau would keep the ex-
,cutive in constant touch with the wage
earners OF the country. and open the way
to the redress OF their present and future
grievances. II labor Is given place In tht
presidents official household. the man se.
lected will necessarily be worthy and
trusted representative OF the people for
whom he speaks. and his presence al cab
met meetings will give 10 those who toll
for their daily bread assurance that theiI
interests will be properly guarded.
Mr. Gompers. the chief executive OF the
Federation OF Labor. has, in his CORE
spondence with the secretary OF the treas
ury. so ably presented the laboring man
reasons for opposing a gold standard and