Washington sentinel., 1900-05-26

| and MS admirers nave 10 S~kSS
next autumn. They have forfeited
the confidence that the people ono
reposcd in their faith and patriot
ism. They are doing all they cal
to increase the adherence in which
the regime OF misgovernment, cor
ruption and loot they have estab
lished in Cuba and the new terri
tories is held throughout the coun
try. They have nearly reached
The end Of their tether.
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Government bV Injunction--An I'm
porJant Issue OF the Campaign,
The cry against government by
injunction, says James Creelmanr
in the New York T0HrHaL
is growing louder and more des-
perate, and as the Presidential
canvass approaches the tvrannical
abuse Of the restraining writ is
becoming a practical and powerful
political question. Itis quite GER
tam that this issue will be boldly
dealt with in the Democratic plat
form to be adopted at Kansas City,
and that the utterance Of the Dem
ocratic party will be less ambigu-
Gus than in 1896.
Attempts have been made to
create an impression that the op-
position to government by I'M unc-
ton springs from a settled hostil-
ity to courts and to the orderly
processes OF justice. The truth is
that it has become a confirmed
habit OF Judges in the Federal
courts to substitute the extraordin-
ary processes, to sIpplant trial by
jury by arbitrary punishment for
contempt of court.
And here is the contrast: Mr..
Rockefeller, of the Standard Oil
trust; Mr.. Havemever, Of the
Sugar trust, or Mr.. Morgan, Of the
Coal trust, may conspire to prevent
competition in the necessaries of
life without interference bY the
courts. But the street car conduc-
tors and motormen of Little Rock,
Ark, will 20 to Jail if they wear
the badges OF the labor unions to
which they belong. The United
States Circuit Court has so ordered
it, and if a conductor violates the
he must be condemned
without the right OF jury trial and
without the right OF appeal. In
Kansas City the United States
Circuit Court has ordered the
street railway strikers not to .oiter
in the neighborhood OF the railway
company's stations or stopping
places, nor even to make bolster
Gus noises, which might intimidate
the employees who take the places
OF strikers. II a striker violates
that order he must 90 to Jail by
the in disputable will Of the judge
who issued that injunction. He
can have no trial by jury. In New
York a court has even enjoined
the International Cigarmakers'
Union from giving financial assist
ance to strikers. A member OF
the union who dares to violate that
remarkable edict is liable to per-
emptory punishment without trial
by jury.
These are not imaginary cases.
They are not even old cases. They
represent system OF judicial usur-
patton that extends into every
State and almost every county.
Look at the thing honestly.
The law forbids certain acts OF in
reference. II man violates the
law he can be arrested, tried before
a Jury, and, il found guilty, fined
or imprisoned. But the jury may
come to the conclusion that there
was great provocation for the
mans act. The Jury NAV decide
that man fighting for his bread
and butter and Tor the support Of
his wife and children was justified
under some circumstance in try
ing to persuade another man not
to take his vacant place. There.
fore trial by jury is not to be
thought of. Juries are prone to be
fair and humane.
The writ Of injunction is sought
by great corp orations as means
of evadinp Jury trial. The striker
or even the man who threatens to
strike is enJoined by complaisant
judge from doing certain things
Why7 If the man violates the law
he can be arrested and punished in
the ordinary way. But there is
that inconvenient jury trial system
with its humanity and common
sense. SO the writ OF injunction II
issued. The employe is solemnly
told that he must not do thus anC
thus. Remember, the law has al
ready said the same thing TO him