Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1901-12-19
RESOLUTIONS.

Resolved, That We will support no
man for Judge of the Supreme Court,
Circuit Court, or Attorney General,
who fails or refuses to come out over
his own signature and declare that be
is in favor of the following principles
and declarations:
LIST. That organized labor in its or
ganized capacity should have the sup
port and encouragement of all honest
men.
2nd. That differences arising be-
tween parties engaged in interstate
commerce, employer and employee,
should be settled by arbitration.
3rd. That the Court shall never I'M
der any circumstances interfere or in
termrddle with the disputes between
men employed by corporations and the
corporation itself by resort to the in
iunction-or what is now known as gov
eminent by injunction. This we re-
gard as crime against labor
4th. That we are opposed to the So
called rule of demurrer" to evidence,
whereby it becomes possible to take
damage suit away from jury and place
it in the hands of the Circuit Judge and
permit him to decide the case to suit
himself, over the protest of the injured
party to the suit.
9Th. That we are in favor OF the en-
actment of law IN relation to Eel
low servants" so as to make this law
read that whenever by the negligence
or carelcssness of any agent or employ
ee, a man is injured while in the SER
vice of any corporation then the cor
poration shall be liable for all actual
damage sustained as the proximate
cause of this negligence or carelessness.
9th. That we declare the constitn-
tional right of trial by jury is essent-
lal to the perpetuity of this Repu lie,
and that all courts must and shall re-
spect this right under our constitu ton
or else civil liberty is gone into obliv-
ion, and we demand that strikes be set
tied when arbitration fails, before an
honest jury. That damages be ascer-
tanned before an honest jury, and that
no more demurrers go, That there
shall be no more government by in
junction
9TH That the constitutional right OF
free speech shall never be abridged by
any court by injunction or otherwise in
this state.
Sth. That the Attorney-G"neral
shall not that during his term oil
office ask for, accept, nor ride on free
railroad passes in this st ate, but that
he will conduct his Office in the inter
est of the people to whom it belongs
and not in the interest Of corporations.
9th. That the Circuit Judge must de-
clare that be too will accept no cOurtes'
les or free passes from any railroad
company in this state during his term
| of office, but that be will administer the
law without fear or favor to the best OF
| his ability.
10th. That we are in favor Of what
| is commonly known or called the eight
| hour system" on ten hours pay for lab
/ oring men.
Resolved further, That in support oil
! these declarations we utually pledge
/ to each other our support and influence
| for all elections in 1902, and we invitf
the approving judgement et the people
/ Of Tennessee in support in support Of
| these declarations.
w. L. Saunders, Chairman,
/ John NJ. Crenshaw, Sec'y,
Wiley Parker,
J. A. Bailey,
Hatton Saunders,
Matt Griffith,
Ed Crenshaw,
". r. Crenshaw,
VIM. MOsier,
George Bailey,
Committee.