The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-27

well issue against q railroad, enloininR
it from discharging an employe or from
falling to pay such employees certain
fixed rate Of wagee."
Indeed, only q few months ago
some strikers in New Jersey, got
|out an Injunction, if We remember
Alright, preventing their employers
from employing non union msn ana
reducing tho wages OF labor. 10
Ithe present instance the labor pa.
|pers are already murmuring and
their views are generally reflected
lin the following quotation from an
editorial in the Scrantonian.
"Judee Adams has carried the
principle q little further than was
done in the Debs case, and II his
preliminary injunction is made per,
Ipetual and becomes q recognized
'lprinciple in law, it is difficult to see
'|how organized labor can hereafter
enforce strikes. The remedy may
then be in the overthrow OF the po-
litical power that fosters govern
|ment by Injunction and the tyranny
of great corporations, for after all II
said and done, the wage earner'
have it in their power to make tn
lpovernment OF this country and TIT
courts thereof just what they have
mind to. Mr.. Ramsey, President
of the Wabash system, is therefor
playing with dangerous weapons il
taking such a strong stand agains
|organized labor. He may have la'
lon his side, that is a point we cal
mot argue, but if he has, the peopl
have the ballot, and it only needs
little more Of this sort OF thing Z
make them use it in a manner tbs
will long be remembered" F"
We may learn lesson from th
history OF our judiciary in the past
In the early days all judges were az
pointed by the executives but ate
they had established their right
ovsrrule acts of the legislatures, th
popular demand for their electio
by the people became overwhelu
ing, and popular election has no
become the unique feature OF tt
American State Judiciary as col
trasted with the judiciary Of all otl
or countries. With the Judge
elected on Q party ticket the fir
step is to make them partisan, Il
second step is to make them sati
factory to the more aggressive ell
ments of the electorate. Already
Judge of the highest court 10 Ne
York has been elected mainly b
cause the labor unions circulate
broadcast the decisions favorab
Ito them which he had rendered !
lower court, and he is now spol
en- of as the logical candidate OF th
Democratic party for President
the United States. Western labt
unions have sent remonstrances
President Roosevelt against the pr
'st motion to Federal judgeship OF
Ase Judge whose decisions have bee
~ inimical to them. As was well OF
'P' served by one Of the federal ludg'
e in our columns few years ago;
n. Judges Of the national court shou
=, hesitate long before attempting to exc
I'm cise an equitable Jurisdiction, which,
len effect. usurps the Jurisdiction OF u
helcriminal courts, reverses the unlfor
G.. practice OF courts OF equity for centuri
~ past, and which, il largely exercise
'as will tend to create an alarming pup
'ge hostility against the courts themselves
em To this opinion we may add, tn
la' hostility to the courts under our p
Oe ellitical system ends in subservient
Sne OF the courts, and that when car
nes tai and labor enter politics to col
eos troll the judiciary the judges VI
ons sink to the level OF aldermen, q
TN semblymen and congressman.