The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-12-05

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power to act on hrs resignation, and
the government come to halt. In
accordance with the so-caled Plat
amendment which was embodied In
the constitution of Cuba, thereupon
proclaimed provisional government
for the island, the secretary of war
acting as provisional governor until
! he could he replaced by Mr.. Magoon.
| the late minister TO Panama and gov
crnor of the Canal Zone on the 18th.
mus: troops were sent TO support
them and to relieve tho navy, the ex-
petition being handled with most sat
| is factory speed and efficiency The
insurgent chiefs Immediately agreed
! that their troops should lay down
their arms and dlsband; and the
agreement was carried out. he pro
visional government has left the per.
sonnet OF the old government and
the old laws, so far as might be- nm
changed, and will thus administer the
island for few months until tran.
guilty can be restored, n new cleo
ton properly held and new govern
ment inaugurated. Peace has come
in the island; and harvesting Of the
sugar cane crop, the great crop of the
island, is about to proceed
When the election has been held
and the new government inaugurated
in peaceful and orderly fashion the
provisional government will come to
mend | take this opportunity OF
expressing upon behalf of the Amer
lean people. with all possible solemn
ity, our most earnest hope that the
people of Cuba will realize the imper-
alive need of preserving Justice and
keeping order in the 1land. The
United States wishes nothing of Cuba
except that it shall prosper morally
and materially. and wishes nothing
of the Cubans save that they shall
be able to preserve order among them
selves and therefore to preserve their
independence. If the elections be.
come a farce. and If the insurrec-
tionary habit becomes confirmed in
the island, 1t is absolutely out OF the
question that the island should con
tinue independent; and the United
States, which has assumed the spon.
sorship before the civilized world for
Cuba's career as a nation would
aga n have to intervene and to see
hat the government was managed in
such orderly fashion as to secure the
safety of life and property. The path
to be trodden by those who exercise
selfgovernment Is always hard, and
We should have every charity and
patience with the Cubans as they
tread this difficult path. have the ut
NOS sympathy with and regard for
them. but I most earnestly adjure
them solemnly TO weigh their re
sponsbiities and to see that when
their new government Is started it
shall run smoothly, and with free
1om from fragrant denial of right on
he one hand and from insurrectiom-
airy disturbances on the other
injections.
In my last message 7 suggested the
enactment of law in Connection with
the issuance of injunctions. attention
having been sharply drawn to the mat
ter by the demand that the right Of
applying injunctions in labor cases
should be wholly abolished It Is at
least doubtful whether a law abolish
ing altogether the use of iniunctions
in such cases would stand the test of
the courts in which case of course
he legislation would be incffectivA4
Moreover | believe IL would be wrong
to prohibit the use of in
unctions. II is criminal to permit
for criminals to weaken our
hands in upholding the law: and ii
men seek to destroy life or properly
by mob violence there should be no
Impairment of the power of the courts
o deal with them in the most sum
nary and effective way possible. But
TO far as possible the abuse of the
lower should be provided against by
ome such law as | advocated last
'ear.
In this matter of injunctlons there
$ lodged in he hands of The judiciary
! necessary power which is neverthc
ess subject to the possibility of grave
buse. 1t Is a power that should be
Exercised with extreme care and
hould be subject TO the jealous scru-
my of all men, and condemnation
hould be melted ont as much to the
udge who fails to use ii boldly when
Necessary as to the judge who uses
wantonly or oppressively. OF course
judge strong enough TO be fit for
is office will enjoin any resort to
iolence or intimidation, especially by
no matter what his opin-
IN may be of the rights OF the origin
quarrel. There must be no hesta-
ion in dealing with disorder. But
here must likewise be no such abuse
( the injunctive power as is inn
lied in forbidding laboring men to
trive for their own betterment m
eaceful and lawful ways; nor must
he injunction be used merely TO aid
ig corporation in carrying out
chemes for its own aggrandizemenr.
must be remembered that a pre-
minary injunction in a labor case,