Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1907-12-05

such q tax would help 10 pr9Setve =
the people Of the generations growing g
sympathy With that .ociaii.s. idea
which would try to put lasinese. thr Eli
industry. thrift and efnciency: vhicn
would strive to break up not merely p.
vate property. BIZ. what y far ,:'ove IN.
which our whole civilization Stands such
. theory. ie ever adopted, would mean
the ruin Of the entire country-a ruin
Witch woald eesr @eavte:t IT, upon =, .h sns
for themselves. But proposals for legts.
lation such ~ this herein advocated Are
directly opposed to this class OF soc.Si.
what Linc0ln pointed cut: The fact that
there are some respects in which men
are obviously not equal. but also to IN r.
s!,t that there should Dc an eamelssy ..
equality OF rights before the Law and
at least an approximate equality In the
conditions under which each man OBJ.
10 In him when compared to his fellows.
A few years ago there was loud com.
plai,.t that the law could not be invoked
against wealthy offenders. There is no
enforcement Of the The COURSE Of the
department of JUS
Law. tice during the last
few years has been
sucl, ~ to make 1t evident that no man
stands above the law: that no corpora.
ton Ia so wealthy that 1t cannot be held
has been as prompt to proceed against
the wealthiest naiefactor whose crime
was one of greed and cunning as to pro-
coed against the agitator who tncttes 20
brutal violence. Everything that can ne
done under the existirS law and with the
existing state OF public opinion. which SO
profoundly influences both the courts and
juries. has been done. But the laws
hoU atronRfh2nfnR In more
than one important point; they should
be made more definite, 30 that no honest
man can be led unwittingly to break
them and so that the real wrongdoer
can be readily punished.
Moreover. there must be the pmnNc
opinion, back Of the laws ,s or the ne . .rw
emit. while the average juryman undount.
eddy wishes to see trusts broken up. ana
Ii quite ready to fine the corporation u
proven beyond a reasonable doubt when
1t comes to sending to Jail a member OF
the business community for INDUCING IN
easy but xh which, are the
osni.e as weil-nish normal. Both the
On Of the Fender M
Of extreme dimculty to get at the real
wrongdoer in any such case, especiaiiy
by imprsonment Yet It - from ,,ni.S eve ehs
prime offender by imprisonment rather
than to fine the corporation with the at-
tendant damage to stockholders.
The two great evils in the execution Of
our crimina! laws to-day are sentimental.
tty and technicality. For the latter the
remedy must come from the hands OF
the legislatures. the courts. ana the law
upon the gradual growth of q sound pub.
lie opinion which shall insist that regard
for the law and the demands OF reason
shall control all other influences and
emotions in the jury box. Both OF these
evils must be removed or public diecOn-
tent with the criminal law will continue:
injunctions in labor disputes continue to
occur and the resentment in the minds OF
those who feel that
'",u"e''o".. i re 9 ,Ssyss.d are . Ssi
their liberty of action and Of speech un-
warrantably restrained continues likewise
Much Of the On Il Mho Sis
without warrant; but am constrafned
to express the belief that for some Of Il
there is warrant. This question IL be-
portsnce :. and unless me roarts win
themselves deal with 1t in effective man-
ner. II is certain ultimately to demand
some form Of legislative action. It would
be most unfortunate for our social well
fare IL we should permit many honest
and law-abiding citizens to feel that they
with hostility. earnestly commend to
the attention of the congress this matter.
SO that some way may be devised which
protect those rights which from time to
time II unwarrantably tnvades More
over, discomfort Is often expressed with
the courts. not only in labor disputes. but
where state laws are concerned. re-
frain from discussion of this question as
the confederation Of the supreme court.
The federal courts must of course de-
eide ultimately what are the respective
with any law. state or national: and they
must decide definitely and finally in mat
ters affecting individual citizens; not only
as to the rights and wrongs OF capital;
and the national government must al
ways see that the decision of the court is
IL an essential adjunct of the courts do
ing its work we'll: and as preventive
measures are always better than reme-
DIAL the wise use OF this process is from
where 1t is recklessly or unnecessarily
used, the abuse should be censured. above
anxious to prevent anv effort to shear
the courts OF this necessary power. The
courts decision must be Anal: the protest
Sny against s sch
final decision. or In the tyrannical use OF
what is nominally temporary injunction
to accomplish what ie In fact perma.
The loss Of life and limb from railroad
accidents in this country has become APP
palins. 1t is subject ftn Of which the na
Accidents. should take super
vision. It might be
well to begin by. providing for federal
inspection of interstate railroads some
/ what along the lines of federal inspection
| of steamboats,. although not going SO far:
perhaps At first all that i would be nee
< whose duty would be to investigate all
accidents on interstate railroads and re-
an ofiicer should make It his business to
| get into close touch with railroad oper-
ating men DO AZ to become thoroughly
familiar with every side of the question:
the present steamboat inspection Law.
The national government should be q
L model employer. 1t should demand the
highest quality of service from each Of
Empioysrs' should care for for ali ii
OF them properly ii
llaotIsey. return. Congress
lation providing limited but definite conn
within the scope of the federal power. in-
Guiding employees OF navy yard. and ar
ers' liability act. far-reachins and thor
should apply to az positions public and
ment has Jurisdiction. The number Of
accidents to wageworkers. including those
that are preyentable and those that are
chanical. manufacturing and transporta-
tion operations of the day. It works
grim hardship to the ordinary vase
worker and his family to have the efFect
OF such an accident fall solely upon him
and. on the other hand. there are whole
classes OF "+torneys who exist only by
melting men who may or may not have
been wronged to undertake suits for
for negligence 10 generally an inadeauate
remedy for the person injured. while Il
0ften causes altokether disproportlonate
anpoyalice TO the employer. The law