Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-12-03

hd0 JUST cuEsc tN 'tbuAt'"s W.
with hostility | earnestly commend
"a the attention Of the congress this
matter. SO tlInt some way may be de-
yIsed which wri Iimit the abuse or In
functions and protect those rights
which from lime To- lime il unwarrant
ably Invades. Moreover. discomfort ID
often expressed with the use OF tue
process OF injunction by the courts.
not only In labor disputes. but where
state laws are concerned l refrain
from discussion OF this question as
am Informed that il will soon receive
the consideration OF the supreme court
The process Of injunction Is an es-
sential adjunct OF the courts doing It's
work well. ana az preventive measures
are always better than remedial tue
wise use OF this process Is from every
standpoint commendable. But where
IL Is recklessly or unnecessarily used
the abuse should be censured. above
all by the very men who are properly
anxious to prevent any effort to shear
the courts OF this necessary power.
The courts decision must be hnal. The
protest is Only against the conduct OF
Individual Judges Ia needlessly antici-
pating such final decision or In the
tyrannical use of what Il nomlnaliy
temporary injunction to accomplish
what Is in fact a permanent decision.
The president urges the passage OF a
model employers liability act for the
District Of Columbia and the territories
to encourage corporations to treat In
iured wageworkers better. He en-
phatically indorses the eight hour day.
The president urges the states to
fight the child and woman labor evil.
| he says:
The nationsi government has as an
ultimate resort for control OF child la
Dor the use OF the interstate commerce
clause to prevent the products Of child
labor from entering into interstate COM
merce. But before using this 1t ought
certainly to enact model laws on the
subject for the territories under It's
own immediate control.
Presidential Campaign Expenses.
Under our form OF government yot-
Ing Is not merely q right, but duty,
and. moreover. q fundamental and nee
essary duty IL man Is to be good
citizen. 1t is well to provide that cor
poradons shall not contribute to presi-
Dental or national campaigns and, fur
thermore, to provide for the publica-
ton of both contributions and eXpendi-
lures. Theirs is, however, always dam
ger I'm laws OF this kind, which from
their very nature are difficult OF en-
forcement, the danger being lest they
be obeyed oEly by the honest and dis
| obeyed by the INSCRIPTIONS, so as to
act only az q penalty upon honest men.
Moreover, no such law would hamper
an INSCRIPTIONS man OF unlimited
means from buying his own way Into
Office. There is a very radical meas
ure which would, I believe. work a
substantial improvement in our sys-
TEN OF conducting campaign, al
though I am we'll aware that 1t will
take some time for people so to famil-
iarizs themselves with such proposal
as to he willing to consider its sdop-
ton. The need for collecting large
campaign funds would vanish II con-
gress provided an appropriation for the
proper and legitimate expenses OF each
Of the great national parties, an appro-
priation ample enough to meet the ne
cesslty for thorough organization and
machinery. which requires d large ex-
pendlture OF money. Then the shpu-
Iation should be made that no party
receiving campaign funds from the
| treasury should accept more than q
fixed amount from any individual sub
scriber or donor, and the necessary
publicity for receipts and expenditures
could without difficulty be provided.
The Army.
The president recommends leglsla'
| ton to Increase the number OF officers
in the army, especially In the medical
corps. The rate of pay Of officers
should be greatly increased, he de-
clares. There should be a relatively
even greater increase In the rate OF
pay of enlisted men II we are to keep
the army In shape to be effective in
time Of need. The president recon-
mends severe examination Of officers
for promotion up to the rank OF major.
From that point promotion should be
purely by selection. He speaks of the
recent physical test Of army officers
with emphatic appreciation and recon-
mends a bill equalizing the pay OF
officers and men Of the army, navy,
marine corps aud revenue cutter sery-
ice.
The Navy.
Concerning the navy the president
says:
In my Judgment, we should this
year provide for four batteships. But
1t is idle to build battleshlps unless, In
addition to providing the men and the
means for thorough training, we pro-
vide the auxlllaries for them-unless
we provide docks, the coallDg stations,
the colllers and supply ships that they
| need We are extremely deficient in
coaling stations and docks on the Pa
cifc, and this deficiency should not
longer be permitted to exist. Plenty
Of torpedo boats and destroyers should
be built. Both on the Atlantic and Pa
cifc coasts Notifications Of the best
type should be provided for all our
greatest harbors.
Until our battle 6eet IS much larger
than at present 1t should never be split
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