The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-12-05

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thrift and efilciency, which would
strive to break up not merely private
property. but. what Ia far more impor-
tant. the home. the chief prop upon
which our whole civilization stands.
Such a thepry if ever adopted would
mean the rsin .of the entire country,
but proposals for legislation such as
this Ierein advocated are directly op-
posed to this class Of socialistic the
cries.
Enforcement Of the Law.
A few years ago there was loud COM
plant that the law could not be In
yoked acainst wealthy Offenders. There
Is no such complaint now. The course
Of the department ~ Justice during the
last few yearsS has been such as to
make II evident that no man stands
above the law. that no corporation IL
80 wealthy that It cannot be held to ac-
count Everything that can be done
under the existing law and with the
existing state Of public opinion, which
SO profoundly Influences both the courts
and juries. has been done, but the laws
themselves need strengthening. They
should be made more definite, 80 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 public
opinion back of the laws or the laws
themselves will be Of no avail. The
two great evils In the execution of our
criminal laws today are sentimentality
aud technicallty. For the latter the
remedy must come from the hands Of
the legislatures. the courts and the law
yers. The other must depend for its
cure upon the gradual growth Of a
sound public opinion which shall insist
that regard for the law and the de-
Influences and emotions In the jury
box. Both Of these evils must be re-
moved or public discomfort with the
criminal law will continue.
Injunctions.
Instances OF abuse In the granting
Of injunctiois In labor disputes con-
tinue to occur, and the resentment In
the minds of those who feel that their
rights are being Invaded and their lib
erty OF action and OF speech unwar-
rantably restrained continues likewise
to grow. Much OF the attack on the
use Of the process Of injunction is
wholly without warrant, but am con-
strained to express the belief that for
some OF II there IL warrant This ques.
tion Is becoming one OF prime impor-
tance. and unless the courts will deal
with It In effective manner It is Ger.
tain ultimately to demand some form
of legislative action. 1t would be most
unfortunate for our social welfare II
we should permit many honest and
law abiding citizens to feel that they
had just cause for regarding our courts
with hostility. ! earnestly commend
to the attention of the congress this
matter. so that some way may be de
vised which will limit the abuse of In.
functions and protect those rights
which from time to time II unwarrant-
ably invades. Moreover, discomfort is
often expressed with the use Of the
process of Injunction by the courts.
not only In labor disputes. but where
state laws are concerned. refrain
from discussion of this question as |
am Informed that II viii soon receive
tile consideration Of the supreme court.
The process Of Injunction Is an es-
sential adjunct Of the courts doing its
work we'll, aud as preventive measures
are Arrays hetter than remedial the
wise use of this process is from every
standpoint comncndable Gut where
II 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 final. The
protest Is only against the conduct of
Individual judges In needlessly antici-
pating such final decision or In the
tyrannical use Of what Ii nominally q
temporary injunction to accomplish
what is In fact a permanent decision.
The president urges the passage Of q
model employers liability act for the
District Of Columbia and the territories
to encourage corporations to treat In.
jured wagewOrkers better. He EN-.
phatically indorses the eight hour day
The president urges the states ia
fight the child and woman labor evil
He says: a
The national government has as an
ultimate resort for control Of child Ia
Dor the use OF the interstnte commerce
clause to prevent the products Of child
labor from entering into interstate com
merce. But before using this II ought
certainly to ennct model laws on the
subject for the territories Under Its
own immediate control
Presidential Campaign Expenses.
Under our form Of government vot-
Ing Is not merely sight, but duty,
and. moreover. a fundamental and nee
essary duty II man IL to be u good
citizen, ~ ls well to provide that cor
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